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Soccer World Cup?

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Is anyone watching the Soccer World Cup?

I'm supporting Iran tomorrow! Spain on wednesday night; any predictions?

Look to the far mountain and see all.

Na, watching the Football World Cup though :P

However not by choice, my wife and kid loves it. Me, well I'm not so into it.

The games I'm "most" interested in are the ones that England and Germany plays in, if I'm lucky there'll be a England vs Germany one :)

28+ years of training - and knowing the more I learn, the less I actually know...

Hehe

Love the world cup, the best players in the world doing what they do best...fall over there own shadows and cry when a blade of grass brushes past there knee!

LOL!

I'll be supporting my home nations team, so I only have three games to watch !!! HEHE

“A human life gains luster and strength only when it is polished and tempered.”

Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (1923 - 1994) Founder of Kyokushin Karate.

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Well, Spain are out of the cup! The World Champions humbled by the mighty Chilean team. I'm glad that the underdog prevailed!

Look to the far mountain and see all.

one more game to go....

I only take an interest in football when its the national side, I much prefer Rugby, more work less crying!

anyway, I'm sitting here in the office and can't help but over hear a couple of eternal optimists going on about just how England can make it through! :roll:

...make it through to the next stage of the world cup.....

....to make it through... said with real conviction! :roll:

huh! what, who, purple!

Don't you have to win to get through?:idea:

Was I watching a different side of something?:-?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

“A human life gains luster and strength only when it is polished and tempered.”

Sosai Masutatsu Oyama (1923 - 1994) Founder of Kyokushin Karate.

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Personally i don't like the sport, because of all the acting that the players do just to get penalties.

If they were serious and didn't decide to act the foul just to get a penalty, then i would watch it. Considering the size of the pitch I am surprised many penalties are given.

Also what puts me off the sport is the spectators, because those who attend the matches do go overboard with their celebrations and the amount of violence that i've seen at them.

I prefer basketball, rugby (Union + League) and Australian Rules Football (AFL) because players take the games seriously and not act fouls/penalties. The Spectators as well behave themselves, with the exception for a few matches where the spectators get out of hand.

And Basketball is one of the hardest to officiate because you have to make split second decisions and everyone has a different view on things where they think it is one thing and another has a different view on it. Plus there are so many official interpretations given by FIBA and interpretation of the rules by the referees.

Tip of the cap to Mexico.

Despite the loss they played a marvelous game.

To quote the great Bob Marley: "LOVE IS MY RELIGION"

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Holland's first goal was a good strike.

Costa Rica played well with 10 men; I thought their forward Cambell was brave to take a spot kick. I always follow underdogs that do well.

Look to the far mountain and see all.

Indeed.

Now for tomorrow - go USA!!!

To quote the great Bob Marley: "LOVE IS MY RELIGION"

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America! Be so proud of your team! That was a word class gutsy performance. You put over paid over hyped England to shame. Hold your heads high USA!!

Look to the far mountain and see all.

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