There is more stoppage time in the second half because almost all substitutions happen in the second half, plus the players are more tired and spend more time on the ground when they get tackled. Plus, the team who is satisfied with the score wastes time in the second half; in the first half, no one is wasting much time.
Erdosain got there before me…
Yeah, eleven of our German players are “partly” the children of immigrants or immigrants themselves. Here is a list:
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[li]Dennis Aogo (Nigeria)[/li][li]Jerome Boateng (Ghana)[/li][li]Serdar Tasci (Turkey)[/li][li]Mesut Özil (Turkey)[/li][li]Sami Khedira (Tunisia)[/li][li]Marko Marin (Bosnia-Herzegovina)[/li][li]Piotr Trochowski (Poland)[/li][li]Miroslav Klose (Poland)[/li][li]Lukas Podolski (Poland)[/li][li]Mario Gomez (Spain)[/li][li]Cacau (Brazil)[/li][/ul]
Of course, more than a handful of internationally competent players could play for Germany but decided to play for the home country of their parents, sometimes grandparents.
I think, it’s a great step forward. Germany has changed a lot and it’s only fair and appropriate to reflect those changes in our representatives.
Qué chistoso :smack: 
Just got back from watching the debacle. Too emotionally and physically drained to make any comments other than:
Congrats Switzerland.
No worries, man. We’ll drink some nice beers together, and try to forget!
And let’s look forward to better games against the other two teams in the group!
goooool!, Uruguay 1 - SA 0, Vamo’ Arriba la Celeste!.
And now there are 31 (for all practical purposes.)
South Korea-Argentina tomorrow should be a great one to watch.
Is all of this demonstrably true? I’m not questioning your points, but just want to know if anyone has taken the time to actually measure these.
South Africa really suffered today. One never wants to see a keeper get himself sent off. Uruguay played great, though; poised, solid, organized. Kudos to them.
An eagle-eyed poster on the Guardian MBM has asserted that that second goal was actually offside. Another Uruguay player got a touch on the ball after the initial pass, by which time Suarez was offside. I rewound my DVR to have another look and, by George, he’s right. So no foul, no penalty, no red card.
Would it have changed the result, though? Nah. Uruguay were in control throughout.
Yeah, Suarez was offside on that play.
You’d hardly describe Nelsen himself as a skinny white guy (pic about a screen down for evidence).
Things are certainly livening up. The Switzerland-Spain result has to be the first big upset of this Cup. And the South African game sounds like creating a bit of controversy (haven’t seen it personally).
**Argentina vs. Korea Rep. 7:30 A.M. EST
Greece vs. Nigeria 10:00 A.M. EST
France vs. Mexico 2:30 P.M. EST**
Good on you RedFury for still posting after that shock result.
Looks to be an interesting set of matches this, particularly the first one.
My guesses:
Argentina will be a little too classy for South Korea, but might get a bit of a fright early, say 2-1 Argentina?
Nigeria will beat Greece 2-0.
Mexico will beat a lackluster France and effectively put them out of the Cup - 1-0.
I didn’t see the South Africa game.
When a keeper is red carded, what does the team usually do? Immediately sub a goalie for a position player? Is that what SA did? Is the sub allowed to wear the gear and handle the ball, etc?
Yeah, they put in a new goalie (who changes into the proper kit) and sacrifice a position player.
Hmm, I’m crap at calling offside, but I called that one. I’ll have to accept that the linesman had a better view than I. The red card on the goalie seemed harsh- and nothing for the diving? Pity - I don’t like feeling disgruntled with the refs decisions. Uruguay were by far the better team - theatrics included.
Ignoring the missed offside call for the moment, the red card on Khune was the right call.
“Committing an offence that denies an opponent an obvious goal-scoring opportunity” is an automatic red card.
I know Knorf, I know. Oh it just pissed me off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efIb1GYJP8U The red card.