I believe this game will decide who goes through with Argentina.
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I believe this game will decide who goes through with Argentina.
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Bosh
Daehan Minguk pighting!
Dork
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLL!!
Winner gets in, or not?
Libby
What kind of idiot clicks on the wrong team to go with the predicted winning score in the soccer pool. Yes. That would be me. /headslap
Stroszek
Go Nigeria!
@Dork: Assuming Greece loses, Nigeria advances with a win.
Bosh
But Korea advances on a tie.
Ailuridae
Argentina is playing 7 new players today. Nigeria wins, Greece holds on for a tie and Greece advances. Yikes.
Dork
@Stroszek: It appears Greece is playing completely zero offense and all defense today. That Greece loss may not materialize.
Ailuridae
Celtic FC player Ki Sung-Yueng with a beautiful free kick to even up the score at 1.
peach flavored shampo
Goal, South Korea. Can they advance with a victory?
/soccer-ig’nant
cleek
OT: Judge rules again Obama on the drilling moratorium.
Violet
What team needs to do what to advance in this group? Is Argentina already through, but they just don’t know if they’re first or second?
J.W. Hamner
@Violet:
It’s technically possible for both Greece and South Korea to win by large enough goal differentials to leave Argentina out (5 or 6 goals without looking at the all the tiebreakers)… but obviously that’s not remotely likely.
If things stay as they are both Greece and South Korea will finish with 4 points but I think South Korea would advance with a 4-2 advantage on goals scored. So Greece needs to win or draw and have Nigeria win. Nigeria doesn’t have any points, so they need to win and have Greece lose… and they might even need to do it by 2 goals.
Ailuridae
KOR 2-1 on another beautiful free kick. KOR likely to advance.
Morbo
Why on earth would you lead to the right on that free kick?
Onkel Fritze
@J.W. Hamner: actually Korea is 5-5 on goals right now. Greece is 2-3, so they need to win by two goals.
MattR
And Nigeria is now a goal away from advancing (as the Nigerian goalie sprawls to ensure it stays that way). Very interesting.
Morbo
The most disappointing thing about Nigeria not advancing will be the announcers no longer saying “Shittu.”
J.W. Hamner
I’m liking the simultaneous games, even if it makes it harder to follow.
Violet
@J.W. Hamner:
Thanks for the explanation. It looks like Nigeria isn’t going to advance, right?
Edit: Looks official now. I feel bad for Nigeria. I wish one African country would do well.
Ailuridae
@J.W. Hamner:
I prefer watching the games on my puter so this is awesome. Tomorrow for US-ALG and UK-Slovenia will be fantastic.
Scbarr
You’re doing a Heckuva Job and all that Randhino, but when will this shit be over? It’s worse than the fucking olympics. Oh boy! The score is tied 0-0!
NobodySpecial
@Scbarr: Defense wins championships.
MCA
@NobodySpecial –
I think it’s high time someone invent a team sport where that’s not true.
mikefromtexas
Try watching Aussie football if you want to see something exciting.
cmorenc
@mikefromtexas: @mikefromtexas:
Yes! I particularly like the goal umpires, sort of suited up and wearing bowler hats who, when a ball gets successfully kicked between the goalposts, do that twirly half-circle with their arms before holding them straight up. It’s such a pleasantly daft, fascinating ritual, especially with that eccentrically gentlemanly outfit, contrasting with the brute ruffians actually playing the game in skimpy, simple uniforms.
Randinho
@Scbarr: July 11.