PES 2010: The Yanks (World Cup 2010 Journey)

[JBlues08]

Good win for the USA especially when Algeria were playing 5 at the back. And Brazil out?! Also, I did not realize the Dutch stumbled badly in the Group Stage. England vs Germany "again". What a complete opposite from the reality. XD Impressive updates so far. Looking forward for more shocks!

J-Psychic added 1 Minutes and 7 Seconds later...

Uruguay v Greece
England v Germany
Denmark v Itaky
Ivory Coast v Chile
Argentina v South Africa
Serbia v USA
Paraguay v Japan
Spain v Portugal

Itaky? LOL

 

[hedger_14]

Shouldn't USA be on 6 points?

 

[w3lshrugby]

What an incredibly unusual World Cup. Lets hope for an unusual winner - come on USA!

 

[shantanu_rooney]

Confidence is Rising - Bradley

United States of America coach Bob Bradley hailed the achievement of his side's progression to the FIFA World Cup last 16 but insists they are far from finished yet.

The North Americans finished second in Group C with England winning the group, as African Algeria and Slovenia crashed out of the tournament. Next up they face Serbia in the first knockout round and Bradley is keen to continue their fine run so far.

"Of course we've analysed all the possibilities for us," he said. "I think so far in this phase we've showed that we are a strong and brave team. We are trying to do what we had exactly in mind before the tournament. Now I don't think we've achieved that yet. We don't have huge stars like other teams have but we have players who could make the difference and win us matches. We are ready for our knockout matches and we want to give all our best to prove ourselves."

 

[nitish99]

US v Serbia will be an open game and I feel US might just have the edge in this game as they have a good attacking players in Donovan and Dempsey. If they are able to get the better of the Serbian defence then they will win for sure.

Surprised to see Brazil and Netherlands out. This has been a very unusual world cup full of shocks. England v Germany will be another cracker of a game and this time the Three Lions will win.

 

[shantanu_rooney]

United States v Serbia - Preview

Round of 16
Match: Serbia v USA
Stadium: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: Sun June 27, 3pm BST

Group C runners-up USA take on Group D winners Serbia on the back of their impressive performances against Slovenia and Algeria. Under the guidance of Bob Bradley, the Americans have become one of the most well-balanced sides at this year’s finals, organised in defence and clinical in attack.

Meanwhile, Radomir Antic’s men have nothing to lose in this match, having already fulfilled their initial goal of reaching the second round for the first time in their history. The winners of this match will advance to the quarter-finals to face Argentina or South Africa in Cape Town on 2 July, with the losers set to make a premature return home.


KEY CLASH
Landon Donovan v Nemanja Vidic
The success so far of United States has been built on their team ethic but they do possess one outstanding individual in Los Angeles Galaxy's Landon Donovan. He scored twice in the win against Slovenia and it will be the job of Serbia’s Manchester United defender Nemanja Vidic to stop Donovan's possession as well as his penetrating runs from midfield.


PROBABLE TEAMS
USA (4-4-2): Howard, Cherundolo, DeMerit, Onyewu, Bocanegra; Donovan, Edu, Bradley, Dempsey; Buddle, Altidore.
Serbia (4-4-2): Stojkovic, Ivanovic, Vidic, Subotic, Kolarov; Krasic, Kacar, Stankovic, Kuzmanovic, Tosic; Jovanovic, Zigic.


PREDICTION
USA have been very impressive in their last two group games but you cant underestimate Serbia who topped Group D ahead of Germany. At the end of this match Serbia will be left disappointed because USA are a much better team overall.