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[RussellEbertHandball]

The new Japanese flag

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Usually I hate it when a side parks the bus, but I enjoyed them doing it for 40 minutes.

The speed of their counter attacking players is great to watch.

Ticki-Taca looks great but is useless if you dont shoot on goal. I dont know if Spain so often didnt try to shot on goal because they knew they didnt need to win to advance. They played without any real urgency for most of the second half - well without urgency inside their forward third.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

I didnt rate Belgium to get past the 1/4 finals, but its a huge shock they didnt advance out of their group.

Morocco topping the group was a shock. But instead of playing Japan they get 2nd placed Spain. And Japan get to play 2nd placed Croatia.

Yesterday I wrote the big boys topped groups A thru to D, but it didnt in Groups E and F. The 3rd ranked team topped both of them.

 

[Garibaldi Red]

I didnt rate Belgium to get past the 1/4 finals, but its a huge shock they didnt advance out of their group.

Morocco topping the group was a shock. But instead of playing Japan they get 2nd placed Spain. And Japan get to play 2nd placed Croatia.

Yesterday I wrote the big boys topped groups A thru to D, but it didnt in Groups E and F. The 3rd ranked team topped both of them.

At some stage, during the game, each side in Group E had a foot in the door of the last 16.

The Belgian side lacked a man up front in the first half. They brought Lukaku on and he made a difference but his horrible form resulted in him not being able to make that difference count.

 

[Grave Danger]

Is Spain vs Morocco a local derby?

 

[raman]

Had one of my better drunken impulses on Wednesday night.

 

[dirty2]

Had one of my better drunken impulses on Wednesday night.

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Nice work... Don't tell the Mrs... And spoil ya self

 

[Duck Farmer]

Had one of my better drunken impulses on Wednesday night.

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Let it ride on a 4-0 victory over Argentina. Then if the unthinkable occurs, buy the club and sack Hinkley.

 

[raman]

Let it ride on a 4-0 victory over Argentina. Then if the unthinkable occurs, buy the club and sack Hinkley.

I’ve already safely squirrelled away $1450 and put $50 on an extremely stupid Multi covering all four of tonight’s games.

 

[Festerz]

Is Spain vs Morocco a local derby?

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The match party at Ricks is going to be a blast...

(even better given the Germans didn't advance)

 

[GremioPower]

Uruguay finally playing like they should have done from the get-go.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

How the hell a side with Nunez and Suarez is going home is beyond me.

On a positive note, of the 5 Asian sides that legitimately qualified (ie not including Qatar), 3 made it to the round of 16. Thats a big step forward I think.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

An epic goal by South Korea in the 2nd minute of extra time to qualify for the round of 16.

 

[Festerz]

An epic goal by South Korea in the 2nd minute of extra time to qualify for the round of 16.

That was a sublime run and pass to set the goal up. And them waiting in the centre for the result of the other games was agonising.

 

[TeeKray]

Definitely looked liked a Japan Wayne Harmes moment:

But....

I used to play a lot of Futsal (no linesman, just a ref on one side of the court) and used to get pissed off at the number of times the ref would screw up a line call on the opposite side of the court when they called it out but I knew it was clearly in. At the time I just put it down to them guessing and getting it wrong. Then after I stopped playing someone showed me this little trick and it all made sense lol.

 

[GremioPower]

I used to play a lot of Futsal (no linesman, just a ref on one side of the court) and used to get pissed off at the number of times the ref would screw up a line call on the opposite side of the court when they called it out but I knew it was clearly in. At the time I just put it down to them guessing and getting it wrong. Then after I stopped playing someone showed me this little trick and it all made sense lol.

Uruguayana is futsal-crazy.

On Sunday, I’m taking the kids in a 450km trip to watch the local team playing in the state Cup final.

First leg was here. We draw 2-2.

 

[Schulzenfest]

I was the captain of the SA U16 futsal side one year as a kid. Which sounds impressive until I say that we went 0-15.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Earlier on in the WC after the France game, I said Oz soccer benchmarks itself against South Korea and Japan, long before it joined the Asian Confederation in 2006.

The South Korea rivalry goes back to 1967, when as part of a goodwill / political mission Oz was one of 4 allied nations invited to play a tournament in South Vietnam. Oz played South Korea there a couple of times, the nickname Socceroos was established, and then there was the knock out game for the final of 16th place for the 1974 WC in late 1973. In Sydney the score was 0-0, then in 2-2 in Seoul so 3 days later they had a knock out game in Hong Kong and Oz was 1-0. Oz beat South Korea in the Asian Cup in 2015 held in Oz.

Australia first played Japan in 1956 Olympics, then over a dozen times before that 2006 WC game, and then many times since then. Oz lost the Asian Cup in 2011 to Japan in Qatar.


So we have matched them at this WC making the Rd 16 knockouts.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Watch that Korean goal set up by Son Heung-min.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Looking like a Brazil v France final. One of the commentators said this is the first time nobody has won all 3 games in a group stage since 32 teams have played in a WC ie 1998 . He didn't say when or if before that.

Asia 3 teams - AUS, JAP, KOR, Africa 2 teams - MOR, SEN, CONCACAF 1 team - USA, CONMEBOL 2 teams, BRA, ARG other 8 teams from Europe.


6 of the highest ranked teams, topped their group. Group E Spain 7th ranked finished second and Group F Belgium 2nd didn't qualify.
Japan 24th third highest ranked, topped Group E and Morocco 22nd third highest ranked, topped Group F.

4 of the second highest ranked teams qualified Group A SEN 18, Group B USA 16, Group F Croatia 12 and Group G Switzerland 15.
4 that didn't qualify, Group C Mexico 13th, Group D Denmark 10th, Group E Germamy 11th and Group H Uruguay 14th.

