PastyHusty

Agreed. He seemed to be pretty much their sole creative spark in the first half an hour.

EliteHorse

I see now that Mirzapour has some competition on his hand.

*licks*

No touchy.

Haha. That was priceless.

Virginity

Here is hottee player of the day hehe

MIRZAPOUR Ebrahim (Iran Goalkeeper) - HOTTNESS LOL

PapRoach123

Aww, hi! Yeah I did, I went to visit my parents who were out camping this weekend. We managed to place the TV outside and so accompanied by a hot sun and a cool breeze every now and then we enjoyed it a lot. Second half of the match was less promising, but we had a great day regardless. *nods*

There were orange flags all over the campsite. The people were pretty in the GO HOLLAND mood. lol

DrTagnian

IF we win against Ivory Coast this Friday and Argentina win against S&M, the group's finished, already!

Many people, including myself, didn't expect much of Angola & Iran, but Mexico - Iran was an enjoyable match. Fact is though that Ali Daei can't keep up anymore, but Ivankovic can't put him on the bench, 'cause then he would have to leave as coach.

I agree with some people here that Cristiano Ronaldo annoyed me (sorry Lizzy ). He's a player with lots of talent, but he wants to look like Ronaldinho way too much. He's walking all over the field, while he should be sticking to the right side and whenever he sees he can't get pass the left back, he lets himself fall on the ground. Alright, continue with positive comments now.

Angola's Akwa was a disappointment.

I'm looking forward to see who you come up with after Brazil have played their match.

As for the S&M - Holland match --> not good, but the 3 points are in ...

ForeverInLoveWithJus

I have to say now I can see why RVN was pissed off with him.

ElectronicWorm

Lizzy's hottest player of the game:

Cristiano Ronaldo

*passes the orange juice to Neil* I can read minds! You predicted it correct (but that's cuz you can read minds too )

PastyHusty

Australia 3-1 Japan
What an exciting comeback!

The first-half was without a doubt the fast paced half, with the heat again having such a significant say in that respect. Australia started well - Viduka looked especially threatening. Japan came into the match and looked dangerous with the pace up front. Nakamura's 'goal' after 26 minutes was a glaring mistake from the referee. Yanagisawa clearly pushed Schwarzer over, so how exactly was he meant to stop the ball!? Japan ahead at half-time, thanks to the referee.

The second-half slowed down as players on both sides beacme increasingly tired due to the heat (which was 38 degrees C at kick-off ). Australia looked more and more capable of scoring a goal as the half wore on, and all their substitutions were geared towards finding an equaliser - Cahill, Aloisi and the tall striker Kennedy. Japan had their fair chances of securing the match, but wasted them all. Kawaguchi made several great saves from free kicks, but he was way out of goal when Cahill pounced on a loose ball in the box to equalise for Australia after 84 minutes - their first goal in the World Cup Finals! The match opened out even more afterwards, with Japan searching for a winner, but it was Australia who found it, Cahill again sending the ball in off the near post - no chance for Kawaguchi! Aloisi rounded off the win to make it 3-1, a scoreline which is a bit unfair on Japan. In the end it was the fresh legs of Cahill and Aloisi that made the difference in Kaiserslautern today. I suspect that this isn't the last match where heat will play a big part.



I need it too! Kaiserslautern is not the only place with hot weather today!


In which case, Serbia had better win.


You should also look forward to who I could come up with from the Australian crowd!

ElectronicWorm

Yaaaaaaaaaaaay for Australia! Guus did a good job by bringing in the player who scored twice It's great to see them win *pets australia*

Pffff it is freaking hot here! *throws you in the pool*

Lizzy's hottest player of the game:

Lucas Neill

ForeverInLoveWithJus

Well done to Oz! Tim Cahill should have been playing. Didnt really see the Czech match but looked at the score, Good result for them!