World Cup 2006

AsgAarD_xxx · Bericht door **AsgAarD_xxx** » di mei 30, 2006 11:01 pm

No, Henk... He was right. Higuita was also a offensive-playing goalkeeper and scored a few goals in club (and maybe on international games).

About his save - it was, as far as I remember, against England on Wembley stadium. And it's called "scorpion save". It was absolutely great :worshippy: .

aveslacker · Bericht door **aveslacker** » wo mei 31, 2006 2:20 am

AsgAarD_xxx schreef:No, Henk... He was right. Higuita was also a offensive-playing goalkeeper and scored a few goals in club (and maybe on international games).

About his save - it was, as far as I remember, against England on Wembley stadium. And it's called "scorpion save". It was absolutely great :worshippy: .

IIRC it was in a friendly and he thought play had been whistled dead, and he was just playing around. Afterwards he felt somewhat sheepish.

He was also responsible for Colombia's getting knocked out of Italia '90 after he played around with the ball at his feet 35 yards from his goal, allowing Roger Milla to disposses him and score. I think I read somewhere that over his career he saved roughly 50% of penalties taken against him.

Chilavert was also awesome. He took penalties and free kicks from distance. He was great at them. He once charged down the pitch, pushed his team's striker out of the way, took a free kick, banged it into the back of the net, yelled at the striker, and ran back into his goal.

He was also a great goalie.

Henk de Gier · Bericht door **Henk de Gier** » wo mei 31, 2006 2:24 am

AsgAarD_xxx schreef:No, Henk... He was right. Higuita was also a offensive-playing goalkeeper and scored a few goals in club (and maybe on international games).

About his save - it was, as far as I remember, against England on Wembley stadium. And it's called "scorpion save". It was absolutely great :worshippy: .

are you sure about Higuita scoring goals? I can't remember that, but it might be my memory failing on me.

Henk de Gier · Bericht door **Henk de Gier** » wo mei 31, 2006 2:26 am

checked it and it was indeed my memory failing on me. Higuita scored 3 goals in his 69 caps international career according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Higuita

Henk de Gier · Bericht door **Henk de Gier** » wo mei 31, 2006 2:28 am

according to the same site, Chilavert scored 8 goals for his national team in 74 matches. A better result then Higuita.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Luis_Chilavert

SE6Ajacied · Bericht door **SE6Ajacied** » wo mei 31, 2006 7:39 am

aveslacker schreef: IIRC it was in a friendly and he thought play had been whistled dead, and he was just playing around. Afterwards he felt somewhat sheepish.

.

You're right that it was a friendly. I remember watching on TV and the English commentators said that he just showboating and trying to attract and English club to sign him (it was around the time the Premier League was first hoovering up talent from around the globe). Not heard the "whistle" story before but sounds a bit more likely really.

Sherman Fleischer · Bericht door **Sherman Fleischer** » do jun 01, 2006 10:37 pm

I don't generally post on here (professional lurker), but I've been putting something together I thought people might be interested in. I'm fortunate enough to be a public school teacher and so have my summers off. The best part of this is that it allows me to watch as much of the World Cup as I want to, which I have decided is all of it.

Yes, I am planning to watch all 64 games. I have started a blog about it, called 64 in 32 (games in days, that is). If you're interested, please check it out. I haven't written that much yet, partly because I am still teaching and partly because the tournament hasn't started yet. I will be updating a lot during the World Cup.

I'd love to have some visitors other than my uncle and brother's college roommate.

Here's the link: http://www.davidkeyes.org/soccer/

Tom_ · Bericht door **Tom_** » vr jun 02, 2006 5:42 am

At Euro 2004, there was an Excel file that UEFA released where you could type in the scores of each match and it automatically calculated the group standings, matchups for the knockout rounds etc.

Has anyone come across one of these for the world cup?

AsgAarD_xxx · Bericht door **AsgAarD_xxx** » vr jun 02, 2006 7:44 am

I've found something similar on polish website... But there are no competition - just play (I mean that you won't win anything if your types come true). I can translate you a few things if you won't find anything in english.

