WORLD CUP 2010 (TV Schedules and brackets also)

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Brazil 1, Ivory Coast 0--Half.

Disappointing 45 minutes. Very tactical football from the Brazilians, and the Ivorians seem stuck in neutral. Not much creativity or flair on offense from either side.

Worst match of the day to date.
 
Brazil seems like they are on auto pilot and Ivory Coast is obviously playing the numbers game figuring that they need to lose by as little as possible to Brazil then beat DPKR by more than Portugal does and advance on goal differential with 4 points but that is a dangerous gamble.
 
They may be askeered of losing by 5 goals to Brasil which is always looming as a possibility. But yeah, Brasil is playing lackluster to say the least. Not much beautiful in their game today.
 
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Brazil 2, Ivory Coast 0--50th minute.

Self-made goal from Luis Fabiano all but salts this one away for the Selecao. That's a brace today for Fabiano, who appeared to handle the ball before his second strike.
 
Brazil not on auto pilot this half.
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Dear Ivory Coast,

I am sorry for what I said in my post above. I jinxed you. Sorry you decided to not play aggressive against Brasil which seems to be the only way to win. If you don't play to win, you play to lose.

Adios.
 
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Brazil 3, Ivory Coast 0--62nd minute.

Looking more like his old self, Kaka works into the box from the left wing and sends the ball across goal for a charging Elano, who casually redirects to near post to give Brazil three on the day.

F-Dub, you're probably right about Ivory Coast's approach to this game, but it has to be about the stupidest strategy I've ever seen employed against Brazil. The Cote would've been better off engaging in a shootout--at least they'd have a chance of some "goals for."

Incidentally, Elano looks just like a guy with whom I went to high school. Eerie.
 
You went to school in Erie, PA or his name was Eerie?

Sorry, I will go back to watching tv and eating N.M. red chili.

HEY, whaddya know! Maybe a comeback, lol.
 
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Brazil 3, Ivory Coast 1--79th minute.

Ivory Coast pulls one back. Romaric's end-to-end run gets rerouted at the last moment, but he recovers on the left wing and a couple of passes later, the ball finds a wide open Didier Drogba, who--having beaten an offside trap--displays supreme composure as he waits in space for the ball and heads it down toward near post.
 
Disgusting.

This match is now out of control. Kaka should not have elbowed that douche who is now laying on the groung writhing like he was shanked with a rusty knife but still. He was not caught in the face, he was not touched hardly at all. What a ******* *****. Did he holiday in Italy recently?

It's really chippy now.
 
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Brazil 3, Ivory Coast 1--88th minute.

An Oscar-worthy acting job from Kader Keita nets Kaka his second caution in three minutes. More terrible refereeing. And guess who won't be seeing the pitch in the Group G finale versus Portugal?
 
Kaka via Elano, this is much funnier in espaniol. It is much more fun to watch on Univision, even between games.
 
The Brazil and Ivory Coast players are a bunch of winers. I swear men cry and roll around more than female soccer players do.

Brazil seems to be a top team but I think some of these other teams could go and beat them. If the US can play good ball for 90 minutes instead of 45, I really do think they can compete and beat some of these top teams. Of course, they still have to beat Algeria first
 
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Brazil 3, Ivory Coast 1--Final.

Brazil becomes the second team (after Argentina) to qualify for the round of 16. This should be an ominous sign for any side with championship aspirations--Brazil seemed to sleepwalk through much of the match yet managed to stake itself to a 3-0 lead.

There's a lot of soccer left to play, but I don't see how anybody gets the better of this "new-look" Brazil.
 
That's an awesome commercial and I thought about using "Los Links" as a sig line. Thanks for stealing my thunder. I must now lay on the ground and writhe around in pain as I grab my face.
 
I cannot understand Ivory Coast there, what in the world are they thinking basically diving to get Kaka kicked out so now he doesnt play against Portugal in a game where IC needs Brazil to win by 2 plus goals at least. In the last five minutes you pull this crap to get him kicked out whne there is basically no way you come back today. What a bunch of fools.
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I really wish replay could be used after the game to retroactively lift a suspension from Kaka and award a suspension for diving. Replay can already be used to punish referees for making bad calls. Why not punish players who would otherwise get away with it? It would do wonders for the sport. Just think how much less diving there would be if every player knew they could get punished at one time or another. Even if you get away with a dive in-match, there are cameras everywhere, and you WILL get caught and punished eventually.
 
If all goes well, there should be 7 teams from the americas in the round of 16. Let's say a minimum of two asia-africa teams qualify as well, and the the euros will be in the minority in the round of 16.
 
Chile is the only conmebol team I would worry about at this point, they must beat Switzerland, no draw because they will be facing a desperate Spain in the third match and you dont want to need any points then to advance. In fact Chile need to beat the Swiss by a good result as Spain may be needing a huge result themselves to advance on goal differential. That looks like a group where 6 points may not be enough to advance all on its own as three teams could end on that if everyone takes care of Honduras.

Would be great for concacaf to get two teams through again like '02. Mexico need to win against Uruguay to avoid Argentina in the round of 16. Would be great if US could advance and somehow get Ghana avoiding Germany and Serbia though at this point any scenario where US advances is fine with me.
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With the second round of group play being down to three matches, I thought I'd punch up another scoring breakdown.

First round saw 25 goals scored in 16 matches for an average of 1.56 goals per contest.

Second round has seen 32 goals scored in 13 matches for an average of 2.46 goals per contest.
 
Portugal-North Korea is underway. I wouldn't be surprised if the Portuguese were to struggle--PRK performed better than advertised versus Brazil.
 
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Portugal 1, North Korea 0--29th minute.

Portugal draws first blood as Raul Meireles runs on to a beautiful through-ball from Tiago and strikes true. The pitch is wet and the pace is frenetic, so don't count on this score standing.
 
Ivory Coast's apparent numbers strategy going into yesterday is really looking bad and one more Portugal goal will all but end any realistic hopes for the Elephants.

And as I type they get it.
 
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Portugal 2, North Korea 0--53rd minute.

Portugal's heavy pressure is rewarded after a fine buildup leads to a pass from Raul Meireles that invites Simao into the box. Simao runs onto the ball and cooly nutmegs the keeper.
 
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