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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/15/2014 9:54:18 AM   
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Good game, probably deserved a draw but the difference was Pirlo. He's a bit good!

Think we might struggle now, as the we don't play well under pressure

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/15/2014 9:55:06 AM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/15/2014 11:48:34 AM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/15/2014 3:09:14 PM   
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Coming from a country where football (The real one not the one they play in the US ) is almost a religion, we have great expectations for our team, and being on group B (The real and only group of death) is hardly encouraging, however wining with Australia and on the wake of the surprising beating the Dutch gave the Spaniards we are patiently waiting our match with the world champion on Wednesday .

I love the world cup, it brings the best of everyone, whole countries forget their internal disputes and join behind their 11 representatives, it’s quite inspiring.


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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/15/2014 3:51:19 PM   
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The USA-Ghana match will need boats as it started raining in Natal during Mexico's win and hasn't stopped since. The best of drainage can't handle to downpours.



Actually, it can. I doubt that the Brazilians have done this, but the University of Georgia built their football field to handle draining up to 12 inches of rain per day. They started with a thick (2'? 3'?) layer of gravel under the dirt on top of which the grass sod was laid. Of course, it helps that the football field was built above a creek bed so that the water has a route for draining away once it has soaked through the gravel filter.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/15/2014 3:56:38 PM   
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I will agree England played much better than 2010. But I had high expectations for the young guns. Hodgson seemed to want to concede possession and try to counter with speed. However, IMHO conceding possession to a team like Italy plays into their hands. Like Spain and Arsenal, Italy want the ball. I thought pressing Pirlo and De Rossi might have worked better. Then again Pirlo IS amazing.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/15/2014 4:55:11 PM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/15/2014 5:07:47 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Maglio
Just to Add my own grain of salt,

Coming from a country where football (The real one not the one they play in the US ) is almost a religion, we have great expectations for our team, and being on group B (The real and only group of death) is hardly encouraging, however wining with Australia and on the wake of the surprising beating the Dutch gave the Spaniards we are patiently waiting our match with the world champion on Wednesday .

I love the world cup, it brings the best of everyone, whole countries forget their internal disputes and join behind their 11 representatives, it’s quite inspiring.

I'm from Puerto Varas. El grupo de la muerte nos debe respetar ahora. One down, and one more to go till we can get into el último grupo de 16. ¡ Vamos! Chile, ¡ Vamos! La Roja.

Saw Switzerland v Ecuador. A heartbreaking loss for Ecuador in the last 30 seconds. But saw some very good (spectacular on occasion) play from both sides. That was World Cup futbol. Kudos to Switzerland, sincere condolences to Ecuador.

This one is oh, so much better than that nonsense in 2010 in SA.

< Message edited by Symon -- 6/15/2014 7:35:37 PM >

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 5:08:02 AM   
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At least it is nowhere near as irritating to watch.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 5:23:11 AM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 5:26:55 AM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 10:22:44 AM   
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http://babb.telegraph.co.uk/2014/06/37-reasons-why-andrea-pirlo-is-the-worlds-greatest-living-human-man/

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 5:34:50 PM   
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Watch Germany. They could be the instant favorites. Germany vs Netherlands final?
warspite1

I'm going for an Argentina - Brazil final. But one never writes off ze Germans.... ever.

More to the point, the match taking place now must give the USA or Ghana a glimmer of hope for that runner-up spot?

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 7:03:49 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes, red card plus awful game for Porto means a win tonight for either team gives a real chance, esp USA as we will benefit from the suspension in our next game. GO USA!

Still a longshot, but maybe a crack we can slip through.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 7:21:10 PM   
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Watch Germany. They could be the instant favorites. Germany vs Netherlands final?


You should definitely play lottery :D .

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 7:26:14 PM   
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Too bad Italy started with just one striker and I couldn't laugh for 90 minutes at the unfortunately name Immobile. Who did give an Inzaghi like born on offside performance for the 12 minutes he was on. And a good thing they faced the English, if it was the Brits, then Ramsey and Bales would have made for a very different result as those two can actually score quite reliably.


