Difference is that ONE of our teams can make it past the quarters...Japan - World Cup winners...
2011 Women's World Cup
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Congrats to Japan. What else can we say?
damn it...wanted US lap of honour with shirts off.
Congrats to Japan. Their country needs something to celebrate.
Unlucky USA. Penalties... are penalties.
Unlucky USA. Penalties... are penalties.
Sorry to say this, but this win means more to Japan than it will have meant to the USA. I am talking about Country wise.
feck that, sign the Japanese one.
I think Alex Morgan needs some consolation sex.
what's the disco ball for? will there be a pile of handbags for them to dance around?
wouldn't be denied. good win for japan.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki has finally been avenged
I haven't really followed the WWC, but Hope Solo bottled it - or she just isn't very good.
Feeling bad for the girl who took the red card who can't celebrate on the pitch with her team-mates, but what a hero she is right now.
We did our best England impression there. Bottling it on penalties. The first 3 were miserable attempts.
Right. Saving 1 out of 4 pens and nearly getting a second is awful. Had nothing to do with her teammates missing three straight.
heroine
Over hyped. She saves what she is supposed to, but nothing more. Never got the hype. A good keeper is VDS, he saves those he is supposed to and those he has not business saving.
Just too many chances messed up by the USA
aye...cam't ever blame the keeper.
can't argue that.
If we sign Solo we'll own the US market.
Agree!
But the US penalty takers was ... shockingly poor. And that's a understatement.
Just speaking from a goalkeeper's perspective.
Actually, only 1 of them MISSED, the Japanese keeper saved the other 2.
some of the worst penalty kicks I have ever seen.
but that last minute foul by the Japanese player to get herself sent off reminded of that Suarez incident.
all in all. Japan needs some joy for all the misery they have suffered.
USA really should not have copied rafa's long ball tactics.
but that last minute foul by the Japanese player to get herself sent off reminded of that Suarez incident.
all in all. Japan needs some joy for all the misery they have suffered.
USA really should not have copied rafa's long ball tactics.
shouldn't it be fit blokes holding the medal trays?
If you had, you'd realize that she's the best keeper in the competition. Besides, she almost saved a second. The fault lies in the US takers, not the keeper. Solo saved 2(one retaken) penalties against Brazil.
Ahh yeah, I was thinking that they were down to ten men and then wrote hero because of that...
That was laughter of ' I can't believe you just posted that ' type laughter. God almighty.
Hardly the same, Suarez saved a sure goal, the Japanese player stopped a chance.
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FWIW, what the Japanese lady and what Suarez did were wonderfully heroic sacrifices in the context of the game.
Based on the finishing we saw during the 120min, I can't agree it was as good as a winner.
But never mind...
Didn't follow the the WWC, unfortunately. I only know that she is extremely sexy.
When we look at averages we'd say she did a good job. But the first could have been dealt with much better, and the one where she got her hand to the ball - well it was a good dive, but the butter fingers...
I guess maybe sometimes things just don't work out for you. Just like the goals she conceeded. One from shambolic defending and the other which was a deflection.
I've heard a bit about her heroics but she didn't look commanding/confident in the shoot-out at all. In fact, like I mentioned, the USA didn't look comfortable with penalties.
P.S. While I was typing the above, Brazil and Paraguay just missed their 1st penalty.
Tbh it's not really fun at all
Entertaining game, and good to see the Japanese having something to cheer about this year.
Absolutely delighted Japan won!
USA are worse at penalties than England.
USA are worse at penalties than England.
Absolutely delighted Japan won!
USA are worse at penalties than England.
You wouldn't laugh at the US chicks if you saw what Brazil did just now.