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At 6/29/14 04:24 PM, Auz wrote: So I think it all evens out.

Still goes in my counter as a double instead of a null.

At 6/29/14 01:51 PM, Gagsy wrote: Wait.. I didn't want just the one penalty :((

Eight left.

At 6/29/14 01:54 PM, Head-Full-Of-Acid wrote: maybe soccer's rigged too..
At 6/29/14 01:54 PM, All-American-Badass wrote: The Netherlands up 2-1 now off a very questionable penalty.
At 6/29/14 02:12 PM, blauwwolkje92 wrote: robben is such a good actor -_- !!!, i could cry right now :'(
At 6/29/14 02:25 PM, wismty wrote: No kidding... Its weird seeing him act like that, but I guess that's what happens when you get outplayed.

Right leg doesn't get touched, but his left foot, where all of his weight is, gets stomped. They don't come much clearer than that.

At 6/29/14 07:00 AM, NuScarab wrote:

At 6/28/14 03:41 PM, Gagsy wrote: My favourite thing about this whole Suarez-gate is that he and his associates continue to believe that this is just a massive witch hunt from the British media

When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think that sardines will be thrown into the sea. Thank you.

- Actual Cannibal Shia LeBeouf

That one felt more like team ping-pong. James now averaging 1.25 goals per match. Deal with it.

Speaking of ex-Porto players, Álvaro Pereira sporting a jarhead is completely unrecognizable.
Arriving.
During.
Now.
Bonus: toward Benfica fans on winning the League.
This is why i say Americans should consider either the MLS for the reasons Gob stated (time difference) or a European league for the outright disregard for making it a family-friendly sport. Hide yo' kids. Hide yo' wife. 'Cause we 'bout to play football up in here.

Painful part of the WC: the amount of players that Porto launched and are no longer here, shining bright as all phuq. Even so, we're 3rd, with 9 players in the WC.
We do miss James.

At 6/28/14 03:41 PM, Gagsy wrote: My favourite thing about this whole Suarez-gate is that he and his associates continue to believe that this is just a massive witch hunt from the British media, and its like.. He was in Brazil playing for Uruguay and bit into an Italian. You couldn't have a less English scenario if you tried.

That kind of shows that he and "his people" (agent, family leeches, etc) have their bottom lines under the microscope and are focusing greatly on his market value. Nevermind the actual implications of the event, like the well-being of a fellow athlete, the possibility of undiagnosed severe mental issues, the poor example set, and just the overall shame, let's all focus instead on the difficulty that they'll have in finding someone willing to purchase him out of Liverpool for a big fat wad of cash. Damn you British media for shining the spotlight on the event, bringing it to the attention to possible client clubs, who otherwise would obviously never have known about the incident.

Fucking idiots.

At 6/28/14 03:31 PM, steph2568 wrote: To quote my mom on the Suarez incident: "He needs mental help!"

True.

Media seems to be heaping the skepticism on Brazil, but my perspective is: just how surprised were we all with Chile in this WC right from day 1? I think it was less a case of Brazil being crap and more a case of Chile stepping up in a big way.
Other news:
Clermont Foot invests in a female manager - Corinne Diacre - again, after Helena Costa quits.
Martins Indi is verbally agreed to be a Porto player next year.
Suárez: "I lost my balance and fell into my adversary."

Avé, César.

At 6/28/14 12:22 AM, HollowedPumkinz wrote: But you know what pissed me off about last match with Germany? How lame duck the US was, they knew all they had to do was defend to advance so they'd give up every potential offensive position over and over. We almost NEVER had the ball on their side of the field. If we did get it, we'd get it to midfield, kick it to their back field and they'd recover and continue their never ending blitzkrieg of attacks that we just let happen because we always needed 3 or 4 of our guys way in our backside of the field. Maybe if we put some offensive effort in and put pressure on THEM to defend, they wouldn't have scored. Of course if you give an opponent enough chances, they'll always get it in, eventually. How they thought we'd be able to keep them at bay for 90 minutes is beyond me, I honestly think the fact they didn't score more was just Germany's good graces. (not that they weren't trying)

