World Cup Soccer Videos

By Sunday July 9, 2006

A classic moment when World Cup teams are required to play in the nude after the second overtime in a nil-nil tie.

Another. And the sport would be a lot more popular in the USA if this happened here (and often).



16 Comments
  1. João PT says:
    7/9/2006 at 1:12 pm

    Believe me, Europe is not that liberal. Not in your wildest (wet) dreams.

    But could happen in EUA, transmitted by locked pay-per-view, and sponsored by Hustler and Playboy (and penthouse and the rest…)

  2. Frank IBC says:
    7/9/2006 at 1:26 pm

    Heh. The “streaker” is hilarious.

  3. Lou says:
    7/9/2006 at 3:18 pm

    Watching the world cup gave me an incredible appreciation for the sport of soccer. Amazing atheletes, amazing strategy, etc.

    Two things though that bother me, and probably bother a lot of other non-soccer afficianados.

    1. The acting (and/or diving) to garner a penalty of some kind is totally lame, especially when it decides outcomes of the game. That is most definitely a sport where replays and reviews would have a resounding effect. Lie about being hit, or take a dive, you are out of the game, no substitute. That would end the acting real fast.

    2. The penalty kicks. It’s one thing to give a penalty kick to someone who gets fouled in front of the goal (like hockey), it’s completely another thing to decide a game by the same method. I got an idea for ties…. every three minutes in overtime, a player (from each side) gets removed from the field. Eventually, (even if it goes to one on one, goalie on goalie), someone will win, and at least it would be decided on the field.

    Just some thoughts. It is a beautiful game when played at the world cup level.

  4. Shane says:
    7/9/2006 at 3:58 pm

    ummm… Didn’t we just hear John say on Cranky Geeks that he has never shown even a breast on his site? What’s up?

  5. joshua says:
    7/9/2006 at 4:30 pm

    Well, now he has shown one breast and a bunch of butts(where’s Angel?…..lol).

    I loved the *streaker* as well, great parody.

    Oh, and I kind of felt sorry for the guys who could cover their crotch with just one hand.

  6. Mr. H. Fusion says:
    7/9/2006 at 4:43 pm

    Oh, and I kind of felt sorry for the guys who could cover their crotch with just one hand.
    Comment by joshua — 7/9/2006 @ 4:30 pm

    As good as the clip was, your comment was icing on the cake. Good one.

  7. Frank IBC says:
    7/9/2006 at 6:13 pm

    Lou –

    I hear you WRT the “acting”. While I was rooting for the Italian team (well, since France won and Portugal lost the semi-finals), I was disgusted with the way the players would hit the ground at the slightest pretext. (I have two very tipsy cane trees in my apartment, and I have re-named them my “Italian Soccer Player Trees”.)

    While I wasn’t rooting for France, I noted that their players seemed to spend less time on the ground than any of the other teams, and I admired them for that.

  8. John C Dvorak says:
    7/9/2006 at 8:53 pm

    That breast in on the Google site and, and..it’s pixellated..yeah, that’s the ticket

  9. Moo says:
    7/9/2006 at 8:58 pm

    Hey!

    What’s with the flesh-tone uniforms?

    For a second there, I thought those people were naked!

    I use three hands to ‘cover up’…

  10. joshua says:
    7/9/2006 at 9:16 pm

    Hey Frank….if you watched the final then you may have noticed that the French got their goal by *diving*…..the replay done on several sports channels shows it very plainly. And Christiano Renaldo dived so much this World Cup he should get the Esther Williams Trophy.

    In the interests of fairness, I should mention that my Mom is full blooded Italian and thats who we were rooting for…….lol

  11. Charbax says:
    7/9/2006 at 10:41 pm

    Christiano Ronaldo was one of the best players of this world cup.

  12. Pete says:
    7/10/2006 at 12:14 am

    No he wasn’t – he’s a slimy little cheat that looks like a girl :\

  13. John C Dvorak says:
    7/10/2006 at 12:21 am

    Cripes! Soccer flames. Geez.

  14. Pete says:
    7/10/2006 at 12:23 am

    Sorry John 🙁 Look I’m an England fan, we can’t control ourselves sometimes (rather like the French). And Ronaldo *does* look like a girl, whereas Wayne Rooney (who he got sent off) looks like a…. err…. monkey :S

  15. Frank IBC says:
    7/10/2006 at 5:37 am

    Joshua –

    Luckily I missed the first 20 minutes of the game. 😉

  16. Lisa says:
    7/10/2006 at 1:49 pm

    That “training” video was an ad that ran on UK tv.


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