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Uruguay progress to Holland clash ["agony"]
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| July 2 2010
| PA
Posted on 07/02/2010 3:10:38 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Uruguay's Luis Suarez (9) handles the ball at the goal line during extra time in the 2010 World Cup quarter-final soccer match against Ghana at SoccerCity stadium in Johannesburg July 2, 2010.
To: Berlin_Freeper
I thought this match would be a snoozer but it turned out to be one of the most exciting.
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:17:14 PM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(The problem is they do not fear us.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Dem the breaks.
Can you imagine the World Series being decided by a home-run contest?
The Super Bowl by a field goal contest?
The NBA Finals by a free-throw contest?
The Stanley Cup by a one-on-one contest?
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:18:41 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: FReepaholic
The WC gets very intense.
I am convinced if you started dropping clubs and knives and pistols on the grass starting at about the 70th minute, the players would pick them up and use them.
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:20:55 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
The Ghana - Uruguay game was fun to watch particulary towards the end of extra time and the PKs, but it wasn't really great or skillful soccer - way too many missed chances by million dollar players.
With Holland already having beaten the #1 team in the world (Brazil), they should be good to go for the finals.
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:30:33 PM PDT
by
Riodacat
(Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
WSJ Poll
Should FIFA change the rules so that a shot blocked by a non-goalie's hand at the net counts as a goal?In an epic quarterfinal Friday that hinged on a blatant handball, Uruguay defeated Ghana on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw to reach the semifinals. Uruguay striker Luis Suárez swatted away a sure Ghanaian goal at the end of extra time, drawing a red card and a penalty kick, but Ghana's Asamoah Gyan's ball hit the crossbar. Uruguay went on to win on penalty kicks, improbably returning to the semifinals for the first time since 1970 despite being one of the sport's smallest countries.
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:30:57 PM PDT
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Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Ghana Political chiefs dejected after Ghana exitThe loss was followed by a long silence in the large hall of a hotel where the ten leaders were passionately following the match. In a sombre mood, the dejected heads of state left immediately afterwards without comment to reporters outside, who had been trying to follow the match via the internet on their computers.
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:35:57 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:38:02 PM PDT
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Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
I know almost nothing about soccer.Almost all of what I've learned about it I've learned in the last 10 days or so (I've been watching some of the WC games).After having seen England *and* the US cheated out of goals by abysmal calls by officials I think that what Fifa *should* do is establish some kind of replay plan...kinda like the NFL.
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:40:16 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(''I don't regret setting bombs,I feel we didn't do enough.'' ->Bill Ayers,Hussein's mentor)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Tabarez hails team spirit The Uruguay coach said: "I am very emotional. We didn't play well, but we have gone through.
"The players are very strong and have a strong team spirit.
"We have a little time to prepare for the match against Holland but we are going there to win."
He added: "We are very excited. These boys deserve everything. Today we didn't play well. It seems there's something forcing us on, it must be the strength and unity of these boys."
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:42:51 PM PDT
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Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
so the dude got a red card for using his hands? i thought the penalty was a penalty kick for the other team...
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07/02/2010 3:47:51 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Agony for AdiyiahDominic Adiyiah: The pacy forward finished last years FIFA U-20 World Cup as a gold medallist, its best player and top scorer. He got his first taste of action on the most prestigious senior stage at Soccer City, but ended the match and the tournament in devastated mood. The AC Milan player gave the ball away more than he kept it after coming on as an 88th-minute substitute with the scores at 1-1, including one wasted cross when he had two unmarked team-mates to aim for, and worse was to come in the shoot-out. Adiyiahs penalty, indeed, was tame and easily saved by Fernando Muslera. It provided Sebastian Abreu with the chance to send Uruguay into the semi-finals, which he did. The tears of joy the 20-year-old cried at the end of the last FIFA tournament he was involved in were now tears of pain.
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:48:49 PM PDT
by
Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Watched ESPN to see some baseball highlights this afternoon and all I saw was a bunch of drama queens claiming they could barely breathe from all the excitement and sympathizing with the “unprecedented agony of the African continent.”
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:49:27 PM PDT
by
Mr. Mojo
To: God luvs America
right, and the kick missed so the game went to overtime but there was still no goal so then it was settled with a penalty shootout.
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:51:33 PM PDT
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Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
right- I figured it out when I saw the video....can’t blame the Suarez guy....the only thing is do you think he could’ve headed the ball out or was using his hands completely necessary???
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:54:21 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(When the silent majority speaks the earth trembles!)
To: Mr. Mojo
I think there was real agony. There are more pics at the link, it is late here.
Ghana's Dominic Adiyiah reacts after missing to score on a shootout penalty during the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Uruguay and Ghana atSoccer City in Johannesburg, South Africa, Friday, July 2, 2010.
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posted on
07/02/2010 3:57:13 PM PDT
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Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: God luvs America
I think the only was he could stop the goal was by using his hands. I would just say that I think it was bad sportsmanship to be carried in celebration afterward. He should have stayed in the locker - IMO.
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07/02/2010 3:59:45 PM PDT
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Berlin_Freeper
(11/03/2010 - What did Obama know and when did he know it?)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Clearly, there is no disincentive for a mediocre player to do this at the end of a match. The red card isn’t much of a punishment.
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posted on
07/02/2010 4:14:47 PM PDT
by
AmishDude
(It doesn't matter whom you vote for, it matters who takes office.)
To: FReepaholic
Soccer City was deathly silent as Ghana players collapsed in tears.. Why all the crying?! That's why the US really doesn't care about this game. Someone (finally) score a goal and they run around and prance and dance and hug and cry..Creepy. Sissy stuff.
To: Berlin_Freeper
But the refs would never allow the kills to count. You would have to have a burning tire around your neck to get a ref’s attention.
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posted on
07/02/2010 5:53:07 PM PDT
by
Sender
(It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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