Pre-Opening Olympic Soccer

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

The Olympic games have commenced, as MSNBC is showing men and womens Soccer all day today and tomorrow. This thread is for those who wish to discuss the games.

[Kurt Angle Mark 0]

Watching Mexico vs. Mali right now on Telemundo, the score is 0-0 at halftime, however it should be like 2-0 Mexico but Mexico has failed to capitalize on their chances

[razazteca 0]

Too bad nobody went to watch it live. The stadium is as empty as MLS games.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Tomorrow we've got a handful of men's soccer matches. Iraq makes their olympic return, playing Portugal. I smell blowout. Otherwise we have the excitement of Costa Rica-Morocco, Paraguay-Japan, and Ghana-Italy.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

Also, anyone else catch Germany-China today? Germany absolutely beat the crap out of one of the best womens' soccer teams in the World, 8-0.

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Iraq is leading Portugal in the 31st minute

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

2-2 though 52 minutes, a Portugeese player is red-carded and stuff is thrown at him

[Rob E Dangerously 0]

Iraq takes the lead!

[Der Kommissar 0]

Also, anyone else catch Germany-China today? Germany absolutely beat the crap out of one of the best womens' soccer teams in the World, 8-0.

 

Germany's a pretty dangerous team. I saw them a few years back against Japan. It was probably one of the best games I had ever seen. Basically, Japan was a fairly unheralded and scrappy team, who had a pulled a few upsets in their bracket to get to that point in the tournament. They took a 1-0 lead early in the match. Unfortuantely for the Japanese, the average Japanese player was like 5'1", the average German was like 5'7". The Germans decided to use their massive strength and size advantage to pound the hell out of the Japanese to try to gain that lead. It all came to a head late in the game when the Japanese players's bodies just couldn't take it anymore, and they begun being stretchered off the field. Of course, the Japanese had FIGHTING SPIRIT~! and held strong. They were lead on by this one girl who was stretchered off the field 3 times, yet still kept coming back for more! I was fearing for her safety after some of those hits. I was shocked that she just kept coming back.

 

In the end, the Germans finally scored, with mere seconds left on the clock, then won shortly afterwards in overtime when the Japanese ran out of gas.

 

Thinking about it, I hope to see that Japanese team in action again in these games. That was good fun.

[Guest acnx]

I just got home to find out fucking Iraq beat Portugal 4-2?

 

Holy shit.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Archery also began yesterday with the Koreans setting three world records in the rankings. It wasn't a good day for Canada.

 

Marie-Pier Beaudet (Seed 47) will take on Cornelia Pfohl (18) of Germany.

 

Jonathan Ohayon (50) will go up against Viktor Ruban (15) of the Ukraine.

 

Neither Canadian was a medal contender going in.

 

Defending Silver Medalist from the United States, Vic Wunderle placed 43rd and will face Mahji Sawaiyan (22) of India.

 

 

Top 3 Seeds

 

Men

 

Im Dong Hyun (Korea) - 687pts - WR

Magnus Petersson (Sweden) - 673pts

Marco Galiazzo (Italy) - 672pts

 

Women

 

Park Sung-hyun (Korea) - 682pts - WR

Lee Hyun-Jung (Korea) - 675pts

Yun Mi-Jin (Korea) - 673pts

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

TSN Live Coverage begins at 1:30 tonight, with CBC picking up for the rest of the day starting at 7:00 am. Including replays during off-hours, we'll have basically 24hrs/day coverage.

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

I think for the Olympics, I'm going to have daily chat threads. Is everyone ok with that?

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

I think for the Olympics, I'm going to have daily chat threads.  Is everyone ok with that?

It is for the best. If you do it by sport instead, the board will become too cluttered.

 

Do you want me to make them if you're not here?

[EVIL~! alkeiper 0]

If I'm not around, feel free.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Will do.