Here's the link for that ---> http://mundial.wp.pl/scenariusz.html?rf ... caid=11af4

I think that you understand most of countries' names, but a few could be hard. So Wybrzeże Kości Słoniowej (Wyb. K. S.) = Ivory Coast, Włochy = Italy, Hiszpania = Spain.
Przejdź do meczÃ³w kolejnych rund (orange button under the typing tables) = Go to the next round games. After all you have grey button under your final results and presentation of the medallists.
Zapisz swÃ³j scenariusz = "Save your scenario".
Now you have:
Imię i nazwisko = "First name and surname" (nickname is available)
TwÃ³j komentarz do scenariusza = "Your comments for the scenario"
Wpisz swÃ³j e-mail = "Write your e-mail"
Wpisz e-mail osoby, ktÃ³ra dostanie twÃ³j scenariusz = "Write e-mail of the person which will get your scenario".

Ask me if you don't understand something, or wait for an english version if polish will be too hard for you ;) .

Ayman · Bericht door **Ayman** » vr jun 02, 2006 2:17 pm

nobody has mentioned Holland's 2-1 win over Mexico. How did all the Ajax players rate in that game? Whos fault was the goal conceded against mexico? Was it Boulahrouz or Timmer? Anyone??? Menno???

ZoefdeHaas · Bericht door **ZoefdeHaas** » vr jun 02, 2006 2:26 pm

Timmer cuz he aint the greatest. Overrall Ajax players did well, Sneijder looked confident and Babel looked energetic time to time. heitinga impressed as well as scoring the equaliser.

Henk de Gier · Bericht door **Henk de Gier** » vr jun 02, 2006 2:52 pm

Ayman schreef:nobody has mentioned Holland's 2-1 win over Mexico. How did all the Ajax players rate in that game? Whos fault was the goal conceded against mexico? Was it Boulahrouz or Timmer? Anyone??? Menno???

Heitinga!

Bericht door **Kowalczyk** » vr jun 02, 2006 3:24 pm

Yup: Mexico's goal was Heitinga's fault.

In the second half it was the other way round, though. Heitinga scored after almost identical poor marking in Mexico's defense.

K.

Ayman · Bericht door **Ayman** » vr jun 02, 2006 4:07 pm

Apart from falling asleep which led to the mexicans scoring, Heitinga had a good overall performance???What about Maduro and Stek?

Bericht door **Kowalczyk** » vr jun 02, 2006 6:07 pm

I only saw the goals, so no idea...

K.

SE6Ajacied · Bericht door **SE6Ajacied** » vr jun 02, 2006 9:34 pm

Just a thought, but is it only in England that they seel these stupid car flags?

All of the supermarkets and market stalls are selling these little plastic St George Crosses which clip onto the top of your car window for about Â£1.00 for two and the streets are now full of them.

I suppose it's good that the flag is being "reclaimed" but they really are very annoying and various companies have banned them from company vehicles and the police are moaning about road safety.

I know it's the in season for cheap football stuff but these are very anoying and I've just not seen the same thing in other countries (I have some very 'stylish' Holland stuff from 'Blocker' but don't remeber the car flags.)

Frans · Bericht door **Frans** » vr jun 02, 2006 10:32 pm

Ayman schreef:Apart from falling asleep which led to the mexicans scoring, Heitinga had a good overall performance???What about Maduro and Stek?

Stek kept only for 2nd half. Made the one save he had to make. Dutch were quite dominant throughout the match. Heitinga, Sneijder, Maduro and Babel got full games. Babel had a decent game, scored the winner but also missed an open goal and didn't make much of another 1/2 chance, but otherwise didn't lose the ball when he had it.

Venezuelan Ajacied · Bericht door **Venezuelan Ajacied** » vr jun 02, 2006 11:15 pm

SE6Ajacied schreef:Just a thought, but is it only in England that they seel these stupid car flags?

