Was the 2002 World Cup the most entertaining tournament ever in history?
I wish 4chan was around then, the shitposting would be out of this world
I don't even remember it.
>>69227945
One of the most refballed ever. Plus, what was France and Argentina?
>>69227984
Both choked. Italy and Spain can claim refball but these two were favorites before the tournament and choked badly
I remember some of it.
>Brazil vs. Belgium was rigged
>Ronaldinho 10/10 goal after Beckham faggotry
>Ronaldinho being sent out minutes after
>Kahn GOAT gk in history
>2002
>not based 1998
>>69228015
No Zidane, no party
I remember staying awake to see Mex vs Ecuador(?) and Mexico vs USA, Conejo Perez and Torrado was goat. I'm not quite sure but I think there was a Mex vs Croatia match in groups if so then I saw it as well.
>>69228034
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yak7NLPRCNA
1998 was based as fuck.
All matches i remember were fun
>>69228034
This 2bh. Chile had one of the sweetest teams ever.
>Tapia
>Rojas
>Zamorano
>Salas
>my dick is hard right now
WC in asia again never ever.
Loved waking in the middle of night because of fireworks when Brazil scored
>>69228071
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4x7JW0y7vkQ
Best final ever
>>69228015
You forgot Rivaldo in our opening match. At least we redeemed classifing them crushing Costa Rica
Having Worst Korea as the co-host was the worst idea ever.
>>69227945
2002 had some blatant refballing and south korean scandals, not sure if that's entertaining
1998 was GOAT though, 2014 was great for memes.
>4am games
>me being 12
yea no, didnt watch, didnt give a fuck
give me a game boy
Was the 2004 Euro the most entertaining tournament ever in history?
Overrated World Cups
>2006
>>69227945
would be fun watching with /sp/ Uruguay vs Brazil 1950 and Argentina vs England 1986
>>69227945
>hate on aussies for shitposting
>advocate for more shitposting
make up your minds cunts
FUCKING KRAUTS
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>69228130
this
Most refballed tournament ever including the 1934 World Cup to promote Benito Mussolini.
At least you were a decent host, Goku.
But why were you so crazy about Olli Khan? It was like your whole nation turned into a cute anime schoolgirl that was also a fangirl of based Olli
WORLD CUPS I REMEMBER POWER RANKINGS
1. 2014 (and not because we won it)
2. 2006
3. 2002
4. 2010
>>69228015
agree. Our manager couldn't handle the pressure and made the team fearful and insecure. Otherwise we might have won despite the refball given the quality of the team
>>69228182
don't worry russia 2018 may yet surpass those and equal englel 1966
>>69228156
The final would be one of the most shitposted events ever
>>69228189
1. 2014
2. 1998
3. BRRRRRRRRRRRR
4. 2002
5. 1994
6. 2006
>>69228189
1. 2014
power gap
2. 2006
3. 1998
4. 2010
5. 2002
>>69228179
How in the fuck did the ref miss that?
Dat South Korean Refball though
>>69228219
God don't get me started
>1996 final
>3:2 was no goal and just called a goal because the ref on the line might have lost his entire family in the war and concentration camps but shit happens, really, no need to hold a grudge
>4:2 was also no goal because there were people on the pitch and even in the German penalty area
However, this is what the English celebrate as their biggest victory in history. Really sad if you think about it.
>>69228182
Oh, i almost forgot that Khan was super popular here back in 2002.
I think it's because he put so much heart during matches, and helooks like a white Gorilla and some bizarre people(quite a lot of Japanese desu) finds it adorable?
>>69228290
>japanese people actually like JoJo
>japanese people actually like idolshit
>japanese people actually like white gorillas
>>69228290
>helooks like a white Gorilla
Kill yourself, fucking racist. Khan is an Aryan God!
>>69228290
The Germans called him the ape
They threw bananas at him during games
>>69228290
I remember German media back then, they were all surprised and honestly confused because of his huge popularity in Japan, it was so extreme
2002 was rigged af. Any game Korea played in was rigged and fucked a couple good team out of a legitimate shot at the cup
>>69227945
DELETE THIS
>>69228071
>we will never have another based keeper like campos
>>69228165
Plus
>France x Germany and Brazil x Italy in 1982
>France x Brazil in 1986
>Argentina x Cameroon and Colombia x Cameroon (the city of Higuita) in 1990
>Brazil x US, Brazil x Netherlands and Brazil x Italy in 1994
>France x Paraguay, Danmark x Nigeria, Brazil x Danmark, Croatia x Germany, Argentina x Netherlands, Brazil x Netherlands and Brazil x France in 1998
Also, was everyone here in Battlefield Portugal x Netherlands in 2006?
