Ah well... I dont like him exactly because of his antics... And whenever Argentina is playing, I am split between rooting against him, or rooting for Messi. Argentinians are pretty pissed with Maradona, tho, or so I hear. Apparently he wasnt a very good coach in the qualifiers.
[Show/Hide Quoted Message] (Quoting Message by jimmyjames from Friday, June 18, 2010 3:48:05 PM)| |  | jimmyjames wrote: | | He was and is great, his sideline antics and press conferences are one of the highlights of this tournament so far. I would love to see him take Argentina to the Cup again.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Oh, yeah, lol, Ive seen both. They are legendary. The game that almost restarted the Falklands war! Maradona may be a prick, but he can sure play football.
| | | jimmyjames wrote: | | 94 sucked. The final was decided on penalties. 86 was the best tournament in my life time. Check out Maradonas two goals against England on youtube, one was a handball that still pisses off the English. The other was one of the greatest individual goals ever.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Lol... Quieter... A dedicated Brazil fan is lurking around, betting shirts...
Well, I certainly agree about 2002 and 2006 world cups... Even though I do not like Italy. I dont remember 86 and 94.
| | | jimmyjames wrote: | | The 02 World Cup was a shocker in every way. It's funny, crappy World Cups seem to be won by Brazil. 02 was a horrible tournament as was 94, both were won by Brazil. Best World Cups in recent history, 06 ( Italy winners ) and 86 ( Argentina winners ).
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Nah, no offside, at least not where I could see it... In any case, yeah, good summary. In any case, we have to give it to the refs on this cup. Save for Slovenia vs Usa and Germany vs Serbia, referees on this cup are very professional, and there were very few controversial decisions. If anyone remembers 2002 world cup... That was awfull. We were cheated against Spain, they got cheated in the quarterfinals, Italy was cheated, South Korea has only the refs to thank that they got so far... This is nothing in comparison.
In any case - we will finally be on the same page on Sunday! Beat Italy, and I will move to New Zealand and marry your coach.
| | | Becks wrote: | | Just found a video of the goal, not sure what was going on, the screen thing said offside, but I'm not sure. The ref saw 'something' cos he blew the whistle before the ball went in. Who knows what he saw though lol. Ah well, as harsh as it sounds, shit happens, deal with it. No point dwelling on shit referees, cos unfortunately they will be encountered in even professional sport. Focus on the next game. I think a draw is a fair result, both teams had defensive lapses from what I saw, and the game was pretty even.
| | | _strat_ wrote: | | Well, ill stick to my opinion, regardless of the shitstorm that seems to have engulfed every web page that ends either with .si or .us... The goal was regular, and it was a nice one too. But since the US team deserved at least one red card and got none, ill say it was all fair in the end, with both teams still looking good to qualify to the round of 16.
As for ties, if our teams make it to the playoffs, you wont have to put up with those anymore, because there cant be a tie in playoffs.
Im just a little bit pissed on the supporters of both countries. Youtube comments always make me feel like a nuclear war wouldnt be such a bad thing, but this is something new alltogether.
| | | Deep Freeze wrote: | | | Speaking as one that very honestly has NO idea what is going on with regard to this game, I can only assume that there was a grievous error by this referee. I would not know it if I saw it but all the ESPN pundits keep babbling on about it so there has to be something there, no? I was watching and it appeared to me that all the players were pushing and shoving and whatnot. Nothing glaringly obvious that I could see. I do know that I NEVER feel it is right to blame an official for a loss. I mean, the fact remains that the US team did not WIN it. Period. Refs and umpires don't make plays...PLAYERS make them. Or, as in this case, do NOT make them. As for the particulars, that is for you soccer folks to debate. I STILL say ties SUCK! |
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