World Cup (Copa do Mundo) 2014 Master Thread

[420seriouscat69]

@mocat

Why is that dumbass smiling ater 1-0?

[sunny_cat]

I think maybe that's how he feels before 1-0, wacky but Idk

[Kat Kid]

What a bloodbath.  Misses the entire game because I wasted the last 30 minutes circling around the cluster eff that is Marengo, IL.

that can't possibly take 30 minutes.

The Main Street that connected me to the next leg was closed and there was only one sign for a detour (going the wrong way). I went that path then circled back through country roads to the same intersection then had to drive another 10 miles the wrong direction to find a parallel route which took me at 25 mph through a old people on golf cart infested golfing community to hook back up to the highway to take me the 10 miles back in the right direction to my destination.

[steve dave]

Everybody claiming their German heritage on Facebook. I'm so rough ridin' German I don't even need to tell anybody.

Lol as if anyone from Kansas really needs to

Good post

[felix rex]

The always even-keeled Brazilian press is taking this predictably well.

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[8manpick]

Now do it in English...

[steve dave]

nobody speaks mexican felix

[wetwillie]

google translate says the first one roughly reads "shame and humiliation"  second one says " suffers worst defeat in history"

[Institutional Control]

nobody speaks mexican felix

You're so dumb, steve dave.  They speak Puerto Rican in Brazil.

[felix rex]

They're all words for shame, with vexame also notoriously used by the press to describe scandals and war crimes under the previous dictatorship, thus adding to the hyperbole. The second says they suffered the worst defeat in history and features the same mostly black color scheme Folha uses in similar war crime/crimes against humanity type situations.

I mean, sheesh. Read a book for fucks sake, you rough ridin' troglodytes.

[Tobias]

south america needs to get one back, you guys

[mocat]

if argentina gets an early goal things could get messi for batman and robben hood van persie jackson the lightning thief of sherwood forest

[Trogdor]

[Kat Kid]

if argentina gets an early goal things could get messi for batman and robben hood van persie jackson the lightning thief of sherwood forest

Nailed it.

[Spracne]

ja ja

[Tobias]

I don't understand why they can't defend like basketball players on set pieces. I think soccer coaches maybe overthink things and make them too difficult and they end up with ridiculously open shots like that last one.

just curious

that was really, really terrible zonal marking.  you'd think germany took a quick corner or something.  they put marcelo on the back post and then literally like 6 brazilians were guarding 2 or 3 germans at the near six yard box.  holy eff it was embarrassing

[Tobias]

FIFA has suspended Nigeria from international competition after football leaders were fired by the government following the team's World Cup exit amid a dispute over player bonuses.

The suspension took effect immediately on Wednesday, with Nigerian teams and officials barred from international matches and meetings.

FIFA has set a July 15 deadline to resolve the problem, or Nigeria faces exclusion from the Under-20 Women's World Cup that starts in August in Canada.

Nigeria's government ousted the football federation leadership and arrested its president Aminu Maigari after he returned from Brazil last week. The government blamed officials for embarrassing the country by not settling the dispute of player payments.

FIFA rules protect its 209 member federations from influence by third parties, including politicians.

The Nigerian government has issued a legal order for the sports ministry to appoint new federation leaders.

''The suspension will be lifted once the court actions have been withdrawn,'' FIFA said.

Nigeria advanced from its group for the first time since the 1998 World Cup, but lost 2-0 to France in the round of 16. Before that game, players rebelled against the federation after not receiving their money for reaching the knockout stage.

Nigeria is also scheduled to begin defending its African Cup of Nations title when qualifying matches start in September. The tournament kicks off next January in Morocco.

Nigeria was also temporarily banned by FIFA after the 2010 World Cup when the country's president Goodluck Jonathan tried to withdraw the team from international competition until it improved.

[Tobias]

i mean obviously nothing to see here, etc but get it together nigeria

[Spracne]

Good luck sorting out that mess, Jonathan.

[Tobias]

i'm so tired of ruud van nistelrooy.  point, argentina

[sunny_cat]

i'm so tired of ruud van nistelrooy.  point, argentina

Ruud is a very strong selling point for rooting for Argentina.

[felix rex]

We shot off fireworks and hugged and cried when we lost to Germany good enough to advance. Does Nigeria know it's Nigeria?

[SdK]

I have a coffee date bet on the game. Loser pays. Go 'Tina.

[Tobias]

is j-dub on his own here?

[Spracne]

I am Van Spartacoos (also going for Netherlands)