>>69228363
>>we
CHI
>>69228340
The Spain and Italy games were among the most violent games I've ever seen
The chinks tried to kill their opponents on every single play
>>69228363
>we
fucking scum
>>69228368
Don't forget the founding myth of >our modern state,
>Hungary x Germany 1954
>>69228371
im sorry that i escaped that clusterfuck of a country
>>69228268
he didnt
>>69228398
You have to go back.
>>69228398
You have to go back
>>69228250
>>69228257
>2014
>good
It was fucking shit after the group stages.
1998 is no.1, followed by 2006.
>>69228189
>>69228250
2010 was objectively the worse word cup
>vuvuzelas
>>69228189
>>69228250
>>69228257
You are damm wrong. Italy and England were a deception Argentina x Netherlands and Germany x France were meh. 1998 had more GOAT games.
>>69228391
Losing 8-2 in the group to win 3-2 in the finals. Love me some goulash.
>>69228424
>>69228426
>implying
>>69228189
1- 1998
2- 2006
3- 2014
4- 2002
I won't mention 2010 for obvious reasons
>>69228368
what was it like for Uruguay x Ghana 2010
>>69228440
>1998 had more GOAT games.
This desu
>Mexico-Netherlands
>Mexico-Belgium
>Mexico-Germoney
>dat final
Those are all i remember
>>69228457
I remember a thread some nights ago in which anons talked about this match.
There was a quote like
>The USA were founded in a revolution against colonization
>The French republic was founded by a revolution against a wortless tyrant
>The Federal Republic of Germany was founded when Rahn scored against Hungary
I guess that's fitting and /sp/ would have gone apeshit
>>69228477
>Fucking Klansmann eliminated us
> You now remember the Keane/McCarthy Saipan incident
FUCK
how many japanese qts do you think he kebabed during the tournament?
>>69228477
As a Croat I can easily agree. 1998 was goat, especially it was the first time Croatia took part in the qualifiers after the war and finished 3rd place in the tournament. Imagine Croatia winning the whole thing back then. If sp was around they would kiss our feet after we btfo ze Germans with 3:0.
>>69228635
anyone remember that early as fuck goal by turkey i think in the third place match?
>>69228433
>1 point
>>69228700
yep, fastest WC goal ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jVIEZmZV_M
>>69228071
like spain getting BTFO by nigeria, best WC imo
>>69228738
>>69228700
>>69228635
they must have been drowning in jap pussy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB4Y_S8LXew
I don't even mind being BTFO by frenchies or anything, but Galvão screaming Taffarel was GOAT.
>>69228909
Japs don't fuck sandniggers.
>>69227945
I'm Korean and I still remember how big of a deal it was when our team made it to the knockout stage, and how everyone lost their mind after those two games. Sure we were refballing left and right but making it to the semis is something the Korean team won't pull off again in a very long time, and I'm glad to have experienced the feeling of your national team achieving that much when the expectations were so low.
>>69229109
FUCK OFF YOU SHOULD COMMIT SODOKU
>>69228982
jap girls loved this guy during the tournament, which isn't surprising because he has somewhat of an anime look
he became so popular in japan as a result that a japanese team signed him later in his career purely based on his popularity from the 2002 WC
>>69229147
NOOOOOO!
GLORIOUS JAPANESE DO NOT MINGLE WITH DIRTY MUSLIM TRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>69229193
it's too late hans, ottoman nippon is the future
>>69227945
>Was the 2002 World Cup the most entertaining tournament ever in history?
no, 1998 was
>>69229147
hes a cutie, and he kinda looks japanese desu
>>69228071
god, football used to be so fluid and free flowing, like art.
now it's so rigid and too tactical.
>>69229517
that probably explains why there was such a huge collection of individual talent at the time
I was 13 and woke up at 4am or some shit time to watch all the USA matches in 2002. Some enjoyable memorable fun matches. And babyface Landycakes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WruEcrS2ZvA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDnPIq3c0Vc
>>69227945
>2002 World Cup
lol what, how old are you?
