The Other National Teams Thread - World Cup 2010 Edition [R]

Damn facking Slovenians, fack them!

 

Slovenian captain scores!!!!

The Algerian keeper does a 'Green' on that one.

 

Is there any team you like?

 

I dont know much about asian football, but IMO if you want the continent to grow (in football terms), you dont put a team that is 1-2 classes above most of the competition, and will regularly take a world cup spot from the lesser teams who would benefit massively from the world cup experience.

 

Why not? With Australia in the AFC they have to play a better opponent in an important competition (qualification) far more often than they would if an additional "old" team would get three more games at the WC.

Australia may be better than most teams in Asia but they are hardly world beaters. Its not as if everyone there is outclassed by them. I would guess especially the Arabic teams profiting very much from playing regularly against Australia and their physical, "European" style.

 

Slovenia are the first European team to win in this WC

Slovenia 1 Algeria 0

 

Now when i saw this game and yeserday Greece I wonder how we(Croatia) are not in this tournament . Hope Germany destroy Australia tonight.

 

Mahindra Satyam are sponsors for this tournament??

Haven't they filed for solvency??

I bought shares at approx 125 Rs/share last March and they are already down at Rs 85/share.

So much for investing in blue chip companies

 

Kevin Prince Boateng is starting for Ghana

 

bitter rant

i agree

bitter rant part deux

i agree 100%

more bitterness from poorvi, but at least truth behind bitterness finally comes out

 

yea, both games between the Czechs and Netherlands were some of the best all around team football matches from both sides in a match i have ever seen from international football. in Euro00 you are right with the 1-0. but in Euro04, the Netherlands put on a show in the first half hour and were up 2-0, but Czechs fought back and won 3-2 before the 90 mins were up.

 

I remember the ridiculous goal nedved scored.

Euro2000 by the way was an anomaly to modern tournaments. Every 2nd game was like that 2004 match you're talking about.

 

true story, i absolutely loved the football between 1998-2006. nedved was easily my favorite player ever. he could score absolute howlers with either foot

... see the thing about czech republic is i feel their best sides were from mid 90s to mid 00s and they are in a bit of a rebuilding time looking for that next "golden" generation... problem is i think it will still be a few years. as for holland, for decades they just continue shooting out new great generation after generation. i don't know how they do it, but i love it

btw... putting political reasons and history aside, am i the only one that would love to see Yugoslavia put back together simply for footballing terms? they'd be a super power every year

 

in international tournaments? Well like I said....2000 was a throwback to decades prior. Remember spain slovenia?

2002 sucked, 1998 sucked, 2004 sucked, 2006 sucked....picture?

Club football was more interesting though in early part of that period.

that'd be amazing, I wish they could do it. For basketball too

 

Doesn't really work that way, see West+Easy Germany.

 

why in your opinion did it suck? in club football i loved it, in international football i loved it. where you a germany nt supporter the entire time? if so, then i'd understand why it "sucked" bahahaha

 

I've been a germany supporter since 1990 (when bayerngirl was NOT bored due to her not being alive yet...), get your facts right dude!

I noticed the commercialism and the result oriented nature of the games more, and it lost the joie de vivre that older games used to convey.

besides euro 2000, when everyone played like there was no tomorrow (or commercial endorsements to sign and pose with )

 

i was alive in 1990. get ur facts right dude!

 

barely...

 

erm... i'm sure i am forgetting people but i just skimmed their recent rosters... but just imagine a side with this **drool**

Slovenia:
GK Handanovic
MF Kirm
MF Krhin
FW Novakovic

Bosnia & Herzegovina:
MF Pjanic
MF Misimovic
MF Salihovic
FW Dzeko
FW Ibisevic

Serbia:
GK Stojkovic
DF Kolarov
DF Vidic
DF Ivanovic
DF Subotic
MF Stankovic
MF Kacar
MF Tosic
MF Jovanovic
MF Krasic
MF Kuzmanovic
FW Pantelic
FW Lazovic
FW Zigic

Montenegro:
FW Vukcevic
FW Vucinic
FW Jovetic

Croatia:
GK Pletikosa
DF Simic
DF Simunic
DF Kovac
DF Corluka
MF Rakitic
MF Srna
MF Modric
MF Kranjcar
MF Pranjic
FW Olic
FW Klasnic
FW Petric
FW Eduardo

 

btw... this Ghana v Serbia match is pretty open and entertaining. i am definitely enjoying it, even with an hour or two of sleep

as for my current Yugoslavia starting 11 **enters wet dream again**

-----------Dzeko-----------------
-----------------Vucinic----------
--Krasic--------------------Srna--
---------Stankovic---Modric-------
-Kolarov--Vidic--Corluka--Ivanovic-
------------Handanovic-----------

 

Pretty boring World Cup so far. The attractive teams have yet to come though.

 

I'm seeing the same football so far. Nothing changes in the style or the way teams are playing.

 

join the club

 

meh i think it has been pretty good, but then again the matches that i have seen all of so far are Argentina/Nigeria, England/USA, and Serbia/Ghana... i am looking forward to Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Brazil, and Ivory Coast

just be patient young grasshopper, it will come