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Post by suedehead on Jun 25, 2014 22:45:58 GMT 1
I wish BBC hadn't played that trailer with the Flaming Lips song at half-time. Can't get it out of my head now. Somebody invented the mute button so you don't have to listen to trailers. Not that there's anything wrong with Flaming Lips of course.
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Post by Panda on Jun 25, 2014 22:47:34 GMT 1
I was downstairs getting something to eat and could hear it from down there
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Post by Panda on Jun 25, 2014 22:53:37 GMT 1
1st round, Group E: Pos | Team | Pld | GD | Pts | Q | | 3 | +6 | 7 | Q | | 3 | +1 | 6 | 3 | | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 3 | -7 | 0 |
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Post by rewardman on Jun 25, 2014 22:57:03 GMT 1
Shaqiri's hat trick was the 50th in World Cup history.
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Post by Panda on Jun 25, 2014 22:57:55 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jun 25, 2014 23:04:03 GMT 1
ALG | ARG | | BEL | | BRA | | CHI | COL | CRC | | | | FRA | GER | GHA | GRE | | | | | | MEX | NED | NGA | POR | RUS | KOR | | SUI | USA | URU |
Australia | 18/06/2014 | eliminated from Group B
| Spain | 18/06/2014 | eliminated from Group B
| Cameroon | 18/06/2014 | eliminated from Group A
| England | 20/06/2014 | eliminated from Group D
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 21/06/2014 | eliminated from Group F
| Croatia | 23/06/2014 | eliminated from Group A
| Italy | 24/06/2014 | eliminated from Group D
| Ivory Coast | 24/06/2014 | eliminated from Group C
| Japan | 24/06/2014 | eliminated from Group C
| Iran | 25/06/2014 | eliminated from Group F
| Ecuador | 25/06/2014 | eliminated from Group E
| Honduras | 25/06/2014 | eliminated from Group E
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20 teams are left in the World Cup
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Post by suedehead on Jun 25, 2014 23:04:59 GMT 1
Shaqiri's hat trick was the 50th in World Cup history. Time for this then
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 25, 2014 23:10:23 GMT 1
I didn't think France played well in the first half, but they did better in the second half and most of their shots were on target saved by the brilliant Ecuadorian goalkeeper.
I knew Switzerland would scrape through to the last 16, playing Argentina in the next round could be seeing them going out.
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Post by paulgilb on Jun 25, 2014 23:22:22 GMT 1
The commentator in the France v Ecuador game seemed to think Ecuador were Colombia a couple of times early on...
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Post by rewardman on Jun 26, 2014 4:07:33 GMT 1
Shaqiri's hat trick was the 50th in World Cup history. Time for this then It's taken ... how long for this to be dug out during this World Cup? LOL
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Post by o on Jun 26, 2014 14:58:45 GMT 1
A 9 match ban and 4 months from football activity, is it enough?
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 26, 2014 15:22:10 GMT 1
A 9 match ban and 4 months from football activity, is it enough? Ofcourse. Its devastating. Thats the rest of the world cup. Half of the next qualifying campaign and almost half a domestic season As far as i know bans dont get bigger the more you accumulate bans right? Its purely judged on the event in question? And when jermain defoe bit mascherano how long was he banned? Does anyone even remember it happening. I think the answer is a week and a half all competitions
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Post by o on Jun 26, 2014 15:33:51 GMT 1
I think previous conduct is taken into account in cases like this, ie exemplary character before the event, then fairly lenient, repeat offender, more severe. Have Uruguay appealed and said it's witchhunt by the British media again yet? I was just watching the battle of Santiago on the bbc website from 1962, punches thrown and no sending off, flying kick at the head got you removed from the pitch though. Dubious English refereeing in favour of the home team I feel.
