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[pmcd9]

Ahem.  Australia and Ireland would like to disagree with you.

I'm always enchanted to find that something I've never previously heard of has a 5000 word wiki article.

[CortJstr]

Ouch, an OG then a red card? Man, it is not that guy's day.

[Drygioni]

HUP HOLLAND HUP!

Brazil are out!

Terrible game for Melo as CortJstr mentioned. Shame as he ran the first half pretty well, superb pass for Robinho's goal, just let his frustration get the better of him after the OG.

Great game that.

[Drygioni]

This game is MOTHERfuck*ng INSANE

I LOVE YOU FOOTBALL. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

[Drygioni]

Up yours Uruguay. Handballing cheating nobbers. Fair play for holding out I guess

[CortJstr]

Up yours Uruguay. Handballing cheating nobbers.

QFT. I think. I don't know precisely what a "nobber" is but it doesn't sound good.

[robot_god]

Curse of the United States muddafuckaazzzz !!!!!

But seriously though, that was the wildest ending of any game ever played.

And hah hah to Brazil, scored too early, overconfident nobs, definitely lost the mental game.

[miles]

Damn. Argentina gets destroyed and poor Messi, not a single goal, and I heard he had something like 30 shots on goal? I mean, I'm not a fan or anything but I kind of feel for the guy.

A German/Dutch final should be pretty good. That's what I'm calling. And then a German victory.

Edit: To be clear, I heard Messi had 30 shots on goal for the entire World Cup, not that one match.

[robot_god]

Tomorrow's semifinal:  Uruguay v. Nederland.

From the way things are going I think Uruguay are destined to win the tournament.  But if any team can beat them, it's the Dutch.  If Uruguay can dominate the ball possession in this game, they should win, so I'm gonna call it 2-1 Uruguayans, both goals from the beast, Diego Forlan.

[Drygioni]

Interesting Robo-G, I'm calling a Dutch victory though it'll be close. Whether Sneijder can influence the game to the degree he usually does is crucial I reckon, Uruguay's midfield is certainly tenacious and I doubt he'll get the kind of space he normally does. Suarez being out is a big miss for Uruguay, really felt he could expose the relatively flat-footed Dutch defence.

Hopefully Forlan has a stormer though. He's had a cracking World Cup

[pmcd9]

Interesting Robo-G, I'm calling a Dutch victory though it'll be close.

Of course it'll be close.  The most lopsided victory I've seen so far was 4-0.

[CortJstr]

Of course it'll be close.  The most lopsided victory I've seen so far was 4-0.

If it makes you feel better you can think of it as 28-0

[robot_god]

Well I guess 'close game' is kind of subjective in both the footballs, but soccer moreso.  A one goal differential could be close or not.  A nine point differential could be a close game if the Raiders are leading the Chargers, while insurmountable if it's the other way around.

On the World Cup level though, I guess it does seem always close.  The biggest lopside this tourney was Portugal 7 - 0 North Korea, but it went into the half at 1 - 0.

[miles]

Of course it'll be close.  The most lopsided victory I've seen so far was 4-0.

Well Portugal beat N. Korea 7 - 0, but you have a point. Not to be a dick, but that one wasn't a shocker.

Today's match was pretty close there at the end though (we slowed down at work enough that I was able to catch most of the end).

I still stand by my prediction from yesterday: a German/Dutch final (have half right so far!) and a German victory. First they have to beat Spain which won't be easy, but this is their year.

Edit: Ah, you beat me to it, robo-god, and good point about the subjectivity of a close game. Some games with one goal differentials don't feel very close at all, but when Uruguay scored to make it 3-2 today it made a two goal differential match very precarious for the Dutch in the closing minutes.

[theinevitable]

maybe they should make every goal worth 2 or 3 points, like basketball. then americans could love soccer.