FiveRingFever Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Yeah, calling snow home advantage isn't right. This isn't like NFL or Rugby where it makes little difference how the ball rolls. If the ball dies on a surface, you get into situations where players pick up injuries, bad tackles happen more often. The ref should abandon in those circumstances. I didn't see the USA game so can't say whether they were right or not. Having grown up in Colorado, I played in my fair share of snow games. The ball skids rather than bounces, so you have to adapt. It's certainly not dangerous to play in those conditions. If anything, you slide when you go down, so it's less hard on your body. I would take playing in snow over playing in torrential rain any day. From what I've read, the primary issue was keeping the lines visible. They had a shoveling crew out there to take care of it, so they continued. The US team has to go play in altitude on Tuesday in Mexico City, so it made sense to schedule this game in Denver. Sometimes it snows in Denver in March. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox334 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 This is why Europe should move into the staged qualifying. That and it could also ilimate that stupid "worse loser doesn't go to the playoff" thing. Something like Asia has would probably be better. Just don't copy what Africa does, they have a terrible qualifying system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 But this time it was inhuman and dangerous for both teams, more than 2 inches of snow where the ball could not roll and players had difficulties to run. There was also zero visivility, never saw that even in Europe where I see that. How was it inhuman and dangerous? No one got hurt. Players were hardly slipping and sliding all over the field. Sure, the snow created difficulties, but they created it for both teams. The Costa Rican players and coaches could have told them to stop it last night. But they didn't. Now the next morning they file a protest. That doesn't make sense when they had an opportunity to speak up last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 CAF Group A South Africa 2 - 0 Central African Rep Group B Tunisia 2 - 1 Sierra Leone Group C Côte d'Ivory 3 - 0 Gambia Group E Congo 1 - 0 Gabon Burkina Faso 4 - 0 Niger Group F Nigeria 1 - 1 kenya Namibia 0 -1 Malawi Group I Cameroon 2 - 1 Togo Group J Senegal 1 - 1 Angola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deawebo Posted March 24, 2013 Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 OMG that was San Marino's line up?! LOL that really made me laugh... CONCACAF: Great for Honduras, Mexico hasn't won yet. USA won on a tight margin. CONMEBOL: Argentina very close to qualify. Colombia great too. CAF: Burkina Faso finally won. Wating for Egypt. UEFA: Portugal... Are you serious? Germany could have won 6-0 if they wanted. France is leading ober Spain (nothing more to say). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2013 CAF - today's results Group A Ethiopia 1 - 0 Botswana Group B Equatorial Guinea 4 - 3 Cape Verde Group C Tanzania 3 - 1 Morocco Group D Lesotho 1 - 1 Zambia Ghana 4 - 0 Sudan Group G Mozambique 0 - 0 Guinea Group H Rwanda 1 - 2 Mali Group I Congo DR 0 - 0 Lybia Group J Liberia 2 - 0 Uganda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DannyelBrazil Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Argentina keeps leading, and won 3-0 over la Vinotinto Easy path to Argentina this time. Probably the second team to qualify after hosts (Brazil). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted March 25, 2013 Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Easy path to Argentina this time. Probably the second team to qualify after hosts (Brazil). Japan is more probable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2013 Japan is more probable. yes, if Japan defeat Jordan tomorrow, they will be the first team to qualify for 2014 WC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 AFC Australia 2 - 2 Oman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 AFC Group ASouth Korea 2 - 1 Qatar Uzbekistan 1 - 0 Lebanon 1- Uzbekistan 11 pts 2- South Korea 10 3- Iran 7 4- Qatar 7 5- Lebanon 4 Group B Australia 2 - 2 Oman Jordan 2 - 1 Japan (no early qualification for the 2014 World Cup for Japan yet) 1- Japan 13 pts 2- Jordan 7 3- Australia 6 4- Oman 6 5- Iraq 