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Post by Chris on Jun 15, 2010 10:25:36 GMT 1
I'm looking forward to seeing Brazil tonight.
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Post by Jordan on Jun 15, 2010 10:37:51 GMT 1
I'm looking forward to seeing Brazil tonight. Same! Hopefully will liven things up a tad.
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Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 10:45:06 GMT 1
Yeah, I'm looking forward to that one as well. And with the Italians dropping points, one of NZ or Slovakia could do with winning, and it might get interesting! Big chance for Slovakia. I think New Zealand are far too weak to do anything. This will be their best chance of getting a point but it would be a huge surprise if they won a game. They're probably the weakest team in the tournament (even weaker than North Korea). If Brazil were playing New Zealand tonight instead of North Korea, I'd fancy them to stick 8 past them. North Korea will probably go ultra-defensive so something like 3-0 wouldn't surprise me. The rumours suggest Drogba will play against Portugal despite the broken arm.
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Post by Chris on Jun 15, 2010 10:54:53 GMT 1
ITV bosses are still investigating the cause of HD viewers missing England's goal on Saturday. They've had thousands of complaints from angry HD viewers including many pubs and clubs. The HD feed is a few seconds behind the normal SD feed as the picture comes from South Africa in normal SD definition and is converted to HD by Technicolor in London. The HD screen went blank for a second before a Hyundai ad appeared. A quick thinking continuity technician in London switched to the SD feed for HD viewers too. It's not known if it was a fault at Technicolor or human error by someone in ITV continuity pressing an ad button by mistake but happened before on ITV with a Cup match.
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Post by Chris on Jun 15, 2010 11:08:11 GMT 1
You can bet there'll be some very nervous ITV bosses on Friday evening!!
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 15, 2010 11:22:10 GMT 1
Ivory Coat V Portugal should be an interesting game to watch! Not really, importation of such items of apparel has been banned.
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Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 13:04:01 GMT 1
Weather forecasts suggest it could SNOW during the England-Algeria game on Friday...
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Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 13:21:35 GMT 1
Decent first-half for New Zealand. Unsettling Slovakia and creating a few chances. Slovakia do look like they have a couple of extra gears to find...
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Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 14:11:14 GMT 1
Didier Drogba does NOT start for the Ivory Coast against Portugal.
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Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 14:23:03 GMT 1
Group F - Rustenburg NEW ZEALAND 1-1 SLOVAKIA Goals: Reid 90(+3) Vittek 50 Referee: Jerome Damon (South Africa) 1. Italy 1-1 (0) 1. New Zealand 1-1 (0) 1. Paraguay 1-1 (0) 1. Slovakia 1-1 (0)
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Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 14:59:19 GMT 1
ITV have apparently axed Robbie Earle as a pundit after tickets were used for "unauthorised purposes".
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Post by vastar iner on Jun 15, 2010 15:07:02 GMT 1
Maybe he ran out of bog roll.
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Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 15:31:53 GMT 1
And this is who got his tickets:
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Post by frag on Jun 15, 2010 15:33:50 GMT 1
I came across this little gem on Wikipedia, from the page for the 2014 qualification (UEFA section): FormatTeams will be again drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. The nine group-winners will qualify directly, while the eight best second-placed teams will contest home and away play-off matches for the remaining four places. As for South Africa 2010, rules on qualification may change at any time if "bigger" teams look like not qualifying.(Permalink)
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Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 15:41:23 GMT 1
I came across this little gem on Wikipedia, from the page for the 2014 qualification (UEFA section): FormatTeams will be again drawn into eight groups of six teams and one group of five teams. The nine group-winners will qualify directly, while the eight best second-placed teams will contest home and away play-off matches for the remaining four places. As for South Africa 2010, rules on qualification may change at any time if "bigger" teams look like not qualifying.(Permalink) For what it's worth, nothing has been decided for 2014 yet. Asia wanted to start its qualifying process before the end of this year but FIFA put a stop to that, leading to speculation the allocations for 2014 could be changed. Also, the qualifying draw will be made earlier than usual, taking place next June, rather than November/December.
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Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 19:13:46 GMT 1
Group G - Port Elizabeth IVORY COAST 0-0 PORTUGAL Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay) 1. Ivory Coast 1-1 (0) 1. Portugal 1-1 (0) ----------------------------- 3. Brazil 0-0 (0) 3. North Korea 0-0 (0)
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Post by Panda on Jun 15, 2010 19:15:07 GMT 1
Very disappointing game. Both teams seemed happy with a point and it could come down to a shoot-out to see who can score the most goals against North Korea. However, could we see Brazil do Portugal a favour in the last group game...?
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Post by Maximo Mark on Jun 15, 2010 20:30:11 GMT 1
It doesn't surprise me that the Portgual game was boring. With Brazil in the group it would've been seen as a game neither side could afford to lose.
I hate the complete and utter ignorance being shown to the North Korean team. Just because no one knows anything abouth them why does it automatically mean they're going to be f***ing awful? They wouldn't be there if they weren't half decent. manson.gif
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Post by Pablo on Jun 15, 2010 20:39:58 GMT 1
0-0 so far, it would be quite a story if Brazil win this 1-0, never mind 0-0 after all the expectations
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Post by Jordan on Jun 15, 2010 20:43:16 GMT 1
And no time at all later
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