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One game before the round's end - I admit: you won, brah! I should've read the rules.. Had no idea we can get 4 plrs of the same nation in this round.. Besides, havin' no internet access @ home killed me. Grats anyway!! Good luck, man! Time to set my mind on Brazilian gals again.

That sounds like an excise to em. They didn't improve from the 2002 world cup. You always gotta strive to achieve more and fare better, so there is a minus there. You see the cup half full, but it's half empty to me. I'm disappointed w/ team USA.

My thoughts exactly. And can't agree w/ Cotton that 'Ivory Coast got knocked out because they didn't play well enough'. Yeah, Ivory Coast should've beaten Portugal in the opener BUT they DIDN'T play worse than Portugal. Gotta agree w/ Cobb hee -- Portugal didn't by any means play better than Ivory Coast but got to play a weakened Brazil squad in their last game. And that proved to make a big difference. That was a HUGE advantage for Portugal.

Yeah, he made mine too! LMAORFTW!!

How can I ask him in advance? Gotta go there? Nobody posts the octopus' word on the net?!

I miss the good ol' THUNDER theme.. This 'new' jerse is cool for like a few Hardwood Classics nites but ].. 82 games?! C'mon... Damn, why the hell did OKC had to choose 'thunder'?!! FIRST THEY KILLED OUR MASCOT.. NOW THEY KILL OUR JERSEYS.. <_<

Why is that, bro? What makes you think..?

Fo' shizzle - placed a few bets today: DRAW NO BET -- Paraguay: - odds 1.51 / Stake: 2-ish / Profit: €1.08 More than 0,5 goals (1 goals or more): - odds 1.28 / Stake: €2.05 /Profit: €0.50 - odds 1.36 / Stake: €2.55 / Profit: €0.92 - odds 1.42 / Stake: €3.73 / Profit: €1.57 Whoever scores - Shaliq wins!

I'll be rooting for the 'Tall-Blacks' (NZL), Ivory Coast and the latest Re-Redeem-Team.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/columns/story?id=803428&cc=3888&ver=global

Paraguay should be able to win this one... I don't count the Japs out tho'.

You can say whatever you want, I could care less. And I ain't makin' excuses -- I wonder why did I even take the time to explain why Portugal got lucky. And I answered that goddamn question, 'SMHFML'. You and your 'ZOMG, Shaliq only roots for black teams'-theory failed. So Stop whinin', Pail. Are USA and NZL 'black' African countries? Practice?!

Sure, but there's no Brazil, no Argentina, no South American teams in the Euros.

I'm saying Portugal got lucky because they didn't play Brazil in their second game. This is Brazil's group: Brazil North Korea Random Team A (Portugal) Random Team B (insert any team here) GAME 1 (a.k.a anxiety - it's a debut game, a World Cup opener): - Brazil beats N. Korea - Random Team A and Random Team B draw. Brazil: 3 PTS Random Team A (Portugal): 1 PT Random Team B (insert any team here): 1 PT North Korea: 0 PTS GAME 2: - A FULL-FORCE-Brazil GIVES 110% TO BEAT its opponent (Random Team B), and secure a spot in the Round of 16. - Random Team A beats North Korea. Brazil: 6 PTS Random Team A (Portugal): 4 PTS Random Team B (insert any team here): 1 PT North Korea: 0 PTS GAME 3: (Brazil is through -- no need to win at any cost) -Brazil, WITHOUT three of their best plrs (Kaká, Robinho, Elano), draw with Random Team A as there's no need to win this game. -Random Team B beat North Korea in a game that becomes senseless because Brazil and 'Random Team A' mutually agree decide to draw the game as it benefits both parts. Brazil: 7 PTS Random Team A (Portugal): 5 PTS Random Team B (insert any team here): 4 PT North Korea: 0 PTS I am tryinna show you guys, that you can take any decent World Cup team and put in 'Random Team A's position -- and they would've made it.

IVORY COAST PLAYED ONE HALF WITHOUT THEIR BEST PLAYER -- DROGBA'S ARM WAS BROKEN IN A FRIENDLY WITH JAPAN JUST A WEEK BEFORE THE WORLD CUP. HE PLAYED WITH SOME PROTECTION BUT WASN'T 100% RECOVERED. I WISH I COULD SEE PORTUGAL PLAYING ONE HALF WITH AN INJURED CRISTIANO RONALDO. If Ivory Coast played Portugal with a healthy Drogba, they would have beaten Portugal.

I'm not talking about Euros, but World Cups. It ain't no trash talk. Just being realistic. And Ivory Coast is the best African team but what would you know about that... <_<

I know that they are considered 'favorites', but I still think they suck. And they won't beat the winner of Germany/Argentina. They'll pack and be goin' back to Madrid in a few days. They always choke in this stage. Spain will most probably rape beat Portugal as Portugal sucks even more. But even so -- Spain won't win this World Cup, bro.

I still state that Portugal got lucky because: Kaká, Robinho and Elano were not on the field for Brazil. Portugal faced a Brazilian team that had absolutely NO motivation to play for a win. Draw/Win/Lose - it didn't really matter to 'em.. <_< DAMN, I GET MAD EVERY TIME I THINK ABOUT IT!

Damn, Spain sucks...

Whatchu think of that: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/blog?entryID=5333253&name=worldcup2010blog

Naw, it's in Euro:

Yeah, you can upset him. You joined in round 3, right?? That kind of, makes you a 'wild card'.

Argentina may not reach the final - they face Germany in the 1/4-Finals, and the winner Spain/Paraguay in the Semis.

But some of 'em do flop: keep an eye on the Spain-Portugal game tomorrow.