Thread: World Cup 2014

Its so frustrating that international football still won't use video play back for game changing decisions. How many important games have been ruined now because of terrible ref or linesman decisions.

The fact that the technology exits , and is used in some way, in nearly all top level (read big money) sports is farcical. Its just one reason why I find it difficult to really get into football.

I tried to watch on espn3 and I have to subscribe to a cable or dish network to watch on the app. So Univision here I come. I needed to brush up on my espanol anyway.
Watched the high lights and I don't understand how Brazil scored that last goal. It looked easy enough to get to but of course I realize I wasn't there Yada, Yada, yada.
I missed the game b/c I was at work but will catch the matches tomorrow.

Whoa, I did not expect Spain to loose like this! And boy, what a header from van Persie. As I'm writing this Robben just made it 5-1. What a match!!!

Originally Posted by Birnando

what a header from van Persie.

World class player, world class goal!

That was a great match!!!! Waiting for the next one at 6. My wife is going to get really annoyed with me. I've been watching all day .

Yeah. Mexico should have had 3 points. Again, IMO., but ref botched those both off-sides calls.

Go Australia!

Australia FTW!!!

James.

EDIT: If I am reading the Google summary properly, it's 27 minutes in and Chile have already scored 2 goals to none. Uh oh....

I usually hate soccer, but for the world series I make an exception for Belgium. This year is also the first time that the entire country seems to rally behind the team. We never used to do that at all, but this year the country is going slightly bananas with 'red devil' craziness. It's fun, I have to admit. And we do have a number of world class players.

I watched the match yesterday. The first half was just crap. Very slow, no guts. Second half was an amazing improvement and the game finally started happening.

Wore my Orange football shorts for the game. Will wear them for the two games I'm coaching tomorrow.

So happy to see them do really well and defeat Spain. Spain's 1 point came on a pretty nothing foal, IMO.

It's hard to overestimate the impact of this match.

NOTE: The US/English announcers were terrible. One American sporting a fake English accent(I despise this) and a blowbag twit.

I'm completely tired of this apparent trend. I cannot tolerate hearing an American announcer trying to put on an English dialect and vocabulary(or any other accent). Makes me cringe.

Originally Posted by Birnando

Whoa, I did not expect Spain to loose like this! And boy, what a header from van Persie. As I'm writing this Robben just made it 5-1. What a match!!!

No kidding! I thought Spain would struggle to repeat as champions, but I didn't expect *anyone* to trounce them like that. It's nice to see the world of football can still provide us with some real surprises.

OK, the weekend has arrived - time to start enjoying the footie without the inconvenience of having to be at work during the day. After already missing a pile of matches, I have to say I'm pretty pleased that I'll be on vacation in the UK for the last could of weeks of the finals.