Today is an important day for many teams around the world and many of our blaugrana players. I’d like to highlight the more important games and then let you have your say throughout the rest of the afternoon in the comments section.
Ukraine - England: Crucial points for the Ukrainians, who are trying to finish second in the group. (PPV, 12pmEST)
Armenia – Spain: We are all hoping del Bosque gives our boys a rest, but Marca thinks Puyol and Xavi will start and thus probably play 90. (Fox Soccer en Espanol, 12pmEST)
Denmark – Sweden: Zlatan takes one the Danes and their 4-3-3, though he’s in a bullish mood about it and expects victory. (Fox Soccer en Espanol, 2pm EST)
France - Faeroe Islands: This should be a gimme for Titi and Eric, but we’ll see what things Dumbenech can do to make it harder. (Fox Soccer Channel, 3pmEST)
Argentina - Peru: Must win, obviously, but will Maradona realize that and start 11 players or will he handicap himself with Heinze? (PPV, 5:30pmEST)
Mexico - El Salvador: Rafa returns to El Tri, but can they qualify? (6pmEST, Telemundo)
Mali and Brasil play tomorrow.
In earlier action, the Ivory Coast drew with Malawi 1-1. The Yaya played only the final 12 minutes, which was obviously the problem for them. Still they’ll move on in the qualification process quite handily.
Hmm Mexico game or Argentina game…hmmmmmm…..hmmm…both!
I hope my internet tubes can handle it
i’d much rather watch argentina on the boob tube & stream the mexico game, but what can you do? do i stream the portugal game & watch them crash & burn or watch a france v faroe islands rebroadcast? decisions. decisions.
i hope iniesta plays no more than a half so that he gets his positioning down but doesn’t re-aggravate the bee’s knees. i think xavi’s payed his dues.
33rd min goal fabregas. xavi w/the assist.
Sick pass, sick finish.
they were lucky not to have been caught on the counter right before that.
Yep.
that’s one of the best goals I’ve seen in a while. Who says Xavi and Cesc aren’t compatible?
marchena is off so we have the pique puyi pairing (the PPP?) in defense now
I made a mistake a mistake in my post: ivory coast qualified for the WC according to ESPN
stupid armenia
here’s another crackovia skit…
//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Lt5ssA6P2Y&feature=player_embedded#
iniesta’s outfit. oh my.
Puyol with some well timed tackles. He has had to make more tackles in this game than with barcelona all season soo far
england looks good with ten men on the field. Their passes, movement and general understanding of the game plan is crisp.
lol puyol scored today
you sure?
own goal
i thought it was zoolander who scored.
what happened to the iron man?
i was switching streams as the goal happened but here’s what marca said:
¡¡GOOOOOL DE ARMENIA!! Falta botada sobre el área española y toca Puyol de cabeza para marcar en propia meta, aunque la FIFA le da el gol a Arzumanyan. Empata y sorprende Armenia.
huh, damn Marca for their Barca hating crap, coz they have keener eyesight than FIFA..
i just watched the highlights. puyi gets all the credit for that one.
NOOOO INIESTA IS DOWN!!!!!
I am usually not one for conspiracy theories but Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol, and Pique getting minutes vs Albiol, Alonso, Casillas, or Silva (who we play next) in a meaningless game is shady as hell. GOD DAMNIT del Bosque you are QUALIFIED. Why not put in the bench warmers (i.e. RM players?) CONSPIRACY…
Hector, im with you 100%. I was wondering why Xavi is in this game. He played all games in south africa, plus all important games for barcelona this season (pique & Puyol too). The spanish team is already qualified, plus they have some benchwarmers who should be used in games like this. Iniesta is also coming off a long injury lay-off, has been suffering from frequent injuries lately and should only be used when necessary.
It was cool to see Xavi and Iniesta switch numbers, is that a brotherhood thing?
GODAMN UKRAINE
i see titi is playing for france.
as is abidal, but not andre santos
Wow, is anybody watching Ibra for Sweden? He is playing really well. He just set up Larson with a backheel for a beautiful goal that was suspiciously deemed offside. Could have gone either way, shame cos it would have been a lovely goal.
Puyol will be ending his international “break” early, he came through with his promise
, he got a yellow..
Damn denmark scored, i want zlatan ant the world cup and not thongboy!
god damn denmark. pfff the dutch.
i guess i will be watching the portugal game as france is already up 2-0 through a gignac brace.
goal simao
Crynald injured–also, why was he captain?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vH2wwcrhbuk&feature=rec-fresh+div
Isaiah, he is the sexiest smartest sweetest charmer ever known. The first , the second and the thrid. And you are still wondering?
