Matchday Thread | GROUP C

Discussion in 'Group C: Colombia, Ivory Coast, Japan, Greece' started by JohnnyFutbol, Mar 28, 2014.

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Who Will Advance.

  1. Colombia

    86.8%
  2. Greece

    15.1%
  3. Cote d'Ivoire

    56.6%
  4. Japan

    30.2%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. Ed-D

    Ed-D Member

    Spurs
    United States
    Jun 13, 2005
    NY
    Club:
    Tottenham Hotspur FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    No doubt, I just don't like the whole bunkering school. I don't like it when we (the US) do it, I don't like it when Italy does it and I don't like it when Greece does it. I realize you're doing what you can to win, but in my book that style of play is boring and destructive and I don't want to see it rewarded. Why? Because I want to watch entertaining soccer, not 11 men crowded in their own penalty area batting away anything that comes close. When you make the other team dominate possession and take the game to you, you might be establishing an edge over them (though maybe not. The jury is still out as it doesn't work all the time, or even most of the time the last decade or so), but you are doing so at the cost of destroying the aesthetic of the sport. That to me is immoral. Yes, immoral. And justice punishes immorality. So there you have it.
     
  2. kaizer5

    kaizer5 Member

    Jun 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    In euro 2012 , they had. 1-1 tie with Poland and a missed penalty kick conversion at the end of the game.
    Lost to Czech Republic in game two , 2-1. Then beat Russia 1-0. In the quarter finals , loss to Germany 4-2.
    In a previous post you stated they didn't score any goals.
     
  3. Tukafo

    Tukafo Member+

    Oct 12, 2013
    Club:
    FC Bayern München
    Did I? Not that I recall. If anybody made that point about Greece then it was probably about Greece's scoring record in World Cups which is abysmal. I believe they only scored in two out of nine matches.
     
  4. kaizer5

    kaizer5 Member

    Jun 23, 2012
    Club:
    Real Salt Lake
    They played a very good game against civ and could have had a margin similar to that of Switzerland today. They may not be sexy pics ,but a least they both got through. Thank god because Europe was taking a beating.
    Hoping for Russia tomorrow .......and obviously Germany.
     
  5. futbol in Miami

    Colombia
    Sep 11, 2011
    Miami
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    i think its only right that many Euro teams continue to get more beatings. they have the most slots from any confedartion by a wide margin. odds are always on their side that one of them will pull through to the next stages.

    meanwhile for south america for example, at least 2 sides will be eliminated in R16 because they happen to meet each other so early (Colombia/Uruguay amd Brazil/Chile) . thats already half of the CONMEBOL teams by the end of the week that will be gone. and then the winner of these games will face each other in quarterfinals. further eliminating conmebol teams.
     
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  6. dapip

    dapip Member+

    Sep 5, 2003
    South Florida
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    I posted this in the WC forum:

    They should rank group winners 1 to 8 and runners up 9 to 16. Have 1 face 16, 2 face 15, etc, etc and the bracket set NCAA style or Libertadores style. Off course that creates logistics problems like not enough time between group round and round of 16, and ticketing and transport for the teams, etc, etc. In big countries like Brasil or Russia or the US it would be difficult to make it work. However in smaller countries, where the commutte between cities is shorter it might work.

    For example (assuming certain results for today) we woul have the following bracket.

    NED VS GRE
    GER VS MEX

    ARG VS URU
    FRA VS SWI

    COL VS NIG
    CR VS ALG

    BRA VS CHI
    BEL VS USA
     
  7. futbol in Miami

    Colombia
    Sep 11, 2011
    Miami
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    thats much more balanced. i like!
     
  8. faiyez

    faiyez Member

    Feb 16, 2010
    Costa Rica
    Club:
    LD Alajuelense
    Nat'l Team:
    Japan
    If you feel it's wrong for South American teams to have to play each other now, then why weren't they all able to top their groups? If they had topped their groups, they wouldn't have had to worry about facing each other so soon.

    Que se maten entre ellos es lo justo.
     
  9. futbol in Miami

    Colombia
    Sep 11, 2011
    Miami
    Club:
    FC Internazionale Milano
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    i know that. its just unfortunate.
     
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  10. pepinointer

    pepinointer Member+

    Mar 12, 2007
    Santiago de Compostela
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    well colombia no tiene que ver con eso :p
     
  11. GreekAttackSux

    Jun 23, 2014
    Club:
    Olympiakos Piraeus
    The last 10 years after winning Euro we haven't been "punished" as u say for playing defensive football , instead we are evolving.Last 10 years only missed WC 2006.And except EURO 2008 we had good performances.So I think you are pretty much wrong.
     
  12. pepinointer

    pepinointer Member+

    Mar 12, 2007
    Santiago de Compostela
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia
    aesthetic of the sport??? that is so relative my friend.......

    You decide what to play depending the material you have...
     
  13. karpouzeiro

    karpouzeiro Member

    Jun 13, 2014
    Club:
    PAOK Saloniki
    this... unfortunately we have good defenders and not very good strikers and our best striker was injured for months and he is unfit.
     
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  14. JohnnyFutbol

    JohnnyFutbol Member+

    Nov 5, 2009
    Haddonfield
    Club:
    Club Tigres de la UANL
    Nat'l Team:
    Mexico
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  15. pepinointer

    pepinointer Member+

    Mar 12, 2007
    Santiago de Compostela
    Club:
    Millonarios Bogota
    Nat'l Team:
    Colombia

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