It was the most fixed for sure
Refballed but still more entertaining than this Euro
>>69230017
Underage spotted.
Lots of underrated games in 02 desu
> France - Senegal - still one of the biggest upsets in history
> USA - Portugal - This Portugal team was actually way better than the one in the Euros right now but the U.S. landed a sucker punch with three early goals. Portugal actually clawed back and made the game interesting but couldn't quite make it in the end
>Senegal - Uruguay - Senegal just needed a tie to advance, blew a 3-0 lead, and had to survive an open goal miss at 3-3 but still moved on.
>Italy - Worst Korea - Was actually very entertaining and dramatic despite the refball. Italy really should have put the game away more than a few times. Golden Goal is awesome when someone actually scores in extra time. Italy won the next WC at least.
All the worst Korea games were kind of fun actually because of that crowd. That team actually wasn't horrible either despite refball.
> Dos a cero
>Germany vs U.S. - One of the few times the U.S. actually hung with a bona fide world class team. Probably shoulda got that handball call too. Oh well.
>GOAT Brazil team with Ronaldo, Ronaldinho, Rivaldo, etc
Bonus points for being the last World Cup where teams played to win instead of not to lose in the knockout rounds.
2002 was the last fun WC even with the Refball, the last three WC have been all boring, SA was the best one.
>>69228071
>Teams knew how to play football back then and not just possess the ball like little faggots and hope the opposition makes a mistake
>Football used to be fun
What fucking happened?
>>69228071
this
>>69229517
Fucking this
Nowdays it's just a bunch of faggots keeping ball possession and hoping the opposing team makes a mistake
>>69229517
this, DESU
>>69228189
1. 1998 (though it may be nostalgia because it was the first time I ever watched the sport)
2. 2014
3. 2006
4. 2010
5. 2002
>>69228189
1994 was the best because of all the meme teams making it far.
It was the most rigged of all time, that's for sure. Fucking Korea.
>>69228509
No it was Bierhoff who scored the 2nd goal
>>69231495
Rigged = fun
Brazil was so fucking GOAT in 1998 (despite Ronaldo dying in the final) and 2002, not to mention that OP team that was kill by Zidane in 06.
>>69227945
It was held in Japan/Korea so yes...the weebs would be thrilled. Meme teams made it very far. Not to mention Senegal vs France.
>>69228089
WC in Korea never again
Korean fans acted like complete assholes to opposing teams
It was embarrassing
The Japanese were excited to meet new teams , Koreans aere throwing shit at players , they had okay bantz for some teams but again don't touch the players
> JESUS CHRIST
>>69227945
I remember when Italian media celebrated when he was arrested for drug trafficking
>>69228130
What were you thinking?
Also
>Tsubasa Oozora didn't play
You could have won if you had him
>>69228363
>campos
Who?
>>69228368
BrazilxDenmark in 98 was a pretty good game, too
>>69231584
If Brazil had won that WC it would've won 3 in a row, 94, 98 and 02. Too bad you guys fucked up.
>>69227945
>Still reliving something that happened 14 years ago
It's time to move on.
>>69228182
>>69228290
Kahn was popular in Asia. He got a testimonial match for his retirement at Calcutta, India. And the people just loved it.
Zidane was in Mumbai last month for a promotion and it was a near stampede at the airport.
>>69228189
1. 1994
2. 1998
3. 2014
4. 2006
5. 2002
6. 2010
>>69228189
>1994
>2006
>2002
>2014
>1998
>1990
>2010 (Worst ever in WC history? Fuck that shithole SA)
>>69231674
Remember when Spain was talked about being the greatest ever because of their recent run. That ain't shit to those 90s/00 Brazil squads.
>>69231762
1990 was literal shit, it only had a decent feel good story because of German unification.
>>69231768
Top teams aren't as great as before but smaller teams are much better
I doubt Germany will ever get another 8-0 in a woeld cup match again like in 2002
>>69231798
Yeah, still not as utter shit as SA 2010 though
>>69229963
McBride was the shit
>>69231290
This
If only we had /sp/ during Euro 96
>>69228110
>You forgot Rivaldo in our opening match.
unfair - everyone knows being hit on the thigh causes intense pain in the face and loss of balance
>>69231886
During Euro 04 too, the Greece games would result in some of the biggest shitposting ever.
