Amazingly entertaining World Cup so far. Only Columbia/Greece a bit dull. Really looking forward to Cote d'Ivoire and Japan.
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Amazingly entertaining World Cup so far. Only Columbia/Greece a bit dull. Really looking forward to Cote d'Ivoire and Japan.
Why are they called Cote d'Ivoire so often? We don't go around saying Espana, Polska, Italia, etc. You'd even see Cote d'Ivoire on wall planners even when the rest of the teams are in English.
I wonder is it an official FIFA thing? Like how we're always Republic of Ireland even though no-one ever uses the term.
Is there any particular reason for the blue/pink combination? Japan's keeper has one blue and one pink glove. One of the Italian players - and I think one of the players in this game too - hhs one blue and one pink boot. Seems a bit weird to be a coincidence
Drogba is sent on, and the Japanese defence is torn apart twice trying to adjust. Really disappointing to see, want Japan to be doing better than this.
They were starting to look ragged before he came on I thought. Stone wall penalty on Yaya Toure as well but he made the cardinal sin of trying to stay on his feet... crazy fool.
Honda very careless in possession, way too casual.
Think he ran out of gas...Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Because that is the official name of the country.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Absolutely loving this World Cup so far. Pirlos performance the hightlight for me so far. 35 years old and he looked like he could have played another 90 minutes at the end, made Steven Gerrard in the "quarterback" role look like a joke. Was very impressed with Sterling before he got knackered, he is a serious prospect.
Cant wait to see how Messi gets on tomorrow and then the Portugal against Germany on monday.
Well yeah but presumably Italia and Danmark are official names also, but the English speaking world still refer to them as Italy and Denmark on their wall planners, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Fly
He ran out of gas pretty early.Quote:
Originally Posted by strangeirish
IC are registered under the name of Cote d'Ivoire with FIFA, that means the registered name will get some exposure.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
Whoever else uses the french name would have to explain for themselves why.
So are most of the other nations registered in English or what?
From wikipedia -
So as far as they're concerned, the English for Côte d'Ivoire is Côte d'Ivoire. FIFA are bound by that offiically, I guess, but everyone else is free to ignore it.Quote:
In April 1986, the government declared Côte d'Ivoire [...] to be its formal name for the purposes of diplomatic protocol, and officially refuses to recognize or accept any translation from French to another language in its international dealings
Eamon Dunphy was certain Gerrard should have had a penalty. Even Gerrard - as graceless in defeat as he was - didn't mention that in his post match interview.
Dunphy was also certain that if Terry was playing, England wouldn't have lost, as Terry would have marked Balotelli better than Cahill did for the second goal.
His bias towards England and English clubs and overanalysing their uselessness grates on me sometimes.
Pirlo and Gerrard's performances and their night and day contrast proves just why Gerrard will never be one of the very best players. He got a lot of credit he didn't deserve for Liverpool's season, just like he did in the CL final in 2005 - when he was anonymous for most of the game. Lampard was a more influential player.
I thought the Apres Match skit on him and Gay Byrne last night was hilarious.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheOneWhoKnocks
Former France and Arsenal star striker Thierry Henry told the BBC that it wasn’t so much Rooney’s positional play that should be assessed but the importance of his miss in the second-half.
“I have missed chances like the one Rooney did in the second half at 2-1 down, but Wayne will know that in a game like this one, he has to score there. He didn’t, and that was the turning point for me.”
Henry knows all about fluffing his lines in big games.
Bosnia is going to win today.
Lots of them doing it. Buffon's gloves are the same. It's basically Puma's latest gimmick but the supposed idea is something like "you need to be self confident to wear these" so it reinforces self belief. I think that's what I read when I noticed it first in the FA Cup Final.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Edit, sorry, just read DeLorean's response.
You ask a lot of questions.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
But yes, IC are the only team on the FIFA list not in English.
Why is that? how is that? as Van Morrison says "it just is".
And that answers your original question Why are they called Cote d'Ivoire so often?
It's just another misplaced sense of political correctness, not unlike Andy Cole being called Andrew, because he once said that's what his mother called him.
Geysir is the coast actually made of ivory and if so was it nigel-harps that hunted all the elephants?
Except it doesn't, as we've already seen on this thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Switzerland beat Ecuador 2-1 with an injury time winner, having been 1-0 down. Missed this one; are either side likely to do anything in the next fortnight?
No, it was a game with 2 average enough sides to be honest.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
I expected more from Equador, I seen them live against Portugal last year they were brilliant that night, all pace and power. They didnt look anywhere near as good today
Google the picture of the people waiting on lines trying to get into the stadium....absolutely criminal.
So goalline technology is in with a bang. Funny that no matter how many replays they showed of that, I still can't see that it was a goal.
Interesting that Honduras were still giving out about the decision though. Was the technology replay showed in the ground?
Yes it was judging by the reaction of the crowd stu. What confused things unnecessarily was showing two decision points when there was only one that was in doubt.
Am I the only person that thought the technology did exactly what it was supposed to do and demonstrated that it was a goal? My initial reaction to the shot, in real time, was that it was a goal.
Love it. Absolutely love it. Twitter going into meltdown over BBC commentary team of Jonathan Pearce/Martin Keown, who don't understand how the tech works.
No, it did exactly what it was supposed to do alright. Commentators on RTE saying it validated the ref's decision, but surely the ref took his call from the technology? I thought that was the whole point? Assuming that is what happened, the call was very quick, which is good.
Tbh, I missed the goal itself reacting to the shot coming off the post, so didn't get to see it in real time.
Not convinced by France though. Shades of 1998 about them; they've flattered to deceive in front of goal. Honduras have handed them two goals on a plate. Better teams won't do that.
Far as I recall, the referee awarded the goal right away.Quote:
Originally Posted by pineapple stu
Doesn't the ref have a gizmo that buzzes when it's a goal though?
He did; I'm just presuming that it was the technology's call rather than his call. Doesn't the technology send a signal to the ref when the ball goes over the line? That's just what I'm not sure on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
I was listening on the radio and the play by play guy kept mentioning the Honduras has not scored a goal at the wc since 1982, but he failed to say how many times they had the chance to...
It was pretty much the same question over and over really. I couldn't let them think that I was satisfied that they cleared it up when I was none the wiser :) I knew it is obviously their official name, but I would have assumed that all the official names were in the official language of the nation in question. It seems this isn't the case so that explains it I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Ah right, I wasn't aware of that. Mad stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Another super game, this. Credit the Argentine manager for the half time changes. Messi now has more World Cup goals than Gary Breen!
That was sublime from Messi. Still fewer goals than Tim Cahill.