England 1-1 USA, in Lego

June 15th, 2010 | by: Daryl |

Thought you’d seen every highlight there was to see of England 1-1 USA? Not until you’ve seen it recreated in Lego you haven’t. Laurie sent me this yesterday, but it was on the Guardian website and unembeddable. Then I saw today that Dirty Tackle had found a YouTube version, and considered it my duty to share. Because this thing is superb.

I love the attention to detail, like how all the numbers are correct and the movement of all players is recreated perfectly. But I also love how the jerseys are glued on semi-amateurishly. But what I especially love are the smiley faces. The unchanging smiley faces. To see Robert Green commit that error and bury his head in the floor just like he did this past Saturday is impressive, but to see him lift up his head and reveal the same manic smile as before gives this whole recreation an extra edge. And a whole new reason for England fans to have nightmares about their goalkeeper.

More at Lego fussball, where they’ve also recreated Germany’s 4-0 win over Australia. Or read our Offside post to see a variety of football stadiums made out of Lego.

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Also, watching the Lego recreation of the USA's goal is a reminder of how much Dempsey did to make room for himself to shot. Not the best shot obviously, and all the focus for the goal (even in the US) has been on Robert Green, but Dempsey turned a tenacious Gerrard twice before shooting.
shane

Epic. That was a sick turn of the ball by Lego Dempsey. Love the hats the goalies are wearing. The commentary makes it seem so real and intense.
shane

Have you seen the recreation of the South Africa/Mexico game on their website complete with the South Africa dance after the Tshabalala goal? Absolutely delightful.
Jo R

Ha! The lego reconstructions big time ;D