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QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 14, 2014 -> 08:19 PM)
Keisuke Honda continues to be one of my favorite players to watch. That goal was a rifled shot.

He's having a nightmare second half.

 

 

 

Mere presence of Drogbas corpse showing up has made for an awesome atmosphere. 2 quick goals too.

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QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 14, 2014 -> 09:27 PM)
Mere presence of Drogbas corpse showing up has made for an awesome atmosphere. 2 quick goals too.

While I admit his presence alone changed the atmosphere and gave Ivory Coast a boost, he's also been a handful for Japan. He's still deadly, just maybe not for 90 minutes at this level.

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Bar bet: ask someone to name two countries that border the Ivory Coast.

 

In 6th-7th grade, we extensively studied Central/South American and European Geography, but never did Asian or African. I've learned a fair amount of it on my own, mostly through following current events, the Olympics and soccer, but I'm still pretty weak in African geography. I would have guessed Liberia and gotten that one right, but I think I also would have guessed Togo and Benin, which at least are close.

 

The thing I know most about Africa is that Toto blessed the rains down there.

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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 06:58 PM)
Argentina giving up a late goal there to make things a BIT interesting.

 

Shouldn't have been that close.

 

I had that game as 2-1 in my pool, so that was good. :)

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QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 07:23 PM)
Bosnia outplayed Argentina but could not finish at all unless it was on their own net. Messi on the other hand was terrible but man could he finish.

If Messi was terrible, I'd love to know what he needs to do to be good in your eyes.

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I'd like to know what game you were watching then. Outside that great finish, he was terrible, though his teammates also being horrible didn't help. Attempted just 6 forward passes the entire game and connected on 0 of them. That's as bad as it gets. Fortunately for Argentina that finish was good enough to make that not matter.

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QUOTE (danman31 @ Jun 15, 2014 -> 06:20 PM)
That Messi goal though. Geez.

 

 

It's remarkable he didn't get knocked down by that tackle flying at him, but he's so used to 3-4 players hounding him and flying all over the place that it's just second nature to hop over by instinct.

 

I think Messi's dealing with the LeBron syndrome. So much hype, that it's becoming impossible to live up to it. For example, in the Argentine press, they've opined that if Argentina doesn't win the World Cup, he will be forgotten in 20 years and only Maradona will still be remember. Hard to live up to those expectations, and hard to control the talent/quality of your teammates as well when you play on a national team, not to mention the coaching problems/controversy in 2010.

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