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Originally posted by ironweed
Watching the game with some friends in a bar off Times Square with a disappointingly large number of people wearing Italy jerseys but talking like Long Islanders. What would Anne Coulter say? Anyway, the loudest person in the place is my friend Brian* from Dublin (he has lived here for many years) who had his USA shirt on and was putting us all to shame in the (1) drinking and (2) vocal advocacy of the US team departments. After a while, most of the Italy supporters gravitate to the end of the bar farthest from us.
Then it looks like we've scored with nine men to make it 2-1, and we're all still jumping around when that prick of a ref comes on the screen to chalk it off. Brian screams at the "Italy" end of the bar: "YOU BOUGHT THE REF YOU CHEATING PRICKS" and the place goes a bit quiet.
But it was true, and they were all pussies anyway. Fuck Italy. The ref knew he had to kiss up to the Italians to get a Champions League assignment from UEFA and his performance was beyond incompetent. Watch now - we'll scrape a win against Ghana and Italy, cheating, diving bastards that they are, will knock the ball around with the Czechs because they know all they need is a draw to send them through. Fuckers.
*His real name.
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I have no doubt those sneakin' Czech and Italian bastards would happily turn the game into an international friendly 1-1 draw if theywould. But here's the thing. The Czechs cannot afford to have a tea party with Italy, because what if Ghana beats the U.S.? They need the win. And Italy cannot screw around too much because if the slip up and lose, and Ghana wins, they are out. Ironically, pobably the worst thing would be if the U.S. is up 2-0 at the half and Italy and the Czechs are tied. Then they probably go into a conservative formation and hope the U.S. does not score two more. Which is less of a risk, but still. Wouldn't you feel stupid if you are the Czechs and you sit on a tie and the U.S. scores that fourth goal in stoppage time. I think both teams are going to have to go for the win.