Oh yeah. How could I forget?
abidal gets injured in the last minute of a 5-0 rowt?
And in a match in which the bench should have been emptied. I hate Dumbenech SO MUCH!
Wow I thought for once someone will be happy with a 5-0 win.
Apparently not.
No, because the 5-0 should have been possible with the B squad. Anyone can play well against minnows. It’s when you get the must-win matches that you see what a side is made of. Qualification was on their boots against Serbia. Just win and the rest is in their hands. But against real sides is when the team’s (or lack thereof) deficiencies show up.
Benzema looks a god against Faroe Islands. He was shit against every other real side in that group. Now it’s the playoffs, barring some crazy results from the Serbian side.
Put it like this: If Barca lost the Clasico, then Sevilla, then Villarreal, but beat Tenerife 9-0, we’d be happy, yes, but that happiness would be tempered.
See what I mean?
Shit. If Sweden wins that match, both they and the Danes are sitting on 18 points. And Portugal is screwed. Alas, it didn’t happen that way.
Les Bleus look like shit. It’s the goddamned Faroe Islands. They should be up by about 47 goals, and they shouldn’t need Henry to do it. Luckily in the playoffs they will draw a weaker country, but Dumbenech could mess up a wet dream.
Ibra looked good, but when you surround a diamond with shit, you can’t really expect much.
I just realized that Dumbenech is wearing what looks like a leather suit. Holy crap. The Faroe player should have cock punched him.
dude that leather suit was hard. whether or not domenech was able to pull it off is a different issue.
Kevin, Kxevin, Kzevin….You will face financial crises if you will have to pay for brand names copy rights anytime soon.
Sweden have their own version of Dumbradona as well.
and yeap, recently I struggle to joke more and more everytime an Argentina match approach. That may require a psycological analysis….
Portugal are up 3-0 now….
Hey, don’t blame me. Blame my ineptitude with my phone’s soft keyboard.
That Abidal thing was scary. He was planted, when the keeper cleated his own player’s leg, after trying to catch a clearance that he should have just punched.
And Lassana Diarra and Gallas are classless gits. The latter picks up a yellow for an unnecessarily rough challenge, and laughs about it. He should have been apologizing to the Faroese player.
Then late in the match, Gallas is squabbling about some ticky tack play. Even Sagna was saying “Dude, we’re up 5-0.Chill.”
Les Bleus are a collection of talent in search of a coach to make it a team. The difference in the last Cup is that Zidane was an on-pitch coach. Now that he’s gone, we are really seeing how off things are.
Oh shit Portugal won. Looks like the WC will have Crynaldo but not Ibra!?!?! Lets hope our little Argy Bargy’s moron coach doesn’t blow their chances among other things.
Was that the last match of that group? I thought there wa one more round.
Portugal play against Malta at home.
Yea that match is already over.
And now that Crynaldo is the new spokesmodel for Armani bloomers, he really is Thong Boy.
anybody have links to the argentina game???
i’m not seeing anything on myp2p & rojadirecta’s links are bunk. i’m not even gonna bother w/justintv.
True that. Anyone?
ok i will fuck w/justintv but i have a feeling this won’t last very long.
http://www.justin.tv/p2pstation_net70
Ronaldo get injured early during a vital game for his country, Simao end up leading the team to the win scoring two goals = Simao had a good game.
I cant help imagining the marca headlines if it would have been the other way, switching simao name with ronaldo in my first paragragh.
Alright…hust 12 more minutes and the “fun” starts.
myp2p has the links and most of them work methinks.
Just saw argentine line up and its awful in defence. i simply do not understand maradona. its peru but still it awful decision making. fingers crossed.
now it comes up
killer bees on the swarm in the mexico v el salvador game. literally.
http://tvoo.net/
Yeah, bees..how ridiculous!! We used to play next to bee nests when i was younger. What a bunch of nancys..
both argentina & mexico w/near misses. i’m gonna go cross eyed.
awful feeling and cannot understand how argentina is not in front yet…
golazooooo mexico!!! and by golazo i mean an own goal.
Argh, I have mentioned I support Mexico but hate Cuauhtemoc right? Can’t believe he was the one sort of caused that goal. Buu.
I meant ‘the one who sort of caused that goal.’
word. how cuauh gets picked ahead of arce is beyond me.