The thing with playing against "big sharks" (an expression used to describe a team that's considered a group-killer, 'cause we're stuck in a tiny tank with them) is that that's pretty much your only option, to be compact in defence and, whenever you get a chance, come out with guns blazing. To make a parallel, it's one of those occasions when the NBA maxim "the best defense is a good offense" works - a rarity in a sport where player rotation is almost negligible, and playing offensive or counter-offensive football for extended periods of time will rapidly result in enormous fatigue and breakdowns in concentration. Thing is, it was match day 3, and in Brazil. Like i said about the Dutch team before Spain even started, i can see only one team maintaining speed of play over all 90 minutes of a match in these weather conditions, and it's the Dutch. Everyone else who's playing counter-offensive football is going to be hurting after about minute 50~60. Portugal started off against Germany and made 7 out of the available 9 substitutions during the group stage as "conditioned substitutions" (either injury, fatigue management or formation rebalancing after a red card).

Anyways, so far I'm interested enough to want to buy a soccer ball and knock it around with my bro and get into the matches more, we watch them all the time at work. (in our downtime, of course)

Yay?

I always kinda hope that the ending of the World Cups attracts a few stragglers toward watching a few MLS or EPL matches afterward and get into it.

At 6/27/14 07:57 AM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/27/14 03:49 AM, HollowedPumkinz wrote: I'm probably way over thinking this...something something 'murica.

Yeah, it's rather complicated, heh.

But one should never forget to take it all in good fun. It's an easy joke to make, and although Germans won't outright laugh-out-loud at anything related to it, i think even the famous German (lack of) sense of humour isn't stubborn enough to not understand that, if there's one thing you can count on in football, it's a high volume of stupid jokes for cheap chuckles. Example: giving Americans shit for their attempts at grasping the sport.
On the srs on that issue, World Cup Newgrounds makes me proud of the amount of Americans that actually make an effort, if only 1 month out of 4 years, to get into the beautiful game and understand its finer points. This year, the big focus so far for them was "how, exactly, does injury time work? and is it like overtime?"

Russia defending physically for a long time, Slimani scores, ties the match and maintains status-quo in the group. I think i heard German celebrations.

This seems appropriate today.

At 6/26/14 02:57 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/26/14 02:33 PM, C-Hawk wrote: Jesus... 7 matches at 90~120 minutes each of running in 20º, 80% weather with just a half-time to breathe. We'd see a few cases of Miklós Fehér for sure.

I've seen a video of this incident. And I did cry. :(

I was watching it on live TV, since at that time Benfica was on the way to win their first league title in 10 years, and as a Porto fan, any lost points by them would be cause for celebration, and an opportunity for Porto to ruin their party. Ended up watching TV at the edge of my seat for the rest of the day\night hoping for good news on him. Porto basically chased him out of their offices after a heated argument between himself, his agent and our President a few years before that, involving an overturned table and broken computer, resulting in his turncoating to Benfica, so Porto fans' feelings about him weren't exactly the best, right up until the moment we saw both Benfica and Guimarães' medical teams sprinting onto the pitch. The following day, Porto sent a representative entourage, headed by none other than Mourinho himself, to pay respects.

Keeping him, Vivien Foe, and a bunch of other people in mind, Qatar 2022 is going to be a gigantic clusterfuck and everybody knows it.

At 6/26/14 02:19 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/26/14 01:59 PM, C-Hawk wrote: Godspeed to both Germany and the Yanks in the knock-outs.

Thanks. I really expected Portugal to advance to the next round (that's why I thought Ronaldo will win the golden boot), but USA really surprised me.

If the Group H matches go the way they're supposed to, the Americans play Belgium and Germany play either Algeria or Russia. Even though I'm somewhat acquainted with Algeria's attack (a few of them play in Portugal), i still say let's hope it's Algeria, obviously. Belgium has been interesting to watch, seeing as they're not usual contenders in World Cups and when they do, you get to see an entirely different generation with wholly new football.