>>69231896
>>69231896
I never really blamed Rivaldo for his actions. That as a douchebag move from the Turk and Rivaldo sold it enough to get him sent off.
1998 - Ronaldo Poisoning
2002 - Korean Mafia
2006 - Muslim Zidane
2010 - Nigger Trumpets
2014 - Brazil Exposed
>>69231307
>What fucking happened?
Del Bosque's Spain winning a World Cup and an Euro
>>69229517
the balls are much lighter now
>>69231307
Pep killed the sport
>>69231674
Yeah dude in 98 everyone here thought we were fucking invincible.
In 2006 the feeling was the same.
Then 2010 the team was mediocre at best, and 2014 came in like a wrecking ball.
But Neymar will bring Brazil to it's former glory, r-right?
>>69231804
7-1
>>69227945
No.
>>69228457
8-3, actually.
Nostalgia fags make me sick
2014 was objectively the best WC ever, 7-1 was one of the most important moments in WCs history, next to Maradona's 2 goals against England in 1986
>>69232543
>the most important game in history is a fucking blowout
Semen slurping etc
>>69228363
You have to go back
>>69227945
There was a real strange vibe going around as people were awkwardly joking about what would happen if Germany would play Turkey.
>>69232076
No, Mourinho did. He perfected the art of parking the bus and only relying on counters
>>69231281
>Germany 2002
>World Class Team
No, the 2002 World cup was a lucky coincidence, Germany had only 3 World Class Players in that Tournement with Kahn,Klose and Ballack.
John O'Brien played his heart out in this tourney. Sadly, his career was totally derailed by injuries.
But along with Dempsey and Donovan, he's one of the few American players with actual technical ability, thanks to coming up through the Ajax youth system.
I would rate it, but the spain vs worst korea match just makes me sick
>>69231768
But the Spaniards always had a strange turnout in those tournaments. For decades they were always the secret tip and they pulverized the other teams in their groups but totally failed in the finals.
Italians are still bitchin about moreno.
Honestly, we had an insane team in 2002 but full of fucking primadonnas. We would have probably lost to spain in quarter finals.
>>69232092
Ronaldo had a convulsion and fucked up their morality, that squad was amazing but they wasn't prepared to see their biggest star suffering seizure
and Zagallo is based the one and only four time World Cup champion
>>69232659
I wouldn't even say that Klose was world class back then.
And yes Germany was lucky as fuck. They played against:
>Saudi Arabia
>Senegal
>Ireland (they tied)
>Paraguay
>USA
>South Korea
>Brazil (they got BTFO)
>>69232702
they didn't juice back then.
suddenly spain is literally the go to country for top notch doping and every sport spain is kind of involved in is dominated by them
>>69232748
Germany didn't play Senegal - I remember Senegal beating France in the first game of the tournament
>>69228189
from best to worst
1. 1994
2. 1998
3. 2002
4. 2006
5. 2010
6. 2014
>>69232769
cameroon, easy mistake
>>69232769
Sorry, meant Cameroon.
>that game against Brazil
12 years later and I'm still mad
>>69227945
FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU!
I still rage at that shitty bought referee Moreno.
>>69227945
Reported for underage
>>69231804
If some lesser nigger team from Africa qualify for 2018 I bet you that there will be games close to 8-0.
>>69232814
AFC only gets 5 qualify positions so it's unlikely that they'll send a spectacularly crap team.
>>69231932
>2010 - Nigger Trumpets
some guy at the public viewing pulled that fucking thing out. before he even blew once it was taken away from him and more than passionately destroyed by people who remembered 2010
>>69231932
>>69232814
>nigger trumpets
I love that since 2010 was the first World Cup extensively marketed to Americans, most Americans now think that vuvuzelas are a common thing in world soccer.
>>69232748
All those games were horrible except for the first and the last which was our best game and we still got shot down.
Fucking Chinks giving Ballack the card...
>2010 was so bad Vuvuzelas were filtered from broadcasts
Even fucking Mandela memorial had them blasting vuvuzelas. You could see them jumping up and down the stadium since the cameras rocked up and down. And the fucking hosts had to calm the unruly niggers down.
Also sign translator making shit up live.
>>69227945
Of course, we got the 3rd place
>>69232925
do you know how many of those fucking trumpets are at hockey games?
its mothafuckin insane.
they even sell them with team logos at the games.
One time I went to a game where the organizers gave all the fans cowbells that were red white and blue (it was a USA U17 game versus russia U17, who were unstoppable).
