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[johnsemlak]

Ugh, that was truely embarressing. I think the Czechs are a great team, and one that might actually win the tourney, and I'm hoping that they showed it today.

 

[dagger]

Losing hurts, but by 3 goals makes it nearly impossible to get out of the 2nd round..


Come on NFL and College football!!!

 

[jonesy]

Ugh, that was truely embarressing. I think the Czechs are a great team, and one that might actually win the tourney, and I'm hoping that they showed it today.

The single complaint about them is that they got way too many pointless yellows. If they get rid of that, then they'll be medal contenders (or should that be trophy contenders).

 

[TheNovaLord]

Japan is the second-best team in that group. I fully expect Brazil to qualify in 1st and Japan in 2nd. Croatia will have a rough time beating Japan to the punch, and Australia is just the sparring of the group.

Oopsie on the prediction!!!

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Losing hurts, but by 3 goals makes it nearly impossible to get out of the 2nd round..


Come on NFL and College football!!!

Don't give up. We can still be Sam Lowry to Brazil.

"All I can say is don't fall at the last fence. The finishing post's in sight. See you in the paddock...keep your eye on the ball."

 

[johnsemlak]

The single complaint about them is that they got way too many pointless yellows. If they get rid of that, then they'll be medal contenders (or should that be trophy contenders).

Yeah, 4 yellows, looking at the match report. Could haunt them later.

 

[Capellan]

I'm thrilled with the Australian result today (it's three goals and three points more than I feared we'd get, and after only one match, too). The Socceroos are definitely in a whole 'nother class since Hiddink took over. Of course, Farina (the last guy) was a joke of a coach, so they could hardly have got worse ...

I'll be attending the Brazil vs Croatia match tomorrow night. Should be a corker.

 

[Klaus]

Oopsie on the prediction!!!

Them's the breaks, eh? Japan totally handed over the match on the second half. Them samurais don't seem to have legs for the distance.

The best teams so far have been Argentina, Czech Republic and Italy. All other matches were atrocious to watch.

 

[STARP_Social_Officer]

As an Australian, I have mixed feelings about our sudden victory.
Yes, we finally won a World Cup match - OK, yes, we finally scored a World Cup goal, that's fine, OK, now SHUT UP. Australia are such bad winners when it comes to sport, and now it's going to be "in your face" type behaviour from the media for the next ten or eleven years. We'll DEMAND admittance to South Africa 2010 sinply for winning a match. Basically, we haven't won anything. We still have to beat Brazil and Croatia. We MIGHT be able to squeeze a narrow win or a draw out of the Croats, but Brazil will plough through the Socceroos like corn stalks, so at most we'll get six points, enough to go to the second round, in which we'll probably have to play Italy, who will again act as a sort of eleven-man combine harvester. So it's not really much of a victory, though I'm happy we finally did it. I just wish we'd stop crowing about it already.

I'm also pleased the United States lost to the Czech Republic. I think it's nice that there's one sport the Americans aren't that good at. No offence, Americans...oh, well, yeah, offence. Who cares? I'm 5,000 miles away and we won last night and you didn't!

 

[jonesy]

...we'll probably have to play Italy, who will again act as a sort of eleven-man combine harvester...

Oh great. Now I have an image stuck in my head of the entire Azzurri on a combine harvester chasing Cary Grant with an australian accent through a corn field.