Did anybody notice Schiavi left as the only defender back for about 10 seconds? Save of the day: Peru GK batting away Higuain’s effort with the back of his feet. Take that Casillas!
Messi man!!!
http://tvoo.net/ with english commen…
Crynaldo Woman!!!!
rhymed
wrong type of curl..
More quality feed links, if anyone has them. Thanks.
boat jinxed my link
http://www.iraqgoals.net/ch4.html
its the best i got
Hey yo!!! I too lost man
Argentina v Peru English Comm http://iraqgoals.net/ch4.html
HOWEVER, there is a really annoyinng DEMO tag on the screen.
yep
Oh, and the quality is good
Yeah, what’s with that DEMO business? Still, good link, good quality. Thanks so much. I get to tune in at halftime. Yay!
//http://tvoo.net/
is back
Irag actually better quality except for that annoying DEMO business like the ‘MARADONNA’ for Argentina
But I see that it’s still 0-0. Highlights. How the hell does Higuain miss that one?
How’s Messi been?
he’s played well. argentina’s been unlucky infront of goal. i think it’ll come though.
arsenal’s vela missed a chilena for mexico
The only highlight of the match for me. Was JDS called up for this match too? If Mexico scores a goal, I’d like to see him get some minutes.
i don’t think so…
//http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2009/10/02/1536336/barcelonas-rafael-marquez-back-in-mexico-squad
Yeah that goal would have been bad ass..what a shame! nice save, though
ARGENTINA WILL SCORE. ARGENTINA WILL SCORE. ARGENTINA WILL SCORE.
Maybe if you say it enought, it will become reality.
…and PLEASE don’t tell me Palermo is coming on for Higuain….
on for perez. vargas rattles the post.
Well, dang. Maybe I just jinxed them… Peru starts very brightly. Vargas hits the crossbar
Yow! Close!
Golazo!!!
Nice pass Aimar
I really love Pablito
He was off, right? Or am I crazy?
all the commentators thought he was
HIGUAIN!!!
higuain!!!! now just don’t concede
Nope. Def on side.
Keeper was screwed, too. Play the near side and hope for the best was his only option.
Higuain scored.Yes Maradona, god players actually make a difference *gasp*
good*
Diego Maradonna: the only action of the entire match is jumping a half inch in the air, celebrating a goal scored by two of the players he has snubbed since he’s been in charge.
Palermo can create the spaces they lacked in the first half. Just dont let him take penalties.
Is *http://tvoo.net/ fooling around just with me!? Can any body provide a better link please
Wait, who scored for Argentina. I missed it. :/
Higuain
Nevermind, missed all the posts above.
Higuain.
Now, we all know that this side canNOT win the WC with Maradona as coach, right?
Right?
YES. I don’t get how he’s still coaching Argentina.
Whoa, wait a minute…I thought Guti playing for Barca was more likely???
Great save
Holy crap! How did that one NOT score? No wonder Peru is bottom.
And that was a hand ball, but the ref isn’t going to make that call in that stadium, in a 1-0 match.
LINK!!! please
*http://iraqgoals.net/ch4.html
/http://www.atdhe.net/9792/watch-argentina-vs-peru
The Demo feed, but no pauses.
thanx mofo
guardado dings the post. keeper got a hand on it.
Is it just me or is “Spiderman” Gutirrez playing in defense (as in he’s like a right back)? Are Argentina playing 3 at the back?
Ho-LY crap! (Phrase of the day.)
OMG 1 million+1 year old Schiavi saves Argentina!
Bwahaha, and defender for striker..
Old man Cuauhtemoc needs to come out. He can’t even run. And, Higuain off? Why?
He’s going for a 1-0 win, but as we all know with Maradona. What he thinks fails. So, 100000000 year old Palermo up front and 22 year old (and goalscorer) Higuain on the bench.
Now, it is a battle of who is more inept. Peru, in front of goal, or Maradona, as a coach.
Who will win?
higuain off? are you sure maradonna?
Had that cross not been so tight and uncertain, it’s a draw right now. Peru has had three excellent chances this half.
best way to nip that in the bud is to score again not put in another defender & sit back & take it.
Wow Higuain is just what Argentina need,,
whats argentina tactics at the moment?
They put palermo, stopped pressing and stopped playing on the flanks.
Ain’t no tactics, Ramzi. Dumbenech and Maradumber have the same “coaching” style. “Go get ‘em, fellas!”
Sounds like my elementary school recess futbol career. Can I coach?
Luis Suarez benefitting messi even before coming to barca, imagine him scoring for us and providing all those assists
While I want Messi to play in the WC, I really don’t want Maradona as coach. So, I kind of (guiltily) want Peru to tie the game.
