Soccer / Football 2012-2013 Always With The GERMANS!

[Moss]

god what a trolljob at the end. fuck

at least the Jermaine Jones goal was nasty

[Wulfgang]

Honestly, I think Ghana wins easily and the only way we advance is with an epic draw. I hate this shit; god we should have fucking won.

[Rhyis.]

US still advances with a Ghana win and a US loss if the score differential is 1.

Basically Americans need to hope that Portugal pulls it's head out of it's ass and Muller doesn't come to play.

[Tyche]

What happens if the goal differential is the same? Total goals overall?

[Headspace]

What happens if the goal differential is the same? Total goals overall?

Yes and then head to head

[Rhyis.]

Yeah.

If that's even they draw lots.

Edit: Wrong on the lots. Looks like whoever won the head to head goes through after total goals. So US would go through. They draw lots if the head to head was a draw.

[Tyche]

Yes and then head to head

So given a Ghana win and a US loss, they still have to score 2 goals more than the US. US losing 0-1 and Ghana winning 1-0mgives same goals scored, US wins H2H.

[Talint]

I would rather have Portugal win by +5 or whatever to advance than have Ghana advance.

Knocking the US out from beyond the grave... That MIGHT be the worst thing.

[Tyrath]

I would rather have Portugal win by +5 or whatever to advance than have Ghana advance.

Knocking the US out from beyond the grave... That MIGHT be the worst thing.

Fuck that. If I had to pick, Ghana over Portugal all day. They are playing like they want it while Ronaldo whines. Plus they got robbed by Uruguay 4 years ago.

[Akiyama]

Whatever happens I hope the USA advances, but ugh. I'm still so upset they lost.. that would have been such a wonderful win. :/

[Talint]

Fuck that. If I had to pick, Ghana over Portugal all day. They are playing like they want it while Ronaldo whines. Plus they got robbed by Uruguay 4 years ago.

Very true.

But I am tired of the "Ghana knocks out the US at the world cup" narrative, and the hat trick in doing so would be terrible. The US won the game against them, dammit.

[Judai]

JUST DRAW PORTUGAL AND GERMANY REAL QUICK NPNP

srsly, np. US just beat up the most over rated team int he WC.

tonight felt like a loss though.

[Plow]

with a healthy ronaldo that's an entirely different game

not really fair to call them overrated when their best forward is running like alexi lalas

[Judai]

with a healthy ronaldo that's an entirely different game

not really fair to call them overrated when their best forward is running like alexi lalas

People say this every WC. Ronaldo has what, 2 WC goals? He never shows up and is easily shut down because the rest of the team is pretty shit.

[Moss]

with a healthy ronaldo that's an entirely different game

not really fair to call them overrated when their best forward is running like alexi lalas

Ronaldo wasn't healthy when you made that comment, so...

[Plow]

about portugal AND germany? lol...

[Velgadess]

Guys, I think we are fine. The US and German coach are like BFF's from waaay back. They both know that a draw advances them both. I'm sure they will have worked out a gentleman's agreement for a draw by Thursday. >_>

[shepardG]

Ronaldo's injury wasn't why he played bad, he played bad cause he wasn't there mentally. He was offsides constantly, meaning the mid/wings couldn't even play the ball to him. He had one slight glimmer of comfortable play in like the first 10 minutes, did some nice little touches around the mid field and let his team catch up, and then he passed it away.

His late game cross was something he should have been doing all game. /shrug.

It's honestly pretty fair to say that "the group of death" was miss judged by just about everyone. Based on play alone, in the matches i've watched, it should be Germany and Ghana advancing. And i'm pulling for the US every step of the way. Fortunately, luck is also a gigantic factor in ANY sporting event, as is the opposite.
The only thing i know is that France, Netherlands, Germany (maybe not as good, but i think it's more the teams they played ghana) all look how folks expected them.

Everything else has been surprising: Spain going out, Brazil playing mediocre (winning but not how folks expected), England being worse than alot of folks thought, Argentina winning but barely, fucking Algeria looked amazing vs. South Korea. And then there's Costa Rica.

Games to watch: Chile vs. Netherlands; Croatia vs. Mexico; and the one i'm really curious to watch : Algeria vs. Argentina (I really like Messi as a professional Athlete. I have no desire to see Argentina get a World Cup, but I'd like Messi to get a World Cup)

[Ashmada]

You mean Nigeria, right?

Algeria is unlikely to meet Argentina this WC. They'd need to beat or tie Russia (and hope SK doesn't beat Belgium by 3+ goals) then beat Germany to face Argentina.
Otoh, Nigeria-Iran was easily the worst game so far with both teams playing terribly, so I'm not really stoked for Nigeria. Didn't see them against Bosnia-Herzegovina.

[shepardG]

the team that beat south korea is the one im talking about. my b if i messed that up.