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Switzerland are gonna bunker like fuck now. This will finish 0-0.

Fucking South Americans getting players sent off again.

Cunt of a ref.

These teams couldn't be more polar opposites.

Noticed the 'foreigners' in both of Swiss' games not singing the anthem.

Hopp Suisse! Vamos Chile! Reckon this will be an interesting game.

Self imposed international exile.

Hope they get a result against IVC, just to save themselves.

I wanted a mauling in this competition, but not from this set of cunts.

Hate that twat.

Fucking hate Portugal.

They've totally fell apart here.

Ah man.

Not allowed to leave the country permanently are they? I might have made that up, oldtype will know. That's what I thought, but their captain was allowed out to play in Russia.

NK really are pretty decent.

Oooo - Ahhhh DPR. I reckon they'll get a result against Portugal today.

Tie-breaking criteria For the World Cup tournament, FIFA uses the following criteria to rank teams in the Group Stage. 1. greatest number of points in all group matches; 2. goal difference in all group matches; 3. greatest number of goals scored in all group matches; 4. greatest number of points in matches between tied teams; 5. goal difference in matches between tied teams; 6. greatest number of goals scored in matches between tied teams; 7. drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee. So aye, I think so.

USA through on goals scored in that instance.

I was literally fuming when every single decision went against Fallon there. Refs turning this into a non-contact sport is an absolute disgrace.

I dunno like, that first game today made me want to put my head through a wall until the goal saved me. Then again the first half of the North Korea game was captivating, as a neutral. I still think the negatives of 0-0s are far more freqent than the positives. thing with north korea is they are so unknowns and hence a tad exotic. if it had been belgium or poland you'd have thought it was terrible. That plucky axis of evil You're right though, if it wasn't for the seige mentality of the game from the very 1st minute and the fact they were adoptable underdogs it would have been unbearable. I'd have been begging for a Brazil goal from the start (like Ronaldo was anyway).

I dunno like, that first game today made me want to put my head through a wall until the goal saved me. Then again the first half of the North Korea game was captivating, as a neutral. I still think the negatives of 0-0s are far more freqent than the positives.

I was particularly thinking of Blackburn and Stoke when suggesting this It's not only the games that finished 0-0, but games where a team set out to get this and possibly failed or nicked a goal. Aye, exactly, it would change the whole physchology of how teams go into games. You'd still get the odd really cagey game but for the most part it absolutely forces teams to go for it. Don't want any of that s*** about 'solid defensive displays are part of football'. Yes they are, but setting out to achieve a 0-0 draw is contradictory to the entire competitiveness of the sport. It's s***.

Was just about to post this. Would have solved most of the s*** games in this tournament so far. For example the Japan - Netherlands game today. Japan spent the entire match until the goal playing for the 0-0, then Sneijder scores a bit of a fluke and bam the game bursts into life. Japan actually genuinely looked like creating chances and scoring, as did the Dutch due to the new space created. I'm left thinking why the boring twats didn't just go for it from the off.

Looking forward to tomorrow's games. Rory Fallon vs Cannavaro, now that's a World Cup match up