Tally so far:
Ibrahimovic: Out
Henry, Abidal: Probably in through playoff
Messi: ????
Xavi, Puyol, Pique, Busquets, etc: In
Alves: In
IT will take a while to determine what Bojan’s status is on that list…
it will be boring if everytime peru add a forward, argentina add a defender
Bottom of the table Peru dominating possession on Argentina’s backyard. Gosh, they’re defending like a team playing us at the Camp Nou..
Argentina defending like that, I mean
what a save by the el salvador keeper!
Higuain AND now Aimar off. The ones who changed Argentina’s fortunes?
Peru is going to equalise. I just called it. (Hoping I’m wrong, but I just get this feeling..)
Peru had the chance to re-set the attack, but in playing it back to the keeper, showed that they don’t really want to win or draw. They just want to show well.
That may be true, but what I think is that it won’t be so much as Peru brilliance, but Argentina self-destruction. The pressure is all on Argentina’s side of the field (and on the players).
…And with these condition (adding to the drama of the game), you never know.
cuauhtemoc shutting up all the haters(including me).
I gotta stop saying that I’ll gouge an eye out if Cuauhtemoc scores. Every time I say that, the jerkface scores. I would be blind like 6 times over.
luis suarez scored! 1-1 so far with ecuador v uraguay
where’s the gif? ;^)
If it stays that way, it’ll be good for Argentina (4th and 6th tying)
Can maradona Undo all his substitution if peru scored?
He took out Plabito. *dead*
argentina – peru:
is the field wet or do both teams just suck shit?
Conditions are horrific. Rain, wind, much suck.
Was going to say if he calls that BS for Argentina while ignoring the hand ball….
Looks like Argentina will escape this one.
I wish maradona play for the team again.
Even at this age he still can serve the team better as a player than as a coach.
Conditions are unreal.
you’re fucking kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!
omg lol!
Holy shit! Crazy. Just crazy! “Diego Maradona and Argentina stare at the abyss.” Nice commentary.
I KNEW IT! Totally called that!
Serves him right for being negative.Ass
Anyone know how much extra time?
i’m gonna go watch my dodger blue now.
old ass palencia just scored for mexico.
See, I knew it! I feel bad for hoping for this scoreline. But seriously, can we have Maradona’s head now?
Also, backwards day in Mexico, Paco Palencia just scored.
AAAAHHH!!
hahahahahahah…old ass martin palermo!!!!!!!!
This match is absolutely crazy.
Palermo scores lol
NO WAY!!!
Haha, nevermind. Maradona is still a loser.
What happened? I can’t see shit on my feed now.
Unmarked at the back post. Losing sides ball watch, don’t they?
PALERMO!? ARE YOU F’N KIDDING ME!!!!!??? HOLY CRAP
Dang, Peru just nearly equalized.
peru hit the post. Fuck me.
From the kickoff? Trying a shot from the kickoff?
divine intervention did it for maradona. gonna keep stringing him along :v(
And why wasn’t that a pull down in the box? Nice time to whistle for full time.
Did anybody stick around to see that last kick from Peru from midfield. What a crazy match…people will probably remember it for years if ARG goes to the WC
I did. Pretty crazy attempt that almost made it. The keeper was there, though.
Can I just say tho, that Maradona is still a total f-ing embarrassment? And the team is reflecting that.
Wow. If Argentina needed 93 minutes and a miracle finish to get past Peru — at home, no less — will it even matter if they get to the World Cup? They’re going far regardless.
Who made the Palermo substitution?! Who? Who?!
Maradona is the best coach in the world!
Ehm..alright…its my bed time…enjoy your day across the ocean
OMGGGGGGGGG PALMEROOOOO
*palermo
Edit: NOT going far regardless.
Yay, Vela scored! Pretty good goal too. Crazy day for futbol man.
fuck i switched to the dodgers.
Uruguay won
ANYONE but fucking Palermo..fucking hell man..now he’s gonna think he was perfectly right. fucking hell
—————
Anyway, watching the MEX game was pretty fun..gotta say, Blanco had his bad days, his good days, and these have been his best days thus far IMO. Guy’s pretty damn old, shouldn’t be playing as he already retired, but even so he is doing great. Sacrificing a lot.
Palencia the other old timer, did a few good things, too. Knew he couldn’t outrun his defender, so he goes for the crazy as hell cross-field pass to Vela who managed to muck up his chance. Damn nice..goal was great, too.