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Post by Panda on Jun 26, 2014 15:38:30 GMT 1
A 9 match ban and 4 months from football activity, is it enough? Thats the rest of the world cup. Half of the next qualifying campaign and almost half a domestic season He won't miss any of the next qualifying campaign. I'm assuming the 9 matches includes friendlies and in addition to the rest of the World Cup (probably only 1 game anyway, 2 at the most) there's a Copa America next summer. There's also another Copa America in 2016 so even if friendlies don't count towards the ban, he'd miss 4 World Cup qualifiers at the very most from an 18-game campaign.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 26, 2014 15:44:42 GMT 1
Do matches played within the four-month ban count towards the nine matches? I assume the four months starts immediately so he will miss a good deal less than half a domestic season as he will be able to return by the end of October. With the number of international weekends that's only nine league matches.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 26, 2014 16:10:18 GMT 1
The USA vs. Portugal World Cup match may have been a heartbreaking 2-2 tie, but it was a massive victory for both ESPN and Univision viewership-wise. The game is now the most watched U.S. soccer match ever with 18.22 million viewers. Yesterday’s game peaked from 7:30 to 8 PM ET at 22.96 million – making it the most watched sporting event ever on ESPN except for NFL and college football games. Univision hit a viewership record too, with 6.5 million watching the game on the Spanish-language network yesterday — that’s the most viewers ever for a U.S. match on Univision.
ESPN’s broadcast of USA Team’s 2-2 tie against Portugal on Sunday night averaged a 9.1 overnight rating, making it the the highest overnight rating for a World Cup match on ESPN or ESPN2, according to Nielsen. Last night’s match bested the previous record high overnight rating for a men’s USA World Cup match on ESPN or ESNPN2 — a 7.0 overnight in last week’s Team USA’s match against Ghana. The broadcast also ranks as the third-highest Men’s World Cup match of any round on any ESPN network – tied for ABC’s USA vs. Ghana round of 16 match in 2010, and behind ABC’s presentations of the 1994 World Cup Final featuring Brazil vs. Italy (12.8 overnight rating), and the 1994 USA-Brazil round of 16 match (10.4 rating)
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Post by rewardman on Jun 26, 2014 16:17:09 GMT 1
Suarez suspension.
ESPN reporting as follows:
He will miss nine Uruguay matches.
Unavailable for nine EPL matches and three Champions League group ties.
I would say he got off lightly.
Liverpool should offload him as quickly as possible.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 26, 2014 16:53:58 GMT 1
The USA vs. Portugal World Cup match may have been a heartbreaking 2-2 tie, but it was a massive victory for both ESPN and Univision viewership-wise. The game is now the most watched U.S. soccer match ever with 18.22 million viewers. Yesterday’s game peaked from 7:30 to 8 PM ET at 22.96 million – making it the most watched sporting event ever on ESPN except for NFL and college football games. Univision hit a viewership record too, with 6.5 million watching the game on the Spanish-language network yesterday — that’s the most viewers ever for a U.S. match on Univision. ESPN’s broadcast of USA Team’s 2-2 tie against Portugal on Sunday night averaged a 9.1 overnight rating, making it the the highest overnight rating for a World Cup match on ESPN or ESPN2, according to Nielsen. Last night’s match bested the previous record high overnight rating for a men’s USA World Cup match on ESPN or ESNPN2 — a 7.0 overnight in last week’s Team USA’s match against Ghana. The broadcast also ranks as the third-highest Men’s World Cup match of any round on any ESPN network – tied for ABC’s USA vs. Ghana round of 16 match in 2010, and behind ABC’s presentations of the 1994 World Cup Final featuring Brazil vs. Italy (12.8 overnight rating), and the 1994 USA-Brazil round of 16 match (10.4 rating) I suppose we'll know football has really made it when matches like Iran v Nigeria get decent audiences
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 26, 2014 17:01:30 GMT 1
Ha at the German match, its chucking it with rain, the match could get rained out.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 26, 2014 17:24:22 GMT 1
Given the amount of rain the pitch is in great condition so, unless it develops into a thunderstorm, the match will not be halted.
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