More Excitement From The World Cup...

[VeeJay]

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What's the point of this sport, really??

[proud gonzo]

hehehehe

you just don't get it, you heathen ;)

[Newbomb Turk]

looks to be more exciting than the games.

[IronSooner]

When the final score is 1-0 you have to do something to entertain yourself.

[silverwheels]

We need a soccer-bashing folder.

[hurricane'bone]

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What's the point of this sport, really??


I dunno...but you might want to ask West Virginia football fans.

[GottaHavePride]

I dunno...but you might want to ask West Virginia football fans.

Same thing I was about to say. As one of my music professors said (in reference to 19th century audiences, but it applies here) "I really enjoy that somewhere, someone cares enough about this to start a riot and burn a couple of buildings down."

And if you're complaining abour 1-0 scores you should have been watching today - no more ties are allowed, it's win or go home time. Germany looked great on the field, and one of the Argentinian goals today was just pretty. I mean pretty like they may name that play and still talk about it 30 years from now.

[King Crimson]

When the final score is 1-0 you have to do something to entertain yourself.

is that what the kids are calling it these days?

;)

[hurricane'bone]

Same thing I was about to say. As one of my music professors said (in reference to 19th century audiences, but it applies here) "I really enjoy that somewhere, someone cares enough about this to start a riot and burn a couple of buildings down."

And if you're complaining abour 1-0 scores you should have been watching today - no more ties are allowed, it's win or go home time. Germany looked great on the field, and one of the Argentinian goals today was just pretty. I mean pretty like they may name that play and still talk about it 30 years from now.


"The Foot of God"

[rebmus]

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What's the point of this sport, really??
i was hoping for chicks kissing.

[VeeJay]

i was hoping for chicks kissing.

Sorry to disappoint, dude. You could get baned and spekked all at the same time for sum'n like that.

[Okla-homey]

You just know those drunk English guys let a few "Heil Hitler's" go on the way to the German hoosegow.

[VeeJay]

You just know those drunk English guys let a few "Heil Hitler's" go on the way to the German hoosegow.

Heh! I woulda.

[Blue]

Soccer sucks.

[GottaHavePride]

Soccer is more fun to watch than MLB and the NBA combined.

Fixed. ;)

[proud gonzo]

i'm so sad I missed that argentina play :(

[Scott D]

gonxo are you going 'aussie aussie aussie, oy oy oy" now? :D

[proud gonzo]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_God_goal

[Scott D]

that...goal...should...have...been...disallowed.

[proud gonzo]

gonxo are you going 'aussie aussie aussie, oy oy oy" now? :D

yes!! :D

[SoonerInKCMO]

i was hoping for chicks kissing.

There's a picture of some Swedish fans out here on the innerweb somewhere that you'd like.

[JohnnyMack]

that...goal...should...have...been...disallowed.

Why?

[Scott D]

There's a picture of some Swedish fans out here on the innerweb somewhere that you'd like.

Swedish (http://msn.foxsports.com/id/5698892_7_2.jpg)

[Scott D]

Why?

to explain it to you in terms you'd understand it'd be the same as Jagr kicking the puck into the net past Brodeur and it counting.

[Hamhock]

Why do they keep playing, after the official time period has elapsed?

[SoonerInKCMO]

Why do they keep playing, after the official time period has elapsed?

The official time is kept on the field by the referee. The clock shown on the screen is not official - it just keeps running all the time. The referee may stop official time at his discretion due to injuries or other delays.

[Hamhock]

The official time is kept on the field by the referee. The clock shown on the screen is not official - it just keeps running all the time while the referee may stop official time at his discretion due to injuries or other delays.


Do the players know how much time is left?

[JohnnyMack]

to explain it to you in terms you'd understand it'd be the same as Jagr kicking the puck into the net past Brodeur and it counting.

So he used his hands? I missed that part.

And no way that <insert Ozzie Guillen insult here> gets it by my boy Marty.

[SoonerInKCMO]

They make an announcement of 'stoppage time' at the end of the 45 minutes... I think in international matches they use the same electronic signs they use to signal substitutions.

[proud gonzo]

that...goal...should...have...been...disallowed.

yeah. ref made a mistake on that one... :O :D

[proud gonzo]

Why?

the goal he was talking about was actually a handball but the ref thought it went off the guy's head and counted it. handball = no no

[Scott D]

Why do they keep playing, after the official time period has elapsed?

because the clock keeps running without stopping for any stops in play, the ref keeps a timer on how much extra time needs to be made up...it can go anywhere from about 1 minute to the longest I've ever seen which was roughly 10 minutes of extra time.

Just before the end of regulation on both halfs, the guy with the board on the sidelines that puts up the numbers of players who are going in and out during substitutions puts up a number that is told to him by the referee for how much extra time they will have for each half.

[Scott D]

So he used his hands? I missed that part.

And no way that <insert Ozzie Guillen insult here> gets it by my boy Marty.

basically he punched the ball in, the ref allowed it believing during the game that he headed it in...later on after he saw film of it and still shots he admitted he made a mistake and that Maradona hit the ball with his fist.

[JohnnyMack]

basically he punched the ball in, the ref allowed it believing during the game that he headed it in...later on after he saw film of it and still shots he admitted he made a mistake and that Maradona hit the ball with his fist.

I think we're talking about two different goals.

supa

[SoonerStormchaser]

That pic looks like Ohio State on party weekends...or when Michigan beats them at football.

[Scott D]

I think we're talking about two different goals.

supa

Well her link references the Maradona goal which he admitted finally in 2005.


BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 23 (Xinhuanet) -- World soccer star Diego Armando Maradona admitted for the first time before Argentine fans that the score that gave the victory to his country in the match versus England in the quarter-finals of Mexico 1986 World Cup was scored with his hand.

He said this in new television show "La Noche del 10" which he conducts and almost 20 years after that happened. He acknowledged he resorted to the hand because he said that then goalkeeper Shilton of the English national team was taller than him, there was no purpose in trying a header.

Argentina won 2-1 in that match celebrated in Aztec Stadium of Mexico City and qualified for the final in which it met and defeated the Germans, to become the world champion.

"Never did I regret having scored in that way," said Maradona, because he said that compensated for the loss of Malvinas (Falkland) Islands to the English in the 1982 war between Argentina and Great Britain.

Finally he remembered Shilton did not invite him to his farewell match because of that hand scoring, and said "I told him: who cares?"

[n8v_ndn]

Do the players know how much time is left?

Only if the ref holds up the special card with the movable clock hands :D

[proud gonzo]

I think we're talking about two different goals.

supa

yes. scott d was saying the OLD goal shouldn't have been allowed. there was no use of hands in the recent argentinian "foot of God"