Round of 16

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 12:17 am

Some interesting games to start the knockout stages.

Link to bracket

Holland-Portugal on Sunday is a hell of a matchup.

Germany should get by Sweden and Argentina should roll, setting up a great quarterfinal between those two, possibly.

A Brasil-Spain quarterfinal also looms. That would be a great game as well, as long as Spain can keep playing as they have ... a big if, given their history of choking in the later rounds.

I think the Germany/Argentina/Italy/Swiss side of the draw is tougher than the Brasil/England/Holland/Spain side.

Can't wait for the great level of this tournament to start.

Harvdog · Post by **Harvdog** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:12 am

RadioFan wrote:Some interesting games to start the knockout stages.

Link to bracket

Holland-Portugal on Sunday is a hell of a matchup.

Germany should get by Sweden and Argentina should roll, setting up a great quarterfinal between those two, possibly.

A Brasil-Spain quarterfinal also looms. That would be a great game as well, as long as Spain can keep playing as they have ... a big if, given their history of choking in the later rounds.

I think the Germany/Argentina/Italy/Swiss side of the draw is tougher than the Brasil/England/Holland/Spain side.

Can't wait for the great level of this tournament to start.

This is what it is all about if you are a soccer fan. I cannot wait for the games to start.

Adelpiero · Post by **Adelpiero** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 7:04 pm

mexico will be tough today

throw out their loss, thay have a tough quality side, who tackle aggresively and hard, should be good physical south american battle

socal · Post by **socal** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 4:53 am

Mexico played very well. It took a great shot to beat them in extra time.

Ecuador vs. England should be a great match, too.

Adelpiero · Post by **Adelpiero** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 2:57 pm

england is going to melt in the heat.

ecuador is used to playing in sweltering heat, this is a huge advantage, plus, the meltdown from england fans after a loss would be sweeeeeeeeeeeet, stuttgart will burn.

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 3:50 pm

England is lucky not to be down 1-0 at halftime.

The longer this game goes on, the better Ecuador's chances become.

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:20 pm

Great goal by Beckham. England is going to have their hands full with either Holland or Portugal in the quarters.

Looking forward to the next game this afternoon. Should be a classic. GO HOLLAND

smackaholic · Post by **smackaholic** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:55 pm

Adelpiero wrote:england is going to melt in the heat.

ecuador is used to playing in sweltering heat, this is a huge advantage, plus, the meltdown from england fans after a loss would be sweeeeeeeeeeeet, stuttgart will burn.

Yeah, what could have been. The gerries are about 60 years overdue for a good burning courtesy of the allies.

There's hope yet though. The further england gets, the more bitter the hoolies will be when they go down. In the event they do win the whole damn thing, I'm guessing they'll go home and burn the entire fukking island right down to the ground. Someone should get in there quick and liberate their stocks of beer. I'll volunteer my services to oversea the evacuation the john courage warehouse.

Adelpiero · Post by **Adelpiero** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:56 pm

ecuador was playing for extratime, while being down 1-0

Canadian · Post by **Canadian** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:59 pm

Well if England plays against Holland or Portugal like they played against Ecuador they will be toast. Actually England has not looked too good this tournament.

I hope they win it all but I don't think they will. I think Potugal if they get past Holland will eliminate England. England would have abetter shot against Holland but they really need to step it up.

Nishlord · Post by **Nishlord** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 10:42 am

smackaholic wrote:
There's hope yet though. The further england gets, the more bitter the hoolies will be when they go down. In the event they do win the whole damn thing, I'm guessing they'll go home and burn the entire fukking island right down to the ground. Someone should get in there quick and liberate their stocks of beer. I'll volunteer my services to oversea the evacuation the john courage warehouse.

Fat, baby-murdering Osmond-teeth stetson-wearing Americans like you really shouldn't stereotype entire nations.

Although having said that, it pains me to report that England have the ugliest travelling support out of all 32 nations. Football hooliganism is so unfashionable these days, though. Good on the Stuttgart police for rounding up 120 nob-ends, keeping them in the nick over the match and then booting them home.

Canadian · Post by **Canadian** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:45 pm

I predict 2-1 Italy over Australia. In extra time.

I predict the Ukraine will defeat the Swiss in a shoot out 2-1 as well.

Cross Traffic · Post by **Cross Traffic** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:07 pm

The Italians are such pussies. Although nothing will match the diving going on yesterday.

Wow, what a dumb red card to take!

T REX · Post by **T REX** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:44 pm

Cross Traffic wrote:The Italians are such pussies. Although nothing will match the diving going on yesterday.

Wow, what a dumb red card to take!

Piss on the Italians. Bunch of espresso drinking, scooter driving punks.

Go Roos!!!

Cross Traffic · Post by **Cross Traffic** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:52 pm

Fuck the Spanish ref for calling a fucking penalty shot with no time left. The Italians were given a fucking gift.

Canadian · Post by **Canadian** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:53 pm

Man, I thought Australia was going to win, they sure outplayed Italy but that was a bullshit call by the ref giving Italy a penalty kick at the very end, it did not look like a penalty to me.

socal · Post by **socal** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:54 pm

That was absolutely criminal.

Cross Traffic · Post by **Cross Traffic** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:55 pm

Did the ref have money riding on the game in Monaco? This game has the smell of a fix.

Degenerate · Post by **Degenerate** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 4:59 pm

Who but Italy would pull a game like that out of their ass? Or have it pulled for them?

Cross Traffic · Post by **Cross Traffic** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:00 pm

The Italians look like they need to mix in a shower, never have seen so many greaseballs in one place.

See You Next Wednesday · Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:03 pm

It was a good call, get over it. He slid in, didn't get the ball and impeded the way. He took a way a chace for Italy.

RadioFan · Post by **RadioFan** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 5:06 pm

Horrible call. No way a ref should make that call with seconds left in stoppage time.

Nice "courageous" victory, Italy.

rozy · Post by **rozy** » Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:57 pm

See You Next Wednesday wrote:It was a good call, get over it. He slid in, didn't get the ball and impeded the way. He took a way a chace for Italy.

Not for a penalty kick, and certainly not with 12 seconds left.

Nishlord · Post by **Nishlord** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:26 am

Italy have got a very nice passage to the semis now, with an incredibly unconvincing Ukraine.

Come ON, Ghana!

Shoalzie · Post by **Shoalzie** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:32 pm

I had to finally see a highlight of the call. The Australian player didn't go out of his to trip of the Italian player. What probably got him into trouble was after he missed the challenge, he turned his body sideways to create a road block. The Italian player didn't have to go through the downed player but I think he saw an opportunity where he could draw some contact and maybe get a call. It's probably the same sort of thing when a shooter in basketball uses a fake to get a defender up in the air and in a vulnerable position and go out of their way to draw contact. I think the biggest crime of the call is that the Australians had no time afterwards to respond. To use another basketball analogy, it's like getting a free throw opportunity with one second left in a tie game. Officiating has been questionable in many of the games...I won't cry for Australia because there are probably a dozen teams at least with similar complaints.

Cross Traffic · Post by **Cross Traffic** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:39 pm

Frogs and Spain...talk about a game where I don't want either to win.

Wonder how many times Spain's coach called Henry a monkey today.

Cross Traffic · Post by **Cross Traffic** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:49 pm

What a Spanish choke...up 1-0 to blow it.

Now the easy goal by Zidane to cap it off.

T1B

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