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  1. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    On what grounds can FIFA interfere here? The journalists are free to sue Diego and only the court can punish him if he's found guilty. FIFA can not punish him. It would've been different if he said that to the referee during a match, but how on earth can FIFA punish him for insulting the...
  2. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    The loved him in 1994, didn't they? It was long time ago but i think the fans in the USA loved him. So he probably likes them :D
  3. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    He's Maradona, the greatest ever. He can do whatever he wants. :stuckup: So shut up, all of you (except those who love Maradona :D ).
  4. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    You do actually. I think that if some of Diego's relatives claimed to have Italian ancestry and asked for an Italian passport, they weren't going to get it. The state decides to trust Diego, but not Diego's brother/sister.
  5. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    Not saying that i don't trust this (i read about it too), but i'm a bit sceptical when i hear these "legends" surrounding legendary people. I also read that Zlatan wanted to play for Croatia and he was rejected (the more famous version is that he was supposed to play for Bosnia but he was...
  6. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    But for those countries like Qatar that might be the way to improve your football. The foreigners they'll "buy" for the NT won't be good enough to give them some remarkable success at the WC, but they'll probably be good enough to make some good results in Asia and that way make more local...
  7. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    Look at it this way.... Why do you think the majority of those Algerian players i mentioned play for Algeria and not for France? Because they feel Algerian or because they could never make it to the French NT? Was Ghezzal ever gonna try to get Algerian passport and was Algeria going to give it...
  8. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    Sorry, but it's complete BS. Eduardo came to Croatia when he was 16 and he lived here for 8 years before he left for England. He speaks the language perfectly, he has hundreds of friends here. He even feels Croat. Simunic was born and raised in Australia, he never lived in Croatia or...
  9. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    What do you think about Antar Yahia, Nadir Belhadj, Yazid Mansouri, Karim Ziani, Hameur Bouazza, Mourad Meghni, Abdelkader Ghezzal, Kamel Ghilas, Rafik Djebbour, Karim Matmour and Madjid Bougherra playing for Algeria? These guys are Algeria's best players but none of them was born in Algeria...
  10. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    You won't because Egypt will beat Zambia.
  11. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    You won't even play at the WC :D Egypt will win the remaining two matches, beat you 2:0 in one of them, and win the 1st place in the group. :agree:
  12. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    They are, sometimes better than them, sometimes worse, depending on the generation. But in general they are at least as good. The difference in securing the qualifications is that these top African teams are strong favorites in their groups, while Sweden, Croatia and the likes always have...
  13. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    And even Donadoni could have done it. Man, it was the penalty shoot-out against Spain. It was roulette. 50-50. Had Buffon beat Casillas, the semis would have been Italy-Russia and Germany-Turkey. Even the average Italy with a clown as their head coach could've done it. The Italians are...
  14. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    They'd be eliminated anyway had they been playing in a European qualification group. Just compare Argentina and Portugal. Both are having disasterous campaigns. Argentina won only 6 of the 15 qualifying matches, lost 5 of them (one was a humiliating 6:1 in Bolivia!) and they're still 4th placed...
  15. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    Here they look like a mother and a son, though:
  16. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    They have a mid-age native American lady on the bench. You can't expect tactics. P.S: Does anyone else think that Maradona and Tevez look like a mother and son?
  17. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    True. There is a chance that Croatia will miss out on the WC and end up 3rd in the group with 7 wins 2 draws and 1 defeat.
  18. Alen

    [South America] 2010 World Cup qualifying thread

    Brazil 30 Chile 27 Paraguay 27 Argentina 22 Colombia 20 Ecuador 20 Uruguay 18 Venezuela 18 Bolivia 12 Peru 10 ------------------------------ 3 rounds till the end. The first 4 go to South Africa while the 5th placed goes to play-off against a North American team. Argentina has 2 very...