# 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 10, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677 "2010-06-10T17:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 106
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2101 "2010-07-02T19:22:40Z")
Ghana 1-0 at the half! What a goal in stoppage time … Ghana’s been keeping up the pressure, and Uruguay looking a bit disorganized and nervous. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2102 "2010-07-02T19:23:02Z")
Wow. That was about as perfect a shot as you can make. From way out, but threading the needle and hitting the corner. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2103 "2010-07-02T19:27:26Z")
Dammit!:eek: that damn German octopus is looking more and more accurate each second, god willing he will be wrong about ARG - GER:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2104 "2010-07-02T19:37:10Z")
Why does the clock start at 45 minutes when the half ended at 47 minutes? I know the half is supposed to end at 45 but there was I think 2 minutes of added time. Shouldn’t the clock pick up from then? ---
**Author:** ![straight\_man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straight_man/32/3027_2.png) [@straight\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straight_man)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2105 "2010-07-02T19:37:57Z")
I think you’d all like the CBC headline ATM: “Dutch master art of winning ugly” ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2106 "2010-07-02T19:40:20Z")
> [@Xan](#): > > Why does the clock start at 45 minutes when the half ended at 47 minutes? I know the half is supposed to end at 45 but there was I think 2 minutes of added time. Shouldn’t the clock pick up from then? It just doesn’t. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2107 "2010-07-02T19:45:48Z")
And there’s Forlan with the equalizer. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2108 "2010-07-02T19:46:16Z")
Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!! Vamo arriba la celeste carajo! ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2109 "2010-07-02T19:46:23Z")
That Forlan dude is increadible. He’s had a hell of a WC ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2110 "2010-07-02T19:47:06Z")
Great free kick. A real Jabulani goal - on the replay, it looked like it swerved one way, then the other. ---
**Author:** ![markdash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@markdash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markdash)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2111 "2010-07-02T19:50:36Z")
> [@Xan](#): > > Why does the clock start at 45 minutes when the half ended at 47 minutes? I know the half is supposed to end at 45 but there was I think 2 minutes of added time. Shouldn’t the clock pick up from then? As an neophyte, my interpretation is that the stoppage time added to the first half doesn’t extend it, it makes up for stoppages. So there were really 45 minutes of football played in the first half. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2112 "2010-07-02T20:02:02Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal!!! Vamo arriba la celeste carajo! I second that… ich bin ein Uruguayan… the right side of La Plata ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2113 "2010-07-02T20:09:14Z")
> [@mascaroni](#): > > I second that… > > ich bin ein Uruguayan… the right side of La Plata Those orientals… ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2114 "2010-07-02T20:33:55Z")
Come on Ghana - finish it off ---
**Author:** ![Wallenstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2115 "2010-07-02T20:38:37Z")
> [@Isosleepy](#): > > That Forlan dude is increadible. He’s had a hell of a WC He’s notorious in the UK as being a very expensive flop when he played for Manchester Utd. He also pretty much won the Europa League Cup for his club side earlier in the summer - he’s having a great few months. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2116 "2010-07-02T21:02:27Z")
Oh. My. God!!! ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2117 "2010-07-02T21:02:45Z")
noooooooooooooooooo ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2118 "2010-07-02T21:03:41Z")
I think the rules should allow for a goal to be awarded, without even a penalty kick, when a player uses his hands to keep a ball out of the net like that. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2119 "2010-07-02T21:05:10Z")
FFS ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677/2120 "2010-07-02T21:08:09Z")
The Hand of God, The Hand of God! Well played sir 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-fifa-world-cup-south-africa/542677.md?page=107)