The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Channel

Team u r supporting in FIFA WC 2010

  • France

    Votes: 2 4.1%

  • Argentina

    Votes: 9 18.4%

  • England

    Votes: 7 14.3%

  • Germany

    Votes: 7 14.3%

  • Netherlands

    Votes: 2 4.1%

  • italy

    Votes: 2 4.1%

  • Brazil

    Votes: 8 16.3%

  • spain

    Votes: 7 14.3%

  • Portugal

    Votes: 1 2.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 4 8.2%
  • Total voters
    49
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Baker

Baker

Albicelestes
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

FIFA World Cup 2010: Players Slam New World Cup Ball

And this time everyone is complaining, and not only goalkeepers. Strikers, defenders, and midfielders have also expressed unhappiness over the Adidas ball just a few days before the tournament is to begin in South Africa. The quadrennial showcase event is scheduled to kick off on June 11.

The soccer world cup 2010 ball is called Jabulani. In Zulu language it means “to celebrate.’’ But very few players are celebrating the ball. “It’s very weird. All of a sudden it changes trajectory on you. It’s like it doesn’t want to be kicked. It’s incredible, it’s like someone is guiding it. You are going to kick it and it moves out of the way,’’ Brazil striker Luis Fabiano said yesterday.

Adidas launches new balls for each World Cup and the sports-equipmakers cause controversy because of the changes they introduce in the ball before each tournament. Goalkeepers have always slammed the ball saying it becomes speedier, but this time the field players are also showing their disdain for the ball.

Meanwhile, Adidas said the technology on the Jabulani, which was launched in December, is “radically new.’’ Referring to the ball, the company said that small dots on the surface would help improve reliability in the air and it would sail. The ball would have an exceptionally stable flight and perfect grip under all conditions,’’ noted Adidas.

“That’s the ball they chose and we have to accept it,’’ said Brazil midfielder Julio Baptista. “But it’s going to be complicated.’’
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skeletor

skeletor

Chosen of the Omnissiah
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

iirc, Lehmann and Cech also complained about this last World Cup.
 
iinfi

iinfi

mekalodu
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

ok i m sorry .... if everyone likes a separate thread then its ok...
thought things cud be better if everything cud be in the same thread

i saw a couple of WC related posts on the other thread ... hence my suggestion
 
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Baker

Baker

Albicelestes
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

iinfi said:
ok i m sorry .... if everyone likes a separate thread then its ok...
thought things cud be better if everything cud be in the same thread

i saw a couple of WC related posts on the other thread ... hence my suggestion
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i created a separate thread only because i thought WC has some special value ....


now lets back o FIFA WC with a bang......................

VAMOS VAMOS ARGENTINA..................................
 
iinfi

iinfi

mekalodu
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

na .. i told u i v nothing against u ...
its only that people v been posting on the other thread 24/7 365 days a year for the last 3 odd years on the other thread ... which makes people still post in the other thread .... be it WC or general socca discussion ... take a peek at the other thread .. WC discussion is in full swing ....
hence my suggestion ... if everyone wants it here ... no issues with me
 
OP
Baker

Baker

Albicelestes
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

little off topic.....

Panasonic targeting Rs 75 cr turnover during WC

Kochi, June 2 (PTI) Consumer electronics major Panasonic India is targeting a sales turnover of Rs 75 crore from the soccer-crazy states of Kerala, West Bengal and the Union Territory of Goa during the forthcoming FIFA World Cup.

Panasonic, which is the primary sponsor of the Indian football team, has kicked off roadshows to promote its products during the World Cup in Kochi, Kolkata and Goa.

The roadshow here was flagged off by N P Pradeep and Mohammed Rafi, members of the national football team from the state.

Panasonic Marketing Manager, Sports and Eco products, Kunal Dua told reporters here that the company was targeting Rs 30 crore of sales from Kerala alone during the World Cup.

Panasonic has introduced a unique 'Panasonic Soccer Mania 2010' offer on their range of 'Viera' Plasma TV and LCD TVs, where customers can get assured gifts.
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World cup fever in my Native....:mrgreen:


It is either misplaced passion or dislocated delirium, but as World Cup football hots up in the Far East, temperatures seem to rise in a district of Kerala, now most definitely the Indian epicentre of football fever.
In Malappuram district, a small slice of north Kerala with a little over 30 lakh people, the World Cup is a chance to take sides, get involved and go crazy. It begins with the benign decoration of streets with posters, banners and cutouts, but once the tournament is under way, the formation of team "camps" means things can take a serious turn quickly. If this is the heartland of Indian football, the World Cup is like its great four-yearly cardiac flutter.
When England beat Argentina in Sapporo, Japan, English fans managed to celebrate without destroying property. But their counterparts in Malappuram went berserk. Intoxicated by the win, Malappuram's pseudo-English "hooligans" chose to strike first at the Argentinian superstar who is the region's cult figure-striker Gabriel Batistuta, whose huge cutouts loom over the remotest and most serene village landscape. In Tirur town, "Batigol" was burnt in effigy by "fans" of the England team and within minutes, there was a civil disturbance of sorts at hand.

Malappuram's favourite team is Argentina and Pangat Silks sold stacks of the famous blue and white flag; but fans were deeply disappointed with the team's early exit from the tournament, a victim of the Group of Death that also featured England, Sweden and Nigeria. But for those who despair at the early departure of France and Argentina, the flag-buyers of Malappuram provide a hint. Haneefa says, "Brazil is second. The surprise favourite is Portugal. I think it is Portugal and particularly its star Luis Figo's performance at the Euro Cup final against France which won so many fans here," says Haneefa. Time for stars from Rivaldo to Rui Costa to justify the faith of their fans, including those in faraway places like Malappuram, India.
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*www.india-today.com/itoday/20020624/sports.shtml

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See the Video in the below link...... :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

*indiainteracts.in/newplatform/40075/FIFA-world-cup-fever-grips-India.html
 
thewisecrab

thewisecrab

AFK
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

NOOOOOO! DROGBA OUT OF WORLD CUP!!!???!!
*www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/jun/04/didier-drogba-world-cup-injury
 
Liverpool_fan

Liverpool_fan

Sami Hyypiä, LFC legend
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

Feel sorry for him :| Would have loved to see him lift the World Cup :(
 
Rahim

Rahim

Married!
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

kata kata bechaara Rio!!!!! Dawson is set for a recall to replace him.Justice done in the most strange way indeed.
Finally the arm-band will go to the most deserving fellow:Gerrard.
Drogba out too :(
 
Liverpool_fan

Liverpool_fan

Sami Hyypiä, LFC legend
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

Hmm. Won't mind to see England winning the world cup now. It would be nice to see our skipper regardless he stays or not to lift the biggest international trophy.
 
Rahim

Rahim

Married!
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

North Korea has named a striker as their 3rd choice GK and now FIFA has told them that he can't play as a tsriker in the WC.
 
iinfi

iinfi

mekalodu
Re: The Official 2010 Fifa WorldCup Channel

Ferdinand boost for England *news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8722236.stm feel sorry for him .. but this is the best way england can atleast get upto the world cup ... it had to be terry/king or terry/Dawson in the CB role ...

Drogba ruled out as well ..... :(

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with Drogs ruled out the group of death isnt the group of death any more ...

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*www.liveoddsandscores.com/news/pre...-king-tulio-121-to-find-his-own-net-yet-again

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*www.liveoddsandscores.com/news/pre...-king-tulio-121-to-find-his-own-net-yet-again
 
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