FIFA WORLD CUP 2010: Match Threads

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players in national anthem over

[Rabz]

Expecting a thumping win by the English.
4-0.

But then again, it has been a freakish day today.

[al-Sagar]

kick off

[al-Sagar]

Expecting a thumping win by the English.
4-0.

But then again, it has been a freakish day today.

lampard and gerrard never play well together in CM, but they had to agaisnt USA

with barry back today , now gerrard can pla LM or AM so england will get lampard and gerrard better functioning.

[al-Sagar]

anyway not more than one upset per day has been the pattern .....

we got the upset for today

[al-Sagar]

algeria not looking to sit back........... thats good ........

[magic boy]

Shaky English defense

[al-Sagar]

nice build by gerrard and a cloe

[al-Sagar]

carra and terry are not the quickest, though the most no nonsense defender

[al-Sagar]

england formation today

GK (portsmouth)

RB(liverpool) CB(liverpool) CB (chelsea) RB (Chelsea)

RM (Spurs) CM (chelsea) CM (man city) RM (liverpool)

AM (MAN UTD)

CF(Aston VIlla)

[al-Sagar]

england formation today

GK (portsmouth)

RB(liverpool) CB(liverpool) CB (chelsea) RB (Chelsea)

RM (Spurs) CM (chelsea) CM (man city) RM (liverpool)

AM (MAN UTD)

CF(Aston VIlla)

[Rabz]

Nothing substantial yet.

[al-Sagar]

15 mins gone 0-0

[al-Sagar]

england are not passing the ball well ...

lampard lennon almost dead

[al-Sagar]

algeria the brighter side so far...

they came out the blocks strongly eng still arent up the temp

[magic boy]

seems like another major upset of WC awaiting tonight ..sigh

[AsifTheManRahman]

Still no early advantage.

[al-Sagar]

25 mins gone ...

[al-Sagar]

the prob with algeria could be they are playing very high temp and will tire quickly when england can bounce back.

[magic boy]

[বাংলা]এই রাতের ম্যাচ গুলা বেশি বোরিং হয়তেছে কিছুধিন ধরে...[/বাংলা]

[al-Sagar]

1st shot on goal by england, gerrard

[Rabz]

Disappointing england so far...
Infact, Algeria better than expected.

[al-Sagar]

good chance for lampard ..........

[Rabz]

Oh! Lampard!!

[AsifTheManRahman]

Good opportunity missed.

[al-Sagar]

england are shocked by algerias mentality .... egland expected algeria to sit back but algeria came out pushing and pressing england ........

[al-Sagar]

35 mins gone,,,,,,,,

i sense a goal in last 10 min of the half

[al-Sagar]

what the hell was that from gerrard ............

[al-Sagar]

shot from barry, no trouble for GK

[AsifTheManRahman]

England finding it hard to drill holes in the Algerian defense. Here's a team that's defending and attacking well at the same time.

[Rabz]

Are we in for another upset again???

[al-Sagar]

5 mins to go of 1st half

[al-Sagar]

this shows ..... any team on their day can beat anybody .....

[al-Sagar]

rooney with a shot ......... again no trouble for GK

england have started to find some feet.......

[al-Sagar]

end of another goalless 1st half ...............

[Rabz]

0-0.
Nothing much to say too.

[al-Sagar]

BBC Radio 5 live's Chris Waddle

"England are having the same problems they had against the USA in Rustenburg - they're not getting on the ball, they're not picking up second balls and they're letting the opposition dictate. This is all Algeria. They are so compact, they work hard and technically they are far superior."

[al-Sagar]

BBC Radio 5 live's Chris Waddle

"Algeria didn't look great coming into this tournament but tonight they look great. They're the team who are passing the ball around, they look bright."

[al-Sagar]

BBC Radio 5 live's Chris Waddle

"England are very slow, they're running out of ideas and there's no movement. What's the point playing wide men unless you feed the ball to them quickly? Capello has started Lennon but England aren't using him."

