Originally posted by gniyfidom7Hasn't anyone caught on yet, there are few easy games in the world cup, 10 man Trinadad held out against Sweden for a draw, Portugal had a similar (as Eng v TRin) frustrating game against Iran, USA held out for a draw with 9 men against (10 man) Italy. Of course there is luck in football, a team can totally outplay another and still get beat 1:0 that's the nature of the sport.
i think the aussies were very lucky to win 3-1 tother day, but probably not as lucky as england were to beat tnt
Originally posted by stevetodda game of two halves🙄
Hasn't anyone caught on yet, there are few easy games in the world cup, 10 man Trinadad held out against Sweden for a draw, Portugal had a similar (as Eng v TRin) frustrating game against Iran, USA held out for a draw with 9 men against (10 man) Italy. Of course there is luck in football, a team can totally outplay another and still get beat 1:0 that's the nature of the sport.
Originally posted by gniyfidom7Lucky to win, or lucky to win 3-1?
i think the aussies were very lucky to win 3-1 tother day, but probably not as lucky as england were to beat tnt
I disagree they were lucky to win. The Japanese goal came out of nowhere and involved a bit of a mess - in fact, I understand the referee kind of apologised at the end of the game and implied he should have awarded a free kick to Schwarzer.
Also, there were large parts of the game where we were dominating possession.
But certainly the way we scored 3 goals was pretty remarkable and perhaps there was some luck involved there - although the 2nd and 3rd goals were great finishing.
Originally posted by orfeofrom what i saw of it japan were doing all the good attacking, until the final ball, i do rate cahill tho,:-)
Lucky to win, or lucky to win 3-1?
I disagree they were lucky to win. The Japanese goal came out of nowhere and involved a bit of a mess - in fact, I understand the referee kind of apologised at the end of the game and implied he should have awarded a free kick to Schwarzer.
Also, there were large parts of the game where we were dominating possession.
...[text shortened]... erhaps there was some luck involved there - although the 2nd and 3rd goals were great finishing.
Originally posted by gniyfidom7You obviously did not see much of the game then because the Australian team did a lot more attacking.After Japan's lucky goal Harry Kewell nearly equalised in the following minutes ,his kick from way out just clipped the cross bar,but besides that the Australians had a lot of attacking raids.
from what i saw of it japan were doing all the good attacking, until the final ball, i do rate cahill tho,:-)
Originally posted by boarmani didnt see much of the game , no, but in the ten minutes i did see the japs were much better-looking going forward but with no-one to finish things off, 10 mins doth not make a game of footy, two halves do, 😲
You obviously did not see much of the game then because the Australian team did a lot more attacking.After Japan's lucky goal Harry Kewell nearly equalised in the following minutes ,his kick from way out just clipped the cross bar,but besides that the Australians had a lot of attacking raids.
Originally posted by gniyfidom7Thats absolutely right ,i do not think you can judge a game by watching ten minutes, so in future try to reserve your judgement unless you have watched the whole game and know what you are talking about.
i didnt see much of the game , no, but in the ten minutes i did see the japs were much better-looking going forward but with no-one to finish things off, 10 mins doth not make a game of footy, two halves do, 😲
Stop whinging about the Aussies just because your beloved Finland did not make to the World Cup.
Originally posted by boarmanim english you clumsy whinging aussie,
Thats absolutely right ,i do not think you can judge a game by watching ten minutes, so in future try to reserve your judgement unless you have watched the whole game and know what you are talking about.
Stop whinging about the Aussies just because your beloved Finland did not make to the World Cup.