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You must be very proud, Bran! I hope they "gol" all the way!!! :0)
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Yep, go, the Netherlands! (Sorry, don't know the team name.) I was just reading where Ghana lost a heartbreaker. I don't know much anything about soccer, but given the shock that was expressed when we got as far as we did, I wasn't surprised at our loss to Ghana.
(Note: yes, I know this is a language board. Special occasions warrant, y'know.)
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I included a pun in my post, so it's all good Jackie :0)
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 Thanks on behalf of the Netherlands team. The orange that swallowed the crocodile. ( A Gazeta Esportiva, São Paulo ) So sorry Ghana lost. They were thàt very close. Holland-Ghana would have been nice.@twosleepy. Got the puns.
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I don't know much anything about soccer, but given the shock that was expressed when we got as far as we did, I wasn't surprised at our loss to Ghana.
(Note: yes, I know this is a language board. Special occasions warrant, y'know.) What I like about soccer is that you can see the players in their real shape, not wrapped up in matrasses, pads, helmets and other furniture ( specially when they are  worth looking at ). Yes, U.S was doing vey well for a country that considers soccer is for sissies. About language: Once more it is funny to remark that a winning teams is referred to as "we". When they lose they directly become "they". I heard someone say "I". "I prefer to play against a team like.... " He was a spectator, not a player.
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I don't know much anything about soccer, but given the shock that was expressed when we got as far as we did, I wasn't surprised at our loss to Ghana.(Note: yes, I know this is a language board. Special occasions warrant, y'know.) What I like about soccer is that you can see the players in their real shape, not wrapped up in matrasses, pads, helmets and other furniture ( specially when they are worth looking at ). Yes, U.S was doing vey well for a country that considers soccer for sissies. About language: dzoof!
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Oh, MAN--what a heartbreaker for the Orange! They made 2 or 3 bad shots and had two good ones knocked away. However, if Spain had made all their bad shots they'd have had about seven points, I think--they really had some poor ones.
One of the announcers, whoever he was, revealed himself as a master of understatement when he said after a Spaniard let an opportunity go by: "That would have been a magnificent goal...had it been forthcoming".
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Oh, Man  --they were the better and the fitter one for the occasion. And we missed the luck we needed. Like the saying goes: 'You never know how the ball will roll'. They gave it the best they could.At least we all can act normal again. Hurray! For twosleepy . Congratulation on your birthday!! I saw the little cake this night and thought your birthday had just started. It was very late. Time-confusion.
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I was a bit disappointed; it looked like they were trying to win through intimidation with all those yellows - and it ended up costing them in the end.
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There 's a lot of critisism coming in, also by our own commentaters. I suppose they are right, I have missed large parts of it, as I find these type of events too impressive and I confess I listen from a distance without looking. I missed the goal, I missed the kickbox move; I just saw the sad end. But I rely on what Cruyff says, he's an expert- that it was an ugly finale.
I watched the comments right now and know a lot more about what went on. I liked the Spain-Germany match which I watched completely.
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