FIFA World Cup 2010

[Justin5150]

Having not read any of the previous posts relating to this thread, I have only one thing to say:

This was the worst World Cup in the history of the event.

[Bluelion]

Yeah, it was pretty poor. I mean not even one headbutt...

[jplpool]

It's been gettin' shitter for years in the name of makin it more 'global' '98 team increase and 2006 confederation change(aussies) have dragged the overall standard down.

[NewGNRnOldGNR]

I thought South Africa (2010) had a considerably better standard of football than Germany (2006). The last time I thoroughly enjoyed a World Cup was South Korea/Japan (2002), obviously because the Republic of Ireland was in it and done extremely well. It was also quite eventful with the whole Roy Keane saga.

[jplpool]

Conf' changes. Oz moved to asia. Trust me the quality is in long term dilution in the name of it bein more global. Slight variations in recent tournaments mean little.

[chezequerz]

Having not read any of the previous posts relating to this thread, I have only one thing to say:

This was the worst World Cup in the history of the event.

i'd probably think the same if the french cheated our team out of qualifying.

that said there were so many highlights...argent ina vs germany, england vs germany, Ghana vs Uruguay, mexico vs south africa...all fun games.

i mean every game from the quarter finals that Spain played was like watching paint dry but otherwise i felt it was a really cool world cup.

several players either made a fantastic name for themselves or just fortified the name they had players like Forlan, Muller, Schweinsteiger, Torres, Robinho and several more including a few dutch players whose names i can't remember for love or money.

[rds.06]

I enjoyed some of the earlier games. The downer for me was Brazil & Holland playing to defensive. If they had played like they used to it would have been better. The collaspe of France (which I enjoyed) put a taint on the WC along with all the talk about the ball, in the early stages the free kicks were pathetic. Not to meantion some very poor ref decisions (England goal)

From a tv point of view, watching any of the matches on the BBC or ITV was painful. All they did was turn ever match into a discussion about England's shit display and the pundits were shocking Southgate, Adebayor (could not understand a word), Desailly & Adrian Chilles (what a dick) should never be let on the tv again. RTE was better but too drawn out.

Germany made the WC for me, without them it would have been an epic fail. I should also show some respect to Uruguay, who greatly pleased me. But the rest can fuck off. Hopefully Brazil in 2014 will have a much higher quality of football.

[chezequerz]

I enjoyed some of the earlier games. The downer for me was Brazil & Holland playing to defensive. If they had played like they used to it would have been better. The collaspe of France (which I enjoyed) put a taint on the WC along with all the talk about the ball, in the early stages the free kicks were pathetic. Not to meantion some very poor ref decisions (England goal)

From a tv point of view, watching any of the matches on the BBC or ITV was painful. All they did was turn ever match into a discussion about England's shit display and the pundits were shocking Southgate, Adebayor (could not understand a word), Desailly & Adrian Chilles (what a dick) should never be let on the tv again. RTE was better but too drawn out.

Germany made the WC for me, without them it would have been an epic fail. I should also show some respect to Uruguay, who greatly pleased me. But the rest can fuck off. Hopefully Brazil in 2014 will have a much higher quality of football.

in regards to Brazil i blame Dunga their manager, he had 4 exceptional players 2 of whom were old legends of the team the other 2 were a pair of the strongest young players brazil has to offer and he turned them down.

needless to say he won't make that mistake twice.

[rds.06]

in regards to Brazil i blame Dunga their manager, he had 4 exceptional players 2 of whom were old legends of the team the other 2 were a pair of the strongest young players brazil has to offer and he turned them down.

needless to say he won't make that mistake twice.

They have a new coach now (nearly) and I expect to see them turn on the style to a massive degree in 2014. The fans won't stand for anything else.

[chezequerz]

They have a new coach now (nearly) and I expect to see them turn on the style to a massive degree in 2014. The fans won't stand for anything else.

ronaldo, rivaldo, ronaldinho, robinho would have been an impressive team...too bad it won't be happening.

