World cup 2014
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First upset, Netherlands destroy champs Spain 5-1
Robben and Van Persie were frigging awesome.
I love this game.
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listened to it on radio and only caught last 20mins
Watching highlights now.
Spain lost 1st match in 2010 too. But this is a heavy defeat and the dutch looked so strong going forward.
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The Brazil match was a referring travesty.
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@rich o brien said:
The Brazil match was a referring travesty.
Horrible.
Even today when Mexico got shafted twice by bad reffing, thankfully they still got the win.
Time they use two refs like basketball or use a third video ref and if the player falls intentionally then they get red carded
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Pure quality from van Persie.
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@solo said:
Pure quality from van Persie.
@unknownuser said:
This video contains content from FIFA, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.
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+1 on video ref
it is what makes rugby a better game.
missed the mexico match too.
time isn't too suited to europe
matches at 5pm/8pm/11pm/2am
which clashes with dinner, getting kid to bed and 20 other things
looking forward to italy v england tomorrow
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Yeah, I wan England to win as Italy are my team's (Germany) kryptonite.
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Thats a big upset for Spain! The goal they got was from a fluky penalty also. The Dutch look good when they play ball! They started out very dirty and were lucky not to loose at least one player. Then again maybe this was their tactic ... rough Spain up and then play ball.
I'd say van Persie's goal could well be the goal of the tournament. I have never seen one as good
FIFA will never bring in a video ref. How else would they be able to somewhat control the end results. They appear to be a very corrupt bunch at the top. Look at the talks of bribery in relation with the decision to hold the World Cup in Qatar
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/01/qatar-2022-world-cup-allegations-fifa-revoteGive Brazil the World Cup now, say Croatia after being robbed by Japanese referee who 'didn't speak English'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/10897316/Give-Brazil-the-World-Cup-now-say-Croatia-after-being-robbed-by-Japanese-referee-who-didnt-speak-English.htmln -
blocked it on copyright grounds?.
Try your brower
Brazil the World Cup | google.com
USA the World Cup | google.com
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@solo said:
First upset, Netherlands destroy champs Spain 5-1
Robben and Van Persie were frigging awesome.That was a nice surprise! Watched it in a pub and people weren't surprised Spain took the lead and even expected much worse to come. Expectations in the Netherlands were quite low for this team. Defense sometimes f... up or players go berserk and get send off.
But, tournaments have their own logic and unexpected results sometimes happen (remember Greece who won Euro 2004). Will be very interesting to see what happens if they have to play more defensive playing teams or if the same kind of pressure is put on them.
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This team from The Netherlands have 14 players from the "school" off Feyenoord Rotterdam.
Long ago in 1974 the dutch also played with most players from Feyenoord.The whole defense is from Feyenoord, thats why the defense is so strong, the players know each other very well. I think we can go know with know problems to the finals against Brazil
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I'm many selestial hours ahead so feel free to send me lots of money via PayPal so you can bet with impunity. If you need proof of my accuracy I can email my predictions, but only after the cheque has cleared.
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Ugh! England!
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@solo said:
Ugh! England!
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I enjoyed the game. It was the most flair Ive seen England play in a WC finals for a long long time. Sterling was Epic.
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Here on Brazil a lot of people ( I think 10 - 20% ) want Brazil team be defeated. All because of politics, we really hate our president, and some believe that the team loosing can make her loose some votes.
Here people saying very politely "hey Dilma go f*** yourself" Yes we are a very polite people
but the games are really good. Spain looses so bad.
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@alexandre sk said:
Here on Brazil a lot of people ( I think 10 - 20% ) want Brazil team be defeated. All because of politics, we really hate our president, and some believe that the team loosing can make her loose some votes.
Here people saying very politely "hey Dilma go f*** yourself" Yes we are a very polite people
but the games are really good. Spain looses so bad.
On the other side people are worried that if Brazil does lose that it will make the people even more mad and could result in widespread violence and even an end to the tournament.
I do look forward to and hope for a Spain vs Brazil knockout game. -
Eng v Ita was a great game
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@solo said:
On the other side people are worried that if Brazil does lose that it will make the people even more mad and could result in widespread violence and even an end to the tournament.
I do look forward to and hope for a Spain vs Brazil knockout game.Maybe But I don't think will happen. Police is well organized and violence is mainly made by some small groups. If Brazil looses will be big riots but non violent, I hope.
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Australia are world champions once again after thrashing the Netherlands 6 - 1.....!!!
oh....hang on....this topic is about Soccer....and Australia don't do so well at that.
In fact the Netherlands are about to seek revenge on Australia later this week after what we did to their Hockey team.....I have a feeling it won't be a very pretty score line.....!!
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