All of the supermarkets and market stalls are selling these little plastic St George Crosses which clip onto the top of your car window for about Â£1.00 for two and the streets are now full of them.

I suppose it's good that the flag is being "reclaimed" but they really are very annoying and various companies have banned them from company vehicles and the police are moaning about road safety.

I know it's the in season for cheap football stuff but these are very anoying and I've just not seen the same thing in other countries (I have some very 'stylish' Holland stuff from 'Blocker' but don't remeber the car flags.)

Funny too see this one. In Venezuela everybody has one ( including me :yes: ) the thing is that i think it makes more sense in country's that are not going to the World Cup, Why ??? well because you express what team you are rooting for, something that in England for example is quite obvious. In Venezuela the most common one's are Spain,Italy,Argentina,Mexico and Brazil but you can find a whole lot more, i have seen flags from Germany,USA,Czech Republic,Paraguay,Poland,Croatia and even Japan. I for one have the dutch flag :xyxthumbs:.

PS: The noise inside my car really is anoying, it sound as if you had a popcorn machine inside.

DanK · Bericht door **DanK** » za jun 03, 2006 7:41 am

Managed to get coverage of the Holland - Mexico game in Oz (via ESPN Pacific Rim). Holland totally dominated. Score could have been a few more. Thought it was a decent performance for a friendly. Some minor issues with losing the ball in the centre a few times.

Thought Babel was strong for most of the game (I will even forgive him for his shocking miss - just dont do it in the actual WC!).

Can't wait till Sunday: Ned - Aus :eusa_dance:

DanK · Bericht door **DanK** » za jun 03, 2006 7:51 am

Chugger schreef:At Euro 2004, there was an Excel file that UEFA released where you could type in the scores of each match and it automatically calculated the group standings, matchups for the knockout rounds etc.

Has anyone come across one of these for the world cup?

Chugger I have the file you need mate. Send me a PM with your email address and will forward.

Cheers

Frans · Bericht door **Frans** » za jun 03, 2006 8:15 am

DanK schreef: Can't wait till Sunday: Ned - Aus :eusa_dance:

I take it you won't be catching this one on ESPN, even though it was advertised during the last game I can't find any listings. :nooo:

DanK · Bericht door **DanK** » za jun 03, 2006 10:26 am

Frans schreef:
DanK schreef: Can't wait till Sunday: Ned - Aus :eusa_dance:
I take it you won't be catching this one on ESPN, even though it was advertised during the last game I can't find any listings. :nooo:

Yeah, they did advertise it for ESPN. Not sure why they are not showing it.

SBS (free to air) in Australia are the ones showing it live here. They also have the rights to every world cup game and are showing these live as well.

During the WC I average around 4 hours sleep a night and love every minute of it :D

Ayman · Bericht door **Ayman** » za jun 03, 2006 6:44 pm

Im sick of people saying England are going to win the world cup! Its the same shit over and over again. Excuses, excuses, excuses....The cup is going where it belongs....naar de Nederlands :eusa_dance:

SPL · Bericht door **SPL** » za jun 03, 2006 7:23 pm

The hype over here is completely over the top. They beat Jamaica today so the press will really go on about it tomorrow.

England have the easiest group of the lot but are bound to make a hash of it.

Is the press in Holland going over the top about their chances?

bryan · Bericht door **bryan** » za jun 03, 2006 7:35 pm

Yeah, the press in Holland always totally over-hype everything during tournaments, which is a shame, because it means Dutch supporters, plus a load of non-football people who start getting in on the act around June, expect the team to win each time there's a tournament. Which raises expectations so much that it takes the fun out of everything, if you ask me. The papers usually roll out all the usual stereotypes and cliches about all the other teams and the whole thing gets hijacked by commercialism and bad journalism. You have to feel sorry for the true supporters, who are knowledgeable about football and end up having no tickets to the matches.

Supporting Ireland is much more fun in the long run. There's so much under-achievement and failure that we're just delighted to qualify. :D