# Brasil 2014 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 6, 2014, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840 "2014-05-06T21:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 102
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2021 "2014-06-28T21:20:54Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > James Rodriguez is supposedly an Arsenal transfer target. I hope so! He signed for AS Monaco for 45 million Euros just over a year ago, so Arsenal would really need to dig the cheque book out. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2022 "2014-06-28T21:25:58Z")
Sure not 45 milliones pesos! 45 million Colombian pesos is about US$24 thousand. Starting converting 45 million Euros and you’re getting close to scientific notation territory. A 115 billion COP salary is simply unfathomable in Colombia. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2023 "2014-06-28T21:27:39Z")
I am the only one swooning a bit over James Rodriguez? And I don’t just mean in a platonic sense. ---
**Author:** ![polar\_bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ec9cab/32.png) [@polar\_bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/polar_bear)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2024 "2014-06-28T21:29:08Z")
That’s not salary, it’s the transfer fee the club paid another club. If Arsenal want him, they’ll have to pay Monaco (or wait till his contract is up). ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2025 "2014-06-28T21:32:39Z")
Ah… brings it back down to reality. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2026 "2014-06-28T21:33:19Z")
Rodríguez is cute indeed. And a good player. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2027 "2014-06-28T21:36:27Z")
I don’t want to turn this into an Arsenal transfer rumors thread, but I’m quite sure Arsenal could afford any transfer fee asked for. In other news, Uruguay doesn’t look like they’re in this match. The might pull a goal back, but I don’t see them finding an equalizer after that. And Colombia may have more goals in them here. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2028 "2014-06-28T21:39:09Z")
Must stop scratching my cheek. Keeps messing up my face paint. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2029 "2014-06-28T21:40:54Z")
Yeah, James only makes 15 billion Colombian Pesos a year. Isn’t a brilliant international tournament performance the way Arsenal got Arshavin? How did that pan out? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2030 "2014-06-28T21:44:07Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > Ah… brings it back down to reality. With a transfer fee of that size he’ll be getting on the order of 100,000 Euro a week in salary. Perhaps a lot more - Monaco are a wealthy club, and it’s a long contract they’ve got him on. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a8b319/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2031 "2014-06-28T21:47:58Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > I am the only one swooning a bit over James Rodriguez? And I don’t just mean in a platonic sense. There’s nothing like a good strong Colombian first thing in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2032 "2014-06-28T21:47:58Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > With a transfer fee of that size he’ll be getting on the order of 100,000 Euro a week in salary. Perhaps a lot more - Monaco are a wealthy club, and it’s a long contract they’ve got him on. The reports I read said 6 million Euro per annum. Not bad. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2033 "2014-06-28T21:49:05Z")
Colombia has been better than Uruguay today, but the Colombians should give Ospina a big pat on the back at the end of the game. He’s made some very nice saves, and Uruguay could have had one or two goals if it weren’t for him. I’m already looking forward to the Brazil/Colombia quarter-final. I hope the _cafeteros_ bundle the Brazilians out. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a8b319/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2034 "2014-06-28T21:50:53Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I don’t want to turn this into an Arsenal transfer rumors thread, but I’m quite sure Arsenal could afford any transfer fee asked for. > > In other news, Uruguay doesn’t look like they’re in this match. The might pull a goal back, but I don’t see them finding an equalizer after that. And Colombia may have more goals in them here. I suspect Arsenal’s best chance of signing him was before the world cup. Right now he will have the choice of clubs. That’s not to say he wont choose Arsenal, but I think the competition to sign him just got a whole lot tougher. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2035 "2014-06-28T21:51:39Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > I’m already looking forward to the Brazil/Colombia quarter-final. I hope the _cafeteros_ bundle the Brazilians out. Not so fast, but I do expect another good and close match. And tomorrow, I’ll be cheering for my second team, Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2036 "2014-06-28T21:57:19Z")
I’ll cheer on Mexico tomorrow. And let’s be realistic, cheer for Costa Rica too. But I’ll have to cheer on my \*Cafeteros \*on July 4th! Hmmm… I tried calling Mrs Iggy in Colombia just now but for some reason she isn’t answering the phone. Probably can’t even hear it over the sounds from the street! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2037 "2014-06-29T00:19:43Z")
In other weird news, it seems that Suarez isn’t the only cannibal on the loose in Brazil. Police confirms that [an England fan had part of his ear bitten off](http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28072902) during the England-Uruguay match on 19 June. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2038 "2014-06-29T01:23:39Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > …the Colombians should give Ospina a big pat on the back at the end of the game. He’s made some very nice saves, and Uruguay could have had one or two goals if it weren’t for him. This is why you have a goal keeper. If your keeper can’t do this, you have to find a new one. Ospina was never under such great pressure, really. Uruguay’s last-minute efforts were half-hearted. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2039 "2014-06-29T01:41:04Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > This is why you have a goal keeper. If your keeper can’t do this, you have to find a new one. Thanks for that blinding insight into the game of football. You have a goalkeeper to protect the goal? No kidding! I’ve been watching all these years and never cracked the riddle of the guy with the gloves! > [@Knorf](#): > > Ospina was never under such great pressure, really. Uruguay’s last-minute efforts were half-hearted. Sorry, but he made a couple of very nice saves. Whether the team’s whole effort was half-hearted or not, there were a couple of times during the game when he did well. He made a pretty good stop on a shot about seven or eight minutes before half-time, a very nice save on a blast in the 64th minute, did a good job of coming out and making himself big to keep out a Uruguay attack in the 80th minute, and then made a good, low stop to his right in the 84th minute. I’m not arguing that he was the only thing between Colombia and a loss, but he had a good game. You can only stop the ones that come at you, and that’s what he did. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2040 "2014-06-29T01:43:30Z")
Agreed on Ospina. He had a fantastic game and some of those shots were not easy to stop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=101) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=103)