If the Netherlands starts playing a bit better especially with a healthy Robben, I could see them advancing to the Finals and they could still win the cup.
Think about if Benzema actually played for France this year they might have actually won a game! lol Seriously though, even one crappy striker is better than no striker at all. They need to do something about that because they have a very good chance of advancing.
New zealand goal! unbelievable! This game is becoming interesting! If Italy made a goal first, the game would be very boring!
Over 100 pages, has anyone started this yet? Spoiler It's official, this year's World Cup should go to Paraguay, here's the reason: more to see here: http://pic.2010.sohu.com/group-218504.shtml#g=218504&p=1931886
Hmm...Italy will move on to the next round anyway...1:0 against the Slovaks is my guess. And they might go far after all.
Wow the two finalists of the last world cup has been shocking so far... What exactly is wrong with Italy? Age? Tactics? Great result for New Zealand, proud of them!
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Italy was robbed on the first NZ goal. At the first pass, there are no players offside, but then the header by #4 of NZ changes the trajectory of the pass (therefore hitting Cannavaro on the leg), and at that time the scorer was offsides. The FIFA replay with the offside darker area showed it, but Chilavert (in Univision) goes "they're showing the offside replay but there is none"... THERE WAS. ITALY got ROBBED. I will post the recorded replay later. I know it's difficult to call something like that for the referees, and now it's a NZ score. Nonetheless, replays show that the dude was offside at the time of the header.
Hilarious. ESPN was interviewing a French reporter about the incident and he dropped an uncensored f bomb. Bob Ley has already apologized twice for those who were disturbed.
I can't remember having seen a team that was a trainwreck of similarly epic proportions as France in this world cup.
Then again, they got a somewhat questionable penalty - a lot of refs would not have called that one. Yes, he grabbed a bit, but first they both did, and the player fell in a lot more dramatic fashion than he would have had to.
You guys see the USA vs Slovenia referee holding up the substitution board in the Italy vs NZ game? DD