[_Rafi_]

Haha. In 1st half England tested Algerian GK with some weak shots as if the GK was their own Green

[al-Sagar]

i feel england will scrap it 1-0

[ialbd]

england er jei obosta, bujchhi... ajker shob prediction bhul amar... :(

[al-Sagar]

Haha. In 1st half England tested Algerian GK with some weak shots as if the GK was their own Green

ha ha ha..... in fact the algerian keeper made similar mistake against slovenia.

so they are hoping he will do a green

[nadim 98]

England jitbe WC.........you gotto be kidding :floor:

useless media, useless players gets overhyped too much...:lol:

[AsifTheManRahman]

With the way they've been playing, England will be lucky if they get to the Quarter finals this year.

[al-Sagar]

lets see how capello can inspire the england squad for the 2nd half

[AsifTheManRahman]

The players are coming out.

[al-Sagar]

england players cant keep the ball in feet ............ rooney latest guilty

[al-Sagar]

terry two poor challenges in quick succession

[al-Sagar]

clueless emile heskey

[al-Sagar]

wasted an oppurtunity

[al-Sagar]

and rooney again losing posession

[al-Sagar]

yellow for Carragher..... misses next match ......

freekick in good position

[al-Sagar]

60 mins gone and still 0-0

[al-Sagar]

corner for england ................

[AsifTheManRahman]

Hopeless England.

[nadim 98]

yellow for Carragher..... misses next match ......

freekick in good position

:floor: who will be their defender for the next game???

Ferdinand and King is already :out: coz of injury and now Carragher will miss :out: next game....if England dont win today than tought, they will lost in the next game for sure...

[al-Sagar]

better from england

lennon off SWP on

[al-Sagar]

so now dawson has to play CB or barry

[al-Sagar]

just over

[al-Sagar]

Defoe to come ..... may be heskey off

[al-Sagar]

brilliant defending by bougherra

[_Rafi_]

England should go back to academy and learn how to keep possession.
Btw good defending by Algerian defender to deny Gerrard

[al-Sagar]

14 mins to go now ........

[AsifTheManRahman]

The clock is ticking...

[al-Sagar]

3 mins to go now ........

[nadim 98]

only 3mins to go...
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[nadim 98]

im not watching. Is the game over yet???
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[_Rafi_]

Algeria! Well done!

[nadim 98]

yhhhhhh


all i can do @ england is this :floor::floor::lol::floor::lol:
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[AsifTheManRahman]

So this group just got interesting. All teams will be playing their last game to win and win by as large a GD as possible as they will not have any knowledge of what happened in the other game until they're done with theirs.

[al-Sagar]

so Algeria succeeds to hold a crappy england team

[al-Sagar]

all three games promises to be good ones as all teams have a job to do

[al-Sagar]

Netherlands v Japan line-ups

Netherlands: 1-Maarten Stekelenburg; 2-Gregory van der Wiel, 3-John Heitinga, 4-Joris Mathijsen, 5-Giovanni van Bronckhorst; 7-Dirk Kuyt, 6-Mark van Bommel, 10-Wesley Sneijder, 8-Nigel de Jong, 23-Rafael van der Vaart; 9-Robin van Persie.

Japan: 21-Eiji Kawashima; 2-Yuki Abe, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Tulio, 3-Yuichi Komano; 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 16-Yoshito Okubo, 7-Yasuhito Endo, 17-Makoto Hasebe, 8-Daisuke Matsui; 18-Keisuke Honda.

Referee: Hector Baldassi (Argentina)

[al-Sagar]

Netherlands v Japan line-ups

Netherlands: 1-Maarten Stekelenburg; 2-Gregory van der Wiel, 3-John Heitinga, 4-Joris Mathijsen, 5-Giovanni van Bronckhorst; 7-Dirk Kuyt, 6-Mark van Bommel, 10-Wesley Sneijder, 8-Nigel de Jong, 23-Rafael van der Vaart; 9-Robin van Persie.

Japan: 21-Eiji Kawashima; 2-Yuki Abe, 22-Yuji Nakazawa, 4-Tulio, 3-Yuichi Komano; 5-Yuto Nagatomo, 16-Yoshito Okubo, 7-Yasuhito Endo, 17-Makoto Hasebe, 8-Daisuke Matsui; 18-Keisuke Honda.

Referee: Hector Baldassi (Argentina)

[al-Sagar]

game about start

dutch vs blue samurai

[al-Sagar]

8th min,,,,,,free kick for the dutch

[al-Sagar]

kuyt trying for a spectacular bicycle kick ..... ....

