World Cup 2006

[cstaylor]

Hiddink was the coach for SK in 2002.

[AssKissinger]

Hiddink was the coach for SK in 2002.

If he lived there he should know what a bunch of cunts they are; unless he's still brainwashed.

[gomichild]

[quote="GuyJean"]Wholly Shit!.. WTF happened? Went to bed with 10 minutes left in the match.. Wake up to somber Japanese announcers on TV... With no hi-lites!..

I can't believe I missed it.. What happened? Australia was definitely in control of the ball most of the game, but I thought Japan could hold them off for 10 minutes..

Fuck!.. Teaches me]

Dude I can't believe you went to sleep! The last 10 minutes rocked!

The Japanese goal keeper Kawaguchi was a stopping legend though. The Aussies just kept going for the goals all the time.

I know very little about soccer but the Japanese team didn't pass like they normally did. They had very little playtime with the ball. They'd get it down to their goal area and the Aussies would just kick it back.

The Japanese commenators kept raving on about the height of the Australian players. I don't think this counted for much. It was hot and the players who scored had come on fresh at the end. The Japanese players were worn out.

[cstaylor]

[quote="AssKissinger"]If he lived there he should know what a bunch of cunts they are]
Check out Wikipedia's article on Hiddink about what kind of rewards the Koreans heaped on him for his contribution.

[kurohinge1]

Fantastic game. I agree with gboothe and others that Kawaguchi played very well.

I enjoyed the game in an Irish pub in Sydney with a mixture of Aussies, Japanese and a few other nationalities. Great fun. Got home at 2am.

My 3 y.o. daughter, well asleep at home during the game, had picked the win about 12 hours before kick off. For large subscription fees, I may be able to make her predictions available to FG's betting on the Cup.

Check out Wikipedia's article on Hiddink about what kind of rewards the Koreans heaped on him for his contribution.

Great tip CS. Very interesting - he's off to Russia after this!

"In addition other rewards soon followed - ... free flights for life with Korean Airlines and Asiana Airlines ...

That's a "reward"???

It reminded me of this tale about Asiana and KAL from a few years back . . .

Nov. 11th/98. The wing of an Asiana 747-400 cuts into the tail of a parked Aeroflot IL62 at Anchorage International Airport while trying to make a U-turn in a parking bay . . . The best part of the story was forwarded by a Captain witnessing the event from a safe distance:

"... Just into Anchorage and looking at all the Korean debris on the airfield. What a beautiful job the Asiana boy did in his 747-400. (word is he was an ex KAL guy, Capt. Kim Dae Woo, makes sense!) Asiana is KAL's "opposition" company, also run by the military cronies. Pranged in Anchorage trying to do a "U" turn in a parking bay... in a 747-400???? Poor Aeroflot was in the way though, minding his business, parked at the gate with passengers on board.

Asiana thumped his # 1 engine against Aeroflot's wing and tore open the engine cowling and fuel lines on the 747, pissing fuel all over the apron. With standard Korean procedure, that calls for more power so you can get out of the way and hope nobody saw! This he did, but it was icy as hell on the ramp. The skid started and took out 2 Evergreen staff vehicles sending the occupants fleeing for cover. THE CIRCUS HAD BEGUN!

Still more power and he put his left wing (last 15-20 feet) into the vertical stab of the IL62 and cut into the tail about 15 feet. When he reached the main spar of the vertical stab... the 747 stopped... you guessed it..... MORE POWER!!! I think he thought there was still time to run for it but he didn't seem to be going anywhere.......SO..........MORE POWER!!!!!!!!!!!! In trying to escape the grips of the Russian aircraft, he managed to reach take-off thrust, and in so doing, put a bunch of containers behind the aircraft through the terminal building and trashed it. Heard NCA got it in the lamps. Japs must be pleased about that! Still no shutdown or evacuation (fuel still pissing everywhere over the apron from the 747 #1 engine) The Yank ground mechanics finally managed to run over and told them to shut the aircraft down but the crew were busy writing a report for management to apportion the blame. mmmmmmmm.....Yes, PLEASE???!!! Hell, no one is safe around these guys! After the entertainment ended, spoke to our crew driver and she said the two vehicles he hit during his exhibition were badly trashed. The Asiana aircraft is looking quite sad. Took all day yesterday to separate the two aircraft and in desperation, the mechanics finally had to cut about 20 feet of the Asiana left wing off to get the aircraft apart. Talk about "dog lock"! The engine is off and the cowlings are all torn open. The opposition (Aeroflot) was taking cover in the hangar...Good idea!

Well, not to be outdone, KAL landed a 747 freighter the very next day on the runway lights on 6R!!! Lights, tires, stuff everywhere.... you know the rest. That makes 9 accidents in 2.5 months for KAL of which one was a 747-400 hull write off. Now that takes some beating - that's a record!!! (Oh, we're not even counting the 747-300 in Guam... that was last years score) Ah yes, another boring day in aviation! . . . more

[IkemenTommy]

The most amusing thing about the Japanese getting beaten was watching the NHK reporters do the after-match wrap-up. Funny fricken Shit - they couldnt even look into the camera - they were all looking at the floor, possibly holding back tears.................classic.