4 of the third highest ranked teams qualified - Japan and Morocco mentioned above plus Group C Poland 26th and Group H Sth Korea 28th.

1 of the fourth ranked teams qualified - Australia ranked 38th.

 

[Harlott]

Earlier on in the WC after the France game, I said

In Sydney the score was 0-0, then in 2-2 in Seoul so 3 days later they had a knock out game in Hong Kong and Oz was 1-0. Oz beat South Korea in the Asian Cup in 2015 held in Oz.

We would have qualified after that second game if that was played after the away goals rule was introduced.

 

[EskimoPAFC]

Earlier on in the WC after the France game, I said Oz soccer benchmarks itself against South Korea and Japan, log before it joined the Asian Confederation in 2006.

The South Korea rivalry goes back to 1967 when as part of a goodwill / political mission Oz was one of 4 nations invited to play a tournament in South Vietnam. Oz played South Korea there a couple of times, the nickname Socceroos was established, and then there was the knock out game for the final of 16th place for the 1974 WC in late 1973. In Sydney the score was 0-0, then in 2-2 in Seoul so 3 days later they had a knock out game in Hong Kong and Oz was 1-0. Oz beat South Korea in the Asian Cup in 2015 held in Oz.

Australia first played Japan in 1956 Olympics, then over a dozen times before that 2006 WC game and then many times since then. Oz lost the Asian Cup in 2011 to Japan in Qatar.


So we have matched them at this WC making the Rd 16 knockouts.

When I was in Japan once in the lead up to a world cup it was interesting discussing this (as much as possible with my zero Japanese).

Got the feeling they feel exactly the same about us as we do them. Probably one of our best rivalries and still building (will obviously never surpass England).

Its why I love seeing all 3 countries in the final 16. Because it just further elevates these rivalries and games next time out, be it Asia Cup or whatever else.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

We would have qualified after that second game if that was played after the away goals rule was introduced.

This game and a few others around the time is why the away goals rule was introduced if not for the 1978 WC qualifiers then by 1982 WC qualifiers. The days from when sports didn't worry about schedules. But modern life and TV schedules changed that. All sports have made adjustments

Timeless tests to 6 day tests to 5 day test to talk of 4 day tests and inventing ODI and T20 cricket.
AFL went from finals replay to extra time and it took 20 years after extra time was introduced for finals to do it for GFs.

In soccer there has been extra time, then replays in WC knock out finals when a draw after extra time, penalty shoot out, then away goals in the 1970s as part of qualifiers, golden goal, then golden goal scrapped, is how soccer has adjusted over the years.

UEFA last year got rid of away goals rule for champions league and europa games. Its now extra time and penalty shoot out after 90 minutes of the 2nd leg game.

Away goals rule: What is it & why did UEFA drop it from Champions League & Europa League? | Goal.com Australia

The away goals rule has been one of the big talking points in recent years for coaches and it is set to be dropped from use by UEFA

www.goal.com

 

[GremioPower]

Earlier on in the WC after the France game, I said Oz soccer benchmarks itself against South Korea and Japan, long before it joined the Asian Confederation in 2006.

The South Korea rivalry goes back to 1967, when as part of a goodwill / political mission Oz was one of 4 allied nations invited to play a tournament in South Vietnam. Oz played South Korea there a couple of times, the nickname Socceroos was established, and then there was the knock out game for the final of 16th place for the 1974 WC in late 1973. In Sydney the score was 0-0, then in 2-2 in Seoul so 3 days later they had a knock out game in Hong Kong and Oz was 1-0. Oz beat South Korea in the Asian Cup in 2015 held in Oz.

Australia first played Japan in 1956 Olympics, then over a dozen times before that 2006 WC game, and then many times since then. Oz lost the Asian Cup in 2011 to Japan in Qatar.


So we have matched them at this WC making the Rd 16 knockouts.

 

[Portology]

Lol, never change, Australian media.



On iPhone using recycled electrons, via BigFooty.com mobile app

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Below is Charlie Yankos' great goal against Argentina in the Bicentennial Cup in July 1988 when the Socceroos played them for the first time ever, they were world champions, no Maradona, but still a great side, and Socceroos won 4-1.

A repeat goal would be great tonight. Since that game we've played the Argies 6 times for 1 draw - see below - and 5 loses. Time to win again.

Yankos' goal is arguably the greatest ever goal by a Socceroo, not necessarily the most important. I was travelling around North America at the time, based in Toronto and I went to the Oz consulate in downtown Toronto to read the papers from back home to get the sports results and some news once a month, and read about this result about a month after it happened. Read about the goal and said I want to see this. Over the years I kept hearing and reading about how great this goal was.

No you tube in those days, got home 9 or 10 months later, so didn't see a replay and I didn't see it until 1993 when SBS showed it just before the intercontinental knock out game in late 1993 between Oz and Argentina. I was just stunned how good it was when I finally saw it. Look at the condition of the pitch - mid winter in Sydney.

In late 1993 Oz first had to beat Canada from CONCACAF in home and away games and then drew 1-1 with the Argies at the SFS in Sydney and then lost in Buenos Aires 0-1 an own goal by Alex Tobin.





Martin Tyler came out for the Bicentennial Cup to commentate for ABC. He talks about the tournament, (other two teams were Brazil and Saudis, Oz lost 0-2 in final against Brazil), and the Argentina game, and the upcoming game in a 10 minute video is embedded in the story at;

'It was a sensation' - When the Socceroos dominated Argentina in Sydney

To those thinking it will take a miracle for Australia to defeat Argentina on Sunday morning, it’s happened before, albeit 34 years ago at the Sydney Football Stadium, with Socceroos coach Graham Arnold playing a key role in the victory as a player.

www.sbs.com.au