Group C (23 Viewers)

Group C

  • England

  • USA

  • Algeria

  • Slovenia

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Seven

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
#182
Jun 25, 2003
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InsouciantTerrorist said:
It certainly won't be easy. Much of it depends on whether our best players show up to play. In 2006, Donovan and a couple others did jack diddley, and that's why we did so poorly.

We still outplayed Italy though, which was all we could take from the tournament.
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You played against 10 men (and rightly so by the way) and never came close to scoring, in fact Italy had more chances than you had. You have a very strange definition of outplaying a team. The USA had a very decent game against Italy, no doubt, but they got what they deserved.
 
Bjerknes

Bjerknes

"Top Economist"
#184
Mar 16, 2004
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#184
Seven said:
You played against 10 men (and rightly so by the way) and never came close to scoring, in fact Italy had more chances than you had. You have a very strange definition of outplaying a team. The USA had a very decent game against Italy, no doubt, but they got what they deserved.
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A draw? One could say that.

But there's no doubt Italy received ref help. The Eddie Pope sending off was pretty absurd, and 9 against 10 men was the only reason why they got more chances.

I would say overall, we outplayed the Italians.
 
Seven

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
#185
Jun 25, 2003
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#185
InsouciantTerrorist said:
A draw? One could say that.

But there's no doubt Italy received ref help. The Eddie Pope sending off was pretty absurd, and 9 against 10 men was the only reason why they got more chances.

I would say overall, we outplayed the Italians.
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But even if you did, it doesn't matter, Andy. IMO it's what divides the big teams from the smaller ones: the ability to capitalise when you have the upper hand. You never looked like you could win that game.

Though I do think the USA would stand a very good chance against Italy right now. The Italians often have difficulties with teams that run on enthusiasm. In normal circumstances the Italians would pull it off, because they are a much classier side, but this Italy is the weakest in ages.
 
Seven

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
#187
Jun 25, 2003
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#187
Meh, you didn't win. We're obviously not agreeing over this (which is fine), but the point is you didn't win, so I wouldn't gloat about the performance.
 
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