# Brasil 2014
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840
**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:** 12
### Author:  [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/221 "2014-06-12T21:42:14Z")
> [@JoseB](#):
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> Some people have said that the referees might favor Brazil during this WC.
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> Might they be right…?
Impossible to say of course, but I doubt it was conscious favouritism. But opening game, host nation, massively partisan crowd, well…
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### Author:  [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/222 "2014-06-12T21:48:28Z")
There’s already a Brazil 2014 thread. Do we really need new threads for every match?
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### Author:  [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/223 "2014-06-12T21:51:36Z")
3-1! Brazil’s Oscar scores in extra time – 91 minutes
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### Author:  [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/224 "2014-06-12T21:52:45Z")
> [@andros](#):
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> 3-1 Brazil.
Nailed it!
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### Author:  [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/225 "2014-06-12T21:53:05Z")
Penalties really seem to be “overpowered” and break the balance of the game sometimes. It’s a bit analogous to NFL pass interference in a way.
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### Author:  [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/226 "2014-06-12T21:53:06Z")
Brazil scores in extra time (91 minutes) – 3-1!
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### Author:  [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/227 "2014-06-12T21:53:52Z")
Great run from Oscar!
ETA another goal that the Croatian keeper should have saved.
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### Author:  [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/228 "2014-06-12T21:54:58Z")
[Called it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=17454600&postcount=186)😃
But wow. I expected a lot tighter play from Brazil. They’ve been a hot mess today.
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### Author:  [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/229 "2014-06-12T21:55:34Z")
Yep. He looked pretty flat-footed there.
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### Author:  [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/230 "2014-06-12T21:57:43Z")
Kudos to Croatia overall, though. They were outmatched, got screwed by a poor call, but stayed scrappy as hell. That match could easily have finished out 2-2.
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### Author:  [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/231 "2014-06-12T22:01:25Z")
Indeed!
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### Author:  [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/232 "2014-06-12T22:05:53Z")
Why oh why is there no instant replay on PK calls? Play has already completely stopped. Games are completely swung by one fallible human’s split-second view of fast and confusing action. It’s really a joke.
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### Author:  [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/233 "2014-06-12T22:32:32Z")
Total dive. What a shitty way for the World Cup to start.
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### Author:  [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/234 "2014-06-12T22:32:39Z")
> [@JoseB](#):
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> Weird penalty kick against Croatia. I think it was unfair.
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> Some people were foreseeing that referees would favor Brazil in this WC
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> 71 minutes, 2nd half – Brazil 2, Croatia 1
You can see it [here](http://screamer.deadspin.com/heres-the-dive-that-in-the-box-to-give-brazil-the-lead-1590138321/all). In the ref’s defence he would have seen the defender’s hand on the shoulder of the Brazilian. In real time it may have looked like a real grab I guess. Fred certainly milked it for all he could.
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### Author:  [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/235 "2014-06-12T22:41:20Z")
Marcelo diving all over the place was annoying. Glad the refs and other Brazilians didn’t bother with it.
Thought the penalty call was unfair.
Thought Croatia played amazingly well, expected Brazil to win anyway.
Neymar is really hot.
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### Author:  [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/236 "2014-06-12T22:47:34Z")
Really, really angry about the refereeing in this game. The penalty was bad enough, but he called 20 fouls against Croatia vs. 5 for Brazil. FIVE. There is no way in hell they committed only five fouls, from what I saw. They were getting away with everything. I had serious concerns about exactly this going into the tournament and to see it borne out so soon is really discouraging.
Also, the Croatian keeper was a horror show.
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### Author:  [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/237 "2014-06-12T23:26:16Z")
> [@LibrarySpy](#):
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> Marcelo diving all over the place was annoying. Glad the refs and other Brazilians didn’t bother with it.
Oh my, yes. He was driving me crazy. The penalty sucked. Might as well kick off the WC with some controversy I guess.
I was a little worried for Marcelo’s life had the OG been the only score. But that quickly went away when he started pulling the three year old who tripped on the playground Academy Award winning stuff.
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### Author:  [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2014, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/238 "2014-06-12T23:36:15Z")
Per Nate Silver, FIFA has asked US Soccer to have an organizing committee ready for 2022 WC if it is not held in Qatar.
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### Author:  [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2014, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/239 "2014-06-13T02:49:59Z")
Speaking of Qatar, highs between 107 and 111 in Doha for the next ten days.
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### Author:  [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/240 "2014-06-13T07:27:11Z")
Ref wasn’t great but the bigger story is that Brazil looked fairly average. They look very exposed at the back and you’d think the better teams will be better at exploiting that.
Still, exciting stuff. Spain vs Netherlands later.
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