# 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:** 134
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2661 "2014-07-04T21:40:48Z")
OK, now the Colombians can get within scoring again. 🙂 ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2662 "2014-07-04T21:41:17Z")
Come on Colombia! ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2663 "2014-07-04T21:49:22Z")
Well, I’ll give Neymar that one. What’s Portuguese for schadenfreude? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2664 "2014-07-04T21:49:59Z")
Well, that was not expected. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2665 "2014-07-04T21:50:09Z")
Neymar looked in real pain there, maybe a knee to a kidney? If so, ouch. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2666 "2014-07-04T21:51:32Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Neymar looked in real pain there, maybe a knee to a kidney? If so, ouch. Yeah, that was a big knee in the back. Sort of makes up for all the times he went down for no reason at all. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2667 "2014-07-04T21:55:48Z")
Crap. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2668 "2014-07-04T21:56:37Z")
Well, the scoreline probably reflected the game reasonably well, much as i hate to say it. That refereeing performance, though, was awful. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2669 "2014-07-04T21:58:24Z")
Too bad for the Colombians. It feels like all South American teams have a mental block when it comes to the Brazilians. I can’t wait for the semi-final between Brazil and Germany. I feel like it will be the real final. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2670 "2014-07-04T21:58:35Z")
That will be a beautiful (I hope so) semi-final match: Brazil-Germany! ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2671 "2014-07-04T22:02:48Z")
I hope Germany grind this Brazil team to paste in the semi-final. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2672 "2014-07-04T22:09:21Z")
That was one of the worst referee performances of the tournament. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2673 "2014-07-04T22:20:53Z")
How many Brazil fouls were ignored? The second goal was of a free kick which should not have been awarded. Then again, better defensive performance by the Brazilians today, but on the -ve side, no Thiago for the semis and possibly no Neymar either. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2674 "2014-07-04T22:23:19Z")
Question: Colombia had a goal that was declared null for being offside. Now, I clearly heard the English commentators saying, cleanly, that the play was offside and had been marked as such 8 seconds before the goal was done. Ie, that the offside call was correct. Later after the game, it seems some other sports newscaster wrote that the call was not declared offside until after later. This is a different language too. What gives? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2675 "2014-07-04T22:26:30Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > How many Brazil fouls were ignored? The second goal was of a free kick which should not have been awarded. > > Then again, better defensive performance by the Brazilians today, but on the -ve side, no Thiago for the semis and possibly no Neymar either. There was no foul given either for the kick that ended up with Neymar on the floor, either. I saw a few other plays where the other team should have gotten fouls as well. I don’t think the referee was doing anything other than “well as long as nobody stays on the floor more than 5 seconds and/or is too obvious”. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2676 "2014-07-04T22:26:54Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > That will be a beautiful (I hope so) semi-final match: Brazil-Germany! Just a shame that they can’t meet in the final. That would have been the dream final for a lot of people, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2677 "2014-07-04T22:28:13Z")
Apparently France didn’t see my post. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2678 "2014-07-04T22:42:57Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > There’s a lot more Colombians here than Ticos (and Panama used to be part of Colombia), so I think most people will be rooting for them. But either way the country will go berserk if either one advances (especially if Colombia manages to knock off Brazil.) > > I just need to remember to look up when the matches end so I can be off the streets in case one of them wins.🙂 The streets are strangely quiet. (Well, aside from the usual rush hour honking.) There are plenty of Brazil fans, but not many actual Brazilians, so I guess they decided to stay home. (Or else, nothing but the final is really meaningful to them.) Let’s see how Costa Rica does tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2679 "2014-07-04T22:50:35Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > Just a shame that they can’t meet in the final. That would have been the dream final for a lot of people, I think. Sure, but the dream final I’m imagining is Germany-Holland. ---
**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:** [July 4, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2680 "2014-07-04T23:46:39Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Neymar looked in real pain there, maybe a knee to a kidney? If so, ouch. Fractured vertebra according to all the sport journos on twitter. He’ll be out for a while then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=133) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=135)