Official World Cup Soccer Thread

[Zargon]

Chile is not through, in fact, they may easily fail to advance. They have two minimum victories (1:0), and if they lose to Spain 1:0, and Swiss wins against Honduras 1:0, they will be tied with the Swiss. Not sure what happens in that case, would need to look up the rules.
But if Chile loses to Spain by 2+ goals, or Switzerland beats Honduras by 2+ goals (with a Chile loss), both of which are not at all improbable, esp. Swiss beating quite weak Honduras, Chile is out.

good point.

swiss will be missing a starter for a red card suspension.

rules dictacte if points and GD are equal.

you go to goals scored, where chile is currently up 2.

if they end up tied in that, it goes to head to head, where chile wins.



chile should attack spain early while they might be less ready for it, and go for a goal to disrupt them.

spain looked good against honduras missing ALOT of chances, I didnt catch any of the swiss/chile game except for the last 10 minutes

 

[GasX]

Chile is not through, in fact, they may easily fail to advance. They have two minimum victories (1:0), and if they lose to Spain 1:0, and Swiss wins against Honduras 1:0, they will be tied with the Swiss. Not sure what happens in that case, would need to look up the rules.
But if Chile loses to Spain by 2+ goals, or Switzerland beats Honduras by 2+ goals (with a Chile loss), both of which are not at all improbable, esp. Swiss beating quite weak Honduras, Chile is out.

Group H Chile v Spain, Switzerland v Honduras

Chile:
Need just a point to qualify. However, if they lose to Spain their chances of making it to the second round are very much in the balance.

Spain:
If they beat Chile by any scoreline, they will be guaranteed to climb above Chile on goal difference and progress. Will also qualify with a point if Switzerland lose to Honduras. If both Spain and Switzerland draw then Spain will go through on goal difference.

Switzerland:
Must better Spain's result to guarantee qualification. If both Spain and Switzerland win, then it will come down to goal difference with Spain definitely through. If Switzerland win and Chile lose by two goals then the Swiss will be through. If Switzerland win 1-0 and Chile lose 1-0 then Chile will finish second to Spain, ahead of Switzerland on the head-to-head rule. Switzerland must win by a greater margin than Spain's win to stand a chance of topping the group.

Honduras:
Hopes are slim for Honduras, who must beat Switzerland and hope Chile beat Spain. If Honduras beat the Swiss by two goals they are guaranteed to climb above them. But they would also need Spain to lose by at least three goals to move above them into second. All very unlikely.

source: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/columns/story?id=799940&cc=5901&ver=us

 

[b0mbrman]

Why do Portuguese players make a heart with their hands whenever they score?

http://deadspin.com/5569214/your-culturally-insensitive-world-cup-goal-roundup-for-june-21

 

[sdifox]

getting ready for Argentina Greece

 

[sdifox]

they should play the whole Argentine National Anthem

 

[sdifox]

This Argentine uniform is ugly...

 

[sdifox]

Last time Greece played Argentina, they lost 4-0

 

[GasX]

Game ON!

Nigeria 1 S Korea 0

 

[sdifox]

fucking rain is messing up my sat signal.


Aagh

 

[bigrash]

This Argentine uniform is ugly...

wth? why aren't they wearing their traditional light blue + white(or dark blue) jersey?

 

[sdifox]

wth? why aren't they wearing their traditional light blue + white(or dark blue) jersey?

I guess they are the away team?

 

[bigrash]

I guess they are the away team?

Looks ugly for sure. Kinda like France or Italy.

 

[sdifox]

Looks ugly for sure. Kinda like France or Italy.

Should have gone with black.

 

[sdifox]

stupid foul

 

[sdifox]

oMFG

 

[ccblazer44]

You guys watching Nigeria and Korea or Greece and Argentina? I'm watching Greece cuz they're my team! GO ΕΛΛΆΔΑ!!!

 

[sdifox]

You guys watching Nigeria and Korea or Greece and Argentina? I'm watching Greece cuz they're my team! GO ΕΛΛΆΔΑ!!!

It's just a matter of how badly Greece will lose :biggrin:

 

[ccblazer44]

Haha I was hoping Argentina would rest their starters since they're already in... I have faith in Greece though they can lock em down. The Argentenians are disorganized I'm hoping they get outsmarted since they probably won't be outplayed.

 

[sdifox]

ahahahah cotton mouth

 

[sdifox]

auch, knee to the rib

 

[sdifox]

Haha I was hoping Argentina would rest their starters since they're already in... I have faith in Greece though they can lock em down. The Argentenians are disorganized I'm hoping they get outsmarted since they probably won't be outplayed.

lol, disorganised, the word you want is fluid.

 

[GasX]

S Korea just tied it up!

 

[ccblazer44]

They may be fluid but I still think they're disorganized... Maradona doesn't have a fucking plan.

 

[sdifox]

They may be fluid but I still think they're disorganized... Maradona doesn't have a fucking plan.

plan? you guys pass the ball forward, and find a hole to score from. ok?

 

[Balt]

Lots of diving in this Argentina and Greece game. :|