I loved how they were trying to ejaculate all over themselves in excitement with all the possible scenarios like Australia being beaten by the rest of the Group teams and Japan beating the big daddy Brazil (like.. yeah.. right..) Yeah, it was definitely classic.

[Mulboyne]

MDN: Fight after Japan-Australia World Cup game leaves three fans injured

A fight that broke out at a public screening event after Japan lost to Australia in the World Cup on Monday night left three people injured. The public screening of the match was held at Nirasaki Municipal Government Gymnasium on Monday night. About 500 people watched the match on a large screen set up in the gymnasium. After Australia beat Japan 3-1, about 10 Japanese fans began fighting, with some accusing each other of smiling even though Japan lost.

[Mulboyne]

[Buraku]

Chosunilbo: Hiddink Keeps Promise to Beat Japan for Korea

Great propaganda twist on a soccer story,
I like it !

http://japanese.chosun.com/site/data/img_dir/2005/04/04/200504040000681cartoon_w400.jpg


Any chance of an Iran versus USA match ?
http://www.payvand.com/news/04/jan/us-iran-flags.jpg

[cstaylor]

Right now Korea is getting their asses handed to them by Togo, although some of those Korean players should take home an Oscar for their acting prowess.

[cstaylor]

Looks like the long arm of Korean ref payments make it all the way to Germany. What's up with giving that Togo defender two yellow cards (=red card), making it 10 to 11 players? Every single long pass to a Togo player? Off sides.

[dimwit]

Looks like the long arm of Korean ref payments make it all the way to Germany. What's up with giving that Togo defender two yellow cards (=red card), making it 10 to 11 players? Every single long pass to a Togo player? Off sides.

Well, I would believe it if the ref were from a bribable country, but in this case he was English so I am guessing that penalties for being caught would outweigh the value of the bribe.

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/w/ref/40880.html

From what I gather the Togo team is a bit of a fiasco with the coach quit the day before the match.

[gomichild]

Well the Togo dude was a bit rough there.

OOo France and Switzerland kick off!

[Greji]

After a relatively dull start, excepting the Aussies flushing Mighty Nippon down the commode, the real action has finally begin and it now sounds like the normal world cup (or a normal night in Shibuya)!

"....Updated: 23:01, Wednesday June 14, 2006

The World Cup has been marred by its first serious violence - with fighting breaking out ahead of Germany's match against Poland.

Hundreds of hooligans have been arrested after clashing with police in Dortmund.

Trouble flared in the city centre where thousands of supporters had spent the afternoon drinking in a square.

Hundreds of riot police were deployed as thugs threw bottles at each other and the police.
There was more violence as large numbers of fans moved to a nearby giant screen televising the match. more...."

[canman]

So now it seems that the referee made two mistakes, first off he sort of apoligized o the Ausse goalie for not calling interferene against the Japanese player. Now FIFA has said that Cahil should have been given a red card for tackling the Japanese player in the penalty box, and Japan should have been awarded a penalty shot. I'm not sure how this helps, but at least Japan has another excuse when they come home after the first round.

[kurohinge1]

After the Japanese World Cup team was made to "eat crow",
now Japanese crows are being made to play soccer . . .

[SIZE="4"]Japanese Crows Learn To Play Soccer[/SIZE]

World Cup fever has hit the crows at a Japanese zoo.

Dressed in a soccer jersey, one of the crows showed off its soccer skills to guests at Tokuyama Zoo in western Japan on Thursday.

Four crows have been trained to play soccer in honor of Japan's run at the World Cup.

Zookeepers are now trying to teach the crows to pass the tiny soccer ball and take free kicks.

Maybe the zookeepers should be flown to Germany to teach these skills to the World Cup team. ]world karasu soccer?[/SIZE]

[nullpointer]

Some would say they finally have world karasu soccer?

[Mulboyne]

So now it seems that the referee made two mistakes, first off he sort of apoligized o the Ausse goalie for not calling interferene against the Japanese player. Now FIFA has said that Cahil should have been given a red card for tackling the Japanese player in the penalty box, and Japan should have been awarded a penalty shot. I'm not sure how this helps, but at least Japan has another excuse when they come home after the first round.

Zico only sees one refereeing mistake:

Japan coach Zico has shrugged off as too late a FIFA comment that the Asian champions should have been awarded a penalty in their 3-1 loss to Australia. "If the penalty kick was awarded to us, the situation could have changed," Zico told reporters here Thursday as Japan geared up for a must-win clash on Sunday with Croatia who lost 1-0 to Brazil on Tuesday. "That was the only refereeing problem in that match. But they (FIFA) can't do anything about it."

