Limeys through, Convicts out.
I finally got to see an England match – England winning 1 nil against Slovenia in last night’s game. Although it was a win, England still aren’t showing the form everybody has been expecting of them, and star striker Wayne Rooney was actually subbed off at the 70 minute mark. Props to Jermaine Defoe for the goal, and geez that guy is a short ass. Five foot seven, but that’s the great thing about Soccer, you don’t need height to dominate the game. Argentinean star Lionel Messi, Fifa’s player of the year, is also five foot seven.
If one of these guys stood in front of me, their head line would reach somewhere between my second and third nipples.
The Australia vs Serbia match was on at 4am (of course), which was a little inconvenient for a Thursday morning. I set my alarm to go off at half time so I could check the match scores, not just the Australia game but also the Germany vs Ghana game (whose outcome would decide our fate). The third round matches of the Group Stage are played simultaneously in modern World Cups to ensure all teams play to their best ability. In 1982, Germany and Austria went into their third game knowing the score of the other match (Algeria vs Chile) who had played a day earlier, and therefore knowing that a German 1 Austria 0 score line would see both Germany and Austria go through. After Germany scored, the game lost all meaning and both teams pretty much kicked the ball about lazily for the remainder of the game - Why risk an injury or a red card if you know you are through? The FIFA has stopped such vaginal antics though, and simultaneous play means everybody has to go their hardest (or as hard as Soccer players can get).
I got up at 4:45am to check the scores, if Germany were losing and Australia were winning – I would stay up to watch the last half. At half time the scores for both games were nil all, so I went back to bed.
I checked the scores a few hours later before leaving for work, Australia had won 2 – 1, but unfortunately Germany’s 1 nil win over Ghana put us off out of the competition. England and Ghana are now through to the round of 16, Australia will have to wait until 2014 to try again.
The Socceroos did alright in this tournament, a draw against Ghana and a win against Serbia is very respectable – but that 4 nil drumming by Germany pretty much left us Goosed on percentage.
If one of these guys stood in front of me, their head line would reach somewhere between my second and third nipples.
The Australia vs Serbia match was on at 4am (of course), which was a little inconvenient for a Thursday morning. I set my alarm to go off at half time so I could check the match scores, not just the Australia game but also the Germany vs Ghana game (whose outcome would decide our fate). The third round matches of the Group Stage are played simultaneously in modern World Cups to ensure all teams play to their best ability. In 1982, Germany and Austria went into their third game knowing the score of the other match (Algeria vs Chile) who had played a day earlier, and therefore knowing that a German 1 Austria 0 score line would see both Germany and Austria go through. After Germany scored, the game lost all meaning and both teams pretty much kicked the ball about lazily for the remainder of the game - Why risk an injury or a red card if you know you are through? The FIFA has stopped such vaginal antics though, and simultaneous play means everybody has to go their hardest (or as hard as Soccer players can get).
I got up at 4:45am to check the scores, if Germany were losing and Australia were winning – I would stay up to watch the last half. At half time the scores for both games were nil all, so I went back to bed.
I checked the scores a few hours later before leaving for work, Australia had won 2 – 1, but unfortunately Germany’s 1 nil win over Ghana put us off out of the competition. England and Ghana are now through to the round of 16, Australia will have to wait until 2014 to try again.
The Socceroos did alright in this tournament, a draw against Ghana and a win against Serbia is very respectable – but that 4 nil drumming by Germany pretty much left us Goosed on percentage.
posted by Beef at Wednesday, June 23, 2010
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