Match 18|France vs. Mexico|17-06-10|Post Match Thread [R]

Re: Match 18|France vs. Mexico|17-06-10|Play-by-Play Thread [R]

Apparently you don't follow CONCACAF qualifying, it always comes down to the last 2 games.

FWIW France needed a late goal to beat Costa Rica in France a month ago.

And what did France have to do to qualify besides losing to Serbia and squeaking past mighty Ireland?

Oh yes, they finished ahead of Austria, the 68th ranked team in the world.

Don't blame CONCACAF for UEFA's lousy qualifying system.

 

"El Tri" got the deserved 3 points for their courageous performance (even though the 1:0 was a debatable decision), whereas France disappointed once again. Well, after the cheating against Ireland, "Le Bleus" seem to taste some bad karma...

 

Re: Match 18|France vs. Mexico|17-06-10|Play-by-Play Thread [R]

Haha, WHAT??? Good thing you're not coaching France either to be honest. You like putting out of form, past it strikers in? Strange.

 

Domenech: "C’est la catastrophe totale vieillard imbécile, il a conduit toute la république au précipice
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Re: Match 18|France vs. Mexico|17-06-10|Play-by-Play Thread [R]

seriously. i have no idea why he was kept on after euro 2008. was there just no viable option as a replacement?

it is sad to see all that talent amount to nothing. but i dunno if it's all down to just inept coaching.

in my opinion, this team was going to fail badly even if france qualified on fair terms.

i do like him a lot too. he is one of the few bright spots in this team.

i agree with this.

 

Great win for El tricolor! Congrats Mexico! And Blanco scores at the ripe ol' age of 37... now all he needs to do is score at WC 2018 and he'll overtake Roger Milla's record.

Uruguay v Mexico is gonna be insane. The fight to avoid Argentina in the round of 16. The winner of that game could go very far in this tournament.

 

Re: Match 18|France vs. Mexico|17-06-10|Play-by-Play Thread [R]

I don't blame CONCACAF for anything, but do the math; it's not like with your 3.5 spots you have to actually work hard to qualify. I mean, the two best teams will qualify in CONCACAF...and when are they not USA and Mexico? Everyone else are minnows who haven't a chance. Barring a catastrophe, both USA and Mexico will always qualify, while the minnows battle for the third place.

UEFA get's 1.5 spots; that's it. Every team has to struggle and lots and lots of quality get left out of World Cups, and that's fine, it should be hard.

Again, the CONCACAF teams deserve to be at the WC, but you guys get enough slots already.

 

english please?

 

Re: Match 18|France vs. Mexico|17-06-10|Play-by-Play Thread [R]

Eh, Oceania population is so small. I don't see how you can lump in West/Central Asia with East Asia. What does Iran have to do with Japan for example? They're totally distinct regions with no historical rivalry. Oceania is closer to the East Asian countries actually. There's a huge swathe in West/Central Asia without a team representing them in this World Cup.

 

Domenech: "C’est la catastrophe totale vieillard imbécile, il a conduit toute la république au précipice

Domenech: It's a total catastrophic old imbecil, he conducted the whole republic down hill.
Old idiot, you dropped the whole team down the hill?

Meh, those 4 years of French helped a this Mexican just a little bit.

My points on the game :

France didn't do shit, they were not a threat.
Mexico did OK, actually the subs did most of the work. Rafa Marquez pass ---> Javier Hernandez goal.

Then Barrera's skills, this dude is seriously talented, he needs to be honed to be a top player but he already shows a lot of potential. He'll be out of Mexico in no time.

Also, our defense was OK, but not terribly great, except for Salcido, that dude is sick .

My last two cents, France was bad, Mexico was DECENT. I hope Mexico continues to improve though and go far in the tournament. None of the teams have impressed me though, only Germany have done so, but not totally since they were playing against 10. I've yet to see an all-out match.

 

Great game by mexico and france. This is one of the best games so far! Keep it up mexico this was beautiful football, way to represent the concacaf.

 

^^^^ This.

Decent can get you far, though. Playing as a team is half the way to the cup.

 

France reminds of Serbia & Montenegro in 2006.
They had a good team and just collapsed mentally because of problems in the locker room and etc.

 

Re: Match 18|France vs. Mexico|17-06-10|Play-by-Play Thread [R]

Great performance and result by Mexico. Hope they play nice against Uruguay to a tie.

Bye Bye France!

 

Re: Match 18|France vs. Mexico|17-06-10|Play-by-Play Thread [R]

Who's left out that should of made it?

Are there any European teams that made it that, perhaps, shouldn't have?

 

If France played as a team they would easily top their group, don't you agree?
Their starting players are top quality, except for Govou.

I compared both teams because they came to the WC without spirit, much unlike Mexico today.

 

so they're going to lose 6-0 in their final game and South Africa will pip either Mexico or Uruguay on goal difference?



If anything France 2010 reminds me of France 2006 after the first two games (draws vs. Switzerland & South Korea), minus Zinidane Zidane and now they are in a much, much tougher group than four years before.

I also said there was a parallel between this group and the one they had in 2002 and it's even more eerie now. Think about, Uruguay is Uruguay who they drew 0-0 with in both 2002 + 2010. Mexico would be the Denmark of 2010 and they lost 2-0 to both and I guess you could say South Africa is the Senegal of that group.

 

Senegal was better.

 

It's really sad to watch the tragic way France are playing at the moment, considering all the great player they got... and Domenech (or 'Dummernik' as he no doubt would be called in Denmark, which means stupid or hopeless guy ) just dont seem to have a clue.
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If a frog had wings he wouldn't bump his bum from hopping.

 

So if we would talk in the terms of european rating agencies we could now say that the bonds of the french national team have been downgraded to "Junk Bonds"!

 

France is new Los Angeles Clippers

 

Re: Match 18|France vs. Mexico|17-06-10|Play-by-Play Thread [R]

Republic of Ireland

France.

Other than that, the teams earned that spot, so should be here. Better luck next time for the others.

 

The thing that I dislike about Mexico is that we create play after play just like any other top team, except we have a seriously tough time finishing them. If we had the strikers that Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina has we would be world class . We have to rely on our young guns though and as we all know, boys don't win tournaments, men do. But I hope that last statement proves to be wrong and that we pull through. It's hard not to love Mexico seeing how they play, but at the same time it's masochist's dream watching the team every game.