Shame. They still have the 3rd place playoff in PE...KALSTER wrote:Go home Uruguay.
I think Forlan played his heart out for his country. I feel bad for him - despite his 2 goals against SA and his countries less than sporting quarter-final.
Shame. They still have the 3rd place playoff in PE...KALSTER wrote:Go home Uruguay.
Ok, me too. So then, everyone go home, except for Forlan.I think Forlan played his heart out for his country. I feel bad for him - despite his 2 goals against SA and his countries less than sporting quarter-final.
Then I fear that you, sir, are not a wise steward of your material wealth.Tiza wrote:Spain have to win tonight I have money on them
they were not outplayed - the match was going according to to a format that i expected - germany dropped back and defended deep whilst spain just dominated the midfield as well as possession which is very normal - what i did not expect was that spain would score the one goal of the game and that was purely down to determination at a time that it mattered instead of skilljamin_za wrote:Germany were totally outplayed here...
What happened to the side that destroyed Argentina?
Oh well, Netherlands vs Spain
He still has a chance - there's the third place play-off on Saturday.naughty wrote: ..... and im also kind of sad for Miroslav Klose that he wont get a chance to break (fat) Ronaldo's record for total number of goals scored at world cups - but at least he is matching Gerd Mueller's German record
ah yes ..... forgot about that - i was actually chatting to someone who is apparently going to thatHe still has a chance - there's the third place play-off on Saturday.
They did not eat enough cats...Brain Parasite May Influence World Cup Victories, Researchers Say
Tiffany Kaiser - July 7, 2010 5:05 PM
But it is likely a coincidence
For years, scientists have formulated factors that could predict the results of the World Cup. They've taken everyday economical and historical scenarios, like the state of the economy, and developed statistics to show that a good economy causes the success of a particular team in the World Cup. But now, a scientist has found a new connection between World Cup results and a brain parasite found in cats.
Neuroscientist Patrick House has found that the Toxoplasma gondii parasite, which is commonly found in the stomach of a cat because that is the only place it can reproduce, making its way into the human brain has affected the results of World Cup games.
"In the knockout round of this year's tournament, eight out of eight winners so far have been the teams whose countries had higher rates of Toxo infection," said House. "If we go back to the 2006 World Cup, seven out of eight knockout round winners could be predicted by higher Toxo rates. The one exception to the rule was Brazil's defeat of Ghana, a match between two nations that each have very high rates."
But House's reasoning for believing in this correlation doesn't end at World Cup wins. He also found another striking coincidence in which the teams are ranked.
"It get's better," House said. "Rank the top 25 FIFA team countries by Toxo rate and you get, in order from the top: Brazil (67 percent), Argentina (52 percent), France (45 percent), Spain (44 percent) and Germany (43 percent). Collectively, these are the teams responsible for eight of the last 10 World Cup overall winners. Spain, the only one of the group never to have won a cup, is no subpar outlier -- the Spaniards have the most World Cup victories of any perpetual runner-up."
House isn't sure why this parasite could make a soccer player better at his sport, but does mention that it's probably a coincidence and offers that "it's a parasite and can do whatever it wants."
come come tribble - its only boring if you only watch the game for the goals - but then you could say that 99% of the game is then boring because even in a game with 6 or 7 goals that would take only a few moments in each gamebut except for the few almost goals for Spain and the one - it was a boring match. I was really disappointed in Germany.
Should have been an all Asian final then.Anakha56 wrote: They did not eat enough cats...
Tribble wrote:Had it not been for Uru's bad play - I would have swapped sides.
The two things I am SO sick of hearing about.Tribble wrote:(no matter what the squid says - besides - I think he just likes Spain's colours)
and you know that Germany didnt play at their best .... how? - its a matter of when you play opposition thats as good as you are or better then you cannot play your normal game - the spanish never ever allow any other team to dictate the game and in Euro 2008 a more experienced and better (IMHO) germany side were still beaten 1-0 by the exact same spanish side you saw thereSpain - on the other hand - struggled against Germany, who I felt were not playing their best
sure but remember most of the time appearances can be deceiving - what seemed boring to you, to me was as fascinating as a game of chess - it wasnt anywhere near as boring as a one sided display of dominance can land up being when a favoured team just keeps on bombarding the opposition goal - there was an ebb and a flow to the game with neither side being dominant but both excelling at their strong points and trying to search out their oppositions weaknesses with strategy - the german strong point being defending - the germans are not attacking players - dont mistake playing on the counter as being attacking - its normally considered negative play ie usually 10 defenders behind the ball and only breaking occasionally on a counter to score quick goals that take the opposition by surprise - and if thats what you do you will be caught out by a side that retains possession of the ball and thats what spain excels at - hence the result between Germany and Spain was absolutely no surprise - how you describe the game is not what i saw at all - you have to look at why they missed those shots hopelessly above the bar or far wide and what the opposition did to make that happen or why they seemed to be hesitating when they had the ball ... maybe it was cos the opposition didnt allow them time to settle on the ball and make those killer passes that allowed quick counters and the opposition pressed them higher up in their own half thus pinning them back in their own half ..... its all those nuances that make a game and professional players get paid up to 150 thousand pounds per week because they need to be able to look at all of that and react to what the opposition does and "you and i" dont get that 150 thousand pounds per week cos all we do is watch those guys earning those wagesthis is just how it seemed to me
if you are talking about the final then with all due respect you are definitely wrong and talking from a point of view of wearing dutch tinted spectacles especially if as i suspect that you are unhappy about the dutch losing - yes Iniesta dived to get Johnny Heitinga sent off - and Puyol may have been doing a little pulling on Robben but he played the advantage anyway - and after deliberately staying on his feet and PLAYING THE ADVANTAGE he cannot call it back and ask for the foul and the free kick - he should have stopped playing and appealed or fallen down .... and he did neither - so whose fault is it? im pretty confident he would have just celebrated a goal had he continued on and scored instead of complaining .... he cant have it both ways .... there are already rules in existence for that situation which were applied to the letter of the lawTribble wrote:Watch it again - there were some nasty things going on there. But then again - I could be wrong
i am now convinced that the squid understands football better than all of us .... maybe the squid is just Dalek Caan in disguise and can see all of time and space - which is why he knows everythingno matter what the squid says