2014 World Cup thread

[Hank]

The Orange Wedding (Spain 1 - 5 Netherlands, "van Gaal sends his regards", also known as 5PA1N), the Blitzkrieg (Germany 4 - 0 Portugal) and now the dramatic and historic US victory over Ghana last night (USA 2 - 1 Ghana). It's been a good cup so far. So, Americans, getting excited yet? You actually won something!

[idlehands]

I'm excited, my husband is a huge futbol fan and took a month off just to watch the World Cup so I'll be seeing a lot of the games with him. Mexico's win over Cameroon was awesome but the next team they play is Brazil. I was hoping for a better showing from Spain, alas it was not to be. England sucks...again but I was pleasantly surprised with the US win.

[Hank]

Why would you root for Spain? They've already won everything on the international stage the past 6 years (and fuck tiki-taka).

[The Nexerus]

Not a popular sport up here.

[Brovo]

Brazil es numero uno hue hue hue hue hue hue hue hue~

In all seriousness: Argentina pls. Or the US. Though the latter is still a long shot by every stretch of the imagination.

[NotAMouse]

I've been watching it on and off- it plays constantly at the cafe I more or less live at these days.

[Smiral]

My favorite part about big soccer events is when everyone gets hyped for Mexico and they fucking lose

Come on Brazil, time to crush Mexico's ambition

[Meth Quokka]

Hank said
The Orange Wedding (Spain 1 - 5 Netherlands, , also known as 5PA1N), the Blitzkrieg (Germany 4 - 0 Portugal) and now the dramatic and historic US victory over Ghana last night (USA 2 - 1 Ghana). It's been a good cup so far. So, Americans, getting excited yet? You actually won something!

Pfft you haven't played the powerhouse of the Socceroos yet!

I have no idea how we have an unbeaten record against you.

[Hank]

You do? Really?

Extraordinary. We'll have to do something about that.

[Meth Quokka]

Hank said
You do? Extraordinary. We'll have to do something about that.

We've only played 3 games against each other though. 1 win, 2 draws.

Oh yeah, this is one of our weakest teams for nearly a decade, which is really saying something.

[Cath]

ENGERLAND ENGERLAND ENGERLAND

[K-97]

Catharyn said
ENGERLAND ENGERLAND ENGERLAND

I like this post. It's optimistic about our chances.

[Meth Quokka]

Catharyn said
ENGERLAND ENGERLAND ENGERLAND

I think Gary Lewin summed up England for this world cup.

[Hank]

Kangaroo said
We've only played 3 games against each other though. 1 win, 2 draws.

Oh yeah, this is one of our weakest teams for nearly a decade, which is really saying something.

I look forward to the massacre.

[mdk]

(view this video as you read the post)





We are poised to advance out of the group. Germany's 4-0 thrashing of Portugal puts us far ahead on goal differential; likely, if all we did was draw from here on out we're through. But we're not here to draw. We're here to FUCKING FOOTBALL!! FACE EXPLOSION!!!



If we could just find whoever's been putting Hamstring Poison in our gatorade, we'd be set.

[Meth Quokka]

Hank said
I look forward to the massacre.

If it's anything less you guys aren't achieving.

[Hank]

Or saving strength and being satisfied with 2-0 or something like that. We had a massive vendetta against Spain after the botched finals 4 years ago -- I'm sure that had something to do with it.

[mdk]

[Meth Quokka]

Hank said
Or saving strength and being satisfied with 2-0 or something like that. We had a massive vendetta against Spain after the botched finals 4 years ago -- I'm sure that had something to do with it.

Yeah true, it can still be a massacre at 2-0 though! I think your goal difference is pretty unbeatable for the group.

[andromedene]

The only reason I knew it was happening was because of Google.