Comments on: day 9 at the world cup

By: MrChips

MrChips — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 04:24:30 +0000

Belay my last. Should be Pope that got two yellows cards, not Beasley. Beasley came on as substitute in 2nd half and played quite well. My mistake.

By: mook

mook — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 04:19:48 +0000

Soccer ain’t my thang but I managed to catch that one game. Ghana were world class, really fast, highly skilled. I’d love to see them win this cup. The US did alright too holding off Italy. Surprising.

By: mahathir_fan

mahathir_fan — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:57:17 +0000

The dirty game reminded me of the game between the Russians and the North Koreans in 1966 World cup. The Russians played so physically that the North Korean players nearly threw a fist at the Russian players.

By: mcnut

mcnut — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:56:03 +0000

eddie pope got the yellow…and a previous one in against the chechs not beasley

and yes the italians are a dirty bunch
they did the same 4 years ago

i would really like to see if mcbride touched beasleys shot to get the offsides call

overall the US played an awesome first half

but to many fouls in bad spots hurt them and italy scored

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 02:45:55 +0000

I am reminded of Italy in the last World Cup games against Korea, when an Italian tried to head-butt one Korean player, missed and nailed his own team mate. I want to see more of that from the Italians.

By: baduk

baduk — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 23:32:05 +0000

The first red card examplify I do not like a certain aspect of soccer. Italian player gave a strong elbow to McBride and he bled.

Italians love this kind of stuff. Some Eastern Europeans do, too. If a soccer player does a dirty trick(like pulling on the shirt) and score a goal, these people love it. They love it more than a clean goal.

Something is wrong with these people. I have seen Italians doing dirty plays. Spain, Czech, Poland… What is wrong with these Europeans? England and Germans do few of these dirty plays as well as Africans, Americans and Asians. Italians frequently do it even when they are ahead. Something is wrong with these people.

The game needs clean up for sure. The player who intensionally throws elbows or hard tackle to injure other players should be banned from the soccer. And, the country who puts these goons on the field should automatically disqualify from playing further.

Italy should have been sent home.

On top of that, I think the refree behaved erratically. Maybe he got threatened by Italian mob. Maybe he got paid off. He had some strong reason to act against Americans.

By: Zonath

Zonath — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:28:14 +0000

Well, I’ll be. USA actually pulled a draw against Italy and managed to stay in the running for the group of 16 (way way far back in the running, but still…) I guess it’s all down to game 3 for team USA (as well as the Italy-Czech game).

By: Haksaeng

Haksaeng — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:27:39 +0000

The US game started off just as exciting as the Ghana match–three cheers for Africa! Unfortunately, the ref interjected himself a bit much. The first US red card was ridiculous, with that activity occurring throughout the match with very little notice. I agree with MrChips, though, that Beasley’s second yellow wasn’t outrageous, but probably should have been handled differently, especially after the previous red card.

In the end, the ref had enormous influence over the game, and ruined an otherwise well-matched, exciting game. I’m surprised the Italians couldn’t better push their advantage. It’s hard to cover a pitch with only eight guys. The fact that Italy couldn’t push the advantage goes to show the level of effort the US put into the game, especially in the second half.

By: Dirtydingus

Dirtydingus — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:15:40 +0000

That was fun. Tomorrow should be better. Here’s hoping Korea beat France & Japan beat Croatia

By: MrChips

MrChips — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 21:06:41 +0000

Today has been one of the best days of ball so far. Group E is showing why it’s the group of death. Impressive show by Ghana. With a win over US they’ll be in; a tie will work if Italy beats or ties Czech.

And, the US grew some balls; amazing what that can do for your game. 8 on 9 ball was pretty cool (keepers don’t count). They’re still a little rusty on their passing game but a least they playe dwith more heart. Personally, I thought the game was a little poorly ref’d but the red cards and Beasley’s second yellow were not outrageous. Too bad for Mastroeni; he’s one of the better long range shooters. What was up with Italy’s offsides disease??