Official World Cup 2014 Thread

[DDRGuido]

Omg Luis did bite him. 3rd incident. He has to be done right?

 

[EmpireWF]

He done. What a bitch.

 

[Senser81]

Omg Luis did bite him. 3rd incident. He has to be done right?

It might depend on the camera angle, like if they got a good view of the actual bite. I'm sure Suarez did bite the Italian guy, though.

Why was the Italian assistant coach sent off toward the end of the game? My broadcast was in Spanish.

 

[calgaryballer]

Eurosport is already saying a 6 month ban. Whatever it is, can't be too much if they prove he bit him.

 

[calgaryballer]

Prandelli has said he will fall on his sword. Compare this to Roy who is battling to stay on. I'm not sure what England's future is, but I'm not sure Roy is the man to take them in to the Euro's.

 

[1ke]

CB, as for what you asked before the England game. I am in a minority of United fans who think Smalling is the best defender on the team. He is the closest thing to a young Rio Ferdinand I have seen, and when on form looks like a wall. Yes, I am bias, but, I dont think Jones can play CB worth a damn, and Welbeck is the most frustrating players ever.

Senser, I think you might have gotten your hopes up too much for Italy and Uruguay. What a shit game, but Uruguay's style is one of rough and rugged and ugly style to do anything to win. Combine that with Italy's naturally defensive style, it was always going to be a clunker. But my oh my the drama was there. Shit game, great theater.

Pandelli is done, no questions there. While Roy after the CR game continued to say he couldnt have been more proud and doesn't know what more England could have done..... Uhhhhhh WHA???

Also Senser, please disregard anything positive I have ever said about Ivory Coast and Japan. Yaaaaa bout that........ Ooops..... :tiptoe:

Ok. Now....... This Suarez guy. When it happened, I was eating lunch, watching the game on my phone. I didnt hesitate. I knew. And all I could say was..... "Holy fuck he actually did it again"

Seriusly, what the what is with this guy? What a fucking nutjob. I just dont understand. In Holland he was the guy that did it and would never live it down. When he did it to Branislav, its becoming clear this guy is weird. To not learn your lesson tho. He missed games. Was said he was a changed man. Said he dedicated his performance vs England to his critics mainly in England. Then. AFTER ALL THAT! After his wonderful season at Liverpool. He throws is all out of the fucking window. And all I could do is...... :jonesy: Unbelievable.

They have to throw the book at him. They have to. This will effect him, Uruguay, Liverpool, his upcoming transfer.

 

[DDRGuido]

It's really tough to pull for this guy and the Liverpool club after this.

 

[1ke]

No shocker, but FIFA has said they will investigate.

 

[SethMode]

I would have liked to see the Coast advance over Greece, just because I think that they're the more talented team, but WTF was that last 10 or so minutes? They seemed disinterested in getting back on defense, they let Greece play around in space with everything, and in general just appeared to be approaching their advancement to the 16 lazily. As if to exemplify that, Sio is caught snoozing in the box and gives up a PK because of it. :smh:

It reminds me of the NFL when teams go prevent D and proceed to give up their lead. The Coast completely changed their approach that got them the tie, and lost because of it.

 

[Senser81]

Greece advancing was quite a surprise, since they looked like the worst team in the Cup after the first game.

Why Suarez chose that moment to bite the Italian guy is a mystery to me. The ball was already cleared, nothing had really happened on the play. Did he do it just to invoke a reaction from the Italian guy in an effort to get the Italian guy sent off? Was there stuff going on between the two players prior to the biting?

 

[Tailback U]

Greece advancing was quite a surprise, since they looked like the worst team in the Cup after the first game.

Why Suarez chose that moment to bite the Italian guy is a mystery to me. The ball was already cleared, nothing had really happened on the play. Did he do it just to invoke a reaction from the Italian guy in an effort to get the Italian guy sent off? Was there stuff going on between the two players prior to the biting?

Keep in mind that I have now been watching soccer for 2 weeks:

Suarez:

He did it because he is a crazy person. I don't think he thought about the consequences of doing it, I think he just did it because he is a retard. He's been caught and punished twice for it, so there's no way he could actually think he would get away with it. I think he probably just snapped and did it Tyson style.

I have a feeling FIFA will let him off easy, though, since he's a star and I think it's pretty lame but it is soccer and most of the fans are 3rd world lunatics themselves so outside of a civilized country like the US it's probably not considered crazy to take a chunk out of someone's neck in the heat of the battle.

ESPN:

I gotta give credit to ESPN's presentation of the World Cup. They've done a great job all around from screen graphics to camera angles of Brazil to interviews and commentating/broadcasting. I rarely have a chance to sit down and watch more than a game because of my work schedule but I haven't had any complaints when I've been able to catch one. Even the commercials have been good.

