World Cup 2014: BRASIL

[Xyga]

France already shitting their pants.
We don't just lose our tax money to Switzerland.

[gbaplayer]

costa rica 1:0 italy

[Skykid]

Thougths on this?

Balotelli is an amusing character and I like that in sport, but he's also a complete twat.

Scores goals though, that's what matters.

C.Rica making Italy look positively geriatric at the moment, and they should have had a penalty to accompany the first half goal. The referee was a total clown not to give that, and I have a feeling he'll pay for it with his career prospects.

[BIL]

IS ALL OVER

[R-Gray 1]

now another death match next week :Italy vs Uruguay.

Brazil 2014 surprise team is Costa Rica

[endoKarb]

Italy: like Japan, but worse.

[Icarus]

Wouldn't have expected Spain and Italy to be made to look pedestrian this World Cup, but there you go. Tournament of surprises so far.
France vs Switzerland should be good.

[BIL]

Crumbs, wrong flag innit. Lets fix that right up:



;-;7

Someone page JAPPUJAC!

[d3vak]

[Vexorg]

Lately I've been doing some localization testing on an app for Eurosport right now. It's interesting to see the stark contrast between how the different languages cover the Italy-Costa Rica game (paraphrasing a bit):

UK: "Costa Rica Knocks England Out" (followed by half a zillion stories about whether or not they're going to fire their coach)
German: "Shocker! Costa Rica Beats Italy!"
Italian: "Disastro Italia! Italy Loses!" (they can technically still get in if they win their remaining group stage game)
French: "Um, we're playing a game here today too, you know..."
Spanish: (Still busy with weeping, wailing and teeth-gnashing over getting knocked out by Chile two days ago, stick the Italy-Costa Rica game somewhere below the fold)

[endoKarb]

The hell is going on with this game. Switzerland's playing well, but it's already down three goals?? I'm sad

[Icarus]

The hell is going on with this game. Switzerland's playing well, but it's already down three goals?? I'm sad

Defensive calamity. The second goal in particular was a huge error of judgement which Benzema capitalised on and Matuidi took very well. Switzerland could have easily been down five by now.

[endoKarb]

Switzerland could have easily been down five by now.

you're psychic! well, only down by four I guess.

this game picked my spirits up after the italian snoozefest with Costa Rica.

[Icarus]

Switzerland could have easily been down five by now.

you're psychic! well, only down by four I guess.

They could have been down seven or eight. Credit to Switzerland for taking their two goals well, but too little too late.
Really entertaining game compared to the earlier match.

[R-Gray 1]

hahahaha good one paisano

The Past champions group

[Leandro]

Always good to see England fail.

Yup.

Lol, you guys say it like it isn't anything except par for the course. That said even though we expect it and we're fully used to it, your tactless sentiment still makes you a couple of unsporting pricks.

lol, look who is crying about pricks, one of the loveliest members around. Should've had the dignity to take it like a man... Good riddance! LOL

back on topic, I'm glad Switzerland at least scored a couple, what a massacre by the french

[null1024]

back on topic, I'm glad Switzerland at least scored a couple, what a massacre by the french

Man, I was at work during the match. I did get out to see the last two goals by the Swiss. If they had a bit more time... the Swiss seemed to have been gaining traction when I got off. But it was too late for them to really get it going.

This WC is sure turning out interesting.

[Xyga]

Lol wasn't expecting this. Switzerland was supposed to have the better team. Well..

[GaijinPunch]

Are any of you non-yanks going to watch the US game? This is my 3rd WC in Japan (and I was here when Japan co-hosted). Nobody watches the fucking US games except Americans.

[Skykid]

lol, look who is crying about pricks, one of the loveliest members around. Should've had the dignity to take it like a man... Good riddance! LOL

What are you talking about, I was referring to the comments being unsporting. Did you skim read the "tactless sentiment" part?

I suppose just because you can write in English, doesn't mean I should assume you can understand it. Re-read next time you send a comment my way pls.

Italy: like Japan, but worse.

They weren't THAT bad. Costa Rica is due some credit, they played well and tactically closed Italy down. Could be an Interesting dark horse if they make it through the quarters.

[R-Gray 1]

Are any of you non-yanks going to watch the US game? This is my 3rd WC in Japan (and I was here when Japan co-hosted). Nobody watches the fucking US games except Americans.

yup US team is not popular in this sport. But is a good team.
Now is going to be USA vs Portugal. People would like to see Cristiano Ronaldo. Btw I think Usa can beat Portugal.

[soprano1]

Are any of you non-yanks going to watch the US game? This is my 3rd WC in Japan (and I was here when Japan co-hosted). Nobody watches the fucking US games except Americans.

yup US team is not popular in this sport. But is a good team.
Now is going to be USA vs Portugal. People would like to see Cristiano Ronaldo. Btw I think Usa can beat Portugal.

I hope so. I'm tired of all the noise around this competition, let them join the rest of their injured teammates.

[endoKarb]

Italy: like Japan, but worse.

They weren't THAT bad. Costa Rica is due some credit, they played well and tactically closed Italy down. Could be an Interesting dark horse if they make it through the quarters.

No they weren't.
But they were even more disappointing to me. At least Japan looked like they wanted to win, they just had no idea how.
Buffon actually said after the game that "Win or tieing the game wouldn't have made much of a difference" and that "even losing this match doesn't matter much". While that might be true from a purely numerical point of view, that's really not what you want to hear from the team captain.

Definitely props to Costa Rica though, I hope they'll make it far into the tournament.

[d3vak]

Are any of you non-yanks going to watch the US game? This is my 3rd WC in Japan (and I was here when Japan co-hosted). Nobody watches the fucking US games except Americans.

yup US team is not popular in this sport. But is a good team.
Now is going to be USA vs Portugal. People would like to see Cristiano Ronaldo. Btw I think Usa can beat Portugal.

And it's going to be a far better game to watch too. Argentina vs Iran is getting so damn boring atm...

[KAI]

HOLY SHIT DAT MESSI!!

[d3vak]

HOLY SHIT DAT MESSI!!

Yeah, congrats on that for your team. Still...they're gonna have a bad time on the next phase if they continue to play like that.

[R-Gray 1]

Unfair for Iran but this is football...or soccer :p

Iran didn't deserve to lose.
Same Messi classic shot to goal.


Reza everywhere

[Eno]

Damn Germany, seriously?
Calling Ghana vs. Costa Rica for the finals

[d3vak]

Damn Germany, seriously?
Calling Ghana vs. Costa Rica for the finals

That would be awesome to see, such a hard hit on FIFA's face.

By the way, have you watched this video? Hilarious and alarming at the same time:

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: FIFA and the World Cup

[system11]

That Ghana/Germany match was fantastic to watch, I was really rooting for Ghana and they very nearly had it.

Shame Iran couldn't hold onto their draw either, they worked so hard for it.