[NewGNRnOldGNR]

In conclusion, the French are bastards and are universally hated!

[chezequerz]

In conclusion, the French are bastards and are universally hated!

Britain hates Argentina for football but France we hate in general 

[NewGNRnOldGNR]

Britain hates Argentina for football but France we hate in general 

And the Germans, you forgot the bloody Germans.

[chezequerz]

And the Germans, you forgot the bloody Germans.

i think we have respect for the germans, but the Argentines are seen as cheaters.

[Marko0190]

Yeah, lets back to the World Cup and my perfect first post!

Group A

Uruguay  7             
Mexico  4
South Africa  4
France  1
             
          
1   11/06 16:00   Johannesburg - JSC            South Africa  1:1 (0:0)  Mexico   
2   11/06 20:30   Cape Town                        Uruguay  0:0  France
17   16/06 20:30   Tshwane/Pretoria              South Africa  0:3 (0:1)  Uruguay   
18   17/06 20:30   Polokwane                       France  0:2 (0:0)  Mexico
33   22/06 16:00   Rustenburg                      Mexico  0:1 (0:1)  Uruguay   
34   22/06 16:00   Mangaung / Bloemfontein    France  1:2 (0:2)  South Africa   

Group B

Argentina  9      
Korea Republic  4
Greece  3      
Nigeria  1

3   12/06 16:00   Johannesburg - JEP                       Argentina  1:0 (1:0)  Nigeria
4   12/06 13:30   Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth    Korea Republic  2:0 (1:0)  Greece
19   17/06 16:00   Mangaung / Bloemfontein              Greece  2:1 (1:1)  Nigeria
20   17/06 13:30   Johannesburg - JSC                     Argentina  4:1 (2:1)  Korea Republic
35   22/06 20:30   Durban                                      Nigeria  2:2 (1:1)  Korea Republic
36   22/06 20:30   Polokwane                                  Greece  0:2 (0:0)  Argentina   

Group C

USA  5
England  5
Slovenia  4
Algeria  1

5   12/06 20:30   Rustenburg                                   England  1:1 (1:1)  USA   
6   13/06 13:30   Polokwane                                    Algeria  0:1 (0:0) Slovenia   
22   18/06 16:00   Johannesburg - JEP                      Slovenia  2:2 (2:0)  USA   
23   18/06 20:30   Cape Town                                 England  0:0  Algeria   
37   23/06 16:00   Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth  Slovenia  0:1 (0:1)  England   
38   23/06 16:00   Tshwane/Pretoria                         USA  1:0 (0:0) Algeria   

Group D

Germany  6
Ghana  4
Australia  4
Serbia  3


7   13/06 20:30   Durban                                         Germany  4:0 (2:0)  Australia   
8   13/06 16:00   Tshwane/Pretoria                           Serbia  0:1 (0:0)  Ghana   
21   18/06 13:30   Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth   Germany  0:1 (0:1)  Serbia   
24   19/06 16:00   Rustenburg                                  Ghana  1:1 (1:1)  Australia   
39   23/06 20:30   Johannesburg - JSC                      Ghana  0:1 (0:0)  Germany   
40   23/06 20:30   Nelspruit                                     Australia  2:1 (0:0)  Serbia

Group E

Netherlands  9
Japan  6
Denmark  3
Cameroon  0

9   14/06 13:30   Johannesburg - JSC               Netherlands    2:0 (0:0)  Denmark
10   14/06 16:00   Mangaung / Bloemfontein      Japan   1:0 (1:0)  Cameroon   
25   19/06 13:30   Durban                              Netherlands  1:0 (0:0)  Japan
26   19/06 20:30   Tshwane/Pretoria                Cameroon  1:2 (1:1)  Denmark
43   24/06 20:30   Rustenburg                        Denmark  1:3 (0:2)  Japan
44   24/06 20:30   Cape Town                        Cameroon  1:2 (0:1)  Netherlands