11 mins gone.

japan looking to sit back and absorb the pressure from the ditch

[al-Sagar]

28 mins 0-0

[al-Sagar]

yet another Goal Less Half Time

[reverse_swing]

Anekla brings more misery to French football team:
Nicolas Anelka 'to be sent home tomorrow (http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/19/france-worldcup2010)

[al-Sagar]

netgerlands win 1-0

[al-Sagar]

Ghana v Australia line-ups:

Ghana: 22-Richard Kingson; 4-John Pantsil, 8-Jonathan Mensah, 19-Lee Addy, 2-Hans Sarpei, 6-Anthony Annan, 21-Kwadwo Asamoah, 13-Dede Ayew, 23-Kevin-Prince Boateng, 3-Asamoah Gyan, 12-Prince Tagoe.

Australia: 1-Mark Schwarzer; 2-Lucas Neill, 3-Craig Moore, 14-Brett Holman, 8-Luke Wilkshire, 23-Mark Bresciano, 5-Jason Culina, 16-Carl Valeri, 7-Brett Emerton, 10-Harry Kewell, 21-David Carney.
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

[Green Tea]

http://www.silvermeow.com/gallery/paint/poster/pic/england_football_team_2006.jpg

[Green Tea]

http://jeffreyhill.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341d417153ef0120a5b98dd6970c-pi

[al-Sagar]

austalia leads 1-0

Brett Holman scores in the 11th min

[nadim 98]

hahaha Green Tea vai........loser der support koren naki? :-p

[al-Sagar]

BBC Radio 5 live's Danny Mills

"Just looking around the stadium it's disappointing to see so many empty seats. This is the World Cup, surely Fifa, or somebody, should have addressed this situation. You want as many people as possible to see it. There are obviously a lot of people who would want to come but can't get tickets or the tickets are too expensive."

[al-Sagar]

1-1 AS ASAMOAH GYAN SCORES.

and hary kewell red card for aussies

[ialbd]

I see a Bangladeshi flag in the stands in the AUS-Ghana game.... :)

[al-Sagar]

half time 1-1

aus down to 10 men

[al-Sagar]

60 mins gone

1-1

[nadim 98]

Both team just missed golden opporetunity to take the lead.......

[nadim 98]

another golden chance miss by Aussie?? oh dead......they dont deserve to win now.........

[Green Tea]

hahaha Green Tea vai........loser der support koren naki? :-p

no. but they are a good team. unfortunately they have a difficult time.
:goal::goal::goal:

[al-Sagar]

oppurtunity lost for ghana agaisnt a 10 men aussie team

[ialbd]

Cameroon deserved this early exit from the tournament.... they just missed sooo many scoring opportunities.... it was just horrible..

but all in all.... the game (DEN vs CAM) was a fantastic game to watch.... much more entertaining and impressive than matches involving big names...

[al-Sagar]

Slovakia v Paraguay line-ups

Slovakia: 1-Jan Mucha; 2-Peter Pekarik, 3-Martin Skrtel, 16-Jan Durica, 6-Zdeno Strba, 7-Vladimir Weiss, 8-Jan Kozak, 21-Kornel Salata, 17-Marek Hamsik, 11-Robert Vittek, 9-Stanislav Sestak.
Paraguay: 1-Justo Villar, 6-Carlos Bonet, 21-Antolin Alcaraz, 14-Paulo Da Silva, 3-Claudio Morel, 13-Enrique Vera, 15-Victor Caceres, 16-Cristian Riveros, 9-Roque Santa Cruz, 18-Nelson Valdez, 19-Lucas Barrios.
Referee: Eddy Maillet (Seychelles)

[al-Sagar]

15 min gone 0-0

[al-Sagar]

czech der mathay onek chul chilo ... ...

slovak der to beshir bhag e nara

[al-Sagar]

vera gives paraguay the lead 1-0

[al-Sagar]

half time...... paraguay lead 1-0

[al-Sagar]

BBC Sport's Roy Hodgson

"Slovakia didn't show much attacking flair in the first half-hour when they just played long balls up to Robert Vittek... but in the last few minutes before half-time, when they got the ball into the box from crosses they looked much more dangerous."