Star Power:

While I expect FIFA to give Suarez a slap on the wrist, for new fans and very casual watchers like myself, the superstars mean everything. The teams with star power are the draw and ESPN has done a nice job of marketing guys like Neymar, Benzema, Messi, and Ronaldo. I'm sure every team has a few great players but casual American fans need to know and be able to watch the superstars because they are the most fun and likely to score.

Overall:

I've really enjoyed the World Cup more than I thought it would. I'm enjoying watching teams other than the US more than I thought I would. As for the US, they got lucky against Ghana and unfortunate against Portugal but it looks like they can compete. I don't know much about the team but I would like to see Wondolowski get more playing time since everyone around here (San Jose) speaks so highly of him and they lack scoring power.

 

[1ke]

Keep in mind that I have now been watching soccer for 2 weeks:

Suarez:

He did it because he is a crazy person. I don't think he thought about the consequences of doing it, I think he just did it because he is a retard. He's been caught and punished twice for it, so there's no way he could actually think he would get away with it. I think he probably just snapped and did it Tyson style.

I have a feeling FIFA will let him off easy, though, since he's a star and I think it's pretty lame but it is soccer and most of the fans are 3rd world lunatics themselves so outside of a civilized country like the US it's probably not considered crazy to take a chunk out of someone's neck in the heat of the battle.

ESPN:

I gotta give credit to ESPN's presentation of the World Cup. They've done a great job all around from screen graphics to camera angles of Brazil to interviews and commentating/broadcasting. I rarely have a chance to sit down and watch more than a game because of my work schedule but I haven't had any complaints when I've been able to catch one. Even the commercials have been good.

Star Power:

While I expect FIFA to give Suarez a slap on the wrist, for new fans and very casual watchers like myself, the superstars mean everything. The teams with star power are the draw and ESPN has done a nice job of marketing guys like Neymar, Benzema, Messi, and Ronaldo. I'm sure every team has a few great players but casual American fans need to know and be able to watch the superstars because they are the most fun and likely to score.

Overall:

I've really enjoyed the World Cup more than I thought it would. I'm enjoying watching teams other than the US more than I thought I would. As for the US, they got lucky against Ghana and unfortunate against Portugal but it looks like they can compete. I don't know much about the team but I would like to see Wondolowski get more playing time since everyone around here (San Jose) speaks so highly of him and they lack scoring power.

:yep:

Nuff said!

 

[DDRGuido]

Broken arm :shotsfired:

http://gfycat.com/DampSaneHornet

So pumped for tomorrow. lease: USA get through

 

[Senser81]

I've really enjoyed the World Cup more than I thought it would.

This World Cup has had a lot of action, and I agree that ESPN has massively improved the usual US coverage of the event. When the US hosted the World Cup in 1994, that was probably some of the worst soccer ever seen. Terrible 'star' players, lots of flopping, hardly any scoring. The 0-0 final between Italy and Brazil was the worst ever. This year's World Cup has had a ton of scoring and end-to-end action.

 

[JeremyHight]

Suarez's ban makes no sense. 7 games for a first offense, 10 games for the second offense, and then back to 9 games for the third offense. Shouldn't it be more games, not less?

 

[spursup]

IMO Suarez got let off easy. How did FIFA give him a shorter suspension than his last one. Even the four month football activity ban had some cloudy wording, as I thought I saw it say he could not enter a stadium if Uruguay was training or playing in it rather than for both club and country.

 

[DDRGuido]

IMO Suarez got let off easy. How did FIFA give him a shorter suspension than his last one. Even the four month football activity ban had some cloudy wording, as I thought I saw it say he could not enter a stadium if Uruguay was training or playing in it rather than for both club and country.

The 4 month club ban will see him miss the first 9 games of the season, plus 9 internationals so-

1st time- 7 match ban
2nd time- 10 match ban
3rd time 18 match ban

9 Premier league matches, 3 Champions League matches, early League Cup matches (not a big deal), 9 internationals (including the rest of the WC)

 

[1ke]

The 4 month club ban will see him miss the first 9 games of the season, plus 9 internationals so-

1st time- 7 match ban
2nd time- 10 match ban
3rd time 18 match ban

9 Premier league matches, 3 Champions League matches, early League Cup matches (not a big deal), 9 internationals (including the rest of the WC)

Yea but the Spanish season starts later than the England season..... And I think he I'd done at Liverpool. He was done anyway, but now really done.

 

[Senser81]

Suarez's ban makes no sense. 7 games for a first offense, 10 games for the second offense, and then back to 9 games for the third offense. Shouldn't it be more games, not less?

Sounds like the BlyGilmore/BigWill33 disciplinary system...

1st offense = permaban
2nd offense = warning
3rd offense = 1 week suspension

 

[Senser81]

Lackluster game by the US...but in the end they got the result they wanted.