So finally the first good opponent for Germany. But most of the time South Korea was only good in the defense, they only had one good goal opportunity. After a horrible first half, Germany was much better in the second half and had good chances by Leupolz and Petermann. The first goal came in the 72nd minute after a great shot by Schmid who scored from just outside the penalty area. Just a few minutes after that Lena Lotzen could hold the ball against 3 or 4 Koreans and scored her 4th goal of the tournament. She has scored in every match so far. In the last minute then a nice attack of the Germans was finished by substitute Chojnowski. But it was a hard match to win and Germany hopefully know now, that the next opponents will be at last as strong as South Korea.
FIFA.com is pretty slow this time with the highlights. Anyway, the first two quarterfinals will be: Nigeria - South Korea Germany - North Korea Not a surprise. Today it will be more exciting, as any team could theoretically qualify, even New Zealand. Especially group D looks very nice.
That's the same "theretically" as in "theoretically Mexico could have won against Germany", right? Let's face it: Spain and Japan are through.
The USA was doing real good for women's soccer hope they keep it up and take the USA to the world cup
So Spain and Japan are through,* and that was the second 6-0 win for Japan in a row. Talk about massive scorelines... * actually NZ could theoretically still advance if Spain and Japan both are disqualified because of age cheating or something within the next few days
Ireland 2-0 up at half time. Brazil also winning which means if scores stay the same we play Spain in the next round. Still an unknown quantity???? KOH
Ahh - we know what you mean - so which team is it ? The team you suspect of trafficking teenage transgenders to trinidad & tobago ?
Actually if scores remain excatly the same, its Ireland v Japan. Ifff - because Ghana is hardly going to give up without a fight - they looked very good even when they lost to Canada.
I wasn't thinking of a specific team, I just remembered people complaining about that and age cheating in general. I think we can very much exclude the possibility of transgenders on the Japanese team though, they're waaaaay too cute for that. Which side would you support in that case? Also I see now that Japan and Germany will already meet in the semifinal, which is a shame because Germany deserves to reach the final as well.
Well if that happens (and Brasil has scored again, and lead the shot count 25-4 etc) and if I can see the game - which is extremely unlikely as FIFA is doing an excellent job in shutting down the streams - then I would just hope for a great game. Edit - Actually I see Ireland has gone 3-0 up ....amazing. And I see Ghana missed a PK just before halftime. In fact I would prefer Ireland as they have the DF line that can win a WC, and they have beaten Germany recently.
It currently looks as if Ireland can only score from distance (real distance) or defensive errors, which they've done for the third time today already.
I really like those match ups for the KO-rounds. If Germany want to win the title, they probably have to beat two Asians first (like during the U-20 WWC). Also it shows that the reallocation of berths was an absolute joke. CONMEBOL, CAF -1 each UEFA, AFC +1 each That should do the trick.
If you knew the game you would know it doesnt matter how you score. We have done as well as we expected to and there is more to come. We fear no country. KOH
I only saw the highlights but what impressed me was that Ghana appeared to have been shut out on attack. All they had was a dubious edge-of-box PK and that late header. Oddly enough, the Japanese are playing, at least in attack, like a European team. But these small girls can shoot. Good luck....you guys will enjoy it, I will get the 3-minute higlights...
South Korea two goals down against Nigeria three minutes into the game. Yes, that's the same South Korea that took Germany over 70 minutes to score against.
Well, why not? Barca can also lose to a promoted team. I am not happy with that, I don't really like Nigeria. Or rather I don't like their fans.
They pulled one back, 1-2 now. I'm not sure, but that could have been an error from the Nigerian GK. Have to watch the highlights later to be certain. So far both defense lines look really bad. And while I'm typing this, Nigeria nearly scored another, but that one was disallowed due to offside. I don't like Nigeria that much either, but that might have something to do with the U-20 WC. Edit: 2-2... lol
3-2 Nigeria... a rather scrappy goal. Edit: 3-3! Korea pull level from a PK that could have been a FK just as well. 4-3 Korea, a little later 4-4... going to extra time... what a game. 5-4 Korea! Errr... 6-4, actually. What kind of game is this? 6-5... ran out of popcorn.