[al-Sagar]

2nd half starts

[al-Sagar]

60 mins gone still 1-0 to paraguay

[al-Sagar]

72 mins still 1-0 to paraguay

[al-Sagar]

5 mins left still 1-0 to paraguay

[FagunerAgun]

Paraguay look solid, still have lot in their gas tank, not using it.

[al-Sagar]

2-0 paraguay

[al-Sagar]

Italy v New Zealand line-ups:

Italy: 12-Federico Marchetti 19-Gianluca Zambrotta, 5-Fabio Cannavaro, 4-Giorgio Chiellini, 3-Domenico Criscito, 22-Riccardo Montolivo, 6-Daniele De Rossi, 15-Claudio Marchisio, 9-Vincenzo Iaquinta, 7-Simone Pepe, 11-Alberto Gilardino

New Zealand: 1-Mark Paston; 4-Winston Reid, 6-Ryan Nelsen, 5-Ivan Vicelich, 19-Tommy Smith, 3-Tony Lochhead, 11-Leo Bertos, 7-Simon Elliot, 10-Chris Killen, 14-Rory Fallon, 9-Shane Smeltz.

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

[al-Sagar]

game under way

[nadim 98]

Can you believe it??

NZ took the lead already:goal::D

[ialbd]

hehe... NZ scores against Italy... I have seen everything... :)

but that also means my predictions are going wrong.... :(

[al-Sagar]

NZ one UP ..........

is another shock on the cards ???

[al-Sagar]

Can you believe it??

NZ took the lead already:goal::D

check in the goal counter thread... its 52 not 51

[al-Sagar]

Via Twitter

From Tuan_56: "Aussie living in London, but come on New Zealand - the rest of Australia is behind you after the Grosso farce four years ago!"

[al-Sagar]

oh no ......... interrruption in my cable .....

cant watch now....

even BTV not showing

[al-Sagar]

Vincenzo Iaquinta equalises ....

[al-Sagar]

1-1

[nadim 98]

That was a shocking decision to give penalty......chor ref:mad:

[al-Sagar]

BBC Radio 5 live's Robbie Savage

"That's shocking. That's not a penalty, he's hardly touched him. That's a disgrace, it's embarrassing really. There's slight contact and De Rossi, being a professional, has gone down and made a meal of it. New Zealand shouldn't get too disheartened."

ha ha what savage is talking, savage was a bigger dramaqueen than de rossi. i remember once he dived in to penalty are then referee give penalty and savage got up and started celebrate the penalty

[al-Sagar]

half time

[nadim 98]

BBC Radio 5 live's Robbie Savage

"That's shocking. That's not a penalty, he's hardly touched him. That's a disgrace, it's embarrassing really. There's slight contact and De Rossi, being a professional, has gone down and made a meal of it. New Zealand shouldn't get too disheartened."

ha ha what savage is talking, savage was a bigger dramaqueen than de rossi. i remember once he dived in to penalty are then referee give penalty and savage got up and started celebrate the penalty

lol


dreamaqueen vs dramaqueen:lol:

[al-Sagar]

France team director Jean-Louis Valentin:

"It's a scandal for the French, for the young people here. It's a scandal for the federation and the French team. They don't want to train. It's unacceptable. As for me, it's over. I'm leaving the federation. I'm sickened and disgusted."

french football in total disarray

[al-Sagar]

More from the France crisis: "France refused to train on Sunday because of striker Nicolas Anelka's expulsion, according to a letter written by them and read out to the media by coach Raymond Domenech."

[al-Sagar]

61 mins, 1-1

[al-Sagar]

looks like we have a shock on the cards

[nadim 98]

nz deserve to be in the last 16. :clap:
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[al-Sagar]

italy held by NZ ..... 1-1

well done NZ

[al-Sagar]

nz deserve to be in the last 16. :clap:
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but they now need to Beat Paraguay ... ...

[Tiger444]

congrats 2 NZ!! I really love the kiwis a lot..I really do, except when they smash us in cricket!! Haha..but what a country..a country of only 4 million people who often get overlooked by the bigger and more pompous aussies down under..they have a dominating rugby team who could be the best team in the world right now and then their cricket team has always been a very solid team who give it their all..their basketball team is also a decent team who have sent a few of their players 2 the NBA and now their soccer team is stunning the world..just the way they fight and give it their all makes me love them..I really hope they can go 2 the next round instead of Italy, they really have deserved it..now lets hope they beat paraguay..

