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Post by rewardman on Jun 28, 2014 19:40:15 GMT 1
I agree that this Brazilian team is not playing like a team capable of winning the World Cup.
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 28, 2014 19:43:57 GMT 1
Love to see Chile going through to the last 8
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Post by rewardman on Jun 28, 2014 19:46:08 GMT 1
Either goalie can be a hero now.
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 28, 2014 19:47:53 GMT 1
SHIREBLOGGER's 10 BEST THINGS ABOUT THE WORLD CUP SO FAR
1. Goals. Attacking formations. Great matches.
2. Atmosphere. In finished stadia. So much for the media's predictions of Brazilian incompetence.
3. Robin Van Persie's header. The best headed goal I've ever seen.
4. Colombia. Especially Rodriguez and Cuadrado.
5. Disappearing foam. Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best. Also goal line technology.
6. Holland 5-1 Spain. So many talking points. And the end of an historic era.
7. Limited play acting, few dives, generally sporting behaviour. With the odd, horrendous exception.
8. Guillermo Ochoa. Mexico's goalkeeper is the outstanding #1 of the tournament, despite other's heroics. And a few clowns.
9. Algeria (4 goals in a game) and Asamoah Gyan (6 goals in World Cups) breaking African records.
10. Sturridge, Sterling and Henderson giving England (and Liverpool) supporters grounds for optimism.
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 28, 2014 19:50:45 GMT 1
Two brilliant saves by Julio Cesar. Incredible.
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 28, 2014 19:54:08 GMT 1
This is so tense.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 28, 2014 19:56:00 GMT 1
Well, well, well.
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 28, 2014 19:58:38 GMT 1
It would have been a calamity for the tournament if Brazil had been eliminated. But I have to confess to rooting for Chile in that shoot out.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 28, 2014 19:59:24 GMT 1
You have to feel for Chile. It's a horrible way to go out.
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 28, 2014 20:00:52 GMT 1
Well... that's football, both teams played well, fancied Chile in the end. That has to be one of the best games of the tournament so far.
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Post by paulgilb on Jun 28, 2014 20:21:29 GMT 1
Interestingly both Switzerland v Honduras and Brazil v Chile were played 4 years to the day after the same encounters in the last World Cup (despite Switzerland and Honduras being in a 'late' group on both occasions, but Brazil and Chile being in 'late' groups in 2010 and 'early' groups in 2014).
And this is the second World Cup in a row in which a South American team has won a penalty shoot-out after an opponent had hit the crossbar right at the end of extra time.
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Post by raliverpool on Jun 28, 2014 20:22:32 GMT 1
Wow, that was a brilliant game.
And Howard Webb can breath a sigh of relief, that he has avoided becoming the most hated man in Brazil, for turning down a stonewall penalty in the first half for Brazil, a disallowing a goal that I think should have stood as it hit Hulk's shoulder.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 28, 2014 20:37:20 GMT 1
Interestingly both Switzerland v Honduras and Brazil v Chile were played 4 years to the day after the same encounters in the last World Cup (despite Switzerland and Honduras being in a 'late' group on both occasions, but Brazil and Chile being in 'late' groups in 2010 and 'early' groups in 2014). And this is the second World Cup in a row in which a South American team has won a penalty shoot-out after an opponent had hit the crossbar right at the end of extra time. And we know who made a major contribution to that incident four years ago. Of course the difference is that Gyan went on to score his penalty in the shoot-out, not that it did Ghana any good in the end.
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Post by Panda on Jun 28, 2014 21:23:18 GMT 1
2nd round: | 1-1 | | (3-2 on pens) |
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Post by Panda on Jun 28, 2014 21:26:03 GMT 1
Great game, which I watched in the pub with a guy in a giraffe onesie after doing a 13-mile sponsored walk.
I would slightly disagree on the Chile penalty misses being great saves. I thought the first two (particularly the first) were both very poor penalties that most keepers would've had a decent chance of saving as long as they didn't commit themselves too early.
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Post by rewardman on Jun 28, 2014 21:28:07 GMT 1
I agree that the two penalties that Cesar saved were basically very poorly taken efforts and gave Cesar an excellent chance to save them.
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Post by Panda on Jun 28, 2014 21:28:39 GMT 1
WHAT A GOAL!!
Rodriguez = player of the tournament
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Post by rewardman on Jun 28, 2014 21:28:47 GMT 1
Rodriguez scores.
One of the goals of the tournament so far.
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Post by Panda on Jun 28, 2014 21:29:30 GMT 1
That's the goal of the tournament as well. That beats Cahill, Van Persie, Messi and everyone else.
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Post by Razzle Dazzle on Jun 28, 2014 21:36:43 GMT 1
Reminds me of a younger me
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