| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 3:07:14 PM | |
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Haha! Well I think it'll be a close game, you guys beat us in a friendly with similar scores to what you beat Slovakia with, so fingers crossed for a great game! Our strikers aren't particularly fast, but they are very good in the air, all of them being 6 foot or taller lol.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 2:59:21 PM)| |  | _strat_ wrote: | | Thanks! Im rooting for Slovakia on tuesday (Slavic fraternity + we beat them twice in the qualifiers), but you are my team against Italy!
| | | Becks wrote: | | Well I'm rooting for England, being half English myself LOL! Wouldn't be surprised to see them crash out though.
Thanks! Hopefully we can get a point or two from the game. I'm very excited about it. I hope you guys go well against Algeria! I reckon you guys could win it.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Oh, Serbia is good no matter the rankings. The current A team was either a world or a European champion (or close to one of those two) in the youth divison. Anyway - definately my 2nd favourite team on the cup.
Tomorrow is a good game: England - USA. Im rooting for the Americans, and since this is the opening game of our group, so we will see who do we have to fear the most. Al Qaida said that they will bomb the match, which might not be that bad... Then us and Algerians qualify automaticaly. 
And Im hoping against odds that Nigeria can beat Argentina - I cant stand Maradona.
Good luck against Slovakia on tuesday!
| | | Becks wrote: | | Yeah thats true, we beat Serbia in the warm ups which was awesome as LOL! And we're ranked well below them, mostly because we never get to play hardly any international games.
Well, two draws to start the tournament, Uruguay and France drew 0-0. Very interesting.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, June 11, 2010 3:04:31 PM | |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 3:01:26 PM | |
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Well, England isnt exactly a Soviet republic either... But yeah, when it comes to politics I am as anti - American as I can possibly be, but football... Thats a different world, and all I can say is that its a pity that the American public doesnt care for it - they would have someone to root for, allright.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Head banger from Friday, June 11, 2010 2:58:42 PM)| | | Head banger wrote: | | you rooting for the USA?
seriously. they are all capitalists you know.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Oh, Serbia is good no matter the rankings. The current A team was either a world or a European champion (or close to one of those two) in the youth divison. Anyway - definately my 2nd favourite team on the cup.
Tomorrow is a good game: England - USA. Im rooting for the Americans, and since this is the opening game of our group, so we will see who do we have to fear the most. Al Qaida said that they will bomb the match, which might not be that bad... Then us and Algerians qualify automaticaly.
And Im hoping against odds that Nigeria can beat Argentina - I cant stand Maradona.
Good luck against Slovakia on tuesday!
| | | Becks wrote: | | Yeah thats true, we beat Serbia in the warm ups which was awesome as LOL! And we're ranked well below them, mostly because we never get to play hardly any international games.
Well, two draws to start the tournament, Uruguay and France drew 0-0. Very interesting.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 2:59:21 PM | |
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Thanks! Im rooting for Slovakia on tuesday (Slavic fraternity + we beat them twice in the qualifiers), but you are my team against Italy!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, June 11, 2010 2:54:38 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | Well I'm rooting for England, being half English myself LOL! Wouldn't be surprised to see them crash out though.
Thanks! Hopefully we can get a point or two from the game. I'm very excited about it. I hope you guys go well against Algeria! I reckon you guys could win it.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Oh, Serbia is good no matter the rankings. The current A team was either a world or a European champion (or close to one of those two) in the youth divison. Anyway - definately my 2nd favourite team on the cup.
Tomorrow is a good game: England - USA. Im rooting for the Americans, and since this is the opening game of our group, so we will see who do we have to fear the most. Al Qaida said that they will bomb the match, which might not be that bad... Then us and Algerians qualify automaticaly.
And Im hoping against odds that Nigeria can beat Argentina - I cant stand Maradona.
Good luck against Slovakia on tuesday!
| | | Becks wrote: | | Yeah thats true, we beat Serbia in the warm ups which was awesome as LOL! And we're ranked well below them, mostly because we never get to play hardly any international games.
Well, two draws to start the tournament, Uruguay and France drew 0-0. Very interesting.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [Head banger] Friday, June 11, 2010 2:58:42 PM | |
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you rooting for the USA?
seriously. they are all capitalists you know.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 2:16:04 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Oh, Serbia is good no matter the rankings. The current A team was either a world or a European champion (or close to one of those two) in the youth divison. Anyway - definately my 2nd favourite team on the cup.