[al-Sagar]

NZ definitely into second round if they beat paraguay.

if they draw, they have to hope italy vs slovakia game is also a draw and NZ have a high scoring draw.

[al-Sagar]

Brazil v Ivory Coast teams

Brazil: 1-Julio Cesar; 2-Maicon, 3-Lucio, 4-Juan, 6-Michel Bastos, 5-Felipe Melo, 8-Gilberto Silva, 7-Elano, 10-Kaka, 11-Robinho, 9-Luis Fabiano.

Ivory Coast: 1-Boubacar Barry; 21-Emmanuel Eboue, 4-Kolo Toure, 20-Guy Demel, 17-Siaka Tiene, 5-Didier Zokora, 19-Yaya Toure, 9-Cheik Tiote, 8-Salomon Kalou, 11-Didier Drogba, 15-Aruna Dindane.

Referee: Stephane Lannoy (France)

[magic boy]

cant enjoy FIFA World Cup anymore...very busy :(

[nadim 98]

Capello 'to quit if England fail to reach last 16' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8750672.stm)

[al-Sagar]

players coming in

[al-Sagar]

Capello 'to quit if England fail to reach last 16' (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8750672.stm)

capello will quit or FA will sack ??? ???

[al-Sagar]

brazil on the attack straight away as usual

[nadim 98]

capello will quit or FA will sack ??? ???

it says he will quit himself be4 FA sack him.....just to save his pride :shh:....

[al-Sagar]

green jetsey te ivorian der manaite se na

[nadim 98]

France squad refuse to train(today) (http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12047_6217091,00.html)


:lol:

[al-Sagar]

5 mins no goals ....

[al-Sagar]

ivory coast sitting back but will look to counter when get the ball ...

[Rabz]

Ivorians on the attack so far...

[al-Sagar]

free kick....... to ivory coast....

[al-Sagar]

welcome rabz bhai

[al-Sagar]

ivorians keeping position of ball more than brazil

[al-Sagar]

that was a dangerous ball in ......

we have a game on our hands ....

[al-Sagar]

maicons determined run earns brazil a corner

[al-Sagar]

comfortable grab by the Gk

[al-Sagar]

luis Fabiano gives brazil the lead

[al-Sagar]

1-0 brazil 26 mins gone

[Rabz]

gooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllll lllllll

thats what im talking about....

[al-Sagar]

end to end stuff..........

very good game ............

[al-Sagar]

good off side decision .....

brazil LB is allowing too many crosses in.

and ivory coast showing they can cause trouble to brazli

[al-Sagar]

half time ....

brazil 1-0

[al-Sagar]

2nd half starts

[Rabz]

Fabiano you beauty...!!!
2-0

[al-Sagar]

brazil leads 2-0

second goal for Luis Fabiano

[al-Sagar]

Drogba just missed a golden oppurtunity

[al-Sagar]

dindane off, fraeky haircut gervinho on

[al-Sagar]

hour gone .... brazil leads 2-0

[al-Sagar]

brilliant attack by brazil .... but GK saves the day

[al-Sagar]

3-0 ........

elano scores

[al-Sagar]

elano off due to injury

dani alves on

[Rabz]

Poor poor Elano.
Seems like he might be out for a while...

[al-Sagar]

kalou off

kader keita on for ivorians

[al-Sagar]

Poor poor Elano.
Seems like he might be out for a while...

that was a stamp on his feet, a red card should have been issued

[al-Sagar]

15 mins left 3-0 tonbrazil

[al-Sagar]

3-1

drogba scores

[al-Sagar]

6 mins left now

3-1

[al-Sagar]

zidane and figo watching the game in stands

[nadim 98]

haha

should be red for kaka
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[al-Sagar]

RED card for KAKA

[nadim 98]

and it is red:lol:
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[nadim 98]

oh dat was close
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[al-Sagar]

brazil win 3-1 as i predicted..... 3 pints for brazil, 4 points for me.....

[al-Sagar]

and brazil through to next round ....

[Rabz]

Completely lost by the Samba, the Ivorians did exactly what they know best, physical football. That was brutal, but the Brazilians were just too ruthless.

They are here for the cup.

