[karajorma]

Unluck for Ghana not to have equalised from that header.

Damnit. Adriano was offside for that one. That goal should have been disallowed.

[vaang]

it seems that the better team will lose this match
Ghana had bad luck on one occasion and bad referees...

[Shade]

Totally agree, Ghana have been excellent. And I actually think there were 2 or 3 seperate instances of offside on that second goal. Damn entertaining first half either way, I want more... who said they could take a 15 minute break?!

[karajorma]

Ghana need that 15 minute break for their coach to figure out how to deal with the Ghanaian defence. If they can sort that out Brazil may have some real problems in the second half.

[Shade]

Well, their coach seems to be MIA from what footage I've seen of their bench. Maybe 15 minutes isn't enough for such a large project and he's locked himself in a closet 'till it's done

[Night Hammer]

is anyone watching the American idiots, err.... commentators


seems this prick has had somthing agaist Ronaldo, havent heard him say a good thing about him in either this game or the last one where he scored twice. I believe he just said  'even fat people can still dance', enough with the mediocre ex american soccer players talking

[Shade]

Penalty for Spain. Looked dodgy at first, but replay vindicated it... definite foul there. And 1-nil as I'm typing. Well done penalty too, nice to see someone can do them after yesterday's farce.

[Edit] 1-1. Great match so far Very nice play by France in that counter.

[Edit] France on 2-1 following a free kick that looked rather iffy. Old boys out for revenge it seems And not actually undeserved, they're playing really well - Much better than any of their previous matches. But Spain are disappointing in the 2nd half, not showing any real imagination on the offense.

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

The bad reffing continues.  Just witnessed an AWFUL call on Spain that ended up in a French PK to make it 2-1.  That could cost Spain the game.

[Edit] Dammit, Shade.  Beat me to the punch.

[Shade]

He's actually been rather decent through most of the game in my opinion. That one was a bad call though, but from what I could tell it was actually one of the assistant refs on the sideline who made the call, and the main ref just went by that.

[Night Hammer]

bummer....they choke yet again

[Shade]

Heh, and 3-1 by Zidane. Impressive.... most impressive. Went solo for a long way, ditched a couple of defenders and put it in. How old is he again?

[ToecrusherHammerjaw]

Shame.  I was kinda rooting for Spain.  Oh well.

[Shade]

Me too, I loved their play in the earlier matches. But they simply didn't bring their A game today, and France without a doubt deserved the win.

[Night Hammer]

let it be known i hate the French


I hope Brazil dicks them

[vaang]

must hold out until friday...
no football, must hold out...


at least the quarterfinals will beginn with a crushing defeat for argentina 
and i for myself hope that the french can repeat their victory from 1998

[aldo_14]

Shame.  I was kinda rooting for Spain.  Oh well.

So was I, although then I remembered Aragones comments about Henry.......

[Night Hammer]

weeeee argentina - germany in an hour

[Rictor]

If Argentina continue playing like they did up to this point, the Cup may very go to them. Anyway, an interesting match to watch.

[Night Hammer]

what's the second game today? Portugal England?

[aldo_14]

what's the second game today? Portugal England?

Italy - Ukraine