FIFA World Cup 2010

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not when you're being outclassed, no.

[potatobroth]

Originally Posted by //\/\/

not when you're being outclassed, no.

And the team that is outclassed NEVER wins the match, right?

Such a bullshit comment.

[stimpee]

Who knows. Momentum counts for something. psychological. but when your defence leaks goals youre gonna lose. game changing events have a big mental effect on the teams though but its hard to quantify and its all a case of "what ifs". You can say that things would have been different, and that the result might have been different, but maybe not. Germany were the better team. Argentina were the better team. The good news is that these two lucky teams now play each other and one of them has to run out of luck.

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I agree things would have been different. I can't imagine that these players were psychologically unaffected by the missed goal. I know for certain the Mexican players were for the offside one. I watched that one with my Mexican girlfriend, who claimed that Mexico could have won that game, but the country as a whole has such a "losers mentality" that once they get behind they are unable to come back. If the first Argentina goal was disallowed (as it should have been) I doubt the Mexican team would have allowed the second as easily, and it could have been 1-1 going into overtime.

Honestly the lack of any type of replay is ridiculous - thank god both teams would have won without the extra goal, because it's absurd just how big of a story the officiating is. The (american) football team I played for in high school had better officiating than this. Think about this from the players' minds - you get robbed of a goal (or unfairly scored on) because of a simple mistake, during the biggest sporting event in the world, one that only occurs every FOUR years (why?!), meaning you will only get probably FOUR chances in your life to ever play in it, and that's if you're lucky! The psychological implications are staggering.

[Eikman]

the fact that i got banned for 24h after yesterday's match only proves that the English are not only poor football players, but also sore losers

[//\/\/]

Originally Posted by potatobroth

Such a bullshit comment.

up yours too, claude.

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Originally Posted by Eikman

the fact that i got banned for 24h after yesterday's match only proves that the English are not only poor football players, but also sore losers

don't mention the score...

[//\/\/]

and to speak for the nation...

[//\/\/]

Originally Posted by stimpee

Who knows. Momentum counts for something. psychological. but when your defence leaks goals youre gonna lose. game changing events have a big mental effect on the teams though but its hard to quantify and its all a case of "what ifs". You can say that things would have been different, and that the result might have been different, but maybe not. Germany were the better team. Argentina were the better team. The good news is that these two lucky teams now play each other and one of them has to run out of luck.

jesus; if these 2 teams are 'lucky' i'd love to see a 'good' one

[cured]