Comments on: Word Wars

By: Akbar

Akbar — Wed, 31 May 2006 14:33:18 +0000

No Euler definitely not from Brazil because they have the favourites tag and it really won’t suit the humble Brazilians, especially the likes of Ronaldinho, to be trash-talking.

I’m thinking more about challengers and underdogs. It just adds up the hype of the match by about 10 times. The perfect timing to drop a little verbal bomb would be the day before the match. By the time everyone hears about it the next morning they’ll be jumping up and down waiting for kick off. Don’t you just love that feeling?

By: dino

dino — Wed, 31 May 2006 12:32:48 +0000

Everybody loves a champion. Everybody dislikes a champion. Everybody wants to beat the champion. Everybody wants to Be the Champion-like Brasil. There is envy -when there should be admiration. Brasil’s coach and players respect all the other teams,staring with the first. Let the pundits,critics and coaches mouth off. Brasil is concentrating on winning Copa numero seis. And one more thing,Viva Brasil.

By: Euler

Euler — Sun, 28 May 2006 17:22:19 +0000

Thanks Kapcro! I agree with him. To play in defense is madness. If the team is good attacking, that’s the way they should play always.

About Akbar’s ‘trash talking’ theory, I would like to see more of that too, but not from the Brazilian team. I agree that is fun, but when it comes to MY team, I don’t feel very confortable provoking the others. It just creates motivation for the opponents. More so if you have a team with 5 titles, it could sound very arrogant.

By: Akbar

Akbar — Sun, 28 May 2006 06:45:31 +0000

I wish there was more trash-talking at the World Cup. The one most appealing aspect about boxing is the trash-talking. It really makes everything much more competitive.

By: Kapcro

Kapcro — Sat, 27 May 2006 18:44:56 +0000

“Actually we won’t base our game depending on who our opponents are. It would be a losing proposition to close ourselves off against Brazil (play defensively) and look to put off taking a goal as long as possible. We have to play to our qualities (offensive strengths), play that way against Brazil, and that way also against Japan and Australia. Generally, through these preparations our goal is to get the form that we showed in the qualifying games, I think that this form of play is our best guarantee of good results.” -Zlatko Kranjcar. Hope that helps Euler I left out any upside down Chinese hats. Please forgive any errors in translation, general gist is there.

By: Euler

Euler — Sat, 27 May 2006 12:29:21 +0000

Are you serious? I can’t read any of that! Rezultata, ok… Primimo gol is first goal, probably… I just can’t. There is a Z with a Chinese hat upside down! I’ll need your help, Soze!

By: Milan

Milan — Sat, 27 May 2006 11:01:25 +0000

Yeah I agree with Soze and Kapcro on this matter. The Australian media always like to stir up the pot and over exaggerate certain phrases to glorify a situation. What Krajncar was trying to say was that if Brazil takes Croatia lightly they will be in trouble which to me is true. Though I don’t think they will take us (Croatia) lightly, I still believe we can get a strong result from the superstar Brazilian team.

By: soze

soze — Sat, 27 May 2006 04:53:00 +0000

Come on Euler, If I can read Portuguese, you can read Croatian….a quote from Cico Kranjcar for your reading pleasure.

“Ne, ipak se nećemo previše ravnati prema suparnicima. Bilo bi pogubno zatvoriti se protiv Brazila i samo gledati kako da što duže ne primimo gol. Moramo težiti nametanju svojih kvaliteta, kako protiv Brazilaca, tako i protiv Japana te Australije. Generalno, kroz ove pripreme cilj nam je dohvatiti formu kakvu smo pokazivali u kvalifikacijskim utakmicama, mislim da je ta forma najbolje jamstvo dobrih rezultata.”

Now that is the Cico I know and love.

By: marco

marco — Sat, 27 May 2006 02:31:38 +0000

well i recon brazil will lose to croatia as they will underestemate them .. as for spain well there no good .. plus all there players are prob all druged up any way

By: Euler

Euler — Sat, 27 May 2006 02:15:05 +0000

I believe it would be hard to read the Croat papers, but I’m glad to know that. I wrote from the sources I had, of course.

These media bastards!!!