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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:54:56

Iga_Bobovic said:
No shit, Sherlock

He is number 10. Kaka must be the shit. Nyaa

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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:01:25

Dvader said:

Iga_Bobovic said:
No shit, Sherlock

He is number 10. Kaka must be the shit. Nyaa

Only been voted as the best player in the world and in Europe before, nothing special really. 

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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:04:13

Iga_Bobovic said:

Dvader said:

Iga_Bobovic said:
No shit, Sherlock

He is number 10. Kaka must be the shit. Nyaa

Only been voted as the best player in the world and in Europe before, nothing special really. 

 though strictly speaking he was ... pretty shite last season for Real Nyaa

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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:05:31

Iga_Bobovic said:

Only been voted as the best player in the world and in Europe before, nothing special really.

I expect the best player from Brazil to usually be the best player in the world. Anyway, is anyone going to beat that team this world cup cause they are just steam rolling over the opposition right now.

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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:05:45

bugsonglass said:

Iga_Bobovic said:

Dvader said:

Iga_Bobovic said:
No shit, Sherlock

He is number 10. Kaka must be the shit. Nyaa

Only been voted as the best player in the world and in Europe before, nothing special really. 

 though strictly speaking he was ... pretty shite last season for Real Nyaa

True, but he never wanted to go there in the first place. 

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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:09:26
What happened to that Rolanidino (spelling?) guy from Brazil that used to be the best in the world?
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Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:28:51

Dvader said:
What happened to that Rolanidino (spelling?) guy from Brazil that used to be the best in the world?

 Ronaldo de Assis, better known as Ronaldinho Gaúcho left Barcelona amidst criticism for a slump in his game, and a lack of interest to play at a competitive level. 

However, he got signed by A.C. Milan, in calcio's Serie A, and with time, he eventually got (some of) his mojo back. Arguably, he should have been considered for Brazil's national team in this WC, but Brazil's coach, Dunga left him out (along with another world-class player, Alexandre Pato) because of discipline problems. 

Dunga is aiming for a brazilian team that resembles european ones in its discipline and order, at the expense of most of the flair and inspiration that the verdeamarela usually shows. 

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Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:40:48
So, do we class the Netherlands as the new Italy or Germany? Nyaa

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Tue, 29 Jun 2010 21:10:06

Dvader said:
What happened to that Rolanidino (spelling?) guy from Brazil that used to be the best in the world?

He was so ugly they put him in a cupboard and never let him out.

Watched the Japan Paraguay match, snoozefest. Watching Spain v Portugal.

Why are the Spaniards all diving and faking fouls?

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Wed, 30 Jun 2010 08:51:31
Because the Spaniards are a bunch of fucktards.

Anyway, thevgpress curse strikes again. Sad

Why on earth was Japan playing for a 0-0...idiots. Ah well, still an improvement for them in the scheme of things.
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Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:07:33
Spaniards are such diving cheats. Or faking face injuries.

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Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:41:51
Brazil lost?!?! WTF is going on? I don't understand sports this week.
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Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:27:26
Yep Brazil are out.  They didn't play well and made some dirty fouls.  Saw one red, and possibly should have been 2.  

The Dutch played very well.  They made it look as though Brazil just couldn't play at their best but I think that was their plan and they played it out well.

Don't like this Dutch team but if any country deserves a bit of luck, it's probably them.

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Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:21:52
Way to go Uruguay.  Nice way to cheat your way to the semis.

This world cup is now officially dead for me.

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Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:09:54
What did Uruguay do? You're the second person who has said something about how they cheated, but the sports sites haven't posted anything other than play by play stories yet, and none of the editorials that would explain this.
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Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:11:17

La mano del Diablo. 

LOL 

LOL 

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Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:13:56

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What did Uruguay do? You're the second person who has said something about how they cheated, but the sports sites haven't posted anything other than play by play stories yet, and none of the editorials that would explain this.

 Basically, at the last minute of the match, a Ghana header was floating straight towards the back of the net, and Luis Suarez avoided that with a handball. Ref sent Suarez off, awarded a PK...that Ghana failed to score, thus leading to  the end of overtime and eventually penalty kicks, which Uruguay won after Ghana pissed away two shots. 

tl;dr: Suarez bought the pass of his team to semifinals with a handball, leaving Ghana out of what would have been the first semifinal for an african team. 

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Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:24:40

La mano...DEL DIABLO. 

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Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:52:40
The ending of that game was by far the most exciting thing I have seen from this World Cup, amazing. But I have a gripe with penalty kicks, it seems like its ridiculously favored toward the scorer not the goalie. It almost seems like pure luck out there, the goalie kind of has to guess where the ball is going and hope to god it goes there or its an easy goal. In hockey the goalie can cover the entire net, its on the skill of the scorer and the goalie which determines the goal. In soccer its like a guessing game.
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