Well, in 2006, Germany beat Argentina in the quarter final, so it's possible! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Husky_mom
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Well, in 2006, Germany beat Argentina in the quarter final, so it's possible! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Husky_mom
No problem ;), it was not a team, they even don't know the national anthem and it seems they forgot what wearing the blue shirt means. It's a pity, also for Ireland which should have been qualified instead of France. Now we can enjoy watching the games from better countries, with players who are happy to be here :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
Tonight, it's Germany vs. Ghana, and my entire country is nervous and worried, especially because of the referee. Some of the referees' decisions were more than odd in this tournament, and people here fear that the FIFA wants to keep at least one African team in the World Cup - which would be Ghana. And that would mean Germany's out. I hope our team is strong enough to deal with this situation.
Kirsten
Ruede la pelota!!!!
:D
gggggggggggggggggooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllll lllllllllllllllllllllll
nuf said!
Awesome!!! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
Congrats to the USA and England for reaching the round of sixteen! :D
Was that a game?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
Wow..........Thanks.
Now, on to the P.M. games.....
Good Luck to Germany and the Aussies!:)
Thanks!! :)Quote:
Good Luck to Germany and the Aussies!
O.K.,
Now that I have calmed down I have to say that I have disliked Landon Donovan for a while.
http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/1614/...t-like-donovan
2. The Urination Incident In Mexico
Back in 2004, Landon relieved himself on the field at Estadio Jalisco while preparing for an international match.
I can understand why this would make people not like Donovan as a person. It was a disrespectful move by all accounts. As such, I think we should all criticize him as a player.
Honestly, as a follower of the sport, I think that any person who would do such a despicable thing should be thought of as no more than a menace to the game and a marginal player. Think about all of the things he could’ve done, like getting arrested for drinking and driving, sexual assault, or being at a hotel with transvestites. Those things certainly would’ve been much less harmful to his image.
I may forgive him in the near future, but even I found that a bit distasteful.
Hey, Kirsten.....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100623...blwc2010gergha
But, with all those legs? Can he dribble?;)
Oh wow, that's hilarious! LOL What did he predict for tonight? :D
Anyway, I hope we will win so I can hear some celebrating in the streets tonight. We didn't have much of it yet (except for the night after the Australia match). There was this frustrating Serbia match on Friday, and also the Italian community was quiet so far as they didn't have much reason to celebrate. And the Turkish team (we have many Turkish people here) hasn't even qualified for the WC.
However, I heard someone blowing a car horn outside this afternoon after the USA has won their match. :D
I was in the garden and heard it on the radio.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
I was laughing and had to come in and look for the story to post it for you.
I didn't hear the prediction, I wanted to be surprised.;)
I hope you get to hear noise and more noise.
No noise so far! :( Still no goals after 45 minutes. This match is getting on my nerves! LOL
Phew, it's done!!! That was a tough job! Thank you, Mesud Özil!!! :D
Now the vuvuzelas outside are starting to sing... ;)
I was hoping for a German win.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
That way we don't have to play you guys on Saturday!;):)
Congrats and make some noise!
I wonder what Paul the Octopus has to say about the next game..:confused:;)
Thanks! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
Yeah, now the US will have to play Ghana on Saturday and my team will play England on Sunday! :)
Oh, I'm sure Paul the British Octopus will be in a severe inner conflict the next time! ;)
Thanks for pointing that out........I missed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
Have a fun time tonight, Tomorrow we will worry about the weekend!
:D
THe first time we have won a group since 1930!!!!:eek:
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With all the excitement I forgot about the Aussies win!
Congrats to them, also!
Pretty exciting, I don't expect the Americans to win the World Cup, but advancing out of the first round is a great leap!
Oh, people are making a lot of noise outside right now. Blowing their vuvuzelas and the horns of their cars, shouting "Deutschland" (Germany) and "Özil" (the goal scorer). Guess there's going to be party all over the country tonight. :D
But yes, tomorrow, we can start worrying about the weekend! :cool:
Well done Germany and the USA,good luck everyone,oops nearly forgot the Aussies, where are you Wombat, are you not watching the games,? watch out for the kiwis and paraquay on Friday, it will air live 2am here, no i won't be watching but my son will.
Good Luck, I'll watch the game for you!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by carole
WOW!
What a couple of games...
The Slovak/Italy game was a barn burner!!!!!
