OT: World Cup

[flyersfan4706]

4 years. Where does the time go?

 

[esls79]

Add so it begins.

/I'd better get the obligatory 'that looked like a dive' out of the way now

 

[pixburgher66]

4 years. Where does the time go?

I still remember sitting in the same seat I'm sitting in now, watching Donovan tie the game vs. Algeria. And I still get chills thinking about it.

 

[dash]

Add so it begins.

/I'd better get the obligatory 'that looked like a dive' out of the way now

Dino Zoff would have had it...

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Dino Zoff would have had it...

how about this guy?

 

[pixburgher66]

Own goal...oh my word.

EDIT: I hate that soccer calls them own goals, btw. That was a great run by Croatia...but they get no credit.

 

[dash]

Jason deVos just tore up his bracket (lol)

 

[TheRedPlectrum]

Own goal...oh my word.

EDIT: I hate that soccer calls them own goals, btw. That was a great run by Croatia...but they get no credit.

It's more of an individual statistic. And I think it's done right. No Croatian player deserves credit for that goal. But it still counts for Croatia, as a team, for overall goal differential, so it's all good.

 

[esls79]

So if the remainder of this match and the other 64 that haven't started yet go scoreless, does Marcello win the golden boot?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Croatia set to defend a 1-0 lead for 75 minutes against Brazil? This must be like **** to Alain Vigneault.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

GET THAT BUS OUTTA THERE~!!!!

 

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Croatia set to defend a 1-0 lead for 75 minutes against Brazil? This must be like **** to Alain Vigneault.

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

GET THAT BUS OUTTA THERE~!!!!

 

[esls79]

Neymar needs a purse to carry around

 

[pixburgher66]

Man, that was a trickler in World Cup standards.

 

[sherbert1421]

2 goals scored in the first 30 minutes? Where's the defense?

 

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Jason deVos is re-taping his bracket together.

 

[esls79]

2 goals scored in the first 30 minutes? Where's the defense?

Well, they said getting rid of the red line would open the offensive game up

 

[dash]

I missed the Neymar yellow card, was it deserved?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Jason deVos is re-taping his bracket together.

just a note, imo, JDV is probably the best technical soccer analyst in north america

 

[sherbert1421]

I missed the Neymar yellow card, was it deserved?

Looked like a pretty deliberate elbow to me

 

[jstewismybastardson]

solid summary

Sam Borden ‏@SamBorden 19s

Halftime. 1-1. Croatia wilting. Brazil revived. Neyamr exceptional. Fans ecstatic. Sao Paulo burning.