Tomorrow is a good game: England - USA. Im rooting for the Americans, and since this is the opening game of our group, so we will see who do we have to fear the most. Al Qaida said that they will bomb the match, which might not be that bad... Then us and Algerians qualify automaticaly.
And Im hoping against odds that Nigeria can beat Argentina - I cant stand Maradona.
Good luck against Slovakia on tuesday!
| | | Becks wrote: | | Yeah thats true, we beat Serbia in the warm ups which was awesome as LOL! And we're ranked well below them, mostly because we never get to play hardly any international games.
Well, two draws to start the tournament, Uruguay and France drew 0-0. Very interesting.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 2:57:21 PM | |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 2:54:38 PM | |
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Well I'm rooting for England, being half English myself LOL! Wouldn't be surprised to see them crash out though.
Thanks! Hopefully we can get a point or two from the game. I'm very excited about it. I hope you guys go well against Algeria! I reckon you guys could win it.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 2:16:04 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Oh, Serbia is good no matter the rankings. The current A team was either a world or a European champion (or close to one of those two) in the youth divison. Anyway - definately my 2nd favourite team on the cup.
Tomorrow is a good game: England - USA. Im rooting for the Americans, and since this is the opening game of our group, so we will see who do we have to fear the most. Al Qaida said that they will bomb the match, which might not be that bad... Then us and Algerians qualify automaticaly.
And Im hoping against odds that Nigeria can beat Argentina - I cant stand Maradona.
Good luck against Slovakia on tuesday!
| | | Becks wrote: | | Yeah thats true, we beat Serbia in the warm ups which was awesome as LOL! And we're ranked well below them, mostly because we never get to play hardly any international games.
Well, two draws to start the tournament, Uruguay and France drew 0-0. Very interesting.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, June 11, 2010 2:52:12 PM | |
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I just want to see some of those wicked curves thanks to the new (goofy) ball! Nightmare of all keepers!
www.youtube.com/watch
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 2:37:57 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well, if its any consolation, you didnt miss much today... The first game was allright, but the second one was a drag. Anyway, USAs first game is tomorrow, on a saturday.
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | I think that work should be called off due to "game."
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 2:37:57 PM | |
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Well, if its any consolation, you didnt miss much today... The first game was allright, but the second one was a drag. Anyway, USAs first game is tomorrow, on a saturday.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Friday, June 11, 2010 2:32:24 PM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | I think that work should be called off due to "game."
Sux having to try to catch scores on the internet here and there. |
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| [guidogodoy] Friday, June 11, 2010 2:32:24 PM | |
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I think that work should be called off due to "game."
Sux having to try to catch scores on the internet here and there. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 2:16:04 PM | |
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Oh, Serbia is good no matter the rankings. The current A team was either a world or a European champion (or close to one of those two) in the youth divison. Anyway - definately my 2nd favourite team on the cup.
Tomorrow is a good game: England - USA. Im rooting for the Americans, and since this is the opening game of our group, so we will see who do we have to fear the most. Al Qaida said that they will bomb the match, which might not be that bad... Then us and Algerians qualify automaticaly.
And Im hoping against odds that Nigeria can beat Argentina - I cant stand Maradona.
Good luck against Slovakia on tuesday!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, June 11, 2010 2:02:01 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | Yeah thats true, we beat Serbia in the warm ups which was awesome as LOL! And we're ranked well below them, mostly because we never get to play hardly any international games.
Well, two draws to start the tournament, Uruguay and France drew 0-0. Very interesting.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 2:02:01 PM | |
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Yeah thats true, we beat Serbia in the warm ups which was awesome as LOL! And we're ranked well below them, mostly because we never get to play hardly any international games.
Well, two draws to start the tournament, Uruguay and France drew 0-0. Very interesting.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 9:02:12 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 9:02:12 AM | |
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Meh, those rankings dont tell much. They include "old glory" too, thats why the Russians are still very high on the FIFA scale, but havent won anything since 1960, when theyve beaten us in the European cup finals... Anyway... My bet in the evening is Urugvay, since the French are not very good nowadays.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, June 11, 2010 8:56:12 AM)| | | Becks wrote: | | | Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:56:12 AM | |
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| Well that was a good way to start the world cup. SA definitely challeneged Mexico and very nearly won. I would have thought the players would be a bit happier though, I know they were close to winning, but they're ranked 90th in the world (around there I think) and Mexico are 17th, and they really pushed them very well. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:56:06 AM | |
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| Oh, well... 1-1. Great game. Im looking forward to Urugvay - France in the evening. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:42:52 AM | |
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Hmmm............me thinks that may give the Mexicans confidence, but who knows.......