Tie for New Zealand!:D
Wow, Italy's out! They fought bravely in the end, I almost feel sorry for them (but I haven't forgotten the semi final of 2006 :D). However, it's been a very emotional match!
Sorry, Carole, that New Zealand's 0:0 wasn't enough... I was keeping my fingers crossed for your team!
Alas the dream is over for the kiwis, still we can hold our heads high on this one i think, beating Italy and a draw with Paraquay, our guy's should not be too upset, the captain of the team is gutted and seemed very emotional on his interview.
Did you see all the big stink at the end of our game, one of our guys wanted to hug his family in the audience, and they would not let him, yet previously they had done that, security were not having a bar of it, they finally let him in the end, and we of course were not allowed to perform our traditional HAKA, which is really for the kiwi fans,talk about over the top, even the guys came out in their riot gear, boo South Africa, where is your fun spirit?
I noticed our guys were wearing black when playing, hmm as a colour co-ordinated female here, that is where they went wrong, after all they are called the all-whites and wore white for the other game lol.:D
Well kirsten i see Germany is playing England, good luck, sorry but my loyalties have to lie with the Brits, being originally from the UK,but may the best man win as the saying goes.
I have not been following the games too much, so tell me is USA still in with a chance, and Aussie?
well yeah... but we´re talking GERMANY.. not Mexico.. lol.. Germany is right there in the tops.. along with Argentina, Brazil, Netherlands, England, France and Italy (the last two severely plunged down this time) in my book..Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
I finally got my Italy Jersey in the mail on the day Italy is eliminated :p Well, at least it looks nice. :rolleyes:
USA made it to Round 2, beating Algeria in stoppage time!
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/1...uzela_violence
Police: Vuvuzela noise drives an American nuts
Fri Jun 25, 10:50 AM
By The Associated Press
BERLIN - German police say an American got so fed up with the constant mosquito-like droning from his neighbours' vuvuzela plastic horns that he threatened to kill them with an axe.
Police in the Bavarian city of Weiden said Friday the 45-year-old man confronted his neighbours during Thursday's Netherlands-Cameroon World Cup game wielding the axe.
They said he was so sick of the constant buzzing and honking from the vuvuzelas since the tournament began that he screamed: "I will kill you," and then returned home.
German authorities took the U.S. Army civilian employee into custody and turned him over to U.S. military police. The military says he has been released and the matter is in German hands.
Prosecutors are investigating whether to charge the man, whose name was not released, with making a threat and slander for allegedly calling his neighbours names.
The cheap, meter (yard)-long vuvuzela trumpets have become a side story of the World Cup in South Africa, where their buzzing has been the backdrop to every match.
Players have been criticizing the noise because they find it difficult to take advice from the bench, and visiting fans have no chance for community singing amid the noise.
A French cable TV channel even offers vuvuzela-free broadcasts for all World Cup matches, with the trumpets digitally tuned out.
Defenders include FIFA President Sepp Blatter, Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu and masses of South African football fans.
The trumpets were first produced and marketed in 2001 by South African Neil Van Schalkwyk, who still owns the rights to the vuvuzela name. His latest innovation is to sell each with a pair of earplugs included.
Candace, I heard about that incident in the news yesterday! :D Someone in my neighborhood is also blowing a vuvuzela all the time, but so far, I don't feel the need to kill that person! ;)
Oh, that is amost bittersweet! I'm sorry!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alysser
No problem! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by carole
Well, tonight, the USA will play Ghana, and I will keep my fingers crossed for the US-team!
Richard, guess what, Paul the Octopus has predicted that Germany will win the match tomorrow. Hope he's right! :D He was even on the news today! LOL
Kirsten,
If you made a money bet, I get a percentage!:D
My bet was 2:1, but not for money! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
Chocolate?:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
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Originally Posted by RICHARD
1:2, there goes my bet... :rolleyes:
The fat lady has not sung yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_ain%...fat_lady_sings
Ahh, I'm sorry that the US team hasn't made it. I mean, it's great for Africa that an African team is still in the tournament, but I was keeping my fingers crossed for the USA 'cause I have so many American friends here. :(
I hate to do the "sour grapes" thing....Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
I think the officiating was a little off.
Oh well, I still have Mexico and Los Alemanes to root for!:)
Now, Germany vs. England...
Good Luck!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Kirsten
Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Say it again.......;)