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December 19, 2005
Sao Paulo champions of the world:
"Sao Paulo can do no wrong on the world stage.
Three times the Brazilian team has reached the final of the Club World Championship, and three times they have walked away victorious...Liverpool has now been defeated in all three world club finals it has appeared in."
By ANDREW MITCHELL
posted by zippinglou to soccer at 12:39 AM - 15 comments
Did anyone see this game? Was it televised anywhere?
posted by blarp at 08:05 AM on December 19, 2005
It was on Fox Soccer Channel in the States. It started at like 5:00 am Eastern time, so I missed the first half hour (including the goal), but the second half was as lopsided a pitch as I've ever seen, especially without a goal being scored. If I were a hardcore Liverpool fan I'd be complaining about some of the iffier offside calls, but Sao Paulo just got a little lucky and then hung on for dear life.
posted by chicobangs at 10:41 AM on December 19, 2005
It was on the BBC too. I watched the last 15 minutes or so and saw one of their disallowed goals. It didn't look offside to me, but it was very, very close so whaddya gonna do? This isn't exactly a major trophy though. The only teams that ever care about are the ones who win it. I suspect Liverpool would much rather have been back in England, especially if they now drop points in their two games in hand.
posted by afx237vi at 10:48 AM on December 19, 2005
We wuz robbed!
posted by worldcup2002 at 11:02 AM on December 19, 2005
Yup. Not a big deal in Europe. I'd love to see a proper World Club Championship - not this retarded piece of shit they have at the moment. I'm sorry, but Al Ahly and Saprissa are not among the best 8 teams in the world. Sydney FC qualified before they'd even played a league game for God's sake!
posted by salmacis at 02:15 PM on December 19, 2005
It started at like 5:00 am Eastern time Tivo is your friend, Chico! I wasn't getting up at 2:30 a.m. PST for anything less than... well, nothing in the sporting world I can assure you. Why FIFA insist on playing this with the Boxing Day - New Years run of games is beyond me, and with 'Pool playing the extra six CL qualifying games in August too I was more than a bit surprised to see Reina, Hyppia, Carragher, and Gerrard go 90 minutes in both matches. Shame to break the shutout streak but the SP goal was a good effort, no complaints about it unlike many other poor decisions from the Stripes.
posted by billsaysthis at 03:22 PM on December 19, 2005
Sydney FC qualified before they'd even played a league game Ahem. They played an Australian qualifying tournament against all the A-League teams, won it, then won the Oceania confederation qualifying tournament as well. The lack of 'league' games was due to the anomaly of a domestic league restructuring.
posted by owlhouse at 03:34 PM on December 19, 2005
Ah, sadly, Tivo and I are not currently sharing an apartment.
posted by chicobangs at 04:23 PM on December 19, 2005
I saw the game live on the BBC. A quite civilized 10.20am kick-off. It was Sunday so I had to set the alarm. Liverpool should have won it easily.
posted by squealy at 06:36 PM on December 19, 2005
I am not a fan of Liverpool till they get rid of Benitez... I hate that man...
posted by StarFucker at 08:26 AM on December 20, 2005
Ah, sadly, Tivo and I are not currently sharing an apartment. Dude, promiscuity is your firend! I am not a fan of Liverpool till they get rid of Benitez... Dude, did you not say the same thing about Houllier? Maybe I should call my buddy Rick (Parry) and see if he'll hire you, that's the only choice that will make you happy.
posted by billsaysthis at 04:01 PM on December 20, 2005
I am not a fan of Liverpool till they get rid of Benitez... I hate that man... Comment icon posted by StarFucker at 8:26 AM CST on December 20 Unbelievable, have you noticed how good Liverpool is playing lately? (Despite this meaningless loss) Benitez is not a good coach, he's a GREAT coach. One of the best in the business. Every Benitez team I've ever seen play (Tenerife, Valencia, Liverpool) has always started slow, until they learned his system. Then they win championships.
posted by sic at 02:36 AM on December 21, 2005
Thank you sic!
posted by billsaysthis at 03:02 PM on December 21, 2005
He sucks... They're done winning... Remember this post...
posted by StarFucker at 10:54 PM on December 21, 2005
Well apart from all those times they didn't even qualify between 1994 and 2005.