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 8:40:43 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | | Shit. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:40:43 AM | |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:30:20 AM | |
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Yay!
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:16:58 AM | |
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| Well that was a bit surprising LOL! I think it may spur Mexico on though, but we'll see. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:04:48 AM | |
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Yeah should be an interesting half.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 8:03:50 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Yup. SA was pretty vague at the beginning, but they are coming along. The last minutes of the first half were theirs, and I think that hte second half looks very promising.
| | | Becks wrote: | | I was thinking the same thing Strat. SA aren't doing badly so far, bar a few defensive areas too close to their goal, not marking etc. When they are on attack though, not too bad!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | | Still rooting for SA, but Mexico are A LOT better then I expected - hell, they just scored, but it was cancelled because of an offside! Still, it will lift their spirits considerably. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 8:03:50 AM | |
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Yup. SA was pretty vague at the beginning, but they are coming along. The last minutes of the first half were theirs, and I think that hte second half looks very promising.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, June 11, 2010 7:48:43 AM)| | | Becks wrote: | | I was thinking the same thing Strat. SA aren't doing badly so far, bar a few defensive areas too close to their goal, not marking etc. When they are on attack though, not too bad!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | | Still rooting for SA, but Mexico are A LOT better then I expected - hell, they just scored, but it was cancelled because of an offside! Still, it will lift their spirits considerably. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 7:48:43 AM | |
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I was thinking the same thing Strat. SA aren't doing badly so far, bar a few defensive areas too close to their goal, not marking etc. When they are on attack though, not too bad!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Friday, June 11, 2010 7:45:06 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | | Still rooting for SA, but Mexico are A LOT better then I expected - hell, they just scored, but it was cancelled because of an offside! Still, it will lift their spirits considerably. |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 7:45:06 AM | |
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| Still rooting for SA, but Mexico are A LOT better then I expected - hell, they just scored, but it was cancelled because of an offside! Still, it will lift their spirits considerably. |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 7:22:41 AM | |
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| Well I'm up, and watching the game, LOL! Wow it's noisy in the stadium! |
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| [_strat_] Friday, June 11, 2010 5:06:45 AM | |
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LOl... Unfortunately all the games are in the afternoon, so we cant be excused from work. Im not kidding: it would be a perfectly acceptable excuse.
Im already thinking about deleting all Americans and English from my friends list. Friendship is all fine and well, but football comes first.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Friday, June 11, 2010 1:18:40 AM)| | | joedraper wrote: | | IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY!!!!!
Going to a big-screen kick of party at 2pm today which is going to be awesomeness incarnate! Then the match kicks off at 4pm today our time I think.. How anyone in SA is expected to work like it's a normal friday is beyond me.
Kids are so hyped up and er so are we ha ha ha haha!
To all my Mexican friends: We can still be friends up until 4pm today and then we kick your butts! I mean er.. Good luck may the best team win!!! Hahahahaha |
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| [joedraper] Friday, June 11, 2010 4:44:32 AM | |
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I hope it does go well for us.... we've been waiting for this for... ever! lol
Kids are all kitted out and almost time to leave for the opening party.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Friday, June 11, 2010 1:29:37 AM)| | | Becks wrote: | | The game kicks off at 2am our time, but I am thinking I may get up to watch it anyways cos even though on paper Mexico should smoke SA, I think SA will certainly give them a run for their money  home advantage, first football world cup on African soil etc.
| | | joedraper wrote: | | IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY!!!!!
Going to a big-screen kick of party at 2pm today which is going to be awesomeness incarnate! Then the match kicks off at 4pm today our time I think.. How anyone in SA is expected to work like it's a normal friday is beyond me.
Kids are so hyped up and er so are we ha ha ha haha!
To all my Mexican friends: We can still be friends up until 4pm today and then we kick your butts! I mean er.. Good luck may the best team win!!! Hahahahaha |
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| [Becks] Friday, June 11, 2010 1:29:37 AM | |
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The game kicks off at 2am our time, but I am thinking I may get up to watch it anyways cos even though on paper Mexico should smoke SA, I think SA will certainly give them a run for their money home advantage, first football world cup on African soil etc.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Friday, June 11, 2010 1:18:40 AM)| | | joedraper wrote: | | IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY!!!!!
