Excellently played game by France, deserved to win that one. Rest of the way should be great for the fans being that there are 4 European teams left. Both semi-finals should be great games.

7/1/2006 4:54:29 PM

Nobody can beat France if they play like they did the first 25-30 minutes of the 2nd half.

7/1/2006 4:57:14 PM

those fucking bastards did it. they beat brazil. now we get a france vs. germany match. i hope the jerries beat the shit out the frogmen, like they did in ww2. that's assuming germany beats italy.

should england have done what they should've and beaten portugal, we would've had an axis vs. allies in the semi.

[Edited on July 1, 2006 at 4:58 PM. Reason : ]

7/1/2006 4:57:43 PM

And here's Terry Gannon! SAWEEEEET.

The Germans still have a huge hurdle to get over...Jens Lehmann.

7/1/2006 5:06:06 PM

ha, i still love Jens

7/1/2006 5:07:26 PM

Zidaaaaaaneeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!

7/1/2006 5:11:19 PM

France deserved that one...amazing play out there

7/1/2006 5:33:45 PM

I should only be six points behind amac now. w00t!

7/1/2006 5:45:38 PM

manutd.com has about 20 threads calling for the head of ronaldo

7/1/2006 7:32:16 PM

lol

7/1/2006 7:47:16 PM

like I said on the previous page, Ronaldo won't be back at ManU


and I'm getting sorta-semi-seriously worried since SAF hasn't made any signings yet this summer, and it looks like we'll be losing Ronaldo AND Ruud


Scholesy's got like a year left in him... Giggsy too

7/1/2006 8:18:47 PM

Ronaldo will be back. He'll be booed for a bit, but after he scores a couple goals, folks'll come back around.

That's my word.

7/1/2006 9:17:30 PM

Yeah, there's no real worries. People will calm down. It won't be something moronic like the Ahn Jung Hwan situation.

7/1/2006 11:25:16 PM

Quote :

"France deserved that one...amazing play out there"

Usually, I enjoy watching Brazil because of the way they play. Most of the time, they make it look effortless. However, today they looked old. France did what they had to do, and did it extremely well. They played the kind of soccer I like to see, and dominated most of the game. Hopefully they'll beat Portugal. As much as I liked seeing England lose, I hate Portugal because of the theatrics of every tackle.

7/2/2006 1:12:24 AM

Hope Italy (will be very difficult) and France make it to final. Would be great to watch the Zidane>>>Totti matchup.

7/2/2006 1:16:10 AM

Ahahah, just saw an interview with Ricardo. He said, "The English guys, when they look at me they see the devil."

7/2/2006 2:06:57 AM

^^^Portugal was awful about that. I was laughing for the majority of the game because of their bullshit.

"He's 'hurt.' Awwwwwww, poor baby...AHAHAHAHAHA"

^Whoa! Religious much, Ricardo?

[Edited on July 2, 2006 at 2:09 AM. Reason : sss]

7/2/2006 2:07:06 AM

this was an absolute awful tournament for alot of players and teams
brazil, ronaldinho, england, rooney, lampard

but great for germany & france so far

7/2/2006 1:09:44 PM

7/3/2006 12:00:35 AM

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=388074&page=7#8879312

COME ON FRANCE

7/3/2006 12:27:39 AM

Beckham has resigned as captain of England...and not a moment too soon.

7/3/2006 1:30:52 AM

should be a good game today, i r excited. bump for less than an hour to go.

7/4/2006 2:12:52 PM

this game can go either way, its hard to predict

7/4/2006 2:22:26 PM

im putting my money on germany cuz ive watched more of their games and cant discount home field advantage. but yeah, could go either way. i couldnt care less about portugal or france.

7/4/2006 2:38:03 PM

fuck u

7/4/2006 2:56:30 PM

forza azzurri!!

7/4/2006 3:01:11 PM

Fuck the Azzurri.. diving bitches.

Go Germany. Then go Thierry Henry...

[Edited on July 4, 2006 at 3:02 PM. Reason : x]

7/4/2006 3:02:50 PM

you want the nazis to win?? They get into fist fights after a match... now thats classy.

Go Italia

7/4/2006 3:10:12 PM

I don't hate Italy. Just don't like the way they carried themselves this Cup.

I really don't like the Frenchies either but I respect Henry (even though I'm a West Ham supporter)..

7/4/2006 3:11:34 PM

The Irons eh...Teddy is money. Met him a couple times. Im a Toon Army man.

7/4/2006 3:14:45 PM

Thank you time warner cable for cutting to a severe thunderstorm warning during the 90th minute of the world cup semi finals

7/4/2006 4:49:17 PM

son of a bitch X 2!