Very happy with these two.
Also, Vela scored a goal! He was due this game.
FINALLY, Mexico is IN THE WORLD CUP WEEEEEEEE KEKEKEKEKEKEKE
Yes, yay for Mexico! [I still don't like Cuauhtemoc tho. He just *bothers* me.]
Whats the consensus, will we see JDS in the WC?
i hope so. but who would he come on for? cuauhtemoc? not likely anymore.
so vela scored @ the end? waiting for the highlights.
Ehhh Blanco has a little something to him that I dislike, too. Probably coming from his days at America, and I am a Chivista.. However, I can’t say I hate the guy or that I dislike him simply because of his work in the Mexican NT.
JDS may be present at the WC…but I am not holding my breath. It would depend entirely on how he performs for Barcelona and he has an entire season to make some noise so who knows. It could go either way.
Forlan penalty at the death. Uruguay wins. Good for Messi and co.?
Now Uruguay v Argentina is a REAL derby. Like heads will roll, things will be destroyed. Pitch invasions if Uruguay loses, and Maradona will roll back the years and kick some arse Early ’80s Barca-style *http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEeMSBy8EW0 if Argentina loses.
Either way, DEFINATELY not a game to miss.
But what if it ends in a tie…:D
HAHA that fight was so funny. Everybody was fighting with their legs? What happened to fists? Funny, especially Maradona lunging into a kick at everyone.
Ecuador play Chile away next game, they lose then both Argentina & Uruguay through*of course one for play-off
well argentina won and that makes me happy. but maradona is shitawful coach. why does he not resign? he was my idol as player but now he is amongst the worst coaches ever.
i can (and will) bet that uruguay beats argentina on wednesday. there is no way this team with maradona can even draw that one. then they will depend on their own (chili coach bielsa) to not let equador win so that they can squeeze in for play offs. this has irony as bielsa was the one argentina fired at beginning of compaign and now he has chili playing best football in continent.
One thing is for sure though. maradona cannot coach or pick players to save his life. he has not even put zanetti, samuel, gonzalo, forlin on subs bench and plays with three makeshift players. goddamn awful.
Uruguay V Argentina? Ohhhhhh now that’s a game right there.
Sorry Messi, and Masche, and others, I love you dearly..but damn do I hate Maradona. I sure as hell hope Arg. and Equ. lose… :0
I’ve been hoping for Argentina to still change course until yesterday. But after the match yesterday which was – except of some parts of the first half – absolutely terribly and hurt my eyes, I really don’t want Argentina to qualify anymore. If they qualify, they will go to the WC with Maradona and with a similar line-up like yesterday or the match-days before. They’ll get ripped apart by any opponent of the Top 50 FIFA World Ranking.
Why the hell is Maradona soooo stupid and blind, why does he not retire voluntarily after the next match? He’s so pathetic and at latest yesterday, he succeeded in making me an anti-Argentina-attituded guy (actually it’s anti-Maradona, but I fear the only way to get rid of him is to lose against Urugay combined with a win of Ecuador, because then Argentina is out and Maradona will lose immunity, right?).
The 2nd half yesterday was so miserable, I even decided to watch Ecuador vs Uruguay for the most part.
looks like Maradumber failed to pray enough to beat both Pery AND Uruguay. Looking forward to watching Luis Suarez though! F Robinho
vela’s goal for mexico:
//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC1CzIOK2nw
suarez’ goal for uruguay:
//http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gapOo7hBoLA
Captain fantastic & The Maestro returned back home… Only the latter aggrevated his injury today. Hope he recovers by the time we play Valencia. Or else Iniesta should be able to deal with it hopefully since Valencia are defensively out of form lately; in case not then we are doomed, not just regarding the current run but on a longer road
if argies lose to uraguay wednesday and ecuador beat chile, then argentina fall to 6th where playoffs are not an option!
That is madness!
I FRIGGIN HATE DEL BOSQUE
XAVI AND INIESTA BOTH HURT
FCB WEBSITE SAYS INIESTA MIGHT HAVE AGGRAVATED THE MUSCULAR INJURY THAT HE JUST GOT OVER
AND SPAIN HAD ALREADY CLINCHED 1ST SPOT IN THE GROUP
FUCK DEL BOSQUE
FUCK that bastard. Yezzir
Well we all knew Iniesta was gonna get injured so..
maybe it’s just a ploy so that xaviiniestapuyol can go home “injured” to barca , take the next game off, and it wont be offensive to the team we are playing on wednesday