Anyone watched the game between Slovenia and USA at the World Cup today? Oh boy, that was not a game, that was a battle. Our Slovenian commentator has jokingly said: "Americans are wrestling on the pitch." Oh man, they really did. One thing is for sure, USA have a great team, a team that never gives up. Hats down to that, USA. But sometimes your wish to beat us overwhelmed you and you played a bit unfair by pushing and punching some of our players and made the game a bit too rough. Our boys had to push back. That was a bit disappointing to me.
But all in all, it was a great game. It was like a movie: There was suspense, action and drama... It was like a thriller for me. Slovenia was leading 2:0 and our commentator was to quick to talk about a victory, when USA came back, tied at 2:2 and even scored a 3:2, which was nullified by the referee from Mali, Mr. Koman Coulibaly, who btw did a terrible job. US team should've gotten much more yellow cards, on the other hand, he did nullify that possible winning goal for them... Well, it truly was a crazy game. An amazing game! Especially, if you put the things into perspective: Small Slovenia with its 2 million people played 2:2 against the superpower USA with its 310 million people. That's what we now hear in Slovenia from our commentators. I'm just a tiny bit disappointed, that we didn't win at the end, but we've really come far. We're first in our group, a group with USA and England! Isn't that incredible? Compare that to France, Italy, Spain, Portugal... This year anything is possible for any of the teams.
Ain't she cute? Yes, she is. Keep in mind, she's Taiwanese, not Slovenian. I think she did a great job and may she bring good luck to the Slovenian team :-)
It was funny to read reactions on Twitter. Americans are going crazy, I guess the finally got some passion for soccer. Slovenia is a popular trending topic now. Let me show you some funny tweets I found today:
@BluesChronicle People all over #USA are now looking up #Svn in their atlases, trying to work out whether it is a country worth invading.@klemenj and you play like ones. #svn #usa RT @brittglynn Slovenia celebrates like girls...
@andrewgooding In a historic first, FIFA referee Koman Coulibaly accepted today's Man of the Match award for his defensive efforts for the Slovenia squad.
@SokhonSen RT @MaksimC: WOW!!! The WORST officiating at USA/Slovenia game!!! Don't know about you all, but I say USA won 3-2!!! #badcall
@robmitchum The only bright side of today is that the #usa is finally a mature enough soccer nation to be fucked by a ref in the #worldcup.
@JKxZ I think Koman Coulibaly should be punished by sitting in room and Team #USA gets to blow Vuvuzela's right in his face until he goes deaf.
@boland they only reason they took that goal away from team #USA is cause they hate us for our freedoms. #ripoff #worldcup
@billybragg USA continue their winning streak with a brilliant 2-2 victory over Slovenia.
Some tweets are quite funny, hehe. Americans are so angry at the referee, that they even modified his Wikipedia page, even wrote that he hates America. Lol. The page has been changed meanwhile. And that's what you could see on the Huffington Post's homepage after the game:
What do you think?
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I can understand your anger, Americans. It wasn't clear to me, why he blew the whistle there, but he did so... And you have to admit, you played rough and pushed a lot. It's time to get over it. Do you know how many times Slovenia got screwed by referees in the past? Too many times. I guess you finally embraced soccer as one of your national sports. Guess what? Bad referees are part of it. I think 2:2 was fair at the end. Great game. One of the best so far at this World Cup.
What do you think?
[A Slovenian netizen made that Statue of Liberty pic. I think it's cool. No offence.]
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