nikak: World Cup continued

World Cup continued

I had to start a new post for this. Ah, sweet revenge, even though I didn't throw a single stone. I haven't been out here hype-ing the US, I don't think they are great. But the irony and the hard record (assuming the blog stays up :p ) of all of your hating comments is too hard to pass. Mika, since you and I were just having a nice conversation, you are excluded.

Ahhh, it is so nice that all of you (namely denis & Goga) get to sit back now and eat your words!!!! Ha-haaaaa!!!! We just tied one of the powerhouses in Europe. AND we were down a man for the 2nd half.

I will accept apologies by the way, although I do agree that the commentating is totally biased and way off when it comes to US.

Goga, did you catch Ghana today?....hmmmm Can we talk again about the toughest group? Please, just admit when you're wrong. Name a tougher group.

All I know is that we still have a chance (although a very slim one after watching Ghana today) to come out of the group. And that is assuming that Italy will beat Czech.

By the way, did I mention you all came to the US to live? Freedom of speech (may be a new concept for you) is great I know, but come on, show a little respect to your gracious hosts. Is it really that hard for you to hope that the USA does well?

With love,

-maximus

P.S. This is a very over the top tongue-in-cheek posting and is not meant to be offensive to some of my favorite people. :->

10 comments

posted by Random on Sunday, June 18, 2006

10 Comments:

At 18 June, 2006 04:14, Anonymous said...: Good job for USA to tie with Italy. I said that this match will show is USA is worth the World Cup and the showed that they are.

I still do not believe that they will get out of the group (second your point about how Ghana played). But who knows, I did not expect these kind of outcomes from many games in this World Cup already.

Sorry that I can't cheer for USA in this World Cup. It's quite hard to do when the country itself doesn't care about the "Football World Cup". But until this changes I can't be excited about USA team winning. Sorry.

Here is a quote from an American guy (I can try to find his address for those that want to hurt him ;) - "What's with all this hype about soccer, not like it's played in any countries that matter anyway."

Maximus, the change toward this sport will only come from people like you that really care :)

I personally cheer for Brazil and Argentina because I want to see a sweet final game between these two amazing teams.

P.S. I'm so excited about Brazil vs. Australia. That should be a very interesting game.
At 18 June, 2006 09:35, bla said...: lol well talk about crazy! Ghana was AMAZING out there which might not be too good for the US. However that group right now is the most undecided because after 2 games each any of the teams still have a chance to get out!

As for US vs. Italy I believe that game was ruined by one single man - the ref. None of the red cards were deserved if you ask me. Not even the first one, although many people might argue the point. Yes he did hit with his elbow and there was blood, but it was in the air and unintentional. Usually red cards are for obvious intentional ones. As far as for the US red cards - I thought first one he just did because he wanted to even things out, then he got the second one and that was just plain stupid. As far as the gameplay Italy wasn't their best, but played good still and the US played like 10000 times better than their first time although I gotta say that the big hope Donnovan is doing absolutely nothing and they should take him out and put someone else instead.

I also thought what Denis said is true that mostly the dislike of the team comes from people here that do not care at all about their team or soccer in general and are so against it. The attitude makes you think well then why should I cheer for that team that even most of the natives don't care about instead of the teams that I've cheered for before (like the Czechs - I've loved that team since 96).

All in all Randod has this round lol
At 19 June, 2006 12:28, Anonymous said...: Just found it.

They have ESPN2 with all the games and it's not as slow as that SOP Program.

http://www.tvunetworks.com/
At 21 June, 2006 23:15, Random said...: Wow, you guys posted really cool responses!!! and I think I totally agree with all of you. I understand your point about the arrogance of a lot of small-minded Americans, but thank you for not grouping the "cultured" of us in with those losers.

Now, I will say this about Pope. He sucks, and he was so aggressive in the first half, I think it was a major mistake for Coach Arena to leave him in. That was mistake #1 by Arena. #2 was not using the last substitution in the last 15 minutes of the game. You guys saw how tired everyone was, US had 9 guys but still were fairly aggressive. Why not put fresh legs out there and see what happens?

Anyway, Ghana has no strikers for tomorrow, and they don't have a clue what to do when they are near the goal. Man, they should have won 6-0 against Czech. But, they are still damn fast, and will probably run circles around US for the first half. I predict 2:1 for the red, white, and blue. It'll all be over in 12 hours.

Oh, and just for the record, I wrote down on paper (you can ask Esteban) my prediction of 1:1 US/Italy prior to the game.

Beasley sucks, get him out of there. I predict Donovan will have a good game.

w00t Argentina v. Brasil in the final.
At 22 June, 2006 11:47, bla said...: Man well good prediction dod, just the wrong way :P Funny comments gog lol although I disagree about Arena being a good coach. Donovan sucks and has got to go. I haven't watched any US games outside of the US cup, but watching these I have no idea how they decided that he's their leader...