Group F

Paraguay  5
Slovakia  4
New Zealand  3
Italy  2

11   14/06 20:30   Cape Town                         Italy 1:1 (0:1) Paraguay
12   15/06 13:30   Rustenburg                         New Zealand  1:1 (0:0)  Slovakia
27   20/06 13:30   Mangaung / Bloemfontein      Slovakia  0:2 (0:1)  Paraguay
28   20/06 16:00   Nelspruit                            Italy  1:1 (1:1)  New Zealand
41   24/06 16:00   Johannesburg - JEP             Slovakia  3:2 (1:0)  Italy
42   24/06 16:00   Polokwane                         Paraguay  0:0  New Zealand

Group G

Brazil  6
Portugal  4
Côte d'Ivoire  1
Korea DPR  0



13   15/06 16:00   Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth      Côte d'Ivoire  0:0  Portugal
14   15/06 20:30   Johannesburg - JEP                          Brazil  2:1 (0:0)  Korea DPR
29   20/06 20:30   Johannesburg - JSC                          Brazil  3:1 (1:0)  Côte d'Ivoire   
30   21/06 13:30   Cape Town                                     Portugal  7:0 (1:0)  Korea DPR
45   25/06 16:00   Durban                                           Portugal  0:0  Brazil
46   25/06 16:00   Nelspruit                                        Korea DPR  0:3 (0:2)  Côte d'Ivoire

Group H

Chile  6
Spain  3
Switzerland  3
Honduras  0


15   16/06 13:30   Nelspruit                                       Honduras  0:1 (0:1)  Chile
16   16/06 16:00   Durban                                         Spain  0:1 (0:0)  Switzerland   
31   21/06 16:00   Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth    Chile  1:0 (0:0)  Switzerland   
32   21/06 20:30   Johannesburg - JEP                        Spain 2:0 (1:0)   Honduras   
47   25/06 20:30   Tshwane/Pretoria                           Chile  1:2 (0:2) Spain   
48   25/06 20:30   Mangaung / Bloemfontein                 Switzerland  0:0  Honduras   



Round of 16
      
49   26/06 16:00   Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth       Uruguay 2:1 (1:0)     Korea Republic
50   26/06 20:30   Rustenburg                                     USA 1:2 a.e.t. (1:1, 0:1)  Ghana   
51   27/06 16:00   Mangaung / Bloemfontein                  Germany 4:1 (2:1) England   
52   27/06 20:30   Johannesburg                                   Argentina 3:1 (2:0) Mexico   
53   28/06 16:00   Durban                                          Netherlands 2:1 (1:0) Slovakia   
54   28/06 20:30   Johannesburg                                Brazil 3:0 (2:0) Chile
55   29/06 16:00   Tshwane/Pretoria                            Paraguay 0:0 a.e.t. 5:3 Japan
56   29/06 20:30   Cape Town                                   
Spain
1:0 (0:0) Portugal   

Quarter-finals
      
57   02/07 16:00   Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth      Netherlands 2:1 (0:1) Brazil   
58   02/07 20:30   Johannesburg                                 Uruguay 1:1 a.e.t. (1:1, 0:1) 4:2 Ghana   
59   03/07 16:00   Cape Town                                    Argentina 0:4 (0:1) Germany   
60   03/07 20:30   Johannesburg                                  Paraguay 0:1 (0:0) Spain   

Semi-finals
   
61   06/07 20:30   Cape Town                                     Uruguay 2:3 (1:1) Netherlands   
62   07/07 20:30   Durban                                         Germany 0:1 (0:0) Spain   

Match for third place
      
63   10/07 20:30   Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth      Uruguay 2:3 (1:1) Germany


Final
   
64   11/07 20:30   Johannesburg                               Netherlands0:1 a.e.t.Spain

First place

Second place

Third place

Fourth place