Time to start explaining to American friends on skype that, outside the US, playoffs are only one match apiece. Win or go home, do or die, etc.

It would be really funny if it was best of 5 or best of 7, haha.

Jesus... 7 matches at 90~120 minutes each of running in 20º, 80% weather with just a half-time to breathe. We'd see a few cases of Miklós Fehér for sure.

The last time an African team scored against Portugal, Ronaldo was 1 year old.

At 6/26/14 02:00 PM, Gagsy wrote: 0-1 USA WINS!

Almost as good a headline as "ENG 1-1 USA! AMAZING VICTORY!"

At 6/26/14 01:55 PM, Haggard wrote: Funniest scene in the second half: Jones running over his teammate.
Wow, Ronaldo scored a goal. But that's not enough. No points in the prediction game for predicting the winner of the golden boot for me. :(

Feelings here are along the lines of "You can't fire me, i quit!" and "Better to die standing than to stand dying". Godspeed to both Germany and the Yanks in the knock-outs.

Time to start explaining to American friends on skype that, outside the US, playoffs are only one match apiece. Win or go home, do or die, etc. More portuguese football language trivia (to add to the "chicken" slang term), knock-outs are called "kill-games" or "kill-kill" ("mata-mata"), for obvious reasons.

At 6/26/14 12:55 PM, Ejit wrote:

At 6/26/14 12:48 PM, SwisherCovent wrote:

At 6/26/14 12:48 PM, Auz wrote: OMG! That Boye! Nearly chips it into his own goal a second time.

He's been paid off.

It's doubly funny thanks to the candid photo of him kissing his share of the Ghanaian bonus pot

Imagine the odds of their actually getting their payments had they not threatened to go on strike.

At 6/26/14 12:42 PM, All-American-Badass wrote:

At 6/26/14 12:30 PM, Zachary wrote: FUCKING REF GET OUT OF THE WAY

If we lose by one i know who I'm blaming.

Not watching the Yanks, should i add that situation to my counter of "ref mistakes cancelling\leading to goals"?

At 6/26/14 12:48 PM, SwisherCovent wrote:

At 6/26/14 12:48 PM, Auz wrote: OMG! That Boye! Nearly chips it into his own goal a second time.

He's been paid off.

Boye for portugal mvp.

At 6/26/14 11:55 AM, Zachary wrote: Any of you non-freedom countries (not US) should enjoy this

http://www.clickhole.com/video/exclusive-pregame-footage-inside-us-world-cup-team-384

It's how i feel non-football-fans view this entire thread. Bah, fuck those people anyway.

At 6/26/14 10:07 AM, Ejit wrote: This is what it's all about, for any Americans watching.

We can also attempt to translate it.

After O.J. just got banned from everything for 4 months, the Portugal Heat are about to play against a team that just kicked out Michael Vick and Tiger Woods.

We're gonna beat the Cowboys, and the Cowboys, and Jennifer Lawrence.

At 6/25/14 10:59 PM, orangebomb wrote:

At 6/25/14 10:42 PM, Greggg586 wrote: I got a question. how do the referees go about estimating how much stoppage time to put on the clock, because 5min was hell-of-alot when USA was versing Port

They judge how much time that it took for things that would normally stop play, such as injuries, or kicking the ball intentionally out of bounds and a few others. (I think there are a few others, IDK) it was designed to speed up the end of games against teams who intentionally slow down play to protect single-goal leads.

Precisely. Dempsey took between 30 to 45 seconds to walk off the pitch while being substituted during injury time, hence the 4 minutes given turning into 5. Basically, any sort of anti-football time-burning adds to the clock, most of the time rounded up instead of down in order to penalize the team that tries to burn time.

At 6/25/14 05:59 PM, All-American-Badass wrote:

At 6/25/14 05:01 PM, C-Hawk wrote: ESPN's biggest sin, though: news about LeBron James' contract.

