The WORLD CUP thread

Jabba...Luis was unfortunately the victim of words spoken in spanish that had limited meaning, and those same words being taken up by the press of another nationality and a totally different swing put on them.

The word "negrito" means no more than "the black guy". That to me is not racist,(something I find disgusting)

Luis Aragones has in his squad the first ever black player to represent Spain, Senna. I do not see his inclusion as some kind of damage limitation exercise, he is there chosen by Luis on merit.

However I will add there is a disgraceful side to Spanish football that does see the shameful use of racist chants used at matches.

I think the only way that Ghana will take on Brasil is by using the 'don't like it up 'em' approach.

Kick 'em 20 feet in t'air and see if they like it

Playing Ronaldo is a huge advantage to the other side.

10 men and a fat lad.

Basket....Dont be so sure mate. Ghana are a very disciplined team who are themselves able to turn on a bit of skill. Brazil can be undone with good movement and slick passing, a point borne out by that superb goal that Japan scored against them.

Originally Posted by keithd

no shocks in the world cup so far.

pretty much every game has gone to script.

Poland 0-2 Ecuador
Australia 3-1 Japan
France 0-0 Switzerland
Italy 1-1 USA
Czech Republic 0-2 Ghana
France 1-1 South Korea
Switzerland 0-0 Ukraine (aet - Ukraine win 3-0 on penalties)

Those games dont much look like what we would expect, you should know by now a world cup never goes to script, until the final of course, which pretty much always has the 2 of the 6 biggest teams.

Originally Posted by Jp

Poland 0-2 Ecuador - yep, reckon thats about the only one!
Australia 3-1 Japan - not a surprise in my book, neither are world beaters.
France 0-0 Switzerland - again not a real surprise as France failed to score in ANY game last time round
Italy 1-1 USA - USA ranked higher than Italy i believe
Czech Republic 0-2 Ghana - i did say "pretty much" every game
France 1-1 South Korea - see last comment about France, South Korea semi finalists last time round
Switzerland 0-0 Ukraine (aet - Ukraine win 3-0 on penalties) - nah, not having that one either!
Those games dont much look like what we would expect, you should know by now a world cup never goes to script, until the final of course, which pretty much always has the 2 of the 6 biggest teams.

Brazil 1 - 0 Ghana @ 4 mins. So what's new?

Originally Posted by keithd

no shocks in the world cup so far.

pretty much every game has gone to script.

either france or spain winning wouldn't be construed as a genuine shock.

brazil vs ghana however.......

thats all i'm saying.

yeah whatever....

Originally Posted by BBC Website

4 mins: GOAL - BRAZIL 1-0 GHANA
Ronaldo breaks Gerd Muller's World Cup finals goalscoring record to give the defending champions the lead. Kaka puts Ronaldo in and the Real Madrid man mugs Richard Kingson with a trademark stepover and slots the ball home.

Game over?

if it aint they're making it hard for themselves

as a (crap) betting man, i'd say yes its over

2 - 0 at halftime. If it isn't over, it sure looks close to it.