July 4, 201015 yr lol explain that one to me. You had the one group without a top 7 team. You had South Africa, ranked #83. You had France who only qualified because of a handball, lost to China a week before the tournament, and had such hatred between the team and their coach that Anelka was kicked out halfway through. And then you had Mexico, who are on the same level as you. lol, that's because the world cup is usually hosted by a leading soccer nation, South Africa has the worst world ranking of any host nation in world cup history. whether you care about it or not, most people and all the pundits I heard from didn't expect them to get past the group phase because they were obviously an extremely poor team this year. that's because all four teams were marginal compared to other groups. Unpredictability doesn't make it difficult. A top 7 team would've had an easier time in that group, than most other groups. congratulations. Korea: 47th in the world. Though a decent team, the victory wasn't particularly impressive. Ghana: Not the best African team. They qualified with a 1-0 win over Serbia, a loss and a draw with Australia. They only qualified because Germany gave them a goal differential by smashing Australia. After 120+ minutes you stayed level with a team ranked #32 by a handball, and a stroke of luck. At the very least it was an embarrassing victory and showed that you are clearly not on the same level as the Netherlands (who beat #1 Brazil), Germany (who pummeled England and Argentina handily), and Spain (who are #2 in the world and beat #3 Portugal). no you're not, but you're in the semis. Sig. I loved your stadistics,so you believe the fifa rank a lot :lol: its not all about that:laugh3: it was the most difficult and draw group. im not gonna answer all because is boring.
July 4, 201015 yr Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Germany 3 2 0 1 5 1 +4 6 Ghana 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 Australia 3 1 1 1 3 6 −3 4 Serbia 3 1 0 2 2 3 −1 3 Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Uruguay 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7 Mexico 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 South Africa 3 1 1 1 3 5 −2 4 France 3 0 1 2 1 4 −3 1 and look that, Uruguay with a MUCH harder group ended up with more points. :facepalm: you are unintelligent, and I am done talking to you. you cant say we didnt deserve this ;) watch me...
July 4, 201015 yr Calm down, everyone - it's only a game..................................... :dozey:
July 4, 201015 yr I don't think he was pwned. But I think it's totally useless to talk about this. Uruguay deserves to be in the final 4 as much as Germany, Holland and Spain. Trying to degrade the football of any of those countries is a lack of respect, none has had an easy way in this tournament. It might have been luck, technique or whatever, but that's just football.
July 4, 201015 yr ^couldnt agree more. @theothers its too much to answer,and im tired. Already sayd my point of view. And about the german boy thing,its a way to call you. not discrimination,etc...
July 4, 201015 yr Lovely, you start as an arrogant show off and in the end you don't defend your opinion when you're proven to be arrogant.
July 4, 201015 yr :wreck: sorry wise oracle,you saw all coming :lol: 1st of all,fotball is not only about deserving things. 2nd :lol: ARE YOU KIDING!!!!? the easieest group :laugh3: For most people it was the hardest group!!! -The local team ( allways passed next round in the history of worldcups until now) -France ( the 2nd in the last worlcup , one of the historics of the football,i dont care if they were not doing good lately) -Mexico ( Last worlcups allways passed to the next round,they are huge footballistically) - Uruguay ( 2 worlcups,a historic ,but not good recent past) ALl sayd they called it the group of death :lol: it was the only group on the worlcup that any of the 4 teams can pass to the next round! allways theres one or two per group that for sure passed,and this time anyone knew who was gonna ... 3rd We passed that group with 7 points,1sts! played bad with france ,0-0 Won 3 to 0 to the local team Won playing good 1 - 0 mexico then played with korea,yes it costed lots,but they were good. then with the best african team,very physical team,lots of strenght. I know probably ghana deserve the goal in that last minute because of the hand,etc.( besides the referre killed us and penalized foul in the last minute when it wasnt),but they failed,and Uruguay played better in the 2nd half. and now,we are one of the best 4 of the worldcup,now we are going to confront a great team,and anything can happen. But you cant dismiss what Uruguay has done,if we were that bad we wouldnt be there ;) we can brag about being one of the 4 left in the worlcup,and lets see what more soon :wacko: also about our football history besides being a 3 million people country :wink3: your comment was stupid german guy who is "all"? the group of dead??? I'm sorry but from group A none of those were hard! We all knew Mexico & Uruguay were going to advance (Although some were having doubts on Mexico but Uruguay was going to pass no doubt) France? Are you kidding me? They played awful (It doesn't count if they were good before or not.. they are