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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 17:49:21 GMT 1
Howard Webb in charge of the Columbia - Ivory Coast match.
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Post by Paddy on Jun 19, 2014 17:56:51 GMT 1
Not Howard Webb's best half ever
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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 18:04:46 GMT 1
A very disappointing first half really.
Let's hope both teams up their performance in the second half.
Drogba to come on with 30 minutes left.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 18:20:55 GMT 1
This is much more like it.
Oh, look at that - Drogba coming on at the hour mark.
;-)
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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 18:24:48 GMT 1
1-0 Columbia
Rodriguez (64)
The goal has been coming.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 18:36:16 GMT 1
I stepped out for a couple of minutes and missed Columbia's second.
Gervinho just scored as I re-entered the room.
The game has burst into life. Three goals in under ten minutes.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 18:56:29 GMT 1
A deserved win for Columbia at the end of the day.
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Post by raliverpool on Jun 19, 2014 19:02:13 GMT 1
Another great game gone.
I'm pleased for Colombia, who always remind me of this Harry & Paul comedy skit:
So far this is turning into the most entertaining World Cup of my lifetime.
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Post by raliverpool on Jun 19, 2014 19:20:14 GMT 1
And onto tonight's must win match: Can a recovering from surgery Luis Suarez be any better than a recovering from injury Cristiano Ronaldo was against Germany? Will Wayne Rooney shut up the haters? Will the much cooler temperatures be more beneficial for England or Uruguay? At least one thing we do now know about Luis Suarez is he is this generation's equivalent of Eric Cantona:
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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 19:37:56 GMT 1
Build up to the match now.
The ESPN host just asked if England should bench Rooney and use him later in the game as a sub.
Alexi Lalas basically said such a notion was absurd, that Rooney is the only world class player in the England squad.
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 19, 2014 19:42:04 GMT 1
The Columbia game liven up in the second half I/m glad Columbia won in the end, the second half was really good.
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Post by raliverpool on Jun 19, 2014 19:50:42 GMT 1
Build up to the match now. The ESPN host just asked if England should bench Rooney and use him later in the game as a sub. Alexi Lalas basically said such a notion was absurd, that Rooney is the only world class player in the England squad. I'm a Liverpool FC supporter, but even I'm not that one-eyed to say anything other than Wayne Rooney is the nearest England have to a truly world class player now that Ashley Cole has retired and Steven Gerrard is (lets be honest) well past his best at this highest level. The way idiots on the internet and in the media have been trashing him, when he played his heart out last season in a wretched Manchester United team (17 goals + 18 assists in 29 Premier League appearances) compared to a certain Dutch centre forward team mate whose Opta season stats showed he moved around the pitch 23% less per minute on the pitch than he did the previous season, speaks volumes.
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Post by Panda on Jun 19, 2014 19:52:44 GMT 1
1st round, Group C: | 2-1 | |
Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | 1 | | 2 | +4 | 6 | 2 | | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 1 | -1 | 0 | 4 | | 1 | -3 | 0 |
Colombia will be through to the next round if Japan fail to beat Greece. Japan will be out if they lose.
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Post by raliverpool on Jun 19, 2014 19:57:36 GMT 1
I'll say it now, just in case it happens.
But the way the English media, the same English media who revelled and grossly exaggerated Liverpool's so called "Epic fail" at the end of last season when they started the season at 50-1 to win the PL title; and yet are now exaggerating Sturridge & Sterling's abilities quite honestly makes me sick.
You can bet your bottom dollar if Sturridge, and especially Sterling get sent off, then they will be vilified Beckham '98 style.
And yet the English media, and hence the English public are mystified why most of the rest of the world hates us.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 20:03:11 GMT 1
We're off.
Not quite a must-win for England. A tie here and a win over Costa Rica would be enough if Italy do the business against both CR and then Uruguay.
However, it wouldn't be a terribly convincing way to qualify for the knockout stages.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 20:07:14 GMT 1
the English public are mystified why most of the rest of the world hates us. You want to try being from the U.S.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 20:09:38 GMT 1
A red card - yes it should have been.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 19, 2014 20:39:22 GMT 1
Good job Suarez isn't fully fit.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 19, 2014 20:40:56 GMT 1
Why don't FIFA have a rule that says that goals by cheating, racist cannibals don't count?
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Post by smokeyb on Jun 19, 2014 20:45:50 GMT 1
An unfit suarez is still quicker than a fit england defence. Oh dear.
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