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I'm all in for England tomorrow. First game in the jungle. Also, an interesting contrast of styles between Colombia and Greece
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whatever happened to Sebastián Zúñiga? He was as highly touted as Alexis Sanchez, and then....not. Now he's playing football in the 2nd division of Chile.
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So umm...Buffon > Casillas??
He looked BADDDD today. Straight bad. He may still be the best Spanish GK but given that he wasn't really playing all year I think you can legitimately question why he's starting. Probably the worst game of his entire career, so really it's not fair to dump him out of the Pantheon of "Top GKs" on just this game alone, but yeah...I wouldn't feel too confident with him back there right now. Last edited by DaddyTorgo : 06-13-2014 at 08:44 PM. |
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06-13-2014, 08:51 PM | #357 |
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Said to my brother, but will repeat here.
I dunno if the Dutch can last deep into the tournament given the respective ages of their skill players (Robb, Sneij, RVP), but if those guys are on (or 2/3 of them are on) that team can beat anybody on their day. I was skeptical of the Dutch defense being so untested coming into the tournament, and given they weren't really tested much today so it's tough to tell if that'll be an issue or not against other squads. I thought the Dutch did a great job controlling the game, never let Spain get into their rhythm and dictate play and start moving the ball around quickly. Much like Brazil yesterday, Spain just didn't seem "up for the match." |
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What's the logic behind ESPN using Mexican commentators for the Mexico game's US broadcast?
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A lot of Mexican-Americans that grew up with both cultures...speak mostly English but grew up rooting for El Tri. Maybe they hope some of those fans switch from Univision. I would assume that anyway. Also, neither are Mexican. One is Salvadoran, and the other is Venezuelan.
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I'm pretty sure we're going to have pro-American soccer comments made by the commentators for the US game. I think it's relatively fair that Mexico, which accounts for the homeland for a ton of soccer fans in this county (far more than any other country other than the US - and judging by ratings for Univision to ESPN, maybe more?) should be afforded the same.
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Terrible game from Spain, Netherlands played as expected, 5 defences and aggressive in the midfield to hit Spain in the counter and it played perfectly.
The problem with Spain is that the coach is too stubborn and passive, he inherited a great team that won the Euro cup based on Barcelona players and style, made little changes and was more of a sports psychologist than real coach for the last 6 years to keep the old team glued. Then as Barcelona falls down, the national team does too. The problem is when those players got older, Xavi for example that can't play a full game, Xavi Alonso played better, but is also getting old. Then the forwards, Costa is strong, good with the head and really combative to become a good different option but not a top forward imho and not very different of the player he left at home on Llorente that had a nice season in Italy. Then he insisted in bringing in Torres who has not done anything for a while. Casillas is another sample, has not played the whole year in the league, he did in the champions, but he has been the backup of Real Madrid (underserved imho) and needs match fitness and specially self confidence that he lacks right now being a backup. Del Bosque promised when he become the national coach that he won't ever bring in a backup to the team, but then he did the exception for Casillas because he was the captain... and look how it went. For the coach and based on his hints, this world cup was more of a "price" for the old players that won the 3 titles before, but hey, we can clap them for what they did, but if they are not hungry anymore, are too old, tired and out of shape, then bring in younger players that are both present and future. Now being positive in this hard moment, we also started losing vs Suiza past WC and ended winning it, but we didn't lose on an embarrassing way that time as we did now that has probably devastated their moral. Either the players will rebound to recover their pride or will just go home fast as we used to do in the past. Let's hope the sport psychologist Del Bosque can give them the magical team talk (like in FM) because i don't think he is going to do much more in terms of lineups changes.
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And as you pointed out, it's just one game. With two wins, Spain is still likely to get into the second round. The only scenario where that would fail is if Netherlands beats Australia and Chile beats the Netherlands.
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I dunno, personally I think the Spanish one was a pen. Think most would be miffed if your team didn't get that decision. Agree on the Brazil one though, soft at best.
You won 5-1, let the penalty decision go!
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Those are great. Thanks for posting them.
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Off-topic but somewhat related.
Why Qatar will likely be stripped of the 2022 World Cup—Commentary Quote:
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Let's go Columbia!
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Colombian crowd is amazing. Need to get Greece out of the tourney. Definitely wishing I had bought Colombia in the auction
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Wow Greece
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Greece is playing better than I expected.
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I am very grateful for Columbia scoring in the 6th minute. It made a game with Greece being a very enjoyable affair with plenty of offense and flowing play (something which is rare with Greece).
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Well the thing that stuck out me was that they were concerned that even 87 would be "sweltering" - what do they think it is in Brazil right now?
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Columbia has some serious depth at the striker position even with Falcao out.
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Yeah babY!
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Nice exclamation point at the end there!
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GG Columbia. Even without Falcao.
But this whole "don't call me James, call me Hames" Rodriguez thing...fuck him. That's just ridiculous. |
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Let's have a fun match!
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Good call on PK...Lugano was clearly tugged down and might have had a go at it.
Nice PK by Cavani. Uruguay are fun, I'd love to see them make a little run. Last edited by DaddyTorgo : 06-14-2014 at 02:26 PM. |
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A legit penalty, it's a miracle!
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what a save by Navas, wow !
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Great save by Navas there.
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Might just be my inner Juve fan, but Caceres is looking good out there. I like his game.
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COSTA RICAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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great run and cross, then a very confident finish by Campbell. Has looked very good all game, too.
Uruguay just looking to get by with minimal effort, lets see if they can flip the switch here. Ruiz might be the slowest player in the tournament, jeez ... Would have been a typical No 10 back in the 70s, but nowadays ...
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Was just commenting that this game was lacking any energy and bam, a nice goal by the Ticos.
Hopefully the game picks up a bit more now.
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WWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAA - GOAL TWO BABY!!!!
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Um whoa - the Ticos came to play.
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And another breakdown on a set piece, wow ...
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Nice finish on that one!
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