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deawebo Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Bolivia is challenging Argentina so brace your selves, we may still not have the first qualified team aside of Brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 UEFA - Group D Estonia 2 - 0 Andorra Turkey 1 - 1 Hungary Netherlands 4 - 0 Romania 1- Netherlands 18 pts 2- Hungary 11 3- Romania 10 4- Turkey 7 5- Estonia 6 6- Andorra 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deawebo Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 I can't believe Germany is only 3-1... At least a 5-1 with all the chances they are loosing. The Netherlands is gonna be UEFA's first qualified team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 UEFA - Group C Germany 4 - 1 Kazakhstan Ireland 2 - 2 Austria 1- Germany 16 pts 2- Austria 8 3- Sweden 8 4- Rep of Ireland 8 5- Kazakhstan 1 6- Faroe 0 UEFA - Group B Armenia 0 - 3 Czech Rep Denmark 1 - 1 Bulgaria Malta 0 - 2 Italy 1- Italy 13 pts 2- Czech Rep 8 3- Bulgaria 7 4- Denmark 6 5- Armenia 3 6- Malta 0 UEFA - Group F Azerbaijan 0 - 2 Portugal Northern Ireland 0 - 2 Israel 1- Russia 12 pts 2- Israel 11 3- Portugal 11 4- Northern Ireland 3 5- Azerbaijan 3 6- Luxembourg 2 UEFA - Group A Serbia 2 - 0 Scotland Belgium 1 - 0 Macedonia Wales 1 - 2 Croatia 1- Belgium 16 pts 2- Croatia 16 3- Serbia 7 4- Wales 6 5- Macedonia 4 6- Scotland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 It was looking hard enough for Oz, even before Jordan sprung their win over Japan. Really staring down the barrel now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deawebo Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Very deserved Montenegro's draw over England... Spain's won over France was in a very excited duel, though I wanted a draw And just to make everything more exciting, Argentina and Bolivia draw 1-1 in La Paz. Can't wait for CONCACAF's classic: Mexico-USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 26, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 UEFA - Group H Ukraine 2 - 1 Moldova Poland 5 - 0 San Marino Montenegro 1 - 1 England 1- Montenegro 14 pts 2- England 12 3- poland 8 4- Ukraine 8 5- Moldova 4 6- San Marino 0 UEFA Group I France 0 - 1 Spain 1- Spain 11 2- France 10 3- Georgia 4 4- Belarus 3 5- Finland 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Argentina needs 1 more point, Ecuador 2 more points and Colombia 6 (have in mind that they have 2 more matches the the other 2 leaders), while I think Uruguay, Venezuela, Chile and Peru will have the other 1.5 spotsin Brazil. Really surprised with how did Paraguay got to this point? Just sad. Easy path to Argentina this time. Probably the second team to qualify after hosts (Brazil). We didn't won today because La Paz is too damn high. But in June we will be following the hosts Gotosy and Deawebo very nice how you are informing with all confederations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Chile 2-0 Uruguay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 CONMEBOL Standings 1- Argentina 24 pts 2- Ecuador 20 3- Colombia 19 4- Chile 15 5- Venezuela 15 6- Uruguay 13 7- Peru 11 8- Bolivia 9 9- Paraguay 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Paraguay is utterly shocking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 It was looking hard enough for Oz, even before Jordan sprung their win over Japan. Really staring down the barrel now. Need to look again my friend. Australia has an away game in Japan, where the Japanese will probably happily play for a draw, followed by home games against Jordan and Iraq. Both should be wins. So on the conservative side, Pretty much if you beat Jordan you should be alright. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Venezuela 1 - 0 Colombia Also, before the match started, everyone in the stadium booed when a minute of silence in honor of the late Hugo Chavez was announced. Politics aside I hope we get it this time. PS: I'm impresed with both Montenegro and Albania performances (and surprised that Slovenia is on the last place of it's group...o.o ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted March 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 CONCACAF Panama 2 - 0 Honduras Costa Rica 2 - 0 Jamaica Mexico 0 - 0 USA 1- Panama 5 pts 2- Costa Rica 4 3- USA 4 4- Honduras 4 5- Mexico 3 6- Jamaica 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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