>crowd starts REALLY getting into it
>was full of fans that were either fat people, their children, or drunken college kids from U of M
>drunk guy 5 years older than me, who is next to me tries to flirt with me
>fag.pdf
>fans start chanting ROCKY 3, ROCKY 3 over and over to mock the russian team
>that was rocky 4
>I'm cheering for team russia cause I'm slavic nigger
>about 15 fans who were mostly families who came to the game, were mostly quiet except for this one dad who kept screaming shayba (puck) and started chants like Pasha (russia)
>usa fans were pissed because they don't know how hockey works, thought offsides didn't exist, icing was for pussies
>screamed when ever a player got a penalty
>near end of game motherfuckin cowbells were going like 90000 bulls in spain
>russia ends up winning
>500 angry americans all screaming, crying
>never went to another game again
>>69232993
let's be honest, that was the memest funeral ever
>>69232641
>implying defensive play wasn't a longstanding and proud italian tradition
>>69233117
>slavic nigger
You mean like this guy?
http://www.nfl.com/player/vladimirducasse/2508044/profile
>>69232705
Moreno was guilty of criminal behavior
>spain-worst korea
>spain scores 2 legit goals
>both get refballed
>>69233159
no, just in the sense slavics are considered the niggers of europe(?)
maybe I'm wrong
>>69233179
Pretty sure gypsies are.
>>69228275
>be German
>win lots of trophies
>still be a cunt to teams who have only won trophy
Thats why you're the bad guys, Germany. Also because you're really good at losing wars
>>69232803
That team was better than the one you have right now desu
But refball may be on your side with this team in the future
>>69233188
then what are slavs?
just slavs?
>>69233216
Idk Slavs seem to be just normal Yuros except poor.
I still want to kill that referee
>>69231307
Jews
>>69228201
Not to mention Cesare Maldini dominating Germany for over an hour then deciding he didn't want to win and handing them the game.
>>69228189
98
06
02
14
10
>>69233127
Memorial, his body wasn't present. Even africans aren't stupid enough to hold a funeral to former head of state in a football stadium.
>>69228071
even the jerseys were better. why did you have to change?
>>69228314
Fucking racists
>>69228434
Yes. African and asian nations shouldnt host
>>69233169
maybe i'm remembering wrong but wasn't it three?
Friendly reminder >we were refballed against Senegal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7GVNik1Quk
That said that match was memetastic
>>69228290
>>69233526
>have black player
>call him the shadow
>>69233486
Nope, it was 2
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3029872/Korean-miracle-spoilt-by-refereeing-farce.html
That world cup was honestly the worst case of refball I've ever witnessed and Spain-South Korea takes the cake for the worst match
And I'm Italian, I know refball well but that was just horrifying
Then again Spain won the world cup in 2010 thanks to refball too
>>69233526
That was the only fun game I've ever seen them play without lucho
You guys are the only watchable national team these days when he plays(I mean it)
I think you guys can win the WC if he can play every game in Russia
>2002
PETER PRENDERGAST
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>69228159
>goat final
>goat semi final
>spain choking
>zidane cucking brazil
>england losing on penalties
>>69227945
>2002
>not based 1990
Good times.
>>69234828
>spain choking
I now remembered how Spain before 2008 was considered the most choking national team of all times.
>>69234844
>most boring world cup
>based
>>69234866
choking implies expectations but in spain's case it was simply delusion
>>69233590
>Spend all the time calling Italy big crybabies
>Ger korea'd
>OH SHIT ITALY WAS RIGHT
Honesly, we got refballed hard but we sorta blew it.
Spain was fucking robbed.
>>69228179
I remember now, America hasn't done as well since then. You would also have played South Korea in the semi finals. Ubelievable
>>69229517
>>69231307
>le tactics are bad for the sport meme
stick to the PL pals
>>69233590
don't forget Italy suffered from refball throughout the whole tournament
two legit goal called off against Croatia, one against Mexico, one against Korea, Totti sending off... it was absurd
>>69234921
But Spanish team was quite often loaded with talent top to bottom yet they never actually did anything.
>>69234940
>italia tenia razon
Hell fucking yeah we did
>>69235025
Argentina was right, that tournament needed to be invalidated
The 2002 is the first one were I was truly invested. I watched all the matches I could.
