World Cup - Spoilers (Page 5)

Crowny...it might be a combination....lighter ball, lighter air etc.....having watched EVERY world cup since I was 8...this one just seems to have less of those moments so far...and more crappy goals too!....like the two today so far.....getting to be like Ice Hockey goals!

You do realize that the ball has to meet weight specs that have not changed in god knows how long?

I would be willing to wager that it is the continuation of the "globalization" of soccer/football and therefore the increase of parity in quality of footy.

I remember seeing an email 8-10 years ago showing how each country played soccer.  Much of it still holds true, like Italy with defense only, England with pass after pass after pass,  Germany with only one or two passes and a crack into the net, Brasil all over the damn place.  However, the minnows have much more exposure these days to international play by playing in some of the better leagues in the world.  This exposure leads to tighter defense, at least, that is my opinion.  And I think that because of this, the bigger programs are nervous and therefore much more reserved than they used to be in the past.  Case in point, the US is no longer the whipping boy they used to be.  They really don't have a "style" but in many ways their "style is an amalgam of all of the different leagues that the players are in.

Just my opinion.  I have absolutely nothing to prove it though. 

Maybe....I happen to own the game ball from the last Euro Champs - another adidas creation - it definitely feels lighter even if the weight is regulation...in fact on windy days we ( my mens team) don't use it because it bounces and flies much more than the other balls we can use....have not seen this ball yet...should be interesting if I get the chance..

OMG...

Swiss should be up 2-nil right now.  Off the post!!!!

Same with my Fevernova WC ball from '02.  Felt very light.

Swiss are having their way with Spain right now.  Could this be the biggest choke of the tournament so far?

HOLY

CRAP!

Swiss win!

Not a shocker...Spain renown for choking in the WC and other big tournaments - Swiss have not conceded a goal in 4 WC games and are very solid...( although rode their luck to win today) - so a mild upset..still think Spain advance and cause havoc!

True. 

I know.  I just thought that the Euro '08 win got the "choke" monkey off their back.

Recent history vs decades of History.......Spain has always been great - just never performed until 2008...

Holy Goal, Batman!

Diego Forlan just scored one of the best so far!

silly South African keeper.  You don't give the South Americans a chance like that to take a dive in the box.... They can make it look real good!

Argentina is already up 2-0 over South Korea.

HOLY CRAP what a lapse of concentration by Argentina to allow that closing half goal.  Very, very poor, but brilliant for Korea.

Higuain with the Hat Trick for Argentina.