I'm not sure who or what is referred to there, but in Italian that could be taken as "the unmoved" or "he who is unbending like a rock".

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 7:49:53 PM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 7:53:42 PM   
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As far as anyone knows the match (game) is on.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 8:01:02 PM   
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Which they really did ( with a little help from the ref)

Go Germany

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 8:35:47 PM   
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I'm not sure who or what is referred to there, but in Italian that could be taken as "the unmoved" or "he who is unbending like a rock".


He's a striker, not a defender. If I am correct in my analogy, in American he is a wide receiver or tight end, not a linebacker

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/16/2014 11:08:01 PM   
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Altidore -

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/17/2014 12:08:34 AM   
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What a match. Exhausting just to watch it. Brooks a storybook game and goal.

A big step toward what appeared unachievable, but injuries could sink us.

That German fellow with the spiky hair looks a pretty good coach right now.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/17/2014 12:48:13 AM   
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Status: offline 		Amazing game. Ghana completely outplayed the US, but they had chances they didn't finish and the US did with theirs. Amazing. So fun to watch in a bar in London full of Americans!

Ghana looked really good on the ball though, and so fast. They could give Germany a tough game. Passing by the US was poor, often too slow and too late, and they couldn't run onto a long ball as all of Ghana's defenders were faster than the US forwards. The US defense was good though.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/17/2014 1:01:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Agreed on our passing. Bradley had one of his worst games in his US team history. However, IMHO Ghana put us under such pressure only to inexplicably flub in the final third. Wayward passes, shots and lack of creativity galore by the Black Stars in a game they should have won.

In fairness to US, they were dealt a terrible blow with Altidore and his hold up play going down. We were forced to improvise and really failed to relieve the pressure as a result.

Still, USA is never the best side, but always the gutsiest. Brooks "I am so overcome I can't get up" goal celebration was priceless, IMHO.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/17/2014 1:07:50 AM   
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Poor people in the city suffering from flooding...

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/17/2014 1:30:18 AM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/17/2014 1:38:34 PM   
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Agreed on our passing. Bradley had one of his worst games in his US team history. However, IMHO Ghana put us under such pressure only to inexplicably flub in the final third. Wayward passes, shots and lack of creativity galore by the Black Stars in a game they should have won.

In fairness to US, they were dealt a terrible blow with Altidore and his hold up play going down. We were forced to improvise and really failed to relieve the pressure as a result.

Still, USA is never the best side, but always the gutsiest. Brooks "I am so overcome I can't get up" goal celebration was priceless, IMHO.


A friend and I were watching, both Americans living in London, and we thought about what it is to be American. There was an American woman in the bar wearing a Ghana jersey and screaming at the TV relentlessly, berating anything the US did well, flipping off the refs, screaming often.

I can't say I've ever had the experience of seeing anyone from another nation actively rooting against and flipping off their own countrymen (or women). This seems nearly uniquely American, and rooted in the ethos of freedom of speech and expression, but something more than that as well. She had a similar gutsy, plucky attitude as the US players there on the screen, rooting for 'her Back Stars' in a bar full of Americans. Very interesting.

I agree Ghana blew a few sitters. Didn't finish the brilliant play that kept getting them forward again and again.

It was also interesting that Dempsey's 1' goal was from virtually the same spot as one of Rooney's muffed chances from the England-Italy match. No matter what else you do, it's all about finishing chances.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/17/2014 4:04:12 PM   
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Woof !! Must say I was pleasantly surprised. Gotta admit Ghana had the better game, but the net gods rule, yeah? Ok, then, Portugal and then Germany.

Meanwhile, Chile has Spain and then the Netherlands. Jeez Louize, who figures out the groups anyway? And how much are they paid?


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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/17/2014 6:21:31 PM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/17/2014 9:05:53 PM   
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