One of the Australian players claimed (and we only have his word for it) that the referee said he didn't blow for the penalty since he believed he shouldn't have allowed the Japan goal. Natural justice might be a nice idea but that's not his job. Unless we are talking about a Russian linesman and the 1966 World Cup.

[Buraku]

Rampant Argentina overwhelm Serbia

Argentina 6-0 Serbia
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SPORT/football/06/16/world.argentina/index.html
amazing game from the S.Americans !

[Greji]

Cote d'ivoire gave the Netherlands a hard time, but came up short 2-1. CIV was highly under rated.

Tsuru, where were you! NED could have lost it, or been tied very easily. You gotta get out of the pub and root some more!

[mr. sparkle]

Cote d'ivoire gave the Netherlands a hard time, but came up short 2-1. CIV was highly under rated.

Tsuru, where were you! NED could have lost it, or been tied very easily. You gotta get out of the pub and root some more!

Dude, that was a GREAT game. I just finished watching it. (What? An American that watches and actually likes soccer?)

So are you guys watching games in the middle of the night or what?

[Greji]

Dude, that was a GREAT game. I just finished watching it. (What? An American that watches and actually likes soccer?)

So are you guys watching games in the middle of the night or what?

Nahh, who would do a stupid thing like that (Mexico and Angola are nil eight minutes in)!

[Tsuru]

Cote d'ivoire gave the Netherlands a hard time, but came up short 2-1. CIV was highly under rated.

Tsuru, where were you! NED could have lost it, or been tied very easily. You gotta get out of the pub and root some more!

Where do you think I was! I was in front of my TV, swearing my ass off at my team's crappy defense

[Buraku]

[homesweethome]

You do realize if we lose the next game it's over don't you? Do you all want to go home? If you don't, you'd better start playing a lot better and showing some guts.
Japan coach Zico, laying down the law to his players ahead of Sunday's crunch World Cup game against Croatia. (Kyodo)

It's the otaku-mama's boy influence that has permiated the Japan Soccer team which Zico points out.

They seem to be a bunch of limp wristed, show-boys and no-go-boys.

They might as well bend over for the Croats and get it over with.

[canman]

Or do any of the rest of you think Japan is setting itself up for one of the biggest falls in sports history. I know they have to have a positive attitude, and all that jazz, but watching tv and the way people are so sure that Japan is going to win and then who knows what will happen with Brazil. I just hope that the number of suicides doesn't jump a lot(no pun intended) when the "boys in blue" lose.
Now I hope against hope that they will win, even though I don't like Ziko nor Shunske Nakamura. I have this strange feeling if Japan loses the blame will fall on Nakata's head, don't know why just a gut feeling. Anyway will be glued in front of my tv for sure tonight, and tomorrow and the rest of the World Cup for that matter. Now if only those stupid f*cks at NHK would provide some English commentary I would be a happy camper.

[homesweethome]

Canman you may have a point. I don't like Nakamura either but, it would do me no wrong to see the Japan Pretty Boys get a little bloodied at something... anything.

Watching them sweat really doesn't give me a hard on, but it may some.

No, I had little hope for this game until the US and Italy mixed it up. Mama-sans were saying "Oh no! my little boy can't play that sort of dangerous game! Hah!

The Japanophiles are hiding under their pussywillows, "Oh no, what will happen if Japan loses again? Those nasty tall big gaijin! I can't stand to watch!"

Heh! heh! I will be.

Now it looks like there may be hope for the 'beautiful game' I just want to see if Japan is 'up' for the challenge.

[GuyJean]

No, I had little hope for this game until the US and Italy mixed it up.

I just watched that game without knowing the outcome; nice match!.. Pretty brutal; stitches, red cards.. good stuff.

The US looked better than Italy; I can't believe they called the second goal an offsides.. There was no way that was a pass..

GJ

[gomichild]

I didn't catch the USA vs Italy - but the highlights looked vicious. THe Portugal vs Iran game was pretty good. THe Portugal team has some pretty amazing ball control technique.

Big line up tonight... Japan and Croatia of course (just in case you have been living in a cave for the last few days). Man they have got to stop worrying about the size of the other players and focus on their passing. Their passing technique was sad during the first game.

And actually getting the ball into the goals.

Then of course Australia vs Brazil - Aussies very much the underdogs - which makes them dangerous in a way. But who knows what Brazil will do? Hopefully will be interesting.

Even the last game tonight probably deserves a lookie - France vs South Korea. France vs Switzerland was about the most boring game I've ever seen. Keen to see what the Red Devils (although I swear that is pink not red) can do.

[canman]

Is way too much. GC, the Italy US game was quite entertaining. NOt the best football, but entertaining none-the-less. I agree Portugal has some good players, hope they can continue int he second round. Figo took a heck of a beating, even a kick in the face.
I can't believe that France has not scored a goal since the 1998 finals in France. What a drought!!
Anyway back to the non-stop coverage, just start the damn game, will ya!!!