Going to a big-screen kick of party at 2pm today which is going to be awesomeness incarnate! Then the match kicks off at 4pm today our time I think.. How anyone in SA is expected to work like it's a normal friday is beyond me.
Kids are so hyped up and er so are we ha ha ha haha!
To all my Mexican friends: We can still be friends up until 4pm today and then we kick your butts! I mean er.. Good luck may the best team win!!! Hahahahaha |
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| [joedraper] Friday, June 11, 2010 1:18:40 AM | |
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IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY IT'S TODAY!!!!!
Going to a big-screen kick of party at 2pm today which is going to be awesomeness incarnate! Then the match kicks off at 4pm today our time I think.. How anyone in SA is expected to work like it's a normal friday is beyond me.
Kids are so hyped up and er so are we ha ha ha haha!
To all my Mexican friends: We can still be friends up until 4pm today and then we kick your butts! I mean er.. Good luck may the best team win!!! Hahahahaha |
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| [Becks] Thursday, June 10, 2010 9:42:15 PM | |
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LOl oh yeah technically tomorrow, the opening match is at 2am here. Matches will be kicking off between 2am and 6am our time  the free to air tv channels are showing all the NZ games live and a few other matches, plus plenty of highlights packages. Yay excited!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:44:33 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Nope. Tomorrow is the day.
At what time will the matches be in your time zone? It will be at 2 past noon by our time (the first match). Wont you ahve it in the middle of the night?
| | | Becks wrote: | | | Todays the day! Woohoo! Can't wait for the matches to start! |
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| [_strat_] Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:44:33 PM | |
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Nope. Tomorrow is the day.
At what time will the matches be in your time zone? It will be at 2 past noon by our time (the first match). Wont you ahve it in the middle of the night?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:18:16 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | | Todays the day! Woohoo! Can't wait for the matches to start! |
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| [Becks] Thursday, June 10, 2010 12:18:16 PM | |
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| Todays the day! Woohoo! Can't wait for the matches to start! |
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| [Becks] Saturday, June 05, 2010 3:18:53 PM | |
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Yeah that was a surprise! I hope they can rattle a few teams in the tournament.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:55:44 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | | A big surprise of this cup - DPR Korea! Qualified for the first time since 1966, got into a group with Portugal now, which, as it happens, is the same team that eliminated them 44 years ago! I hope they do well, not the least because Im concerned about what will happen to the players if they dont do well. |
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| A big surprise of this cup - DPR Korea! Qualified for the first time since 1966, got into a group with Portugal now, which, as it happens, is the same team that eliminated them 44 years ago! I hope they do well, not the least because Im concerned about what will happen to the players if they dont do well. |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:53:23 PM | |
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Terrible. His final game for France too. He could have picked a better way to say goodbye.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:37:00 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | HA! I remember that! After that it was all downhill for France - they were the better team on the pitch that game and should have won the cup.
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:52:45 PM | |
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I have a hunch that you will. Italians always had a serious issue with arrogance, and they are definately a team that plays well against the big names, and loses to the underdogs. Best of luck.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:34:33 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | Yeah I agree about the second half, it dragged a bit more - we were pleased to keep you guys scoreless that half LOL! Last time we played Italy, we nearly beat them, they only won 4-3, in extra time I believe. Yep it's a great morale booster for you guys - like it was for us beating Serbia! We will try our best to upset Italy for you hehehe.Yeah Rooney is a good player but will foul heaps.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Yeah, it wasnt one sided at all. The first half specialy was great, tho the second one was an unbelievable drag. Novakovi� is a great player when all is said and done, although it has to be said that the two goals he scored yesterday were lucky. He had two free kicks from great positions, and made the most of it, but counting on good free kick opportunities isnt going to get us far. Then again - we will be playing against Rooney Flintstone, and he will probably make more fouls than all the rest of the players combined. IDK, overall we are all pleased with the game. Score is great, and it is a nice morale booster for the cup.
Well... Best of luck to your guys. Please, PLEASE - beat Italy for us! They are our neighbours and we hate them dear.
