Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: KICK IT! The Finals

ChrisW

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:11:16 +1200

It's been a great month of highs and lows and the powers of two.

First round – firstly I am NZedder 100%, so much pride in the unbeaten record against the 3 of the 32 in our group.

Round of 16 – My 16 great-great-grandparents were 12 of them English…

BlairMacca

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:25:07 +1200

And it wasn't political reasons for Cryuff not going

I was going for the Dutch, but boy what a negative game. They did deserve to lose really.

Kyle Matthews

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:19:17 +1200

The old cliché is that sport and politics should not mix, the truth is that they should always mix, and they always do mix. If it weren't for the political, social and cultural backdrop to any sporting engagement, why else would we watch it?

It really is a strange statement,…

Kumara Republic

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:57:16 +1200

And NZ emerges as the only team from FIFA 2010 not to have lost a single match.

Peter Darlington

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:34:13 +1200

They said it couldn't happen, Spain would never win because the antipathy between the Catalans and the Madridistas ran too deep. But this team of Barcelona players, captained by a guy who is the heart and soul of Real Madrid has proven all those theories wrong in the last 3…

Ben Austin

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:33:36 +1200

So I am right in saying we retired from the World Cup as the only undefeated team?

This is important for boasting reasons at work tomorrow

tussock

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:09:49 +1200

Bravo Spain, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0, 1-0. Way to own the knockouts.

Poor Dutch ran out of men with a yellow card to spare, which spoiled their tactics somewhat. Looked pretty good when they got on with it, but not as good as the Spanish.

Peter Darlington

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 08:32:59 +1200

Spain should be 2=0 after 5 minutes of extra time! Fabregas just butchered a golden opportunity.

tussock

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 07:27:22 +1200

Half time, and here I was expecting a game of kicking the ball, rather than the man, and such. At least the All Whites only use their elbows, most of the time. 8]

tussock

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:29:00 +1200

Both great imperial world powers in their day, you know.

May soccer be the winner on the day, as long as the Dutch are too.

vangam

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:57:03 +1200

I watched the '78 final again recently – it is incredible how dirty the game was back then. The final is full of off-the-ball incidents and in one of the most cynical fouls ever seen on a football field, Pasarella – the Argentenian captain – elbows Neeskens in the jaw…

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Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:57:03 +1200

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