Ivory Coast vs Portugal (Group G - Tuesday - 3:00pm - RTE/ITV)

recylingbin

Bloody hell, thought that was in.

Mars Bar

This could be Ronaldo's range with this ball.

I'd love to see this go in!

Scorpion Sting

Gosh Ronaldo goes down very easily.

Keano

mathie wrote: »

What audio stream you using?

BBC Radio 5 live. Our servers are based in the UK so I can access all the UK content.

Mars Bar

Brazil. Please save this World Cup from a painful, slow death.

SlickRic

mmmm...0-0.

whoever came up with 'you must not lose your first game', has a lot to f*cking answer for right now.

recylingbin

WOW!
Didn't hit the wall.

Dublin_Gunner

recylingbin wrote: »

WOW!
Didn't hit the wall.

Didn't hit the target either...

keano_afc

What an awful match.

That_Guy

mars bar wrote: »

Brazil. Please save this World Cup from a painful, slow death.

To be fair, Argentina and Germany played some brilliant stuff. The only ones really thus far.

Also South Korea actually played very very well against Greece.

T-b0n3

Thought he was going to get a second yellow there.

s_carnage

keano_afc wrote: »

What an awful match.

Yep looks like another 0-0 money back bore match from Paddy Power

One consultation.

Mars Bar

That_Guy wrote: »

To be fair, Argentina and Germany played some brilliant stuff. The only ones really thus far.

Also South Korea actually played very very well against Greece.

Unfortunately I didn't get to see the South Korea match. That and the Italy one are the only two I haven't seen.

I really enjoyed the Germany match despite it being one sided. The Argentina one was good but the lack of goals scored compared to the chances they made was kind of annoying.

the_monkey

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recylingbin

That_Guy wrote: »

To be fair, Argentina and Germany played some brilliant stuff. The only ones really thus far.

Also South Korea actually played very very well against Greece.

Mexico, first half looked the most impressive so far (except when it came to scoring).

I;ve enjoyed this game.

Liam O

I was actually annoyed I was missing this game, I kinda wish I'd missed the whole thing because this has been utter tripe.

North Korea for 2nd place anyone

Ironically Portugal are missing a player to slice the defense open, bet Carlos wishes he brought Moutinho now...

cm2000

I'm beginning to think the only way to enjoy this tournament is to bet -2.5 goals in every match and listen to some good music

That_Guy

Liam O wrote: »

I was actually annoyed I was missing this game, I kinda wish I'd missed the whole thing because this has been utter tripe.

North Korea for 2nd place anyone

Have never seen them play but I'm willing to put a blind bet on that. Dire dire game. Can only hope that Brazil can get a load of goals this evening to make up for this.

That_Guy

Ahhhh. Nobody in the box for the follow up. Unlucky.

Mars Bar

I can't believe I wanted Drogba to score that.

Ivory Coast are piling on the pressure.

Liam O

'Real buzz about Port Elizabeth now' :rolleyes:

That_Guy

Sad that the best bit of pressure/action has come in injury time.

Oat23

Terrible game, we've had too many of them.

Frisbee

A couple of seconds left and they decide to take a short corner instead of whipping it in?

MementoMori

Well Ronaldo and injured Drogba have really set this World Cup alight.

In other news Messi has been declared doubtful for Argentina's next game as he reportedly pulling a muscle in his stomach laughing at Ronaldo's performance.

Scorpion Sting

Pretty poor game. Ronaldo's shot being the highlight I suppose.

Dublin_Gunner

Shocking match. That was more like a last group game, when both temas knew a draw would qualify them.

Absolutely disgraceful.

I hope neither get out of the group after that.

gimmick

Frisbee wrote: »

A couple of seconds left and they decide to take a short corner instead of whipping it in?

Exactly, last kick of the game ffs.

Yet another poor game. Better than most, but that tells how awful alot of the others have been.

That_Guy

MementoMori wrote: »

Well Ronaldo and injured Drogba have really set this World Cup alight.

In other news Messi has been declared doubtful for Argentina's next game as he reportedly pulling a muscle in his stomach laughing at Ronaldo's performance.

To be fair, they were all muck.

The Sparrow

Frisbee wrote: »

A couple of seconds left and they decide to take a short corner instead of whipping it in?

They were playing for the draw. Couple of times in the last 5 mins they could have crossed it and chose to play it into the corner instead. Crazy, I know.