That's ESPN's programming when they're not showing sports. Before Lebron won two straight NBA title they were all about Tim Tebow.

I get that. It's just an interesting exercise to switch between streams from different countries and note the differences. There's an easy joke in there about "lololo murkans don't have attention spans, ADD" and whatnot, but i guess it comes from a) a multi-big-sport culture and b) a culture of sports more segmented than football (i.e. 4 quarters, time-outs, commercial breaks, etc). Earlier today, ESPN was like "20 PEOPLE DIED IN NIGERIA DUE TO A BOMB ATTACK IN A SHOPPING MALL", mid-play. Here, they won't even tell you that someone died in the stands of the stadium until after the game is over, in order to break the news more gently than that. One thing Gagsy and i once found unthinkable was a radio show host slipping in "Subway, build a better breakfast" mid-sentence. Not mid-show, not mid-conversation, he actually interrupted himself, then picked back up where he'd left off the sentence and kept going like it was nothing. My jaw dropped.

At 6/25/14 04:56 PM, SwisherCovent wrote:

At 6/25/14 04:40 PM, C-Hawk wrote: that was probably Sir Alex Fergusson's biggest mistake, letting him out of Manchester United". Feeling like british commentators could turn anything into a british-centred discussion.

Been listening out for this, and they mention other teams just as frequently that are not in the EPL. If you're watching an English stream catered for an English audience, then I don't really see the big deal in them saying "oh, he plays for Chelski" or whatever. Don't see the issue, tbh.

I'm talking about comparatively to portuguese streams mentioning portuguese clubs etc. The british streams even go so far as to mention a player that used-to-be in a british club for a few months six years ago.
ESPN's biggest sin, though: half-time of the World Mother Fucking Cup, news about LeBron James' contract. Porto just sold Fernando for 15M€ and Benfica sold Garay for 2.4 and i had to find this out on their club websites.

At 6/25/14 04:44 PM, NuScarab wrote: Do Shaqiri's hips lie?

He's starting to feel you.

boy.

At 6/25/14 04:30 PM, C-Hawk wrote: Go out for dinner, pop in, headphones on, stream i had on from earlier match hasn't stopped, now showing France v Ecuador, british commentator's first words i hear, "that was probably Sir Alex Fergusson's biggest mistake, letting him out of Manchester United". Feeling like british commentators could turn anything into a british-centred discussion.

It got worse. Changed to ESPN stream. Along with the british commentator, there's a dude with a fake spanish accent.

At 6/25/14 02:33 PM, Haggard wrote:

At 6/25/14 01:32 PM, Ejit wrote: Isn't it odd - or is it just me - how easy it is to forget just how good He is?

Well, it's the first time that Messi plays this good at an international level. I'm happy for him that he finally scored some goals during a WC. But the rest of his team seems to be substandard. We'll see how far Argentina can get with a good Messi in a not so good team. Who knows, maybe a "good Messi" is enough to win the title?

I know what you mean, would've expected a lot more from Higuaín, di María, etc. I'd still back Brazil in a head-to-head with Argentina.

Go out for dinner, pop in, headphones on, stream i had on from earlier match hasn't stopped, now showing France v Ecuador, british commentator's first words i hear, "that was probably Sir Alex Fergusson's biggest mistake, letting him out of Manchester United". Feeling like british commentators could turn anything into a british-centred discussion.

At 6/25/14 08:45 AM, Slint wrote:

At 6/25/14 08:34 AM, C-Hawk wrote: I'm just hoping some day Suárez mans up and apologises. It's the right thing to do.

He did, around 3 hours after the game ended, on his twitter, and said he was trying to contact Ivanovic to do it IRL.

See that's what i'm talkin' 'bout right there.

At 6/25/14 08:25 AM, Ejit wrote: Favourite explanation for the bite so far, courtesy of RAWK_Meltdown on the Twitter:

"Suarez grew up with overbite. Probably got teased for it. Could easily have started biting people for teasing him."

I'm just hoping some day Suárez mans up and apologises. It's the right thing to do.