Re: World Cup 2010

by PurplePrideTrumpet Sat Nov 14, 2009 1:17 am

Full time in Auckland: New Zealand 1-0 Bahrain. The All Whites win the aggregate by the same score.

This is the last day for African qualifying matches, and three spots are still up for grabs. Algeria and Egypt have a lot of history between them and face each other. A result for Algeria sends them to the World Cup.

In the UEFA playoff first legs most everyone will have an eye on Ireland-France in Dublin.

by PurplePrideTrumpet Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:07 pm

In Africa, Egypt needed to win by two over Algeria to force a play-off. Of course, they won 2-0 so the playoff for the last African spot is Wednesday in Sudan.

by PurplePrideTrumpet Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:36 pm

Playoffs today:
France 1-1 Ireland aet (France wins 2-1)
Bosnia-Herzegovina 0-1 Portugal (Portugal, 2-0)
Ukraine 0-1 Greece (Greece 1-0)
Slovenia 1-0 Russia (2-2, Slovenia on away goals)

Algeria 1-0 Egypt

Uruguay-Costa Rica just kicked off.

by Stonehouse Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:42 pm

Thierry Henry with one of the sketchiest goals I've seen in a while... Hand of God! And it was in stoppage time. Just brutal. Poor Ireland...

by **DaTruRochin** Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:35 pm

For this injustice I will forever pronounce his last name as it is spelled... TAKE THAT FRANCE!

by Guest Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:29 pm

Report from soccernet.espn:

In the 103rd minute, a Florient Malouda free-kick found Henry, clearly offside in the first place. He used two clear touches of his hand to control the ball and then pass across the goal for an embarassed-looking William Gallas to nod in. Ireland and manager Giovanni Trapattoni flew into a justified rage. They exit the tournament with their dignity intact though, while France, losing finalists in 2006, deserve to be sheepish about their presence in South Africa. Their players - Henry especially - certainly looked so.

Sounds pretty straightforward. Suspect

LINK

by **DaTruRochin** Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:33 pm

What's with aging French superstars falling subject to infamy in the twilight of their careers??

by Geezaldinho Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:56 pm

DaTruRochin wrote:For this injustice I will forever pronounce his last name as it is spelled... TAKE THAT FRANCE!

I'm not sure that's punishment enough. He might be confused with this guy

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by PurplePrideTrumpet Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:01 pm

Eric Cantona hopes Henry will not be remembered for one mistake.

by PurplePrideTrumpet Wed Nov 18, 2009 8:04 pm

Uruguay 1-1 Costa Rica. Uruguay wins 2-1 to take the 32d and final spot.
The draw is on December 4 in Cape Town.

Africa
South Africa (host)
Algeria
Cameroon
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Nigeria

Asia
Australia
Japan
North Korea
South Korea

Concacaf
Honduras
Mexico
United States

South America
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Paraguay
Uruguay

Oceania
New Zealand

UEFA
Denmark
England
France
Germany
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Portugal
Serbia
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Switzerland

by PurplePrideTrumpet Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:50 pm

Here are the pots, according to Britain's Telegraph:
Pot one (seeds): Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Spain, hosts South Africa and France.

Pot two (rest of Uefa): Denmark, Greece, Holland, Portugal, Slovenia, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland.

Pot three (AFC + Concacaf): Australia, New Zealand, Honduras, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mexico, United States.

Pot four (CAF + rest of Conmebol): Algeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Paraguay, Nigeria, Uruguay.

Draw one from each pot to form a group. Repeat until all 8 groups are formed.

The draw starts at 9 am Pacific on ESPN2 Friday.

by **DaTruRochin** Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:52 pm

France is seeded even though they back(hand)ed into the cup? Curious...

by PurplePrideTrumpet Wed Dec 02, 2009 2:57 pm

The conspiracy theorists think FIFA is actually sticking it to them because now they could draw somebody strong like Holland or Portugal in their group.

by **DaTruRochin** Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:00 pm

Which is curious since if their officials actually did their job well, this wouldn't be an issue.... Blatter is such a relic...
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by mattywizz Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:08 pm

What happened with the whole Chile thing? Must have ben settled...

by **DaTruRochin** Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:32 pm

The club withdrew their lawsuit as soon as the threat of a WC ban was made, so they are in.

by **DaTruRochin** Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:43 pm

Actual seeds announced:

South Africa, Brazil, Spain, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina and England

(so basically the same as above, but swap the Dutch in for France)

by PurplePrideTrumpet Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:45 pm

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:Here are the pots, according to Britain's Telegraph:
Pot one (seeds): Argentina, Brazil, England, Germany, Italy, Spain, hosts South Africa and ~~France~~ Holland.