Oh, and speaking of a massive achievement - when our team eliminated Russia from the qualifiers, to qualify for the WC... Our Prime minister went into the changing room and cleaned their football boots. Nuff said.
| | | Becks wrote: | | Cheers Strat  what are your thoughts on that match? I thought, bar the scoreline, it was pretty evenly matched. A big difference was your strikers were much quicker than our big tall fellas lol. It didn't help when our goal keeper did that whoopsy which lead to the 3rd goal, but your second goal was a bit of a contentious one I feel. Novakovic took about 3 steps or so away from our defender before he fell over and got a penalty. NZ will have to watch out cos we play quite a physical game which some teams may take advantage of and the refs may not like. We'll see what happens! Most NZ fans are realistic, that coming away with a point or two at the WC would be a massive achievment (just being there for us is huge!) - football is not our national sport, unfortunately. Best of luck to in the WC Slovenia too!
South Africa v Mexico, I pick Mexico. But I will be cheering on the host nation to make it hard for them!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [Becks] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:37:00 PM | |
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HA! I remember that! After that it was all downhill for France - they were the better team on the pitch that game and should have won the cup.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:33:16 PM) |
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| [Becks] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:34:33 PM | |
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Yeah I agree about the second half, it dragged a bit more - we were pleased to keep you guys scoreless that half LOL! Last time we played Italy, we nearly beat them, they only won 4-3, in extra time I believe. Yep it's a great morale booster for you guys - like it was for us beating Serbia! We will try our best to upset Italy for you hehehe.Yeah Rooney is a good player but will foul heaps.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:26:43 PM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Yeah, it wasnt one sided at all. The first half specialy was great, tho the second one was an unbelievable drag. Novakovi� is a great player when all is said and done, although it has to be said that the two goals he scored yesterday were lucky. He had two free kicks from great positions, and made the most of it, but counting on good free kick opportunities isnt going to get us far. Then again - we will be playing against Rooney Flintstone, and he will probably make more fouls than all the rest of the players combined. IDK, overall we are all pleased with the game. Score is great, and it is a nice morale booster for the cup.
Well... Best of luck to your guys. Please, PLEASE - beat Italy for us! They are our neighbours and we hate them dear.
Oh, and speaking of a massive achievement - when our team eliminated Russia from the qualifiers, to qualify for the WC... Our Prime minister went into the changing room and cleaned their football boots. Nuff said.
| | | Becks wrote: | | Cheers Strat what are your thoughts on that match? I thought, bar the scoreline, it was pretty evenly matched. A big difference was your strikers were much quicker than our big tall fellas lol. It didn't help when our goal keeper did that whoopsy which lead to the 3rd goal, but your second goal was a bit of a contentious one I feel. Novakovic took about 3 steps or so away from our defender before he fell over and got a penalty. NZ will have to watch out cos we play quite a physical game which some teams may take advantage of and the refs may not like. We'll see what happens! Most NZ fans are realistic, that coming away with a point or two at the WC would be a massive achievment (just being there for us is huge!) - football is not our national sport, unfortunately. Best of luck to in the WC Slovenia too!
South Africa v Mexico, I pick Mexico. But I will be cheering on the host nation to make it hard for them!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:33:16 PM | |
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Yup. Im rooting for the Bafana! Youre lucky that Zidane isnt playing for France anymore - anyone remembers this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYCPt1oAmzM?
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:56:54 AM)| | | joedraper wrote: | | Guido if I don't put my coins on SA I may be shot or impaled with an assagai! Lol
I've got the car decked out with my flag, windmirror socks and me and the kids have our jerseys ready! lol
Strat! You rooting for us!! Ha thank you!!!
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sorry to Joe but my $ is on México in this pairing.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:26:43 PM | |
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Yeah, it wasnt one sided at all. The first half specialy was great, tho the second one was an unbelievable drag. Novakovi� is a great player when all is said and done, although it has to be said that the two goals he scored yesterday were lucky. He had two free kicks from great positions, and made the most of it, but counting on good free kick opportunities isnt going to get us far. Then again - we will be playing against Rooney Flintstone, and he will probably make more fouls than all the rest of the players combined. IDK, overall we are all pleased with the game. Score is great, and it is a nice morale booster for the cup.
Well... Best of luck to your guys. Please, PLEASE - beat Italy for us! They are our neighbours and we hate them dear.
Oh, and speaking of a massive achievement - when our team eliminated Russia from the qualifiers, to qualify for the WC... Our Prime minister went into the changing room and cleaned their football boots. Nuff said.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Becks from Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:06:42 PM)| | | Becks wrote: | | Cheers Strat what are your thoughts on that match? I thought, bar the scoreline, it was pretty evenly matched. A big difference was your strikers were much quicker than our big tall fellas lol. It didn't help when our goal keeper did that whoopsy which lead to the 3rd goal, but your second goal was a bit of a contentious one I feel. Novakovic took about 3 steps or so away from our defender before he fell over and got a penalty. NZ will have to watch out cos we play quite a physical game which some teams may take advantage of and the refs may not like. We'll see what happens! Most NZ fans are realistic, that coming away with a point or two at the WC would be a massive achievment (just being there for us is huge!) - football is not our national sport, unfortunately. Best of luck to in the WC Slovenia too!
