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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/28/2014 5:01:53 PM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/28/2014 5:05:34 PM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/28/2014 5:13:35 PM   
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Status: offline 		Oh, my God !!! What a half !!! Brasil plays thick, Chile plays crease. Both sides are playing generally similar, but I’ve seen both of them change-up. So far the best game for Vidal, but there's always Sanchez, Vargas, and Bausejour, and one cannot discount Silva. This is not good for my heart.

BTW, oh, yeah, Howard is one of the best and he is showing it. He is letting the game flow. This is FIFA Futbol at its finest. No matter what happens, this game will become a classic. No matter what happens, I wish all of you the joy of it. JWE


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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/28/2014 6:45:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Jeez louize, what a fabulous game !!! So now we go to the kick-off. Oh, well. The soccer gods dispose.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/28/2014 6:58:20 PM   
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Status: offline 		Soccer gods decided. Great game. Final kick-off didn't help our side. Oh, well. Guess I should offer Brasil the joy of the win. They did earn it. JWE

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/28/2014 7:01:47 PM   
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As said though, I think the right result for the tournament.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/28/2014 7:23:51 PM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/28/2014 7:42:39 PM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/28/2014 8:44:31 PM   
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Hells bells, what a strike

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/28/2014 11:10:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Just took a look at the goals... those were awesome. How was the rest of the match?

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 12:21:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		Ahhhhh!!! Such a good match! Chile was too good to go out here. Too bad. Brasil was better than I've seen them so far though, too.

The Columbians were awesome too. That first goal was magic. Wow.

What a tournament!

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 12:26:01 AM   
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Again Brasil kick us out, However the boys played awesome.

VIVA CHILE MIEEEEEER....MOSA PATRIA

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 2:38:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		My wife and I watched at a cool bar. Beer helped with the disappointment.

A great match by both sides. Frankly surprised only two goals scored with the back and forth.

IMHO Brazil still has a lot of work to do. They will not win this tournament methinks. Others are playing much better.

PS - How much is James from Colombia adding to his next contract. That first goal was insane. Degree of difficulty was off the charts.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 5:57:15 PM   
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Status: offline 		Wow! Classic between Mexico and the Netherlands. The Dutch just got their second of two in the last 5 minutes of regular time.

Robben goes down, and I'm not watching live so can't see it. Was it real?

Huge disappointment for Mexico. Tough for them now. I was watching the first half at the gym and they looked the better team.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 5:59:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		Only one that fell for Robbens dive was the ref. Pretty shameful imo. Too much of that in this tournament.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 6:01:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Aand thats why he alway falls in a spectacular way and flapping his arms. It pays off often enough at little risk.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 6:12:00 PM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 6:17:20 PM   
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Wow! Classic between Mexico and the Netherlands. The Dutch just got their second of two in the last 5 minutes of regular time.

Robben goes down, and I'm not watching live so can't see it. Was it real?

Huge disappointment for Mexico. Tough for them now. I was watching the first half at the gym and they looked the better team.
warspite1

Sadly the Mexicans got what they deserved. They were the better team, the Dutch looked a shadow of their usual selves, but then Mexico get a goal.

From then on they were simply not in the slightest interested in getting the ball in the Dutch half. They were sloppy, lost possession regularly, and invited corner after corner.

I am normally a Dutch fan but I am really angry at how the Mexicans threw that away.


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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 6:18:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		Robben did jump over another challenge before that, when he could have just dived as well. I think the penalty was fair and the challenge from Rafa unnecessary. He does dive a lot though, that's true But from the minute Dos Santos got taken off for a defensive player, me and my dad were just cursing at Herrera (the coach, not the player). We didn't think 1-0 could be defended for 30 minutes and unfortunately this turned out to be correct

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 7:20:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		First half was arguably a penalty. The deciding penalty was exactly the kind of nonsense from Robben that is so often rewarded. Was it justice given the probably missed call in first half? Maybe, but Robben's antics leave a bad taste in my mouth.

Agree that Mexico made a tactical error. They scored, pulled a striker and sat back. Meanwhile, the Dutch made attacking subs, pulled the game wide, and took control of a match that Mexico was clearly winning to that point. The Mexican team made their bed and eventually lay in it. A shame for CONCACAF and a shame for Ochoa, who played like a beast yet again.

Soccer always has its share of controversial calls, but too many games are turning on them. The only flaw in an otherwise brilliant tourney.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 7:33:12 PM   
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First half was arguably a penalty. The deciding penalty was exactly the kind of nonsense from Robben that is so often rewarded. Was it justice given the probably missed call in first half? Maybe, but Robben's antics leave a bad taste in my mouth.

Agree that Mexico made a tactical error. They scored, pulled a striker and sat back. Meanwhile, the Dutch made attacking subs, pulled the game wide, and took control of a match that Mexico was clearly winning to that point. The Mexican team made their bed and eventually lay in it. A shame for CONCACAF and a shame for Ochoa, who played like a beast yet again.

Soccer always has its share of controversial calls, but too many games are turning on them. The only flaw in an otherwise brilliant tourney.

Oh, gosh yes. the game should have been decided on your opinion on a penalty. Maybe we should all just go home and let you, in your infinite wisdom, decide who gets what. Maybe?? Woof !! Not !!.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 7:35:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		yeah watching the penalty again, you're right at link below, I was just looking at Rafa's legs being there, not Robben obligingly falling after contact with it

http://www.cbssports.com/world-cup/eye-on-world-cup/24601118/arjen-robben-penalty-controversy-vs-mexico-helps-dutch-advance

I'm not sure if this is really Robben's tweet, but if it is, then damn...

Arjen Robben: 'In the first half I made a dive. That was a stupid action, I should not have done it.' (via NOS)

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 7:44:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		I watched the comments after the match and I did not hear him say that (nor is it his tweet). I think the consensus was, by the players and the coach, that at least 1 of the 3 relatively minor fouls made against Robben was worth a penalty kick.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 7:56:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		I can't read dutch, you should check it out - the interview was supposedly given to nos.nl : I can just get it second hand : http://www.101greatgoals.com/blog/arjen-robben-issues-public-apology-for-diving-during-the-first-half-v-mexico/

edit : http://www.telegraaf.nl/telesport/voetbal/oranje/22797768/__Robben___Sorry_voor_schwalbe___.html


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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 8:14:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you read the whole story you would see that he is talking about another incident in the first half, not the one that could have been awarded a penalty kick. Not really big news, he was out for a penalty kick a couple of times. He is not alone in this...

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 8:17:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		I wasn't intimating that he was talking about either important incident, sorry I made it sound that way. Saying this out loud though might make it hard for him to get legitimate penalties in the future though.

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/29/2014 9:54:04 PM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/30/2014 12:32:08 AM   
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Status: offline 		By the end, Costa Rica - Greece reminded me of one of those war movies where the outnumbered side has to hold the fort until dawn against hopeless odds. By the end, those guys were so dead tired they almost couldn't walk. Not the most scintillating display of technique, but what a battle. I was pulling for CRC due to the CONCACAF link, but kind of feel sorry either side has to lose (although Greece has no one to blame but themselves after that much time with a man advantage).

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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 6/30/2014 7:15:49 AM   
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RE: Really OT : World Cup 2014 - 7/1/2014 1:33:15 AM   
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