Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Mexico will be kicking themselves if they lose because they dominated the game completely in the first half. I kind of expected South Africa to avoid defeat somehow though since the previous 19 World Cup hosts have 14 wins and 5 draws in their opening matches.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] I can't believe that they tied South Africa. They had so many legit opportunities and South Africa had 2 good late chances to put it away. Opening game jitters
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Wow what a game..nice start to the world cup thou i feel really sorry for s.africa cos they had so many 1 on 1 chances...and mphela should've scored that last one but then again mexico was really threatening too..overall a very entertaining game nd i think 1-1 is a fair result.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] South Africa shouldn't have conceded that equaliser. Very poor communication and marking by their defence.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] What a total offside trap failure by SA defense on Marquez goal Dos Santos is a beast, kid dribbles like ronaldihno
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Good opening match to start the tournament but the goal the South Africans conceded was pretty poor. The goal the South Africans scored was gangster. Hahaha and talk about a blast from the past Blanco haha.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Marquez coulda passed to a teammate, who coulda just dribbled the ball into the goal. Good thing he made his shot, or people would have been all over him.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Marquez's goal was pretty nice. He fooled the goalkeeper by going inside so all credit to him. The South African goal also had a nice finish, but I thought it was offsides at first though and that celebration dance was rather lame, in my opinion. Most people on BS seemed to love it though.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Actually, if he passes to a teammate, that would have been off-side. Odd, but this is why breakaways in football are tricky (as opposed to, say, basketball).
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] I was laughing so hard at the ESPN commentator saying that the Mexican guy was not offside.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] I thought his teammates were still onside, but you're right that you don't get the same sort of breakaway fast breaks like in basketball.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Yeah, that was a great finish on that SA goal. Right in the corner. No goalie alive is going to stop that shot.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Ugh I wanted South Africa to win. Both teams played well I thought Mexico playing better most of the time. It felt like South Africa let a cheap goal in but at least they got a point. It could've easily been 2-0 in the first half for Mexico. I hope France loses. Fck France.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Group A certainly is interesting. I wonder who we'll face in the next round. Mexico didn't seem very impressive to me. A lot of standing around and waiting for the ball. A SA error gifted them that Marquez goal, although all credit has to be given to him for a sublime first touch and a clinical finish. SA seem the typical African side; full of energy and physicality but a mental error will be their demise (as it was in this match). They still seem to be a lethal counter-attacking team. The buildup to their goal was just absolutely marvelous; I was pissed that ESPN kept showing replays of the goal only. There was much more replay-worthy material going on before that great strike! I hope France and Uruguay also underperform. Can only spell good things for the Group B winner and runner-up. Also, I wonder how much altitude played a factor, although Mexico plays at altitude as well (Azteca Stadium 2,240m). Mexico just seemed really stagnant and slow and there wasn't much off the ball movement for them. I didn't see much of the first half in which I understand they were bossing the game, but the 2nd seemed pretty uninspiring. Even a goal down they didn't seem very motivated.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Uruguay v France... This is a hard call... I'm leaning towards Uruguay to win though.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Damn, I shoudln't bet on sports. Uruguay getting pushed around. Looks like France will score soon if this keeps up.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Forlan made a brilliant strike but the goal keeper stopped it. So far Uruguay making a lot of sloppy passes but their fowards look very dangerous upfront (Forlan and Suarez) but France is dominating them in possession.
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Ribery picks up a yellow too. I remember something about fouling a person who beat you is cardable? Is that why both Evra/Ribery received yellows?
Re: Other teams thread part V [R] Is Uraguay playing 5-3-2 formation? i missed the pre-match stuff? They have so many defenders in the box.