GoslingLooking Up Soccer In Mongolia Right Now, ProbablyWatertown, WIRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
I've got Brazil beating them 6-0. For those unaware, North Korea plays really defensive football. Not nearly the diving Italy does, but it's catenaccio turned up to 11. You're curious to see how they play, but once you actually get a look at them, you just want it to go away.
Problem is, it's not the best catenaccio- they're ranked where they are for a reason- and as the ESPN preview guide put it, "apply enough pressure and watch the pipes burst."
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RaakamToo many years...CanadalandRegistered Userregular
edited June 2010
I feel terrible for the North Korean team. They're going to lose each of their matches, brutally. I just hope the players/coaches aren't put to death or something upon returning home. They are so, so, so bad and they're going to get destroyed.
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I feel terrible for the North Korean team. They're going to lose each of their matches, brutally. I just hope the players/coaches aren't put to death or something upon returning home. They are so, so, so bad and they're going to get destroyed.
eh, I don't think they're really BAD, they're just completely outmatched by the other teams in their group. In some other groups they might have a chance at advancing.
So today's Brazil vs. N. Korea match will be between literal diametric opposites. If the Brazilians lose they go home to their beach houses and will probably have orgies or surf. If the Koreans lose they will most likely be sent for re-education and Kim Jong-Il will go on state radio to regale his countrymen with stories of how he scored 10 goals single-handedly.
I CAN'T WAIT. I wonder if N. Korea will have any fans.
Well, i'm listening on Radio 5.. so New Zealand sound the better side.. well, when I say sound I mean the vuvuzelas are slightly louder when they have the ball.
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I put 1-0 Slovakia in the Yahoo league but put my money on a tie or win in my parlays with Brazil and/or Ivory Coast because the idea that they were 3/1 or 27/4(tie) underdogs was a bit far fetched
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Oh I was almost expecting the all whites to not be a disappointment from the opening minutes of the game, then I watched the first half and BZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzz can't be bothered tuning in for the second half.
The first half had enough to remind me why I dislike soccer - incredibly questionable or outright wrong calls (we should have had one more corner in the first half with that shot that hit the side of the net, and that yellow card was bullshit). Bleh.
that yellow wasn't bs, he came in late and stepped on the guys toes, who then got twisted up and could of fucked his knee up. sure they missed the corner call but at full speed it didn't even look like he touched it.
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you'll see when the score comes up and they all run into the stands yelling "i wanna defect!"
What is the odds of an in-game defection?
I never considered that until now, but it would be epic.
However, it seemed they had a lot of fun at the zoo.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
How could anyone not cheer for these guys?
They are adorable.
Well they still had to go through qualification.
I have it at 4-0, but its tough to tell because we don't know when Brazil will get bored. And no I am not kidding.
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Although if Cape Verde can draw 0-0 vs Portugal there's no reason NK can't
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Problem is, it's not the best catenaccio- they're ranked where they are for a reason- and as the ESPN preview guide put it, "apply enough pressure and watch the pipes burst."
Yeah, it's like they're everyone's sworn enemy, but in reality they aren't the Politics of DPRNKRKPDN- or whatever.
They're just players on a team.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
He's born and raised in Japan, his club is Kawasaki Frontale, but capped for North Korea due to... let's go with issues with Japan and South Korea.
I was just about to post that.
It is glorious.
I could buy a vuvuzela online for $8.
EDIT: Well, not in sets of five like I thought, but they are available in five colors.
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I CAN'T WAIT. I wonder if N. Korea will have any fans.
Yeah, hopefully they win. Probably won't happen, but still.
Also, BBC receives 545 vuvuzela complaints over World Cup
Organisers will not ban vuvuzelas
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This is kind of painful to watch. Especially that miskick.
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The first half had enough to remind me why I dislike soccer - incredibly questionable or outright wrong calls (we should have had one more corner in the first half with that shot that hit the side of the net, and that yellow card was bullshit). Bleh.
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It should be on 1050 AM I think.
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