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World Cup 2010 The Draw is here!

#261 Gothos

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Posted 21 June 2010 - 12:59 PM

Disastrous

I wonder what it'd look like if Korea managed to finish one of the attacks in the first half with a goal. Could be totally different, portus only seemed to gain wings after scoring.

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Posted 21 June 2010 - 04:25 PM

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Live pictures of North Korea's 7-0 thrashing by Portugal were seen by the nation."The Portuguese won the game and now have four points," a commentator said when the match concluded. "We are ending our live broadcast now."

The Korean Central TV Broadcasting Station aired only recorded footage of the team's first group match against Brazil and the last time a North Korea game was shown live to the nation was the World Cup qualifier against Iran in June 2009.

It is believed to be a first for a North Korean football game taking place abroad.

Heh..

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 03:15 AM

Tiste Simeon, on 20 June 2010 - 11:06 PM, said:

I would love NZ to get through. Considering they don't have a professional football league I would say they are doing pretty well!

There are several amatur footballers in the all whites. I think there is only 25 pros in the whole counrty.
compared to the 500+ in italy.

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 04:43 AM

I saw the comparitive numbers for professional footballers in Italy and New Zealand on the New Zealand Herald website. Italy- 3,541 New Zealand- 25. Kind of shows the magnitute to the shock, huh.

#265 Gothos

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 06:24 AM

I was kinda hoping for Honduras to manage a draw. Ah well.

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 06:46 AM

Spain and Chile should be breathtaking...And if it does come down to goal differential in that group, hopefully it's the Swiss who get dumped out.

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 08:12 AM

Gonna be holding thumbs for the rest of the day that the French team has had another implosion, all gone home and been replaced by astrologically correct poodles. We might be able to squeeze out a win then

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 08:24 AM

"virtually" booked 0-0 for France - South Africa. Chop chop!

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 08:37 AM

Watched the 7-0 drubbing live yesterday.
FINALLY some goals at the Cape Town stadium

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 11:46 AM

dktorode, on 22 June 2010 - 08:37 AM, said:

Watched the 7-0 drubbing live yesterday.
FINALLY some goals at the Cape Town stadium

Sweet match to be at!

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 05:55 PM

Au revoir mes amis! That has to be one of the most spectacular falls from grace in recent years. Not only did France bow out meekly, but Dominech managed to embarrass himself at the end into the bargain. For a World Cup that started out so boring it is fairly heating up now.

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 06:03 PM

Can someone refresh my memory, did Zidane play in 2002? I'm recalling he didn't. There seems to be a common theme to these past two flame-outs.

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 06:11 PM

Can we just fast forward 20 minutes so I can watch Greece vs Argentina.

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 06:30 PM

H.D., on 22 June 2010 - 06:03 PM, said:

Can someone refresh my memory, did Zidane play in 2002? I'm recalling he didn't. There seems to be a common theme to these past two flame-outs.

you're right.
1998: he's in, they win it.

2002: out due to injury in first two games.

due to piss poor results (loss to Senegal, draw with Uruguay) they put him in before he was fully fit.

wasn't enough, they still lost.

out in group stages.

2006: he's in, they go to final (and the legendary headbutt to finish his international career)

2010: he's out (retired) and out they go.

meh. Link was dead :(

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Posted 22 June 2010 - 06:38 PM

Sad that we're out, but a five goal swing was just too much to hope for. A win over France is a pretty sweet consolation, even if it was the B-team with only 10 men. France is probably the only team who'll be more embarassed than we are to be out in the first round

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 01:45 PM

thats sweet revenge for henry cheating us out of our place

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 02:11 PM

Wow. The fan-park went crazy after South Africa scored the second goal. I saw women cartwheeling topless, it was NUTS!
just aswell we got knocked out, had we actually managed to go through I would worry for my moral safety

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 04:02 PM

Dolmen, on 23 June 2010 - 02:11 PM, said:

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Brazillian people with vuvuzelas in hand were the icing on the cake for me, chaos is inevitable

If we had gotten through NOTHING would have happened in this country today

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Posted 23 June 2010 - 04:03 PM

I can't take it anymore. My heart can't fucking take it.

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