[nadim 98]

some useful info: 22 Brazilian player out of 23 are married .
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[al-Sagar]

A poor, poor game from referee Stephane Lannoy, then, to take the shine off an otherwise good match. The Frenchman missed a handball in the build-up to Luis Fabiano's second, failed to admonish Cheik Tiote for his foul on Elano that ended the Brazilian's night's work, and then dismissed Kaka for absolutely nothing right at the end. Shame.

[al-Sagar]

Completely lost by the Samba, the Ivorians did exactly what they know best, physical football. That was brutal, but the Brazilians were just too ruthless.

They are here for the cup.

well u remember how cameroon beat args in 1990 .... the biyik brothers of cameroons.....

[_Rafi_]

So far in this world cup English Premier league's stars are not doing good. Other league's stars are better

[revolver]

so how many games is kaka out for??

[_Rafi_]

so how many games is kaka out for??

the red card was the result of two yellow. So he will be out for one match only

[Green Tea]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/jmg/lowres/jmgn14l.jpg

[Green Tea]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/rmg/lowres/rmgn36l.jpg

[al-Sagar]

Breaking news - Fabio Capello has told the BBC that Matthew Upson will start alongside John Terry at centre-back in place of the suspended Jamie Carragher against Slovenia on Wednesday.

[al-Sagar]

Portugal: Eduardo, Bruno Alves, Miguel Brito, Ricardo Carvalho, Cristiano Ronaldo, Pedro Mendes, Hugo Almeida, Simao Sabrosa, Raul Meireles, Tiago, Fabio Coentrao.

North Korea: Ri Myong-guk, Cha Jong-hyok, Pak Nam-chol, Ri Kwang-chon, Ji Yun-nam, Hong Yong-jo, Mun In-guk, Pak Chol-jin, Ri Jun-il, An Yong-hak, Jong Tae-se

[al-Sagar]

"Cristiano Ronaldo gets by far the biggest cheer when the teams are read out - a lot is expected of the Portugal captain today. Still lots of empty seats inside the ground but big groups of schoolchildren are taking up certain areas so at least Fifa has got something right. I’m still looking for the pocket of North Korean fans but no sign of them yet. Oh, and it's still raining.

[al-Sagar]

portugal 1-0 up

Raul Meireles scored

[al-Sagar]

half time portugal 1-0 up

[al-Sagar]

2nd half starts

[al-Sagar]

simao scores .... portugal 2-0

[al-Sagar]

almeida now 3-0 to portugal

[al-Sagar]

tiago ...... portugal 4-0

[nadim 98]

Portugal trashing poor NK....

[al-Sagar]

portugal needs goals .....

GD may be the issue between them and ivory coast

[al-Sagar]

looks like there may be no african side in the second round.

cameroon out .....
hosts almost out
nigeria almost out
algeria and ivory coast needs big wins and have to depend on other results

[al-Sagar]

5-0 now ....

liedson scores

[nadim 98]

Poor NK...

[al-Sagar]

7-0

this is poor demolition ronaldo and tiago adds two more in 2 mins

[magic boy]

Portugal: 7Goal!!:goal::eek::eek::eek:

[al-Sagar]

BBC Sport's Chris Bevan at Cape Town Stadium:

"Isn’t it great to see Cristiano Ronaldo in top form - bring on the Brazilians is what I expect he will be saying... I know I can’t wait for that one. Portugal ruthlessly exposed North Korea’s limitations and the hatful of goals they have scored must make them favourites to join Brazil in qualifying out of Group G. Today they have been superb to watch."

[al-Sagar]

full time: 7-0

[al-Sagar]

Chile: Claudio Bravo, Waldo Ponce, Mauricio Isla, Carlos Carmona, Alexis Sanchez, Arturo Vidal, Humberto Suazo, Matias Fernandez, Jean Beausejour, Gary Medel, Gonzalo Jara.

Switzerland: Diego Benaglio; Stephan Lichtsteiner, Stephane Grichting, Steve Von Bergen, Reto Ziegler; Valon Behrami, Gokhan Inler, Benjamin Huggel, Gelson Fernandes; Alexander Frei, Blaise Nkufo.

[Bancan]

bullshit red card. this referee sucks.

[ialbd]

Kim Jong IL, maaf koira den bachhagulare... bujhenai thik moto...

