Uruguay v Argentina

Bubs101

10 men for Uruaguay. Caceres off. The tackles have been amazing. Goal from free kick. They tried a whelan but Balotti got on the rebound

Super-Rush

Another inspired substitution by Maradonna and look at him wallow on the ground

Captain Furball

poxy cnts

Dave!

Tevez's mam goin mad again

Super-Rush

Heres Tevez. Sparky won't like this

Super-Rush

Crazy South Americans

Frisbee

Atrocious game of football

Headshot

I stayed up for that crap ffs

sickened

now we'll probably see Maradona in the WC ........whoopi do

Johnny Utah

Can I watch this on the interweb?

Or is it over already?

Headshot

you know what I rather the Ireland match than what we just saw

dreadful stuff, absolutely atrocious

IvySlayer

Can't believe I stayed up for that.

Had all the makings for a classic.

Mr.Nice Guy

Glad the Argies are going to the World Cup.

Let's now see Argentina vs England in the World Cup Quarter-Finals with the match looking like it's destined for penalties only for Lionel Messi to bundle the ball in the net in the dying seconds with his hand. England fans go mental as Maradona and Messi hug in joy whilst John Motson screams "This is a travesty!"

Super-Rush

Ossie Ardiles reckons they will be one of the favourite for the world cup. If their qualifying campaign is anything to go by they won't make it out of the group stages.

tdv

I love the way the media go about there business in South America. Its great. You'd never see anything like that over in Europe.

Johnny Utah

super-rush wrote: »

Ossie Ardiles reckons they will be one of the favourite for the world cup. If their qualifying campaign is anything to go by they won't make it out of the group stages.

Brazil only scraped into 94 World Cup iirc, so it could be a good omen for Argentina. I wouldn't read too much into the performance in qualifying anyway- there have been many teams that walk their group, only to disappoint at the main event- (eg. Spain at most tournaments).

dfx-

Johnny Utah wrote: »

Brazil only scraped into 94 World Cup iirc, so it could be a good omen for Argentina.

Definitely for the '02 world cup

Uruguay were dreadful and back to their poor disciplinary best. 53 fouls in the match before you count the times ref couldn't be bothered and just let play go on.

soma

Watched the game in a bar in Buenos Aires, locals were seriously nervous, brutal game, massive doses of relief here all around although Chile doing unexpected favours meant people's nerves started calming early enough.

givyjoe81

Johnny Utah wrote: »

Brazil only scraped into 94 World Cup iirc, so it could be a good omen for Argentina. I wouldn't read too much into the performance in qualifying anyway- there have been many teams that walk their group, only to disappoint at the main event- (eg. Spain at most tournaments).

Aside from the fact that Brazil often dont play many of their top players in the qualifiers, up until recently that is.

Except Argentina SHOULD be worried, they are a shambles at the moment, its astonishing, (actually its not the guy is lunatic) that the possible the best player of all time, is arguably the worst international manager of all time. I dont think thats extreme and there is plenty of time for Maradona to fcuk up the team even more. Makes Domenech look like Wenger compared to him.

Bubs101

givyjoe81 wrote: »

Aside from the fact that Brazil often dont play many of their top players in the qualifiers, up until recently that is.

Except Argentina SHOULD be worried, they are a shambles at the moment, its astonishing, (actually its not the guy is lunatic) that the possible the best player of all time, is arguably the worst international manager of all time. I dont think thats extreme and there is plenty of time for Maradona to fcuk up the team even more. Makes Domenech look like Wenger compared to him.

Staunton the best player of all time? Lol

I couldn't believe how poor Argentina were. They were lucky to come away with the win and their best player on the pitch today plays in the Championship. Maradona should really step aside out of the love of his nation. He could reserect his reputation

Warper

I watched it myself last night - very poor match with hardly no goal chances at all. Argentina managed to keep the ball last night and looked safe enough in defense. Uruguay looked very poor though and I cant see them doing much in the WC. Veron stroked the ball around nicely but it is a pity about the fallout with Riquelme as he fits this Argentinian team perfectly.

All in all, happy to see Maradona and Argentina go through - the WC will definitely be a more entertaining place when the circus rolls into town.

patmac

Uruguay play Costa Rica in the qualifiers. Costa Rica needed a win in the States and led 2-0 at half-time but a 95th minute equaliser coupled with Honduras's 1-0 win in El Salvador put the Hondurans through, will be a difficult enough game for Uruguay.

tdv

No Riquelme in the side is the problem. They had a side built around Riquelme since 2005 & taking him out stops everything from work. They need Riquelme there to make things click. He's like what Xavi is to Spain/Barcelona. He's a key element in the team.

givyjoe81

patmac wrote: »

Uruguay play Costa Rica in the qualifiers. Costa Rica needed a win in the States and led 2-0 at half-time but a 95th minute equaliser coupled with Honduras's 1-0 win in El Salvador put the Hondurans through, will be a difficult enough game for Uruguay.

Im sorry what...?! Honduras are through to the World Cup?!