EURO 2008 Discussion Topic

Eczema · Post by **Eczema** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 14:56

that first goal was bullshit. a shame the world has to see that sort of shit happen.

worst. referee. ever.

cmon australia, at least get a fucking draw.

-4n'Dant3- · Post by **-4n'Dant3-** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 15:12

I think Schwarzer misjudged the cross to begin with, but it was still a foul though.

Eczema · Post by **Eczema** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 15:25

yeah he should of jumped earlier

Eczema · Post by **Eczema** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 15:42

CAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!

1st ever goal for Australia in the WC!!!

GO FTW AUSSIES!!!

EDIT: ROFLMAO JAPAN BOTTLED IT ROFL!!!!!!!!!!

CAHILL FOR GOLDEN BOOT

Iori E · Post by **Iori E** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 15:54

WATE WUT DAIGO VS. JUSTIN WONG LOL

Still trying to figure out if those 3 consecutive goals were a result of brilliance on Australia's part or of poor judgment on Japan's part

Sheba · Post by **Sheba** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 15:56

The both.

Eczema · Post by **Eczema** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 15:56

JAPAN TURTLED AND GOT SERVED

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Iori E · Post by **Iori E** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 16:01

It's like Japan got more and more sloppy after each goal.

1st goal: Wow. Okay, that could've been just bad luck.
2nd goal: Blah, holes in the defense. Shouldn't have let that happen.
3rd goal: ....................okay, WTF.

Eczema · Post by **Eczema** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 16:03

match of the tournament so far im sure you'd all agree

Post by **SonicTempest** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 16:26

I think the way Japan played throughout the whole thing, they probably deserved to lose

Missed opportunities galore, and they seemed content to fool around with the ball rather than actually try to maintain (or extend) their dubiously-awarded lead. Their keeper performed really well though, at least until the last 12 minutes when their defense just fell to pieces.

For some reason even back in 2002 I was sorely underwhelmed watching them in action. Mind you, I'm no football fan, but that's the impression I get from watching them play.

Good on the Aussies

Moriya · Post by **Moriya** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 16:31

Eczema wrote:match of the tournament so far im sure you'd all agree

It was definitely the most exciting, although not the "best" technically (that award still goes to Argentina - Ivory Coast).

Woah, I said Japan would win, but not by much... and I was right on the money for 84 whole minutes. Can't believe Australia scored three times in just about 6 freakin' minutes... that's why Football is so good. Poor Zico though, I was kinda rooting for Japan a little just because of him.

-4n'Dant3- · Post by **-4n'Dant3-** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 17:12

It's hard to accept that two of Japan's best players during the match were responsible for 2 goals.

1st goal was another GK misjudgement (high five, guys)
2nd was class
3rd was the Right Back getting owned...

But you say that Japan lost because they turtled... they didn't have much choice. Once Cahill and the striker came on, Australia completely dominated possession. Sending on Ono as defensive midfielder to counterattack made sense, guys. Aside from that, Japan got overrun physically throughout the cours e of the game. While they controlled the midfield during the 1st half, it was always hard to shake off the feeling that they would collapse. Viduka was 1 head taller than Miyamoto (the centreback) ffs.

But to concede 3 in 10 minutes... is really the stuff of nightmares. My heart aches for Japan. Unfortunately they won't have much chance against Croatia or Brazil either. One must hope they develop a clinical striker and centreback in the future.

Eczema · Post by **Eczema** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 18:36

Funny how karma works.

Japan get lucky goal>>> Australia equalise>>> Japan denied penalty in which scorer of Australia's second goal would've been sent off thus denying said goal>>> Australia getting second goal>>> Australia's third goal.

Also the japanese substitutions were bollocks to say the least.

Oh and the USA are horrible. Dare I say they got a reality..... Czech? hehehe

denieru · Post by **denieru** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 19:00

Congrats Eczema... its funny how both Mexico and AUS defined their matches in a similar way... But Japan just crumbled, it was sad to see.

USA vs Czech rep....

!!! THEY. GOT. SERVED... their dumbass egos came crashing down... and arggh that Bruce Arenas... he didnt say a word to them... its like when you behave badly, you get no food today, if you do good, you get a lucky star.

USA team will starve today... tomorrow is another day.

Eczema · Post by **Eczema** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 19:07

thx denieru.

i fear the czechs. hiddink has beaten italy before with korea and i think he can do it again with australia. the czechs have been the most impressive team so far in the tournament. but then again brazil plays tomorrow so we'll see. ;)

but im getting ahead of myself. theres still brazil and croatia to contend with.