not the same players in every World Cup although some of them are but not everyone so they don't play the same and it's not the same team per say..) Uruguay was the strongest team from that group. I am very sure that if Uruguay had played against Argentina like Mexico did, they would have been sent home as well. Mexico is not a strong team but has many supporters.. that's the difference. Italy? omg! Did you even see them play?! It was just hilarious! Look, I rooted for Uruguay (because I bet on them:laugh3: and I want my money, yo!:P) they are a good team but other teams are stronger. I hadn't seen Holland play before and man were they impressive! I don't know if Uruguay will be able to hold it against them but we will see. I do think that this World cup has to do with luck. After watching Ghana against Uruguay anyone would agree that it was the best game of the world cup (why? because one of them was going to pass and Ghana gave more than 150%! Shit! I was even rooting for them when I finally watch the game even though I already knew the outcome but come on! They played better! Uruguay were able to hold it but it was pure luck that they won! What the hell was that hand?! If the Uruguay player hadn't taken the ball out with his hand.. it would have been a goal & not a penalty! so yeah Ghana should have won) PS: And please... if you are all going to discuss..discuss but no name calling or insulting :snobby: capiche?:P edit: That was for everyone^^
July 4, 201015 yr I don't think he was pwned. But I think it's totally useless to talk about this. Uruguay deserves to be in the final 4 as much as Germany, Holland and Spain. Trying to degrade the football of any of those countries is a lack of respect, none has had an easy way in this tournament. It might have been luck, technique or whatever, but that's just football. I'm not objecting to the system at all. I'm objecting to the arrogance with which certain Uruguayans consider themselves to be as good as other semi final teams, or claim that they're among the best four teams in the tournament.
July 4, 201015 yr I'm not objecting to the system at all. I'm objecting to the arrogance with which certain Uruguayans consider themselves to be as good as other semi final teams, or claim that they're among the best four teams in the tournament. we are one of the 4 teams left :nice:
July 4, 201015 yr who is "all"? the group of dead??? I'm sorry but from group A none of those were hard! We all knew Mexico & Uruguay were going to advance (Although some were having doubts on Mexico but Uruguay was going to pass no doubt) France? Are you kidding me? They played awful (It doesn't count if they were good before or not.. they are not the same players in every World Cup although some of them are but not everyone so they don't play the same and it's not the same team per say..) Uruguay was the strongest team from that group. I am very sure that if Uruguay had played against Argentina like Mexico did, they would have been sent home as well. Mexico is not a strong team but has many supporters.. that's the difference. Italy? omg! Did you even see them play?! It was just hilarious! Look, I rooted for Uruguay (because I bet on them:laugh3: and I want my money, yo!:P) they are a good team but other teams are stronger. I hadn't seen Holland play before and man were they impressive! I don't know if Uruguay will be able to hold it against them but we will see. I do think that this World cup has to do with luck. After watching Ghana against Uruguay anyone would agree that it was the best game of the world cup (why? because one of them was going to pass and Ghana gave more than 150%! Shit! I was even rooting for them when I finally watch the game even though I already knew the outcome but come on! They played better! Uruguay were able to hold it but it was pure luck that they won! What the hell was that hand?! If the Uruguay player hadn't taken the ball out with his hand.. it would have been a goal & not a penalty! so yeah Ghana should have won) PS: And please... if you are all going to discuss..discuss but no name calling or insulting :snobby: capiche?:P All i mean for example the sports journalists,the people in general. They agreed that was the most equal group,anyone could qualify. We know Argentina a lot,believe me.that wouldve be an interesting match. Obviusly Ghana could win at the end,also the referee sanctioned an unexisted foul of that free kick inthe last minute. Maybe they are stronger than Uruguay,for they players and football skills showed,but that doesnt mean we didnt deserve to get to this instance ,like both german and ucranian guy say.
July 4, 201015 yr i defended already in the long post. on the other page :D your defense was laughable, and I wasn't responding to you :D
July 4, 201015 yr And about the german boy thing,its a way to call you. not discrimination,etc... Lol. Should let you know that I'm not actually German (though I have German family), but American. I just changed it in the same world cup spirit that Briggins changed his to Brazil. your statistics were laughable too,all thought about the fifa rank hahaha haha yeah. What does it matter if you get to the semis by beating extremely mediocre teams, and other teams get there by beating the best teams in the world?
