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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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Lyter
United Kingdom2145 Posts
But they didn't perform at the level they are capable of, so they're out, that doesn't mean the players are trash though | ||
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sung_moon
United States10110 Posts
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Ktk
Korea (South)753 Posts
i was pleased to see the crowd had my sentiments exactly... you might've heard the booing whenever a korean so much as fell over near the end of that game... but i'm sure the sk crowd just had more volume than the swiss. korea to ro4! ^ that was a prediction not a statement | ||
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Saryph
United States1955 Posts
Sad it was a no call in game, hoping to see something done about it by FIFA though. Source | ||
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NIJ
1012 Posts
On July 30 2012 20:07 Grettin wrote: Brazil, South-Korea or Switzerland will win. These three will form TOP 3 this year. ;-) For that to happen sui would have to beat mex real hard since them and kor are in same bracket..... Not a chance. | ||
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TemplarCo.
Mexico2870 Posts
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Ethelis
United States2397 Posts
On July 22 2012 12:55 xMiragex wrote: Im really concerned about Mexico. They've looked really bad in the friendlies that Oribe Peralta has been starting. He may be their best finisher but he's pretty useless with the ball and kills build up's pretty bad. He doesn't even move well without it. The team is easily 5 times better with Raul Jimenez in there. Now to get dos Santos to work without messing up Fabian... Welp, this has clearly been shown. Mexico should drop Chavez instead of Ponce for dos Santos and move Ponce to Left Back (maybe not against really tall teams...even then maybe so). For the love of god, they need a Right Back that goes forward, Vidrio is mainly a Centre Back, Aquino can take out 1 or 2 guys by himself pretty regularly but can't do anything if nobody is remotely close to him to pass it off to. If Peralta isn't benched, i see Mexico getting beat hard in the semis...if they even make it that far with Peralta playing. | ||
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Grettin
42381 Posts
On July 31 2012 02:18 NIJ wrote: For that to happen sui would have to beat mex real hard since them and kor are in same bracket..... Not a chance. You are absolutely right. Well then, SK or Brazil it is.  | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
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Itzeddiieee
Korea (South)787 Posts
"Michel Morganella, Swiss Soccer Player, Ejected From Olympic Games For Racist Tweet About South Koreans" | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
+ Show Spoiler [The Tweet] + He posted the message after playing in the 2-1 loss against South Korea on Sunday. He said in the tweet that South Koreans "can go burn" and referred to them as a "bunch of mongoloids." | ||
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jinorazi
Korea (South)4948 Posts
On July 31 2012 05:55 Pandemona wrote: Thats like the most stupid thing i've ever read, i don't think he meant it racially? He just being idiot and raging at the loss, i can't find anything racially wrong with that? Unless someone can enlighten me? + Show Spoiler [The Tweet] + He posted the message after playing in the 2-1 loss against South Korea on Sunday. He said in the tweet that South Koreans "can go burn" and referred to them as a "bunch of mongoloids." yeah unfortunate, same with the female athlete from greece that was expelled because of badly worded joke on tweeter. i can understand but from what i understand there was a strict rule on what can be said and cannot be said on tweeter, the olympic committee encouraged the players to use tweeter for the fans but maintain mutual respect towards other athletes. it was just stupid to say anything negative, especially about another country, in public. | ||
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SKC
Brazil18828 Posts
On July 31 2012 05:55 Pandemona wrote: Thats like the most stupid thing i've ever read, i don't think he meant it racially? He just being idiot and raging at the loss, i can't find anything racially wrong with that? Unless someone can enlighten me? + Show Spoiler [The Tweet] + He posted the message after playing in the 2-1 loss against South Korea on Sunday. He said in the tweet that South Koreans "can go burn" and referred to them as a "bunch of mongoloids." "Still, the Swiss team leader acknowledged that Morganella had to be sent home under the terms of the International Olympic Committee's code of conduct, which requires athletes to show mutual respect." I'm not sure what exactly is the Committee's code of conduct or the exact words of the message, but it seems a pretty clear lack of respect for the other players. Even if he didn't write that "South koreans are a bunch of mongoloids", which I believe he did, and he was only talking about the players on the other team, it should be enough for the kind of punishment he received. | ||
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NIJ
1012 Posts
I can understand doing what you gotta do to win the game. After all he risked getting a card himself with that lil joke. But with attitude like that... and having it on record where you can't redact what you post lol.... its a good call to keep him out of the game. Its not a professional conduct from an athlete. I suggest taking some anger management class. | ||
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sc4k
United Kingdom5454 Posts
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Kkxtrouble
Brazil575 Posts
On July 31 2012 06:41 jinorazi wrote: yeah unfortunate, same with the female athlete from greece that was expelled because of badly worded joke on tweeter. i can understand but from what i understand there was a strict rule on what can be said and cannot be said on tweeter, the olympic committee encouraged the players to use tweeter for the fans but maintain mutual respect towards other athletes. it was just stupid to say anything negative, especially about another country, in public. I kind of disagree, the greek athelete used a term that is considered offensive to black people, not only that the "joke" included the black people being infected with a disease that may kill. On the other hand i kind of agree that the swiss was just being a bad loser and didn't mean to insult them the way people understood it, BUT his coach agreed that it he should be excluded so there may be more than we know. | ||
Klogon
MURICA15980 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Azdsv.gif) That guy was being such an ass the entire game that the British fans in the stadium were actively booing him anytime he touched the ball. | ||
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
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SKC
Brazil18828 Posts
On July 31 2012 16:49 Pandemona wrote: Yeah i can understand why he got kicked out, i mean you don't say stuff like he did, but i just didn't get how its deemed racist lol. Discrimination against people from a particular country is racism, and he wrote insults against koreans? Yes, some people only acknowledge the most literal meaning of the word, but there is no clear agreement on the concept of "race" and several definitions, from sources like the United Nations or the law of some countries, have no distinction between "racial" or ethnic discrimination. It's the same thing. | ||
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