Pot two (rest of Uefa): Denmark, Greece, ~~Holland~~ France, Portugal, Slovenia, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland.

Pot three (AFC + Concacaf): Australia, New Zealand, Honduras, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Mexico, United States.

Pot four (CAF + rest of Conmebol): Algeria, Cameroon, Chile, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Paraguay, Nigeria, Uruguay.

Draw one from each pot to form a group. Repeat until all 8 groups are formed.

The draw starts at 9 am Pacific on ESPN2 Friday.

FMP.

by PurplePrideTrumpet Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:07 pm

Group A
Bafana Bafana (South Africa)
El Tri (Mexico)
Uruguay
Le Bleu Cheaters (France)

Group B
Geezer's Geezers (Argentina)
The Screaming Eagles (Nigeria)
Taeguk Warriors (South Korea)
Ellas (Greece)

Group C
The Three Lions (Ingerland)
U-S-A! U-S-A!
Algeria
Slovenia

Group D
Die Mannschaft (Germany)
The Socceroos (Australia)
Serbia
The Black Stars (Ghana)

Group E
The Oranje (Netherlands)
Denmark
Nippon (Japan)
The Indomitable Lions (Cameroon)

Group F
The Azzuri (Italy)
Paraguay
The All Whites (New Zealand)
Slovakia

Group G(The tough one)
La Selecao
Chollima (North Korea)
The Elephants (Cote d'Ivoire)
Portugal

Group H
Spain
Switzerland
Los Catrachos (Honduras)
La Roja (Chile)

Charlize Theron: Talented actor, not at all bad to look at, annoyed the heck out of me with all her talking today during the show.

by Geezaldinho Sat Dec 05, 2009 1:11 am

Fixed your post. I got nothin' for Slovenia

PurplePrideTrumpet wrote:Group A
Bafana Bafana (South Africa)
El Tri (Mexico)
La Celeste(Uruguay) -sky Blue - also - Los Charrúas- indian tribe - long story
Le Bleu Cheaters (France)

Group B
El Albiceleste (Argentina) - the white and Blue
The Screaming Eagles (Nigeria)
Taeguk Warriors (South Korea)
Ellas (Greece)

Group C
The Three Lions (Ingerland)
U-S-A! U-S-A!
Les Fennecs (Algeria) - the desert foxes
Slovenia

Group D
Die Mannschaft (Germany)
The Socceroos (Australia)
The white Eagles (Serbia)
The Black Stars (Ghana)

Group E
The Oranje (Netherlands)
Olsen-Banden (Denmark) - The Olsen Gang
Nippon (Japan)
The Indomitable Lions (Cameroon)

Group F
The Azzuri (Italy)
La Albirroja (Paraguay)-the white and red - also - the Guaraní (indian tribe)
The All Whites (New Zealand)
The Fighting Jondas (Slovakia)

Group G(The tough one)
Los Canarinho (Brazil) - the canaries
Chollima (North Korea)
The Elephants (Cote d'Ivoire)
Selecção das Quinas (Portugal) the five shields

Group H
La Furia Roja (Spain) - the red fury
Schweizer Nati (Switzerland)
Los Catrachos (Honduras)
La Roja (Chile)

Charlize Theron: Talented actor, not at all bad to look at, annoyed the heck out of me with all her talking today during the show.

by onetouchfutbol Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:07 pm

The consensus at the World Cup site seems to be that Group G is the toughest with Brazil and Portugal. I tend to agree...

by PurplePrideTrumpet Sat Dec 05, 2009 9:25 pm

It's Group G by far. I think D could also be interesting, with Australia, Serbia, and Ghana in the running behind Germany it would seem (although you never know).

As for Group F, all I can say is "Buon Natale, Azzuri."