South Africa Confederations Cup 2009

LuckyLloyd

For **** sake! Refs love giving out stupid red cards when the USA are playing. Ridiculous!! :mad:

LuckyLloyd

FatherTed wrote: »

Conor Casey, good Irish lad is on

He doesn't look the, how shall I put this, most fluid of athletes.

FatherTed

No way a red. The fix is on.

Barr

Whats the story with the USA and red cards - poor sending off

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delighted

well done USA

quarryman

"ever ever ever"

FatherTed

Barr wrote: »

Whats the story with the USA and red cards - poor sending off

None that is N.O.N.E. were justified.

LuckyLloyd

They cut to the USA coach there and he was welling up, tears in the eyes. Awesome stuff!

Gutted,hope USA get a absolute pasting in the final.

Barr

Well done USA - fully deserved

Headshot

poor Bradley

he's one of their best players of the tournament and got robbed of a final

lisbon_lions

Thats one of the best marshaled defensive performances I have watched in a long long time....

Bring on Brazil eh :pac:

LuckyLloyd

Perla Microscopic Hoagie wrote: »

Gutted,hope USA get a absolute pasting in the final.

There is no law that says the best team on paper must win every time. You are allowed to earn it, to close the talent gap with hunger and determination.

FatherTed

Absolutely delighted.

100% deserved win for USA. They'll miss 'lil Bradley in the final though.

FatherTed

Perla Microscopic Hoagie wrote: »

Gutted,hope USA get a absolute pasting in the final.

Just like the one they were supposed to get today, right? I wouldn't bet against this at this stage.

LuckyLloyd

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

There is no law that says the best team on paper must win every time. You are allowed to earn it, to close the talent gap with hunger and determination.

Nothing to do with that tbh,I support Spain and I'm a bad loser is all.

Paul Tergat

Perla Microscopic Hoagie wrote: »

Gutted,hope USA get a absolute pasting in the final.

lol, whys that then? They played well and tbh the first 2 games they played they didnt perform as they were knackered from having to play (unjustified) with 10 men.

another bad red tonight, hope this sorta thing doesnt spoil the WC



Surprised at how much im enjoying this tournament. Last time it was on i was really apathetic towards it but its been really good. And i think ive adapted to the annoying horns too!

Holsten

Brilliant match, USA were top class.

Hope they win now.

lisbon_lions

p_larkin99 wrote: »

Surprised at how much im enjoying this tournament. Last time it was on i was really apathetic towards it but its been really good. And i think ive adapted to the annoying horns too!

What horns? :pac:

partyatmygaff

USA were top notch, Went up miles of respect now in my eyes. Spain were good but just couldn't break that defence. Spain played too technical.

USA vs Brazil, thats gonna be one hell of a match and probably before this cup started everyone would of automatically gave it to brazil but now nobody knows.

Barr

The Spanish looked really tired tonite , now come on SA tomorrow nite

~Marky~

Brazil have not won yet dont forget people

Headshot

is that Spain's best defence ?

Necronomicon

Awesome performance from the US. Onyewu is a beast.

Raskolnikov

Headshot wrote: »

is that Spain's best defence ?

Sergio Ramos - world class defender :pac:

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Raskolnikov wrote: »

Sergio Ramos - world class defender :pac:

I always thought spain were odds on favourite for the WC but with that defence im changing my mind

A7X

Absolutley delighted.

GuanYin

Whoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
USA! USA! USA!

Surprised but so, so happy!

Mr Alan

GuanYin wrote: »

Whoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
USA! USA! USA!

Surprised but so, so happy!

enjoy it, USA were great.

Dempsey is a seriously under-rated player.

Eire-Dearg

As much as I like Spain, I'm absolutely chuffed to bits for the US side. They were far better over the 90 minutes. Spain were not up to scratch, & when it gets down to the nitty gritty they're not up to it - continue to play passing, no where to go football.

LuckyLloyd

GuanYin wrote: »

Whoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!
USA! USA! USA!

Surprised but so, so happy!

FatherTed

Donovan, Bradley, Onyweu and Demerit were class for the US today.

abelard

Delighted USA won (and delighted Spain lost for that matter).