I remember how France dropped out of the group as reigning champions of the world and the Euros. I remember how Sweden got out of the group of death after a dank free kick goal. A group with them England, Argentina and Nigeria. I remember Sweden narrowly losing to Senegal in the round of 16. I remember Turkey's ebin run were they beat Senegal in the quarters.
I remember South Korea's ebin refball run were they always took corners short and the opponents always scored from a narrow offside.
I remember Seamen falling when Ronaldhino hit that freekick
It was the greatest sport moments in my young life. It was perhaps the best summer of my life ;_; such nostalgia
>2 more years till next WC
why do you have to remind me
>>69231672
I thought that game would end in a 6-5 win, it was nuts. I really loved 98.
>>69232092
>Yeah dude in 98 everyone here thought we were fucking invincible.
You lost to Norway in the 1st round.
>>69235111
Brazil always loses to Norway, for some reason.
>>69228021
>Brazil vs. Belgium was rigged
tfw still have to restrain myself when watching this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGwjQqXu_IM
>>69228189
2014
1998
1994
2006
2002
2010
>>69232709
You have to put on the bill the semi-final match. One of the most dramatic matches I remember. And
>Cafu suspended, replaced by Zé Carlos
>>69235153
Fuck this world cup
It was absolutely awful
>>69235153
jesus christ
how rigged was that WC? Korea is in a tier of its own as far as sport corruption goes (also see Seoul 88, especially boxing)
>>69235153
Watching this kind of shit makes me glad France shit itself and didn't make it to the knockouts. I would have lost my fucking mind if we had a good team that year, only to get fucked over by bought refs.
>>69235184
Literally refusing to bring up 1970 even though it practically invented meme magic
>>69228156
no. but i like when underdogs are winning
1. Euro 1992
2. Euro 2004
3. Euro 1976
>>69235153
That's Wilmots who scored :D
>>69228156
that 2-2 between Denmark and Sweden that triggered the Italians was delicious
>>69235241
And people give us shit for Calciopoli
Not that wasn't serious issue
>>69235348
I doubt many people here were alive back then, I wasn't but Italy-Germany 4-3 in the semifinals extra time has been called match of the century for a reason
>>69235401
ree
>>69235425
I doubt many /sp/artan's parents were alive in 1970
>>69235431
I remember how our press got pictures of loads of Italian tabloids that basically claimed that the jews of the north had conspired to kick out Italy of the tournament
Everyone thought it was the funniest thing to ever happen in football
>>69235454
My parents were born in 66 and 67
My dad said his uncle died of a heart attack during the match
102444 attendance at the stadium, shit was beyond insane
>>69235454
My friends dad went to some of the Mexico city games
I don't know which games he saw though
>>69229147
He's a competitive figure skater now, not even joking
pic related
>>69235487
can i marry true italian girl? or her family wont allow that???>
>>69235553
I'm a guy if that's what you're interested in
>>69235470
and when did you realize it was true all along?
or are you still so naive to think that it was accidental?
LOLOLOL fuck Italy/West Germany this game is hilarious
https://youtu.be/2siL0-JPq2Y
>>69235571
i heard that only italians with italians can get married
>>69227945
>tfw
you will never again see an Italy strong like the 2002 Italy
>>69235596
That's not true
Just be a decent guy, and look like a decent guy
>>69235607
We had a lot of meme players though.
>Francesco Coco played for one of the best Italian NT of all times
>As a starter
>>69235470
Come on! There is just no way you get exactly those scores by accident.
Wasn't the problem in 2002 with the referees the "diversity"? I think the FIFA started to get this practice of getting referees from all over the world to blow the whistle instead of simply the best ones.
I remember when every evening either Paul Breitner or Franz Beckenbauer were complaining about what a disgrace this was to football.
>>69235700
I'm pretty sure the reason was that those refs were more easily corruptible 2bh, and then used the "diversity" meme to try and water it down. No one actually bought it though.
>>69235635
Italy 2006 actually won, remember who they had?
Simone Barone, Mauro Camoranesi
>>69235700
I posted http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/international/3029872/Korean-miracle-spoilt-by-refereeing-farce.html before
If you read it, yes it confirms diversity is what enabled this
Basically since the refs were absolute nobodies they were pressured by Blatter into making Korea progress to push for more interest in football in Asia
>>69235754
Camoranesi was one of the best wingers in the world, lad.
