2014 World Cup thread

[mdk]

Halo said The same guy could have gone down from bad tackles prior to that and didn't - that's the thing, he didn't flop in that situation before. That's why I'm inclined to believe he didn't then.

He wasn't six feet from the box in stoppage time for the win at those points. It's a flop situation. You're supposed to flop. And he did. The human body doesn't do that when it's touched on the toe, okay? It was a flop. One that he *should* have attempted, and did, and I'm not criticizing him for it, that's what good players do. It just blows for Mexico to lose on that kind of play.

[mdk]

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so what I'm seeing is, Robben is already juking left and trying to jump past this defender, whose late challenge catches him right on the tip of the foot. Feeling the contact, Robben goes ballistic, flails everything, howls in pain, falls on his face. Very, very, *very* obvious exaggeration at the least. I'm not fully convinced this would've even taken him off his feet, if he'd had any intention of continuing the play. He was clearly looking for the penalty, and he got it. So who sucks? That Mexico defender! Why would you give Robben a chance to sell this? You can't give the ref a chance to decide the game.

[Halo]

Nah, Robben's foot was on the ground, the defender stepped on his toe, pinning that foot to the ground after he'd already committed to going left and had only that foot on the ground. Maybe - maybe - he could have just caught himself if he'd tried hard, but I don't think he faked being tripped.

LOL COSTA RICA GET PWNT

[idlehands]

Wow, the ref really tried to win that game for Greece, short of putting the ball into the net for them. Good for Costa Rica.

[Giant]

Nobody talked about Colombia v. Uruguay. :(

[PrimezTime]

Giant said
Nobody talked about Colombia v. Uruguay. :(

Yo brudda! I thought about you when I was watching about that game!

They got a tough match coming up, though.

[Halo]

The best thing about that game was Rodriguez' goal. Ooft.

[Giant]

Yes and yes. People here are very optimistic about our victory, and although Brazil hasn't been playing its best (in my opinion) they are still a tough nut to crack. But thankfully, we have a crack. James is pretty much the national hero right now, and that was a beautiful goal.

[idlehands]

I think Colombia has a great chance to beat Brazil if they're not fucked over by the refs.

[Giant]

idlehands said
I think Colombia has a great chance to beat Brazil if they're not fucked over by the refs.

lol

[Halo]

This German keeper has balls of fucking steel.

[Hank]

I was shitting bricks during the Mexico-Netherlands game. I was watching it with a bunch of friends and the entire room exploded at the equalizer, exploded again when we were awarded a penalty and was officially fucking leveled when Huntelaar nailed it. What an emotional rollercoaster.

[idlehands]

Congrats, Hank. Your team never stopped fighting to score, I wish I could say the same about Mexico. I think The Netherlands has a good shot at the cup, good luck.

[Giant]

Holy crap. It's the Swiss Guard defending the goal. Pretty damn amazing how they've held against the Argies.

[Hank]

The defense and the keeper are seriously doing work, but I'm not impressed by the Argentinians either.

[idlehands]

I'm missing today's games. :/

[Hank]

So you'll miss Belgium-USA? That's too bad. I'm excited for that.

[idlehands]

Yes I am, and it sucks. I was looking forward to it as well, since the USA is the last dog I have in this fight. I'll probably leave this thread alone now, I don't want to know the final scores.

[Giant]

The Swiss can go with pride.

[mdk]

Giant said
The Swiss can go with pride.

I really thought their keeper was gonna nail that bicycle kick for the win. Holy shit. Can you imagine?

Also, Di Maria looks like a living incarnation of a soccer motivational poster.