# 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:** 111
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2201 "2014-06-29T21:47:24Z")
I don’t know, [the Greek defender’s](http://screamer.deadspin.com/ruiz-goal-gives-team-1-0-lead-heres-how-it-sounded-in-1597728639/all)bewildered expression as he watched the ball dribble over off a miscue is pretty priceless. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2202 "2014-06-29T21:47:51Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > Right. I don’t like that this is the rule. I don’t like it either, it makes the refs hesitant to call it and the players act to force the right call. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2203 "2014-06-29T21:50:39Z")
And now the Costa Rican keeper gets a yellow. And Greece equalizes. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2204 "2014-06-29T21:50:48Z")
Holy shit. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2205 "2014-06-29T21:51:26Z")
Wow! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2206 "2014-06-29T21:51:40Z")
Extra time. F this stuff today. ---
**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 29, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2207 "2014-06-29T21:53:40Z")
Nice save ---
**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 29, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2208 "2014-06-29T21:54:02Z")
So after decades, it turns out we Europeans are all German anyway… ---
**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, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2209 "2014-06-29T21:54:26Z")
> [@lisiate](#): > > I don’t know, [the Greek defender’s](http://screamer.deadspin.com/ruiz-goal-gives-team-1-0-lead-heres-how-it-sounded-in-1597728639/all)bewildered expression as he watched the ball dribble over off a miscue is pretty priceless. Hey, Costa Rican announcer. I didn’t quite hear you there. Was there a goal? Thanks for your help in clearing up this matter. ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2210 "2014-06-29T21:54:39Z")
Costa Rica is doing a lot of stalling. In the 2010 CONCACAF qualifying they had a 2-1 lead on the USA which would have sent them to South Africa as the third team from the Confederation. The stalling got so exaggerated and obvious that the coach and his assistant got sent off, and what should have been two or three minutes of added time became five. With 20 seconds left before the whistle, the USA scored and sent CR to the play-in matches with (I think) Uruguay, which they lost. I hope they don’t do it again. ---
**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, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2211 "2014-06-29T21:55:28Z")
Fuck!! Sometimes I really wish these matches were five minutes shorter. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2212 "2014-06-29T21:56:05Z")
I wonder what the odds were that there would be no Europe-Europe matches in this round? Seeing how many of them were in it to start , and how many were thought likely to advance. This thought was inspired by the realization that I usually only root for European teams against other Euros, or Brazil. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2213 "2014-06-29T21:56:46Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Fuck!! > > Sometimes I really wish these matches were five minutes shorter. The United States agrees with you ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2214 "2014-06-29T22:00:06Z")
Good to see Costa Rica get punished for the ridiculous time wasting they’d been doing. Good on the ref for booking the goalie for it as well. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2215 "2014-06-29T22:01:38Z")
> [@Sir\_T-Cups](#): > > The United States agrees with you It’s 2 AM here. I’d just like to see it resolved before penalty kicks. ---
**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 29, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2216 "2014-06-29T22:02:46Z")
I didn’t see any of Costa Rica’s initial matches but they haven’t been very impressive today. I don’t think they can complain if they don’t go through. Whoever wins this will be a nice practice for the Dutch. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2217 "2014-06-29T22:03:06Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > It’s 2 AM here. I’d just like to see it resolved before penalty kicks. Oh, I wasn’t talking about the time change, I was making a “if matches were 5 min shorter we would have beaten Portugal” joke ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2218 "2014-06-29T22:07:07Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > I didn’t see any of Costa Rica’s initial matches but they haven’t been very impressive today. I don’t think they can complain if they don’t go through. Whoever wins this will be a nice practice for the Dutch. They were impressive against Urugüay, which was the one I saw. They played much prettier than today, against a supposedly better team (sans Suarez, though). ---
**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, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2219 "2014-06-29T22:09:22Z")
Golden opportunity for Greece there. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2220 "2014-06-29T22:17:36Z")
Well, I would like Costa Rica to attempt to score instead of just Greece failing to score. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=110) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=112)