Comments on: Club America Downs Inter on Penalties to Kick Off the “World Football Challenge”

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 20:12:24 +0000

James and Ken, thanks for the corrections. (The funny part about Esqueda’s name is that I copied and pasted from a legit news source.)

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:38:49 +0000

I was there, and the game was awful. As was the referee.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:13:57 +0000

i mean…as a club america fan…i was suprised…but that nice goal by silva was jaw dropping…he moved right into the spot and killed it….this is all pre season for all teams…mexican, european etc etc…and as most people think…that inter, chelsea, ac milan or whoever…games are won on the field…most people think that these european teams can just walk over everyone..even with there 2nd string teams…

By: Don Omar

Don Omar — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:14:57 +0000

Club America beat these overpaid sons of bitches nice and good! Nice and good!

By: Ken S

Ken S — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:44:26 +0000

One more small correction – the winner on PKs gets two points, according to the voices on ESPN, who were reading straight from the World Football Challenge tournament rulebook, and feigning surprise that each team hadn’t read it. As if either of these teams really took the game that seriously….

By: quakes

quakes — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:59:31 +0000

In Inter Milan’s defense, it was basically a home game for Club America. Also, the pk’s were taken right in front of the Club America Ultras section.

By: James

James — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:47:29 +0000

Just a small correction Enrique Esqueda*

America has been really bad in the league, hopefully they can get their act together for footballs sake.

By: John

John — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:25:16 +0000

That’s nothing. UCLA would have won 5-1 on penalties if they’d played extra time.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:16:15 +0000

Edgar, didn’t mean to denigrate America’s achievement, because I think they were the better team on the night. Just meant that even their players seemed a litte awestruck by their achievement.

I also think everybody is going to be using this “tournament” as a proving ground for new players, so the second team appearance will be the norm rather than the exception.

The exception might be Chelsea-Inter tomorrow, due to the Mourinho factor. Should be fun. :-)

By: Edgar

Edgar — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:22:16 +0000

to be fair America was not playing with their starting goalkeeper either, and they used their second team during the second half.