[Edited on July 4, 2006 at 4:57 PM. Reason : X2]

7/4/2006 4:56:06 PM

Quote :

"I don't hate Italy. Just don't like the way they carried themselves this Cup."

i agree. honestly until last game italy had done nothing but be unimpressive to me. but hey they got through regardless and are playing decently when it matters.

7/4/2006 4:57:19 PM

Man, I try to watch....this shit is horrible. I'd rather watch preseason football.

Biggest sporting event in the world and its just awful...

When you get deep in the tourney, the teams are all good and somewhat even. It becomes too hard to score and too easy to just sit back and play defense, so if one team is slightly better, playing conservative is a huge equalizer.

I'm all about playing "field position" and "conservative" in sports...to an extent. Its already so hard to score, but then throw in that if a team is getting beat close, but outside the box, just foul and theres a good chance you can stop the goal. Play physical inside the box and its too big of a call to make b/c one goal is just too HUGE of a lead.

Throw in some flops...ok, several flops....and we'll just play to a tie and then decide the game with hopscotch.

Afterwards, we will condemn the coach who just couldn't win the penalty shoot-out and say what a great job the other coach did to win....the penalty shoot-out. Even though they both pretty much tied.

Need some rule changes or something...I don't have the answer, I just know this crap sucks. Theres been like one goal scored in last 3 games, including OT's. Garbage.

[Edited on July 4, 2006 at 4:59 PM. Reason : ]

7/4/2006 4:58:25 PM

you suck,

go swallow a knife

[Edited on July 4, 2006 at 5:01 PM. Reason : jk;]

7/4/2006 5:00:07 PM

They aren't changing anything about it. It's too popular. In the grand scheme of things FIFA doesn't give a shit whether or not most of America likes it or not.

To me this is better then any NFL playoff game... personal preference.

7/4/2006 5:01:17 PM

LOL...only speaking the truth man.

Not to mention, a team gets a 1-0 lead, and then its twice as hard to score b/c they've got 10 guys playing defense.

And, a guy gets knocked down and can't get back up. I understand some hits are hard...but some just show how big of pussies most of these guys are.

7/4/2006 5:02:58 PM

Yeah, I've got (and prob. posted) my own problems with NFL lately. I also realize the rest of the world loves this crap. Its not our fault the rest of the world is stupid.

I like the concept of the world cup and the way the tourney works, but overall it really is garbage.

And to end any game with penalty kicks is absurd.

Also, I can't believe they play 90 minutes to a draw and then their OT is not sudden death.

7/4/2006 5:06:50 PM

i suggest bowling or darts for you then... a no contact, high scoring sport with frequent upsets and come backs....

i also hate pks, they are useless.

[Edited on July 4, 2006 at 5:08 PM. Reason : ljk]

7/4/2006 5:06:58 PM

This is my comparison and then I'm done. Maybe...

Colts vs. Texans

Texans are allowed to use 16 guys on defense if they only use 6 on offense. So on offense, Texans run the ball every play, mostly (if not always) unsuccessfully. Colts are good but its too hard to score against 16 players when the offensive maximum is 11 players. And, there are no field goals....only TD's.

So, someone COULD score, but scores are very rare.

In the end, most games will be settled by a field goal contest between 5 players from each team.

Garbage.

7/4/2006 5:12:49 PM

Not looking for high scoring. I think its the exact opposite of what your saying. The underdog gets the advantage of sitting back hoping for the tie, or at least a low scoring game.

But, yeah, darts is probably a better game to watch.

7/4/2006 5:14:32 PM

Theres almost as much contact in darts but theres not nearly as much crying.

7/4/2006 5:16:18 PM

damn, these guys are about to just peel over

7/4/2006 5:24:17 PM

And, while I don't really care that much about the world cup....I think the reason why people don't mind it or dont want changes is b/c of history and tradition.

Same reason why some might think that bowl games and no tourney is good in college football. Same reason why it was the 1980's before college basketball got a 3-pt line and shot clock.

People would rather keep an imperfect game than change tradition. Why else would there not be an exact time for everyone to see in the "biggest" sports event on the planet.

7/4/2006 5:26:44 PM

tell me thats not exciting! FUCK YEAH!!!!!!!

7/4/2006 5:26:59 PM

Wow, beautiful placement on that one

7/4/2006 5:27:37 PM

Its exciting, but if you don't get it, then you get PK's. And, if Germany can score here, you get PK's.

7/4/2006 5:27:59 PM

you have GOT to be kidding me..

7/4/2006 5:28:57 PM

Germany should be proud of their team, they played some great soccer and came a lot further than their fans thought.

7/4/2006 5:30:05 PM

i'm in the middle of the mountains with only a wifi hotspot and cnnsi.com to watch for the germany/italy game


whats happening? did italy just score in extra time (119 minutes?)

7/4/2006 5:30:59 PM