2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup

[Maserati]

damn I missed that action

well USA is out well played by Austrial, they need to work on their finishing!
Cant imagine how some people say Adu is one of the best yes he scored some decent goals but I dont think he cant cut it with the big boys.

[ricoFlame]

Originally Posted by Maserati

damn I missed that action

well USA is out well played by Austrial, they need to work on their finishing!
Cant imagine how some people say Adu is one of the best yes he scored some decent goals but I dont think he cant cut it with the big boys.

he's only 18. i'd say he still has time.

[ricoFlame]

the czech's prevail over spain in penalty kicks. it's always nice when the keeper makes a save to win it for his team. never put money on spain in international tournaments.

[Maserati]

Adu needs to move from the USA head to europe wish he had gotten a chance in the Ajax youth system

[Thor]

Its amazing the jekyl/hyde performances we've seen so far with Brazil, Spain, USA..

One game brilliant, next they stink it out.

Full credit to Austria vs the USA, they turned that game in their favor and controlled play very effectively.

Spain/Czech was horribly bad to watch.

I've always had a distain for teams that seem to have a high number of 'divers' and for that reason I'm very happy to see Spain go home. But had they played like they did against Brazil I could look past the dramatics and enjoy that quality of football.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Locke

Indeed. If Brazil beat Spain on wednesday I'm buying tickets for their game in Edmonton on Saturday. The only bad part is that I'm spending that Friday night in Lethbridge, so that 3 hour drive becomes 5. Not cool. But it will definately be worth it to see a Brazil game.

Maybe they'll even let us park in the perfectly serviceable and completely empty parking lots across the street from the Stadium this time. I know its a lot to ask for, but heres hoping.

I guess you won't be making that trip up north now eh?

Austria-Czech UGH......... awful.

[ricoFlame]

Chile still not allowing a goal in the tourney. great game vs. nigeria.

[BlackEleven]

Just got back from the Chile v. Nigeria game. Quite an atmosphere, wow. 46K in attendance and ten times louder than any hockey game I've ever been to. There were tonnes of Chilean supporters, I'm not sure where they all came from, but they had huge flags and lots of drums and cymbals. So loud my ears were ringing after the game and I couldn't talk to the guy next to me.

Great game too. The score wasn't really indicative of how close the game was. Nigeria just went all out at the end trying to get a goal with only one guy back, which got them nothing but cost them two.

[ricoFlame]

Originally Posted by BlackEleven

Great game too. The score wasn't really indicative of how close the game was. Nigeria just went all out at the end trying to get a goal with only one guy back, which got them nothing but cost them two.

that's african football, IMO the most fun football to watch. this is why african nations often do surprisingly well at world cups, they arn't afraid to press.

[ricoFlame]

Oh man, the first 12 minutes of this mexico-argentina game have been great, mexico just nearly took the lead on a golden opportunity, and these guys are playing rough. solid ball movement though. this could be a good one.

edit: 37th minute, mexico is looking dominant over argentina, really forcing the play creating turnovers and chanced at goal.

[ricoFlame]

1-0 argentina in the 45th minute. dang.

[BlackEleven]

Originally Posted by ricoFlame

that's african football, IMO the most fun football to watch. this is why african nations often do surprisingly well at world cups, they arn't afraid to press.

It's the way it should be, imo. What's the difference if you lose 4-0 or 1-0? If you get scored on in extra time, you may as well sacrifice defence for offence trying to equalize. You're going to go home if you lose anyway, so you might as well pull out all the stops and try to score. Nigeria did have a couple good chances doing this too, things just didn't quite work out and Chilie was able to score on the counter-attack.

[KTown]

boo my Czechs all you want but there style of play has gotten them to where it counts the semi finals.

The Czech goalkeeper is one of the best in the tournament and he will be giving Petr Cech a run for his money in the future. The future is bright for Czech Republic. A country with 10 million people is consistantly good at hockey and soccer, we can't say the same for our beloved Canada who has 3 times as many people.

CO GZECHS GO

[Thunderball]

Originally Posted by KTown

boo my Czechs all you want but there style of play has gotten them to where it counts the semi finals.

The Czech goalkeeper is one of the best in the tournament and he will be giving Petr Cech a run for his money in the future. The future is bright for Czech Republic. A country with 10 million people is consistantly good at hockey and soccer, we can't say the same for our beloved Canada who has 3 times as many people.

CO GZECHS GO

Give them Czechs credit, they do have their priorities straight... hockey and soccer... and consistently in the top at both.

[ricoFlame]

Originally Posted by Thunderball

Give them Czechs credit, they do have their priorities straight... hockey and soccer... and consistently in the top at both.

exactly right. very impressive track record in both. good on 'em.

[KevanGuy]

So did FIFA inform Austria that they would be playing today? Holy Dina what a pathetic performance. Glad I didn't drive up to the Chuk to see that poop. Congrats to the Czechs though, they were definitely the best team out there tonight.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by KevanGuy

So did FIFA inform Austria that they would be playing today? Holy Dina what a pathetic performance. Glad I didn't drive up to the Chuk to see that poop. Congrats to the Czechs though, they were definitely the best team out there tonight.

No kidding, what the hell was that? I was expecting a lot more from Austria than that.

I doubt we will be disappointed with tonight's Chile vs Argentina game however. Argentina have been playing so well in this tournament, I dont think anyone is going to beat them. Not to mention that Mexico/Argentina game was intense.

Has anyone else read about the Nigerian coach claiming Referee Howard Webb is a racist when he let Chile's first goal stand instead of calling them offside? Crazy. I watched that whole game, and thought that other than a few weird calls (which actually went Nigeria's way oddly enough) Webb did a great job.

I saw the call that coach was complaining about, it was a close call but Webb got it right, he was onside.

linky, just in case: http://www.cbc.ca/sports/fifau20/sto...ria-coach.html

[troutman]

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/200...51793-sun.html

Austria went into the game missing three starting defenders. Michael Sanislaw and Michael Madl were both suspended for picking up a pair of yellow cards in their previous two games, while Thomas Panny broke his ankle in practice on the eve of the contest and had to be sent home.

Like a pride of lions going after a wounded gazelle, the Czechs went right at the Austrian defence from the kickoff.

"That's another reason we decided to be more offensive," Soukup said. "They had to play some new players on defence. That's why we started three attacking forwards. We didn't want to give the Austrian defenders any space to pass the ball."

[KevanGuy]

Some pretty ugly diving from Argentina tonight. We need more reffing like we had last night with guys getting called for the dives. And as I type this Chile gets its revenge with a dive and a card for a suspension! Ah ha, nice.

[KevanGuy]

Wow, that German ref is gonna be lucky to make it outta TO alive. What a total farce.