[al-Sagar]

chile 1 switzerland 0

[AsifTheManRahman]

Things are getting interesting for Spain. Can they demolish Honduras today and get back on track with the GD's while earning 3 points?

They'll have to beat Chile too and pray to God that they don't encounter Brazil in their second round game.

[Green Tea]

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00942/SNF0508CART_682_942584a.jpg

[Green Tea]

http://www.raymond.cc/images/rooney.jpg

[Green Tea]

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/upload/news/090626_p07_cartoon.jpg

[al-Sagar]

Spain v Honduras line-ups

Spain: 1-Iker Casillas; 15-Sergio Ramos, 3-Gerard Pique, 5-Carles Puyol, 11-Joan Capdevila; 22-Jesus Navas, 14-Xabi Alonso, 8-Xavi, 16-Sergio Busquets; 9-Fernando Torres, 7-David Villa.

Honduras: 18-Noel Valladares; 23-Sergio Mendoza, 2-Osman Chavez, 3-Maynor Figueroa, 21-Emilio Izaguirre; 19-Danilo Turcios, 8-Wilson Palacios, 20-Amado Guevara, 13-Roger Espinoza; 15-Walter Martinez; 11-David Suazo.

[AsifTheManRahman]

And off we go! There better be a goal fest at Ellis Park tonight.

[al-Sagar]

i hope spain win 4-0 and get 3 points and i score 4 points ..... also torres hattrick

[al-Sagar]

15 min gone and spain denied to close shouts for penalties

[al-Sagar]

1-0 ........

David Villa

[_Rafi_]

What a goal by D. Villa. Best goal so far

[AsifTheManRahman]

Indeed. The goal of the tournament. Indeed.

[al-Sagar]

25 mins gone

1-0 to spain

[nadim 98]

i hope spain win 4-0 and get 3 points and i score 4 points ..... also torres hattrick

yh 4-0 will get me 4 points too. I think we r the only 2 to predict 4-0
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[al-Sagar]

torres getting closer to score ... ...

[_Rafi_]

EPL stars suck. Del Bosque is should have selected Bojan Krckic instead of Torres.

[al-Sagar]

what a clearance by the defender ...........

[_Rafi_]

yh 4-0 will get me 4 points too. I think we r the only 2 to predict 4-0
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hey wait! Count me too

[magic boy]

I'm feeling Pain to watch Spain

[al-Sagar]

half time

spain leads 1-0

[al-Sagar]

torres hatrick ta koire felte parto ....

bechara still not fully sharp after the injury ....

[AsifTheManRahman]

So 1-0 at half time, could/should have been more. Again, Villa shows why I rate him higher than Torres. Let's see if Spain can wipe out the overall goal deficit by putting in at least two more in the second half.

[al-Sagar]

2nd half under way

[auntu]

Torres missing too much...also it was frustrating to see big team players behaved so cheaply.
Where is the attitude of champions? :(

[al-Sagar]

and again ... ... ...

david villa

[reverse_swing]

one more :)

[al-Sagar]

i think torres had an indirect role there..... he drew all the defenders with him when defenders were expecting the ball to be delivered to torres. and villa made use of the space and stayed behind and then the goal was never a doubt

[al-Sagar]

oh........ that was awesome passing ......

[al-Sagar]

i think jesus navas being a natural winger than david villa who is more a player likes to play in holes behind striker has given more width in the right side

[al-Sagar]

should be two more goals for spain .....

30 mins left

[reverse_swing]

Can you believe this?

[al-Sagar]

penalty missed by villa ...............

[Rabz]

My oh My!! Villa !!!!!

[al-Sagar]

fabregas getting ready .....

[nadim 98]

damn u Villa. Missed the hattrick. Oh well still have enuff time to get it:)
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[al-Sagar]

cesc fabregas on

xavi hernandez off

[al-Sagar]

cleared off the line ...........

[al-Sagar]

oh spain are attacking like rain ......

could have scored three goals in last 2 minutes

[Rabz]

Holy Sh!te, this tease is unbearable.

[al-Sagar]

torres off, mata on ....

so villa plays central striker, mata left wing, fabregas behind villaa

[al-Sagar]

arbeloa on for ramos

[al-Sagar]

10 mintues to go