Ironically, he was the best argentinian winger by far.
>>69235635
there's nothing bad with the 2002 Coco
100% legit defender
>>69235771
He had a few good years but I never liked him that much
He was the right man at the right time
>>69235754
They don't push football in Assia because they want them or anyone to feel good, they do it because there's fucking 3+ billion potential consumers there. That's not diversity that's just unabashed capitalism.
>>69235832
No, the diversity was choosing refs from the bumfuck of nowhere to help out Korea
There's always a money interest behind everything, including "diversity"
>>69235771
Yeah whats with the Camoranesi dig? He was a legit good winger. Especially considering
>Oddo
>Zaccardo
>Iaquinta
>>69232029
they arent. football weight has been regulated by rules for most of its history and has been the current standard since 1937. only real problem was water retention but since 86 next to no one used those kind of balls, everyone used synthetic ones which barely changed when wet.
>>69235811
Then you don't remember it well. When Juventus bought Pereyra they thought they had the next Camoranesi.
As for WC2002 I don't think they really wanted Korea to win the cup, otherwise there would have been a parlamentary question which would've exposed the rigging. They merely wanted the gooks to get their money's worth, so they had them attend as many matches as possible (semi = third place final).
>>69235904
Have you ever kicked a full sized Fevernova? It's like kicking a what we know as Super Santos.
last good korean squad
refball aside two or three of them were legit great players
>>69235887
Oddo was actually pretty good in 2006. Not world class, but decent.
Zaccardo, Iaquinta and Barone were the legit meme players, expecially considering Iaquinta was brought into the team because both Vieri and Tavano were injured.
>>69232748
Cameron not Senegal.
>>69235933
We're not talking about what shitty rock filled bladder you kick around vezuvius luigi. we're talking about official balls that pros use and those have been regulation size and weight for ages with no difference between 98-today.
>>69235975
Calling them "official" doesn't make them any more legit. The Fevernova was a feather, it suffered wind and took fucked up curves. It's an universally known and broadly accepted fact.
>>69227945
I was only 8 years old back then but I remembered I crying when Italy and Spain got refballed
>>69235975
>We're not talking about what shitty rock filled bladder you kick around vezuvius
>mfw this is sorta accurate
>>69236052
>The Fevernova was a feather
it wasnt, again, it was the regulation weight. as all footballs have been since mussolini made the trains run on time.
>it suffered wind and took fucked up curves
which had more to do with the materials used, especially on its surface, and if we would've been talking about that you'd have a point. you dont however, since the conversation was about weight.
>>69228368
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZtPOtFi58g
That was pretty funny
>Brazil vs. Netherlands 1998
BASED TAFFAREL
>>69228071
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZkCFoqSBs
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>>69236495
That goal was insane, how do you not go apeshit over it?
>>69235944
Iaquinta wasn't that bad, he was a decent player and didn't perform to his best for Udinese that season because he wasn't on good terms with the people in charge
>Vieri
>in 2006
>after that Milan season
>Tavano (yeah i know he scored a lot that year, but that Empoli squad was completely built around him)
neither of them was a better option tbf
>>69236495
THERE IS BEAR CUM
THERE IS BEAR CUM
THERE IS BEAR CUM
THERE IS BEAR CUM
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THERE IS BEAR CUM
THERE IS BEAR CUM
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>>69227945
>Ronaldo scoring every match
>based goals, Dario Rodriguez off a corner ftw
>Dinho saying hello to the whole fucking world
>beating Portugal 4-3
>handball against Germany
'Twas a great tournament senpai
I don't remember much from WC 2002 other than a lot of refball and that Germany got to the final through sheer dumb luck and Kahn being a god.
>>69232702
Before Spain's incredible success recently, they were always similar to England. Everyone expected them to do quite well, but they always underperformed and got BTFO by teams like Ireland. I used to mention this all the time when England fans ask why >we don't win every tournament, but obviously I can't do that any more.
ill always hate italy national team for that dive against the aussies in the last minute
who cheats to beat a shit nation trying their best.
>>69232814
We'll probably have to wait till 2022, when top teams literally have to play against >Qatar.
>>69228368
>Portugal x Netherlands in 2006?
my fav of all time
>>69238144
>dive
You fell for the meme lad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cS6Wqt00gTc
>>69235380
idd - did better on the field than next to it
>>69227945
I wish 4chan was around when this happened
