The Official 2010 Football & World Cup Thread

I just realized no Argentineans in my team (under normal conditions I would never ever blink before putting Messi in any team of mine) and only two Brazilean, both DEFENDERS. That clearly shows how much Brazilean football has  changed (for the worse in my view). 

harmonium.ro wrote: My dream team at this World Cup:                                     Heinze            Schweinsteiger                                                                                           David Villa                           Pique                              Forlan     Casillas                           Juan            K.-P. Boateng                             Klose                                        Maicon                  Snejder A few of my favourites didn't catch the first 11 but I felt like mentioning them: Iniesta, Podolski, Gyan, Tevez, Suazo, Donovan, Suarez, etc. What's your dream team?

hey... you mean Piqué from Spain Alex...?  do you see how well he cover in the area, hanging the player until he gets the penalty?

I don't know if I would put him on my ideal 11, but Heinze did played a good World Cup, and shut a lot of mouths here in Argentina.

My dream team at this World Cup:



                                    Heinze            Schweinsteiger
                                                                                          David Villa
                          Pique                              Forlan    
Casillas
                          Juan            K.-P. Boateng                             Klose   

                                    Maicon                  Snejder




A few of my favourites didn't catch the first 11 but I felt like mentioning them: Iniesta, Podolski, Gyan, Tevez, Suazo, Donovan, Suarez, etc.

What's your dream team?


Edited by harmonium.ro - July 03 2010 at 17:11

Morningrise wrote: Messi's performance would have been better with Veron on the field. Messi can't be asking for the ball in the midfield. That is not his job.

Very good point, Messi is so great at Barcelona exactly because there are players who play "for" him, like especially Xavi who often puts Messi in decisive positions with his passes, or the central striker (Eto'o and now Ibrahimovic) who passes for infiltrations of Messi who comes from the second line. The way he was used at this Cup didn't look at all promising... and so he failed to provide.

Morningrise wrote: Di Maria sucked once again (I don't know what the hell Real Madrid is thinking...again. They really should consider that he shined on Benfica, which is, with all due respect, not the same by any means to Real Madrid)

I don't agree with that, World Cup and local championship are completely different contexts, that's why so often players who do well in one suck at the other. I'm sure Mourinho knows exactly why's he's asking for Di Maria... Just think of the players he used at Inter - one year ago nobody would have given them a chance with such an apparently eclectic and weak squad, yet they were perfect for his plan.

Paraguay's football is horrendous, very courageous but extremely ugly. The best team won and now we have decent semifinals. My wishes:

memowakeman wrote: I feel sad for Paraguay, I wanted them to beat Spain. However, they can go home happy for their great performance, the fought until the very last second.

I feel sad for Paraguay, I wanted them to beat Spain. However, they can go home happy for their great performance, the fought until the very last second.

That the refs are in competition to make calls "even"...... They need to call games acurately...not ohh I missed that one, let me make it up to you...