[MD 19] FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 - (Last 16) PAR vs JPN // ESP vs POR

[BacheLot]

i still think korea is wayy better than japan. japan played very sloppily today and call me crazy but even iran wouldve beaten them today.

I agree SK >> Japan
sk were literally robbed of their place in QF while Japanese were a little lucky to make it this far..!
TM still got the potential to beat both of them at their best..! We are just badly missmanaged ATM..!

whos this david villa character...hes pretty good...someone should keep an eye on him

How about my nigga Del Bosque finally finding the perfect position for him on the LW..! I never did care much for him as a CF, considering his small size and limiting his potential by taking away space from him in the crowded box..!
What I especially like about him in this WC is that unlike the rest of the Spanish team he doesn't dikkaround too much in the final third and as soon as he sees an opening on the defense he pounces on it, instead of trying to pass his way all the way to the goal..! Practically any real serious threat that Spain has had against their opponents has started with him making a decisive surge into defenses from the wing..!
Ps
I like his Matador goal celebration best of the WC..!
I hope Barfa don't learn anything from DB & keep using him as CF like Valencia..!

[persianfire]

I agree SK >> Japan
sk were literally robbed of their place in QF while Japanese were a little lucky to make it this far..!

No offense but you are vastly overrating S. Korea.
They got the easiest group and lost to Uruguay in the RO16.
The Koreans were lucky to be there because Nigeria missed plenty of chances. (Did you watch Yakubu's amazing miss?)
I even think Australia was better than South Korea considering their group's difficulty.
As for Japan, they totally outplayed Denmark, who topped their qualifying group over Portugal and Sweden. Especially their defense was pretty solid and didn't allow any goals from open play except for the Sneijder's winner thanks to the GK's terrible miss. Also don't forget they were eliminated almost solely on a coin toss.

[malleus]

...The Koreans were lucky to be there because Nigeria missed plenty of chances. (Did you watch Yakubu's amazing miss?)...

Actually it was already an offiside. Even the flag went up. It is possible that the referee overuled it but it would have been a wrong non-call. Every TV commentator agreed that it was an offiside.

And Korea were robbed of at least 2 goals against Greece too and the Argentines' 3rd goal was a CLEAR offiside as it was acknoledged by the linesman himself later.

With all these properly called Korea could lose by up to 2 goals and advance.

Also if Matin's miss was "unlucky", how about Park JY's similar miss against Greece? And you don't count an own goal as "unlucky"?

LOL you see what you want to see. Other than that you don't appear to see very well.