World Cup Day One Open Thread
How about an open thread for the first day of the World Cup to get us through a Friday afternoon?
Mexico vs South Africa
Odds to win
Mexico +150
South Africa +175
Draw +215
Uruguay vs France
Odds to win
France Even
Uruguay +255
Draw +220
I have Mexico and Uruguay to win in a Group A preview-like post at the JCB. Its interesting because the stat crunchers and the oddsmakers have two divergent opinion on how this group will shake out. Maybe the most competitve group from top to bottom?
We also have a roundtable World Cup discussion posted at the JCB, hopefully the first of many. You may recognize some MGoPosters at the table, so be sure to check it ou.
Enjoy the games.
Edit: Just to lay out my plays, I have mexico and uruguay to win straight up, but I also have both to win on a parlay to pays 8/1 and a mexico/south africa draw parlayed with a uruguay win at 13/1 odds. Futbol Fever at the JCB, yo!
Mexico looks pretty slick, but I think that might be primarily the color scheme because South Africa looks very meh
is South Africa pretty damn fast? they don't develop plays as methodically as Germany or others and this is likely to compensate for outright skill but they're flying in the second half.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL
HAHAHA SA 1 the Invaders 0!!!!!
South Africa
1-0 SA
beautiful goal
mexico must be shocked
GOAL SA!!!
goals just ARENT the same w/out announcers losing their shit... and screaming GOOOOAAAALLLLLLL
Cool choreographed dance by the SA players
is playng much better this half too ....
they now aren't get beat ever 5 minutes
its amazing what a goal can do for confidence
They've shown a great amount of skill on the ball in the second half, much better than the first... The first half they weren't able to keep posession at all
awful d on the cross ....
dammit
great cross, good finish
1-1
this could be heartbreaking for sa
That was way too easy for Mexico to equalize it.
1-1
The only good news about Mexico scoring is that the vuvuzelas quieted down for about 30 seconds.
Damn, that was a great chance there and it would've destroyed Mexico.
COME ON
sa almost took it there
their speed has been a huge factor ..... blanco looks so old and slow
IMHO, Mexico needed a win there to advance out of that group. match of that group is now Uruguay vs. Mexico on the 22nd. i would expect France to limp out as the 1.
Personally I'm expecting Mexico to rebound and finish with two wins, making this afternoon's game the match of the group, and I'm expecting Uruguay to win it, leaving France on the outside looking in...
1-1 tie
great game to watch
great result for s. africa
not so much for mexico
cant wait for jozy's hat trick tmwr
Not only did the announcers miss the offside call, they inexplicably refused to say that it was a clear penalty on Rodriguez when he elbowed Modise to the ground in front of the laughably inept Perez. Fair play to Modise for playing for a possible goal instead of a penalty, but had he gone to the ground with a bit more gusto, I can't see how the referee would have avoided calling the penalty.
Two thoughts: Tshabalala already in the frontrunning for one of my favorite previously uknown players of the tournament. Also, how much time do you think Perez and Blanco spend at the buffet together? I can't think Mexico will go very far with that goofball in net.
Modise might've played through it, but his teammates sure didn't. They didn't show the replay the whole way through so I can't say for sure, but when I saw it live it seemed like one of the South Africans missed a shot at the rebound because he was calling for the pk.
The world cup doesn't start for me until the Lions of Cameroon take the pitch!
The impossible is not Cameroonian!
Well, now the host country is 14-0-6 all time in their opening world cup matches. It this was october and futbol americano, I would have been all over numbers like that.
Instead, I lost my Mexico bet and burst the Mexico/Uruguay to win parlay.
I still have Uruguay to win at 2.55/1 odds over France....and thanks to the draw the 13/1 parlay of Mexico Draw/Uruguay Win is at least active.
Come on Uruguay. DO IT!!!
Viva la France
They lost to China last week. In other words, they're done. Uruguay
You know what I just realized? I don't hate the vuvuzelas any more. It's weird. I'm actually feeling like they'll be something memorable.
I think they're pretty awesome honestly. Flame away. When we think back to this WC it will stand out for many reasons, the vuvuzela's being one of them.
i've seen more exciting games of hackey sack
I've seen more exciting chess matches.
Seriously, when France lined up for a corner at about 88', was that really the first corner all game? I think it was.
there was one in the 1st half