World Cup 2010

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I was told by someone this morning that Brasil lost. Brasil? LOST? It was truly a wild moment - Italy eliminated, Brasil eliminated, England OR Germany to be eliminated - this was going to be a very, very odd year!

BTW, Ghana is the last of the African sides left. With the WC being held in Africa, I'm very nervous about the referreeing. It's not like it's been stellar thus far!

heh when you spell it Brasil it makes me giggle.

Also why would someone say Brazil lost? I mean really? They played rather badly against Portugal, some were comparing it to 1982's fixed game.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

heh when you spell it Brasil it makes me giggle.

Also why would someone say Brazil lost? I mean really? They played rather badly against Portugal, some were comparing it to 1982's fixed game.

I have a good Brasilian friend (who is also a former pro soccer player) who gets incensed when people spell it with a Z.

And I did find out, hours later, that the match was tied.

Then I watched today's match. Ugh. Why didn't Bradley save at least ONE substitution for near the end? I don't like Ghana right now, but hey, they probably don't like me, either.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I have a good Brasilian friend (who is also a former pro soccer player) who gets incensed when people spell it with a Z.

And I did find out, hours later, that the match was tied.

Then I watched today's match. Ugh. Why didn't Bradley save at least ONE substitution for near the end? I don't like Ghana right now, but hey, they probably don't like me, either.

Hey, if I'm spelling it in Portugese I'll use the 's' American English loves our 'z.'

I don't know why we had Clark and Findley in the first place. Maybe just because they were fresh legs, but we ended up pulling Clark out anyway :-/

Ghana deserved to win, but showed poor sportsmanship throughout and I find that disappointing.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Ghana deserved to win, but showed poor sportsmanship throughout and I find that disappointing.

This.