I didn't watch the US game because I wanted the Czechs to win so I watched that. Unfortunately another red card and well Italian defense, and finally A.C. Milan players such as Gatusso, Pirlo and the man who just can't not score no matter how old he gets - Pippo! I was crying inside for Nedved - one of my favorite players of all times, but I guess that's life.

Ghana was outstanding from what I hear and it sucks that they have to face Brazil next round... lol.

On the funny note my mom said my dad's secretary was talking to her and said "soccer just isn't for us, it's more like for kids." Yes Ms. secretary that's why there are half a billion watchers (and most likely more this year) that watch the final of the world cup. hehe.
At 22 June, 2006 15:17, bla said...: Well well well, how about that Brazil game! Rooooonaaaaldoooooooooooooooo!! He's back! hehe. I called both of the goals and in the end I was like give him his hat trick!! But I guess that was a little too much hehe. I love that team no matter what and today they showed how it is to play.

Gog I know this is gonna hurt, but this team did so much better without Adriano (not a big fan of that punk) and not just because he plays for Inter. Robinho did so much better today and I mean Ronaldinho... well he has the two times fifa player of the year awards saying everything about that. What a game!

Big upset - Croatia, another one of my teams that I have so much respect for, wasn't able to keep that lead although props to Australia they've had those comeback shockers.

All in all - amazing game Brazil! I just can't stop thinking about it :D
At 22 June, 2006 15:41, Random said...: Australia played amazing, and with so much aggression! (Although he was offsides on last goal) That was probably the best game of the World Cup so far to watch. But man, Croatia just fell apart in the end.

Goga, nice comments, I agree with some. I think Arena has to go. Ultimately USA just has no go-to player who they can count on. We have no star. Just look at how few SOG's we took! I mean, our "star" Reyna looked like an ass with the ball, and then to go off with injury just adds to it. One highlight was the one goal we scored of the WC. Beasley showed up for like 10 seconds and then disappeared again. Obviously I'm pissed about the PK, but that's the game, US made too many mistakes to deserve victory. Ghana was just better, and got the win.

I don't know what it's going to take to change the attitude by a lot of americans, but it's clear that until we do change our attitude, we will always be the laughing stock of FIFA.

Did you see the party in the streets of Ghana? Their lives were on the line. But for USA, most ppl are like "Oh, we lost? it's for kids anyway."

It sucks, man.

Anyway, Brasil is awesome, collision course with Argentina.
At 22 June, 2006 19:09, bla said...: Just wanted to say that the guy said that they turned the factories off in Ghana to make sure there's electricity for everyone to watch!
At 23 June, 2006 10:20, bla said...: lol great comments gurgentus and gog. The ref situation is just out of control! Someone needs to glue those cards to their pockets or maybe start charging the refs for every bad card or something! Then they'd be much more reluctant to do the crap they pull off every time. I just finished watching the Ukraine game and man was that a dissappointment. I mean the only reason I still wanted them to win is because of Tunisia's coach... I hate that french pedik (just like the rest of his football buddies lol). Once again... ref ruined it all by giving a lame first yellow. The second was deserved, but first one wasn't. And then Sheva Sheva Sheva lol nice dive. All in all hopefully they play better in their knockout game.

Finally Spain lol that was hillarious how they rested EVERY SINGLE ONE of their 11 players! Even the goalie! And they still won lol. Props!

And of course I can't wait to see France go down one more time and go home. Maybe by next world cup I'll start respecting their team since all the major douchebags will be gone (no need for names I'm sure you all know who I'm talking about).

Last comment on the US team. Today the guy on ESPN said something that I've said since game 1 for the US - Arena and Donnovan should go play chess or something. lol AMEN!
At 23 June, 2006 15:22, bla said...: rofl math...

So on to todays matches! One in particular anyways - France!

I was hoping that this would be their last game this tournament, I mean think about it - Zidane not playing, it's his birthday, it's Viera's birthday, and it would have been nice if Barthez made a huge mistake and Togo won! Everything was going perfect - for those of you who don't know Zidane, Viera and Barthez are my top 3 hated players of all times lol.

But France won 2-0 and moved on... shame... However why did they win? Well if you ask me (and this is not the hater talking - not fully anyways) it's because Zidane wasn't playing. The old fart sucks nowadays and can't do anything. The second reason of course was what I've been singing from day 1 and that's why isn't Trezeguet playing! Finally they let him out and look how many opportunities he created. Anyways Viera had a good day which always means a bad day for me - yes I'm a hater and I admit it! lol