July 4, 201015 yr my point,you can say holland is favourite,or germany is favourite to win the worlcup. But messing with no deserved things and stuff.. no! Its like,for something Uruguay arrived to than instance ;) Fotball,Strengh,Luck,etc..
July 4, 201015 yr Lol. Should let you know that I'm not actually German (though I have German family), but American. I just changed it in the same world cup spirit that Briggins changed his to Brazil. ok American :wacko: I could say your username,but its difficult. You seem to like football a lot besides its not your country´s favourites sports.
July 4, 201015 yr URUGUAY IS ONE OF THE 4 TEAMS LEFT IN THE WORLD CUP 2010 ;) do you like it like that ? :nice: Uruguay :vuvuzela: Good for Germany,well played Paraguay deserved more :P Not a big team,But we beat you :lol: Is Mexico a big team? And Uruguay did not play well, it was just that Mexico played horrible plus some stupid coach movements. But the point is, is Mexico a powerful team? You just lack objectivity. To support Germany or to suppot Spain. That is the question.
July 4, 201015 yr ^In the last worldcups you were better than us. Qualifying to most,and going into the round of 16. plus mexico football has loads of money. Thaat sometimes benefits your internal footbal.. But not big.Yes a good rival
July 4, 201015 yr All i mean for example the sports journalists,the people in general. They agreed that was the most equal group,anyone could qualify. We know Argentina a lot,believe me.that wouldve be an interesting match. Obviusly Ghana could win at the end,also the referee sanctioned an unexisted foul of that free kick in the last minute. Maybe they are stronger than Uruguay,for they players and football skills showed,but that doesnt mean we didnt deserve to get to this instance ,like both german and ucranian guy say. the journalists? the most even for everyone else! The other 3 teams because France is awful & Mexico.. not that great and the other team.. well let's not even comment on that.. that's why everyone bet on Uruguay 'cause out of all those 3.. they are the strongest one from that group. To be honest, I would have rather have seen Uruguay vs Argentina & see who comes out because Mexico vs Argentina we all the outcome of that. I am not saying that Uruguay doesn't deserve it but they are not the best or the last 4 strongest team of this world cup because if they had played against someone from their own level they wouldn't be in the position they are not. I think this is what the other guy was trying to say. Just because Uruguay is in the semifinals doesn't mean that they are the 4 strongest team of this world cup. If everyone played against someone their own level.. that would just be amazing to watch! :wideeyed: I would probably have a hard time on who to bet for!:thinking: It's almost like martial arts you know.. you are not gonna put a boxer (even if they are good) to fight a mixed martial arts champion. Who is gonna win on that one? Obviously.. same thing. & you are not gonna put a scorpion to fight with spider... you are gonna put a scorpion vs a scorpion & fight fight fight!!!!
July 4, 201015 yr Author @Tnspieler: Yeah, I'm an idiot, so? And Uruguay well deserved to win Ghana. First of all, because the foul that generated Suarez's hand WASN'T foul. Watch the replay ;) Uruguay deserved to win because Gyan shit himself on his pants and missed that penalty that was 99,9999999999999% of probability for them to qualify to semifinals. He missed, and we are the cheaters??? I don't want to fight with anyone here, because I know you are good people, and we are just defending our countries. This is a world cup, we are supposed to be united. I know probably Uruguay won't make it to the finals, but you know what?? I don't fucking care!!!! For me and all Uruguayans, Uruguay has made us proud, after 40 years. I think we deserve something good, doesn't matter if this is the first and the last time of my life that I see Uruguay on semifinals, I am proud of my country because I love it far beyond football or any other sport. I'm sorry if I offended you, but you have to feel it to understand what I was talking about: True passion. In south america we live football in a different way, it's a different land, with different customes. And I know that most of the people from south america will support Uruguay. South america is now represented by a country of only 3 million people, and for us, that's something nice to say.
July 4, 201015 yr ^^ youre all a bet person :lol: did you won some money already? :P think like this: If France Qualified to the round of 16,with the good players they have.wouldnt be surprise. If the Local Southafrica like history marks that allways qualified,wouldnot be surprise. And mexico and Uruguay that qualified.. Yes,i never say we were strongest,etc. But the chance to win the world cup exists! and Uruguay is there for something,not only luck ,etc.
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