Internet already seems to be brimming with "Spain aren't up for it"/"Spain aren't the team we thought" stuff already though, which is a bit knee jerk in fairness.

A7X

Terrible decision by the ref for Bradley.

JJ

I can't believe it. This reminds me a little of the US beating Portugal in WC 2002. I thought about putting a few quid on the US but if I did, that would've guaranteed defeat. The US defense absorbed every attack and frustrated the Spanish passing whenever they could. Roll on Sunday.

legs11

FatherTed wrote: »

Donovan, Bradley, Onyweu and Demerit were class for the US today.

USA are a really good side, like I said a few days ago, seemed noone listened to me.

They remind me a bit like Everton somehow, hard working and no bull s***.! And their players wanted to win so much more than Spain, you could see it.

They are also incredibly fit.

Brazil to win tho, cant believe everyone backed spain to win, with such short odds almost not work backing them.


Biggest CUPSET from a USA perspective since Belo Horizonte 1950 WC USA 1 ENGLAND 0

thegills

Where's superkid Freddy Adu these days??

Chardee MacDennis

Benfica i think...

Seaneh

yup, benfica and still only just 19.

Warper

This illustrates what a dodgy side Spain are.

Brazil would never lose to a side like the USA in the semi's. Brazil are gonna walk this comp in their sleep on their way to pissing the WC next year.

Brasil Brasil Brasil

JerryHandbag

quarryman wrote: »

"ever ever ever"

OMG are you kidding me did Hamilton actually say this? I thought I was hearing things!

Liam O

I had a feeling Spain would come crashing down to Earth sooner rather than later. They always bottle it when the going gets tough. EURO 2008 is the only exception to that and there weren't really any other good teams in their prime in that tournament.

Liam O

Warper wrote: »

This illustrates what a dodgy side Spain are.

Brazil would never lose to a side like the USA in the semi's. Brazil are gonna walk this comp in their sleep on their way to pissing the WC next year.

Brasil Brasil Brasil

Brazil wont win the WC, there are better teams than them.

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Liam O wrote: »

Brazil wont win the WC, there are better teams than them.

Out of curiousity name them

Mr Alan

lol at everyone knocking Spain :rolleyes:

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Mr Alan wrote: »

lol at everyone knocking Spain :rolleyes:

Bar the NZ game they havent been that impressive,and any big team will take advantage of ramos.

Warper

Liam O wrote: »

Brazil wont win the WC, there are better teams than them.

Exactly who. I, myself have supported Argentina in all of the last WC's and they have flattered to deceive. Brazil are solid through and through. They hammer all the little teams and teams are afraid of them. This may because of their name but it counts for a lot. Teams are not afraid of Spain because they have won nothing apart from last years EC.

Argentina are obv. a savage team but with Maradona at the helm there are major doubts and Brazil have to be the safest bet of next year @ 5-1. I strongly advise every man, woman and child to get on them now.

Mr Alan

Headshot wrote: »

Bar the NZ game they havent been that impressive,and any big team will take advantage of ramos.

was Ramos not playing at the Euros or something?

Liam O

Warper wrote: »

Exactly who. I, myself have supported Argentina in all of the last WC's and they have flattered to deceive. Brazil are solid through and through. They hammer all the little teams and teams are afraid of them. This may because of their name but it counts for a lot. Teams are not afraid of Spain because they have won nothing apart from last years EC.

Argentina are obv. a savage team but with Maradona at the helm there are major doubts and Brazil have to be the safest bet of next year @ 5-1. I strongly advise every man, woman and child to get on them now.

They have the same problem as Spain, they are very weak in defense. I feel that they wouldn't make it past the first quality attack they come up against. I dunno, I like Argentina and I feel England could be a good bet now that they have cut a lot of the inconsistencies from their game. Also, on their days, Germany, France and Portugal can beat anyone in world football. Also, Spain can't be discounted although they are constant bottlers in the WC. This is quite a weak Brazil team compared to many past ones and I just feel that other teams have better all round teams than them.

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Mr Alan wrote: »

was Ramos not playing at the Euros or something?

Cant remember alan and i cant google,but he's their 1st choice rb ,puyol and the lb arnt in great shapes either.