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From: Google Beta User on 16 Jun 2010 09:15
On Jun 15, 4:50 pm, Pope Pompous XVIII <popepompousxv...(a)iol.ie>
wrote:

> Brazil are the reason I have watched every World Cup since 1978. 5 seconds
> of injury time in the first half? Why's that then? Because Brazil keep the
> ball. They make it look so simple, but I guarantee you this - in no other
> game this tournament will you see just 5 seconds of injury time being
> played. Not a single disruption to play; samba football from beginning to
> end. Pressing, probing, cajoling, teasing, lounging, lazing ... and then!
> Strike!
>
> Sheer genius. TOTAL self-assurance, combined with a deceptively languid
> style of play to conserve energies for when it matters.
>
> Now *that's* football. I'd almost forgotten what it was like.

Germany and Argentina looked good too. The Koreans were also nice.
From: johnty on 16 Jun 2010 11:28
On 15 June, 21:27, bofh <lan...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Fantastic angle to score a goal from. I say intended !



Almost just was, though! Watch Alonso's strike hit the bar this
afternoon.
From: Pope Pompous XVIII on 16 Jun 2010 12:37
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:35:41 +0100, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:

> "Pope Pompous XVIII" <popepompousxviii(a)iol.ie> wrote in message
> news:pan.2010.06.15.20.52.38(a)popesnews.invalid...
>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:27:25 -0700, bofh wrote:
>>
>>> Fantastic angle to score a goal from. I say intended !
>>
>>
>> Brazil are the reason I have watched every World Cup since 1978. 5
>> seconds of injury time in the first half? Why's that then? Because
>> Brazil keep the ball.
>
> I don't believe the Brazilians are as fearsome as they once were...
> looked pretty ordinary with not many ideas until they scored.


Yet they still managed to put two past the most defensive side in the
World Cup so far. They might not be as fearsome as they were in 82, but
even at their most ordinary they achieve what supposedly better squads
can't achieve. Did Spain put two past a defensive Switzerland today? Did
England put two past a defensive USA? I watched both of these games and
the "ordinary" methods these sides used to break down the opposition were
predictable, boring, routine, and utterly ineffectual. I watched Brazil
poke the ball around outside the N Korea penalty area and I knew it was
only a matter of time before they scored. That's how ordinary they were.
And what I liked most about them was how it was their "ordinary" players
who won it for them. You never get the sense from Brazil that they depend
on their star players performing. Their "nobodies" are just as important
to them as their stars.

But then, I thought the same about Houllier's Liverpool, and look how
badly they did. A squad full of ordinary nobodies who won nothing in their
time at Anfield, in contrast with all the honours won by the superior,
expensive and dare I say it "extraordinary" players brought in by Rafa to
take their place.

And look how wrong I was about that!


--
+ His Holiness Pope Pompous XVIII

"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; it is the glory of Kings to
seek it out" - Proverbs 25:2
From: Pope Pompous XVIII on 16 Jun 2010 12:43
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:15:20 -0700, Google Beta User wrote:

> On Jun 15, 4:50 pm, Pope Pompous XVIII <popepompousxv...(a)iol.ie> wrote:
>
>> Brazil are the reason I have watched every World Cup since 1978. 5
>> seconds of injury time in the first half? Why's that then? Because
>> Brazil keep the ball. They make it look so simple, but I guarantee you
>> this - in no other game this tournament will you see just 5 seconds of
>> injury time being played. Not a single disruption to play; samba
>> football from beginning to end. Pressing, probing, cajoling, teasing,
>> lounging, lazing ... and then! Strike!
>>
>> Sheer genius. TOTAL self-assurance, combined with a deceptively languid
>> style of play to conserve energies for when it matters.
>>
>> Now *that's* football. I'd almost forgotten what it was like.
>
> Germany and Argentina looked good too. The Koreans were also nice.


Germany were scintillating. It's a long time since I saw so many
intelligent diagonal runs in one game.


--
+ His Holiness Pope Pompous XVIII

"It is the glory of God to conceal a thing; it is the glory of Kings to
seek it out" - Proverbs 25:2
From: Mentalguy2k8 on 16 Jun 2010 15:28

"Pope Pompous XVIII" <popepompousxviii(a)iol.ie> wrote in message
news:pan.2010.06.16.16.40.17(a)popesnews.invalid...
> On Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:35:41 +0100, Mentalguy2k8 wrote:
>
>> "Pope Pompous XVIII" <popepompousxviii(a)iol.ie> wrote in message
>> news:pan.2010.06.15.20.52.38(a)popesnews.invalid...
>>> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:27:25 -0700, bofh wrote:
>>>
>>>> Fantastic angle to score a goal from. I say intended !
>>>
>>>
>>> Brazil are the reason I have watched every World Cup since 1978. 5
>>> seconds of injury time in the first half? Why's that then? Because
>>> Brazil keep the ball.
>>
>> I don't believe the Brazilians are as fearsome as they once were...
>> looked pretty ordinary with not many ideas until they scored.
>
>
> Yet they still managed to put two past the most defensive side in the
> World Cup so far. They might not be as fearsome as they were in 82, but
> even at their most ordinary they achieve what supposedly better squads
> can't achieve. Did Spain put two past a defensive Switzerland today? Did
> England put two past a defensive USA? I watched both of these games and
> the "ordinary" methods these sides used to break down the opposition were
> predictable, boring, routine, and utterly ineffectual. I watched Brazil
> poke the ball around outside the N Korea penalty area and I knew it was
> only a matter of time before they scored. That's how ordinary they were.
> And what I liked most about them was how it was their "ordinary" players
> who won it for them. You never get the sense from Brazil that they depend
> on their star players performing. Their "nobodies" are just as important
> to them as their stars.

I think you're confusing N Korea with a good side. They're fit, disciplined
and well-organised, but a decent team would have opened them up well before
the 2nd half.

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