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Also, Faklands War: No-one cares. Maradona handball: We hate the fuckers.
So it's more as if wars are a reenactment of past football matches.
The US are playing Mexico tomorrow. Hmm...
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In an uncanny reversal of the general state of affairs whereby many Yanks have their cleaning done by Mexicans, I fully expect Mexico to wipe the floor with the USA team. 8)
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quote:In an uncanny reversal of the general state of affairs whereby many Yanks have their cleaning done by Mexicans, I fully expect Mexico to wipe the floor with the USA team.
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Yeah, I sure was wrong there! The Mexicans performed extremely poorly. It was probably fixed. Not that it matters since (in theory) whoever went through would be beaten by Germany, but the way things are going in this World Cup (champions France, plus highly-rated teams like Argentina and Portugal going out at Group stage; Spain beating Ireland and Brazil beating Belgium mostly through sheer luck rather than talent) even that's no longer certain. . . 8)
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No. Considering the way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if we beat Argentina and then lost to Japan...
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You know, I really like Arlington. It'd be cool if Maryland could annex Virginia and make it "Southern Maryland", but then West Virginia would have to change its name, 'cuz how could it be West Virginia if there was no Virginia to its east to be west of? It'd have to be Virginia. And then if Robert Lee came back as a ghost, he'd be mighty confused.
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I was stuck at my parents house for that. And the final ten minutes removed about 20% of what remains of my hairline.
Still, if we beat Brazil, then the rest of the competition on our side isn't too bad. The other top teams (Italy, Germany and Spain) are all in the other half, and either Italy or Germany have to be knocked out too.
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It shouldn't be a problem when he "injures" himself by touching the ball.
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Brazil also display a bit of a tendancy to assume that they are in a Nike advert, when they should be playing properly.
And England have been showing the frankly worrying habit of playing like a professional football team.
Brazil may have the edge, but it's by no means a clear cut result.
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Now, as some of you know, I'm no patriot. My philosophy towards the ole Stars and Stripes is that I smoke solely so I can have a lighter to burn the damn thing at any time (for those of you intellectually challenged, that's called hyperbole).
But let me stand up for the USA (football suddenly makes me patriotic). Why is it that when we get into the Round of 8 we're lucky? Last time I checked, the rules of football were simple. The team with the most goals wins.
Oooh, Portugal didn't come out until the second half. Yes, and we came out for both. Thus, we won.
Oooh, Portugal deserved to advanced. Why? We beat them, we drew with South Korea (who beat them). They only beat Poland. Last time I checked, three points is less than four. We deserved to advance.
Oooh, Mexico played poorly. And we didn't. Thus, we won. And we EARNED it.
Football may always be a minor league sports in the states, and will NEVER be as important to us as helmet football. But whether you like it or not, US football is here this World Cup. Portugal learned that the hard way, and so did Mexico. They're lucky, sure, but they're also damn good.
We probably don't have a chance in hell against Germany, but we've still gotten farther this year than England did in 98, so maybe we can at least get some respect.
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Indeed. And Saudi Arabia got further this year than England in 1994.
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