Sweden v Paraguay

[Dirty Martini]

A bit like England's group in 1990 then. Every match finished 1-1 apart from England's 1-0 v Egypt. God it was dull...

And England v Holland 0-0 iirc. Terrible group, illuminated by Gascoigne

 

[potential]

And England v Holland 0-0 iirc. Terrible group, illuminated by Gascoigne

perfectly good stu pearce free kick disallowed

 

[Dirty Martini]

Bollocks. What a shit Sweden side though.

 

[JTG]

how/WHY do you remember this stuff

World Cups are important landmarks in my life, of course I remember this stuff

It's more interesting than remembering random trivia about jobs I used to do or people I met once or twice.

You're grateful when I remember interesting stuff about places we visit

 

[tangerinedream]

how/WHY do you remember this stuff

why wouldn't you?

Ooh, Sweden have just scored.

 

[cyberfairy]

 

[JTG]

perfectly good stu pearce free kick disallowed

It was indirect, he was daft to try and score from it.

 

[Dirty Martini]

perfectly good stu pearce free kick disallowed

Because it was meant to be indirect and no one touched it...

It's all flooding back

 

[JTG]

Anyway bollocks. Poor Paraguay

 

[brixtonvilla]

Gaaaah! Fucking Ljungberg with his oooh, third goal of the season. Fucker.

 

[Sunray]

Up to that moment Sweden looked like they might be going out.

 

[JTG]

You only sing when you're winning...

 

[frogwoman]

Bollocks

 

[Orangesanlemons]

Phew!

 

[JTG]

Sweden don't worry me really.

England may do, Sweden don't however

 

[wiskey]

shame about paraguay

 

[JTG]

They'll be disappointed, Paraguay usually reach the last 16. Did it in 1986, 1998 and 2002.

 

[Hollis]

You know - the game aint over till the whistle is blown.

 

[JTG]

You know - the game aint over till the whistle is blown.

It went five minutes ago mate

 

[Hollis]

It went five minutes ago mate

Yes - but everyone thinks its over five minutes before that - like I say, it aint over to the guy in black blows the whistle.

 

[JTG]

Yes - but everyone thinks its over five minutes before that - like I say, it aint over to the guy in black blows the whistle.

*nods sagely*

 

[Flashman]

Worst match of the tourney so far. Fuck me, what has happened to Sweden? Nice goal at the end, that was it. Thank fuck for the Argies and the Dutch tomorrow.

 

[g force]

Since USA 94 Swdeen have batted about their average IMO - only Ljungberg and Larsson are any good, the rest are very average players. As last night proved.

 

[Idaho]

I thought it was a reasonable match myself. I thought Sweden looked fairly dangerous at times and were worth the win for playing more attacking football. They looked slightly more coherant than England.