F-C

Man, they can't score even in PK mode!!!

TheThirdMan

UKRAINE!!!!! OMG OMG OMG!! woo hoo!!

hornyleprechaun

ukraine are the winners!!

F-C

That was pathetic. Oh well, at least they're good at making chocolate. Mmmm, chocolate.

fdl

These ukranians down the street from me are going nuts.

Jonesi

They kept shooting on the ground not even in the corners.. I started to feel bad for them..

fdl

Penalty kicks, especially in that situation, are 99% mental. Funny things happen when humans are under so much pressure.

Jonesi

I've frozen myself before.. Too afraid to miss the net completely.. Nothing worse then not even getting the shot on net..

jlukja

<--- thinks Germany vs. Argentina is the best matchup of the quarterfinals.

JimmyCarter

We had a little in-Boston World Cup tournament this weekend - I was playing for USA, and we had teams from England, Ireland and Brazil in it too (all legitimate foreigners too, none of that watered down garbage )

We beat Brazil in the first game and faced Ireland in the final, which went to PKs:

We missed our first three, they hit two of first three, we went on to win anyway, after about 10 shots. All the misses were complete headcase misses, not nice saves on shots, just awful awful shots

Our goalie dove and blocked the last Irish guy's shot, shooter claimed keeper moved early, linesman didn't see it so they ordered a re-kick. Shot same place and keeper saved it again. USA FTW

fdl

TheThirdMan

Brazil vs. Spain/France will be better...

fdl

fdl

Fixed

fdl

What was this all about?



Was he calling the aussies babies?

kurt_bradley

Reminds me of:





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Even Beckham can miss a penalty. We still love him.

jlukja

If Brazil takes Ghana lightly, particularly on the counterattack, things could get very interesting...

Jonesi

Saw it live but have no idea the meaning behind it..

TheThirdMan

when was that again?

kurt_bradley

October 2004 at the Euro against Portugal. They lost 6-5 on penalties though he wasn't the only one to miss.

More here courtesy of BBC.co.uk

subinf

Or for us Italians, Baggios blunder. Though I dont know if I ever thought of him the same again...

BstonBruin

I still cant believe it...the pk's that they missed were pretty much all to the middle pathetic, the only one that was legidimate was the one of the crossbar.

iamhomin

"Legidimate"? Swiss blew it...big time. Ukraine deserved the game...too bad they have no chance against Italy.

subinf

btsilver

I say Ukraine wins over Italy. I still think italy is slightly overrated.

F900

Watch Italy will win......

dom

I think that Ukraine- Swiss game was the most boring game I've ever watched. It didn't look like either team even wanted to score until the third penalty kick.

dom

Friday and Sat will be two GREAT days of football. Can't wait. although I'll miss most of Friday's games.

FastAcura

<<--- taking a vacation day on Friday, which of course will give me a very nice 5 day weekend.

FastAcura

A Swiss player (Steller - plays in Koeln, which is where yesterdays game was) is pissed at the German fans because they were singing "Lukas Podolski" and "We're going to Berlin without Holland" during the Switzerland - Ukraine game.

What else does he expect from the fans who pay so much money to be at the round of 16 game and don't even get to watch World Cup quality football. At least there is some entertainment during the Germany games.

FastAcura

I too think that Italy is overrated, but they're still > than Ukraine.

dom

How are they overated?

Lets not forget they have won this tournament 3 times and are always considered a threat. The way I see it they played 1 bad game (US) and easily handled a Ghana team that is better than most expected and a Czech team that was ranked #2 in the world.

If they weren't a man down vs Australia I'm confident they wouldn't have needed a PK to win. Italy never wins with flash, but they usually win.

Having said that, I see them losing to the Germans in the semi's if they get by Ukraine.

Go Argentina

GBockers

I'm sure you mean in the sense of their ability to win the CUP; certainly they are worthy of being in the top eight world-wide. As far as winning the Cup I agree that this Italy team will not win it all. It will most likely be a Germany - Brazil final with the German's winning at home.

G

dom

I'd like to add. If Luca Toni could start finding the net with some sort of regularity and start looking like Serie A's leading scorer Italy will beat the German's.

He's getting close.

fdl

How the hell is italy overrated. They havent been scored on all tournament. They were pounding the aussies until they went a man down .

juniorbean

iTrader: (5)

No joke. It was so bad that I was working most of the time it was on!! Terrible game.

FastAcura

Obviously they're a good team, one of the top 8, but I don't think that they can win it all. The road to the quarters (semis) has been pretty easy, and I don't see them having problems with Ukraine. I would much rather see the top teams play against each other than the underdogs. A Germany win against Argentina is IMO a lot more worth than a win against Mexico.

I think once they play a top team, their weaknesses will be exposed. They remind me of Juventus.

jlukja

I'll miss the Friday games also (I'll be at work) but I've got the TV reserved for Saturday.

FastAcura

Just wait until they play Germany/Argentina.

dom

They handlily beat the Germans in a freindly earlier this year. I know, just a friendly.

Yup, just wait. If they lose to the German's homefield will be to blame. Nothing more.