Looks like it could be a shootout over who can score more goals against N. Korea if both are beaten by Brazil.

RasTa

Another classic by the sounds of things. Hooray for poles

Glico Man

I put off getting a tooth pulled for that?! I would rather be in searing pain than watch another match like that

This world cup is terrible thus far

steelcityblues

FIFA have to address the 32 teams issue -obvious by now!

Spud83

Pfft ya can see it now Portugal and Brazil draw in the final round of group games to send them both through.

The Sparrow

aaronh007 wrote: »

I put off getting a tooth pulled for that?! I would rather be in searing pain than watch another match like that

This world cup is terrible thus far

I've been unemployed for the past 4 months to engineer not being at work for the World Cup... For this... It has been rubbish up until now besides the Germany game.

MementoMori

That_Guy wrote: »

To be fair, they were all muck.

You're right but was anyone expecting anything at all from the rest of the Portugeezers.

I could see Ivory doing better as they looked somewhat like a team but Portugal really looked like ten lads plus Ronaldo.

My judgement might be impaired by the sheer awfulness of the game as my brain leaked out of my head in boredom.

The Sparrow

Spud83 wrote: »

Pfft ya can see it now Portugal and Brazil draw in the final round of group games to send them both through.

Yeah very foolish from the Ivory Coast not to try and get the win at the end. They were far too ready to settle for a draw.

x in the city

this is the worlds worst world cup ever

fahcttttttt

the worlds best footballers center stage my ballix

Dublin_Gunner

x in the city wrote: »

this is the worlds worst world cup ever

fahcttttttt

the worlds best footballers center stage my ballix

I'll take your 2010, and raise 2006 TBH.

Its a slow enough start, but we haven't even finished the first round of group games yet.

steelcityblues

In 2006, most teams actually played open football in the group stages, but it got more cagey come the knockout stages!

Auvers

x in the city wrote: »

this is the worlds worst world cup ever

ah come on its the opening round ffs, talk about going over the top with that statement

remember Italia 90 now that was a sh1te WC apart from Irelands participation

newballsplease

That was a shocking game, It had draw written all over it from the go.

Relax lads with the whole worst WC ever etc.... as it was said, not even the first round of games over yet!!

Catenaccio!

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

I'll take your 2010, and raise 2006 TBH.

Its a slow enough start, but we haven't even finished the first round of group games yet.

2006 was brilliant

steelcityblues

Catenaccio! wrote: »

2006 was brilliant

One of the poorest ever winners and runners-up I thought!

Could be even worse this time around, but best to wait before saying for certain!

That_Guy

steelcityblues wrote: »

One of the poorest ever winners and runners-up I thought!

Could be even worse this time around, but best to wait before saying for certain!

This makes no sense. They were there for a reason. The reason obviously being that they were the best two teams in the tournament.

It has been a slow start to the World Cup yes but it is only the opening round. Things can only get better.

steelcityblues

That_Guy wrote: »

This makes no sense. They were there for a reason. The reason obviously being that they were the best two teams in the tournament.

It has been a slow start to the World Cup yes but it is only the opening round. Things can only get better.

Debatable if the 'best' team always win, given what people have said about Holland in 1974 and Brazil in 1982 for example.

leninbenjamin

The moment that summed up the game came about 7 or 8 minutes from the end. Three Ivorians drifted across to the left flank following the ball (Gervinho, Dindane and I think the LB). Carvalho and co. naturally drifted across to press them and it left a gap of about 20 yards across the width of the field in front of the Portuguese goal. Did any of the Ivorians think of making a run into the space? Nope. Did any of the players on the flank even think about playing the ball across? Nope. Screaming at the TV I was at the whole uselessness of it. A poultry display.

x in the city

this is bull$**** football tbh

going to fire up battle field bad company 2

fook this.!

parker kent

That_Guy wrote: »

This makes no sense. They were there for a reason. The reason obviously being that they were the best two teams in the tournament.

It has been a slow start to the World Cup yes but it is only the opening round. Things can only get better.

Your definition of best differs wildly from mine. A team can make the semis or final of a tournament through a lucky draw or any of a myriad of reasons other than being the best team in it. Greece are a good example of being awful yet winning a tournament.

The game today really needed a goal early. If Ronaldo's shot had gone in, the game might have opened up.

The Sparrow

leninbenjamin wrote: »

A poultry display.

Paltry?? Or did you mean: