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[Crazy_asian]

Read this on a fb page:

Do u Smeltz a victory... Reid the writing on the wall... are u gonna Killen em all?

Let's not Fallon too heavily on our Paston glory, just hold on to ur Ryans as you ride,
Keep a calm Lochhead and play it out on the Moss as we go: Nothing is Impossible,
Remember Ricki's mantra: Never lose faith. If you can dream it, you can do it all...

Slovakia... historic fight... Italy... got stage-fright...

Paraguay... bring on the night... No-hopers? Yeah, Right!


Go the All Whites... Go the All Whites... Go the All Whites Go for gold...

She'll be alrighhhht everytime you score a goooooooooooooooal

[King James]

Shot All Whites

[Ugmo]

Also a huge congrats to Bafana Bafana for there 2 - 1 win over a helpless France side who shouldn't have been at the world cup had they not produced "the hand of frog" against the Irish. I can tell you now that Irish eyes are smiling thanks to the hosts!!

[1073p]

Whens the next game?

[Crazy_asian]

Friday morning 1:30am and 2am kick off (I think, Mr Fifa nz Aaza will correct me :P)

[1073p]

haha, sweet my day off too, ill be up for it for sure!! as will majority of nz I would think,

I hope the boys can come through with a win!

[KSR Aaza]

Yeppers, John is correct. Friday morning it is for the big showdown with Paraguay.

Results I hadn't got around to posting:

Group G:
Portugal 7 - 0 North Korea

Group H:
Chile 1 - 0 Switzerland
Spain 2 - 0 Honduras

Group A:
Mexico 0 - 1 Uruguay
France 1 - 2 South Africa

Group B:
Nigeria 2 - 2 South Korea
Greece 0 - 2 Argentina

So South Africa, France, Greece and Nigeria have all been played their last game of the World Cup. Uruguay topped Group A so will face South Korea in the first quarter final while Group B winners, Argentina take on Mexico.

[KSR Aaza]

MP pushes for public holiday for All Whites' win

A Labour Party MP is pushing to make Friday a public holiday if the All Whites get an historic World Cup victory.

New Zealand play Paraguay on 2am Friday, with a win putting them through to the World Cup's final 16 for the first time ever.

MP Trevor Mallard today posted on the party's blog, Red Alert, a draft of a Bill that would make Friday a holiday if the All Whites won their match.

"Because New Zealand deserves a public holiday if the All Whites win against Paraguay on Friday morning. This would be a far far better result from pool play than any we have had before. And if Bob Hawke could declare a de facto holiday when Australia won the Americas Cup, then we can do better," the Bill says in its "explanatory note".

It was now up to the Government whether to let the Bill be read in Parliament tomorrow, Mr Mallard said.

"It depends entirely on the Government. The Government can block it very easily ... [but] I'm serious about giving it a go."

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But some comments on Labour's blog cautioned that anticipating the outcome of Friday's match by suggesting it be a holiday would "jinx" it.

"They have to win first, don't jinx it Trevor," wrote waterboy.

Mr Mallard said the All Whites would know all of New Zealand was right behind them and this would not affect them.

"Getting through that stage is going to be very close to being the biggest achievement that we've done, at a sporting event on that massive scale," he said.

"It's beyond most of our dreams."

Earlier this week, after watching the All Whites' 1-1 draw against Italy in South Africa, Prime Minister John Key was asked whether the achievement warranted a public holiday.

"Damn fine idea. I want the country to enjoy this. They'll be dancing all over the place," Mr Key told media.

- NZ Herald staff

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10653889

[Falcon]

Browse the web as if your at the world cup 2010

http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/www.ksr.net.nz/forum

[KSR Aaza]

Browse the web as if your at the world cup 2010

http://www.vuvuzela-time.co.uk/www.ksr.net.nz/forum

[KSR Aaza]

Group C:
Slovenia 0 - 1 England
USA 1 - 0 Algeria

Group D:
Ghana 0 - 1 Germany
Australia 2 - 1 Serbia

A last minute goal to Donovan put USA top of Group C, leaving England to face Germany in the round of 16. Australia beating Serbia meant that Ghana went through second in Group D to take on USA.

[KSR Aaza]

The group F table going into the games tonight/tomorrow morning (played simultaneously at 2am):

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Team	     MP	W	D	L	GF  GA  Pts
Paraguay	  2	1	1	0	3	1	4
Italy        2	0	2	0	2	2	2
New Zealand  2	0	2	0	2	2	2
Slovakia     2	0	1	1	1	3	1

Simple equation: if we win, we go through to the knockout round.
Complicated equation: if we draw, Italy and Slovakia must draw at a score equal to or less than the NZ vs Paraguay game. If it's equal, it comes down to a toss of a coin over us or Italy qualifying.

TAB Odds:
Paraguay $1.45
Draw $4.00
New Zealand $7.00

Another identical starting lineup for Ricki Herbert:

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                        Mark Paston

        Winston Reid    Ryan Nelson    Tommy Smith

Leo Bertos   Ivan Vicelich   Simon Elliot   Tony Lochhead

        Shane Smeltz    Rory Fallon    Chris Killen

Coverage is on both TV1 and SS2 tomorrow morning. Tune in from 1.30am to either station with the kick-off at 2.00am (teams come out and national anthems at 10 to).

C'mon the All Whites!!!!!

[KSR Aaza]

And the Paraguay starting lineup (if anyone actually cares, lol):
Villar (c), Morel, Bonet, Santa Cruz, Vera, Da Silva, Victor Caceres, Riveros, Haedo-Valdez, Barrios, Alcaraz

Only player anyone might have heard of is Roque Santa Cruz who used to play for Blackburn, now Manchester City.

[MadaMaoriJR]

GO THE ALL WHITES!!

[ben62w]

lol all still awake to watch i see!!! HERE WE GOOO!!!!

[KSR Aaza]

Game finished 0-0. One hiccup to the masterplan was the fact that Slovakia beat Italy 3-2. This meant Paraguay topped the group with 5pts, Slovakia second with 4pts, us in third on 3pts and Italy in last place with 2pts.

Undefeated at the world cup is a great achievement and I'm not disappointed in the slightest. We were expected to record 3 losses and be the whipping boys of the tournament, yet we ended up with three draws against top opponents and a reputation on the world stage.

[ben62w]

So what does that mean for us then?

[Falcon]

It means the All Whites can come home and start contract negotiations

I gotta say last night I was disappointed we didnt get the win or make the next round and I still am really but what an achievement the guys have done absolutely amazing. Unbeaten through out the World Cup astonishing who would have guessed. Plus to finish above Italy HA!!!! that will teach them for being pansies and flopping around more than a fish out of water. Mark Paston and Ryan Nelson were huge for the team without those two the results wouldnt be possible. Hopefully we can make the next World Cup and achieve more.

[Aaron]

So what does that mean for us then?

We are out, not in top 2 after slovakias win.


Saw this on another forum




Italians and the poms seem to be arguing which of them is not the worst, its hilarious reading some comments from them..

This sums up England tbh

[KSR Aaza]

Here's the rest of the third round match results:

Group E:
Denmark 1 - 3 Japan
Cameroon 1 - 2 Netherlands

Group F:
Slovakia 3 - 2 Italy
Paraguay 0 - 0 New Zealand

Group G:
Portugal 0 - 0 Brazil
North Korea 0 - 3 Ivory Coast

Group H:
Chile 1 - 2 Spain
Switzerland 0 - 0 Honduras

The round of 16 matches start tonight/tomorrow morning with:
2.00am: Uruguay vs South Korea
6.30am: USA vs Ghana

Monday morning:
2.00am: Germany vs England
6.30am: Argentina vs Mexico

Tuesday morning:
2.00am: Netherlands vs Slovakia
6.30am: Brazil vs Chile

Wednesday morning:
2.00am: Paraguay vs Japan
6.30am: Spain vs Portugal

Two big match ups are clear with Germany playing England (with the winner to probably face Argentina) and Spain vs Portugal.

[Bull]

Argentina vs Mexico should be good too.

Im picking Argentina and Spain or Portugal final

[KSR Aaza]

Yeah that will be a good game, as will Brazil vs Chile. But both Mexico and Chile aren't top 10 ranked teams so I didn't class them as 'big' games.

And your prediction won't happen. Argentina are on the same side of the draw as Spain and Portugal.

Either Uruguay, South Korea, USA or Ghana are getting to the semi, so the winner of Brazil vs Netherlands will likely reach the final.

On the other side of the draw, the winner of Argentina vs Germany (already predicting England will lose) will face off with whoever wins out of Portugal and Spain (Paraguay and Japan won't offer much threat in the quarters).

In this round of 16, there's 6 European, 5 South American, 2 Central American, 2 Asia and 1 African team so it's spread over the globe somewhat.

[KSR Aaza]

Uruguay 2 - 1 South Korea
USA 1 - 2 Ghana

Uruguay now face Ghana in the first quarter final.

[KSR Aaza]

Nike realised they screwed up with using Ronaldinho in their ad, so have released a special 'Robinho's Future' advert:



Seems to be a combination of Ronaldinho's and Cristiano Ronaldo's though.

[Crazy_asian]

Who's Ronaldinho?