South Africa v Mexico, I pick Mexico. But I will be cheering on the host nation to make it hard for them!
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [Becks] Saturday, June 05, 2010 2:06:42 PM | |
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Cheers Strat what are your thoughts on that match? I thought, bar the scoreline, it was pretty evenly matched. A big difference was your strikers were much quicker than our big tall fellas lol. It didn't help when our goal keeper did that whoopsy which lead to the 3rd goal, but your second goal was a bit of a contentious one I feel. Novakovic took about 3 steps or so away from our defender before he fell over and got a penalty. NZ will have to watch out cos we play quite a physical game which some teams may take advantage of and the refs may not like. We'll see what happens! Most NZ fans are realistic, that coming away with a point or two at the WC would be a massive achievment (just being there for us is huge!) - football is not our national sport, unfortunately. Best of luck to in the WC Slovenia too!
South Africa v Mexico, I pick Mexico. But I will be cheering on the host nation to make it hard for them!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 7:45:31 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [guidogodoy] Saturday, June 05, 2010 12:33:01 PM | |
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Oh, believe me, I understand. Think I am going to be wearing anything buy a Brazil shirt while I am there? I'd be lynched in the streets were I to do so.
I remember the last time I was there and Brazil won. USA vs. Brazil, though, and I was at a private cricket club PACKED with fanatics. Of course, I made my Mexican heritage well-known that day just in case of a surprising upset. Actually glad the US lost that day!
Enjoy BS. THAT'LL cure what ails ya'!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by joedraper from Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:56:54 AM)| | | joedraper wrote: | | Guido if I don't put my coins on SA I may be shot or impaled with an assagai! Lol
I've got the car decked out with my flag, windmirror socks and me and the kids have our jerseys ready! lol
Strat! You rooting for us!! Ha thank you!!!
| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sorry to Joe but my $ is on México in this pairing.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [joedraper] Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:56:54 AM | |
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Guido if I don't put my coins on SA I may be shot or impaled with an assagai! Lol
I've got the car decked out with my flag, windmirror socks and me and the kids have our jerseys ready! lol
Strat! You rooting for us!! Ha thank you!!!
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:49:21 AM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sorry to Joe but my $ is on México in this pairing.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:09:38 AM | |
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lol - I imagine she does. Anyway, I hope Joe and Blackshadow will back me up with this - I am already outnumbered 2-1 by Mexico supporters.
Cant Imagine how it will be like on the 18th when we play against the United States.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by Vaillant 3.0 from Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:59:08 AM)| | | Vaillant 3.0 wrote: | | My mom is very excited about that match. She asked me a few days ago if I could go back home soon so that we could watch it together. She wants Mexico to win.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [Vaillant 3.0] Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:59:08 AM | |
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My mom is very excited about that match. She asked me a few days ago if I could go back home soon so that we could watch it together. She wants Mexico to win.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 7:45:31 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:51:40 AM | |
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Well, if Id have to bet, Id bet on Mexico too. I just like South Africans more. They were in our group in WC 2002, and even tho they are not a favourite, I still like them as a team.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by guidogodoy from Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:49:21 AM)| | | guidogodoy wrote: | | Sorry to Joe but my $ is on México in this pairing.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [guidogodoy] Saturday, June 05, 2010 10:49:21 AM | |
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Sorry to Joe but my $ is on México in this pairing.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by _strat_ from Saturday, June 05, 2010 7:45:31 AM)| | | _strat_ wrote: | | There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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| [_strat_] Saturday, June 05, 2010 7:45:31 AM | |
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There! Counting down the days to the world cup, Ive decided that we need another thread for football, since the last one fell into oblivion of closed threads.
The schedule of the world cup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_schedule
First game is on friday between the host country (South africa) and Mexico. Cant say whos in a better form, although I will probably end up rooting for South Africa, even though Mexico are the favourites of this match,
On a separate note: great game yesterday, friendly between Slovenia and New Zealand, which we won 3-1... Sorry Becks, I will still have my fingers crossed that you do good at the cup! |
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