The Official World Cup Thread

[jonnybefree]

congratulations les bleues!!!

[Sawyer]

I don't have cable so I am watching spanish languague tv to see the matches. I don't usually watch much sports but this has been really fun.

Here is a quote that blew me away:

"The international draw of the FIFA World Cup was illustrated by the fact that more people in China tuned into the England-Paraguay match than the entire populations of the two countries put together."

[jacksc02]

VIVA LA FRAAAAANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[paulo silva]

ok , France again , and zidane again, and Portugal out of a final , "c'est la vie" congratoulation France and Italy and win the best, bye bye dream

[Tog]

YES !!!!

[ene.xis]

congratulations to all the french!
stilll can somebody tell me why france only tried to deffend? why were they nervous and afraid?zidane on the first half missed all the first touch....
c mon...

well i m happy cause there was some quality gameplay from portugal. Both attaking and defending...and the thing that pleasures me the most was the nervousism in the french side....





by the way:
talk about dive, uh?
gess we r the cheaters of this tournment!
2 dives one final i gess

[Tog]

congratulations to all the french!
stilll can somebody tell me why france only tried to deffend? why were they nervous and afraid?zidane on the first half missed all the first touch....
c mon...

They are tired and 6 french players have already a avertissement before this match so they (i think) play with safety.

[ene.xis]

they played safely against brazil!
henry was left alone in the attack for the most of the match! every attack from the portuguese side there were 11 players behind the ball!

c mon ...we were 10x more tired!

[rivoli]

by the way:
talk about dive, uh?

yep, have you seen one cristiano ronaldo yesterday?

[ene.xis]

yeahh!
to keep the same judgement it should have been a whistle!

hey but i always said we played like this....
BTW...there were two hands on his back...the one from helder postiga was much worst acting!

[priad]

I don't like the polemic about Why we have loose or win etc...
Yes the match wasn't amazing, Portugal have well played France too.
I think that Scolari had very well understand the tactic to use( the same as France, defensive position, and don't play in the center but on the right or left), they have well played during the first 30 min after they have fallen in their old game (attack) and they have loose for that I think.

The résult is here and Lele you are crazy to come watching the final in Marseille hahaha.

[priad]

BRAVO FRANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jonnybefree]

ey priad, i think every german heard is beating for you now.

[priad]

hey thanks that's great, we need this.

[studioDIM]

ey priad, i think every german heard is beating for you now.

Laurent, don't get too carried away by these hearts.
Sixty thoushands of them could not DISTRACT, let alone scare, eleven of our players.
Faint beating indeed

(hey it IS banter-time, now!!! )

Lele