# 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:** 144
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2861 "2014-07-08T20:30:48Z")
Still not even 30 minutes yet. And I thought the Holland-Spain game was something. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2862 "2014-07-08T20:31:11Z")
Am I watching the World Cup semi-final, or a “Germany’s best goals of the last 10 years” show? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2863 "2014-07-08T20:32:14Z")
Am I a bad person for absolutely loving this? We want ten! ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2864 "2014-07-08T20:32:20Z")
Kroos apologizing for not getting it in on that shot. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2865 "2014-07-08T20:33:18Z")
Are the Brazilians even trying to play by now? ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2866 "2014-07-08T20:33:21Z")
When can Scolari invoke the mercy rule? This is getting ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2867 "2014-07-08T20:33:23Z")
Just had to come here because I was starting to think some mischievous German had hacked Yahoo Sports…but it’s real. Unbelievable. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2868 "2014-07-08T20:34:06Z")
This is the Germany side that only beat the US by 1? ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2869 "2014-07-08T20:34:22Z")
Is this proof that, without Neymar and Silva, Brazil is nothing? Is Brazil over-dependent on the talents of a couple of soccer geniuses? Would Argentina have something like that happening to them if they were left without Messi? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2870 "2014-07-08T20:34:30Z")
At this rate, there will be no final. The Brazilians will burn the Maracana down. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2871 "2014-07-08T20:34:20Z")
will the entire Brazilian team be investigated for fixing the game, or only the defense? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2872 "2014-07-08T20:34:49Z")
Could have had a penalty there too. ---
**Author:** ![Isosleepy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/isosleepy/32/479_2.png) [@Isosleepy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isosleepy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2873 "2014-07-08T20:35:16Z")
When you’re Scolari, what’s your locker room speech? “Guys, I know it looks at little bleak, but…” - Do you even say anything? ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2874 "2014-07-08T20:36:50Z")
Nah, the Maracana is needed for the local games. 😃 Argentina doesn’t have Di Maria tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2875 "2014-07-08T20:37:03Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Is this proof that, without Neymar and Silva, Brazil is nothing? > > Is Brazil over-dependent on the talents of a couple of soccer geniuses? > > Would Argentina have something like that happening to them if they were left without Messi? We had Messi four years ago and had to eat 4… ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2876 "2014-07-08T20:38:21Z")
Forget the locker room speech ; imagine having to prepare for another game after this. I wonder if any Brazilian fans will turn up. ---
**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 8, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2877 "2014-07-08T20:39:24Z")
Germany’s control, and Brazil’s apparent lethargy, when Germany is attacking make this look like a pro team playing against a Saturday pub league team. ---
**Author:** ![bldysabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@bldysabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bldysabba)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2878 "2014-07-08T20:41:09Z")
I just tuned in. 5-0? WTF? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2879 "2014-07-08T20:41:29Z")
Things are so bad that when they cut to a Brazilian fan in the crowd, the fan does not wave hysterically at the camera. ---
**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 8, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/2880 "2014-07-08T20:42:07Z")
> [@bldysabba](#): > > I just tuned in. 5-0? WTF? Even for those of us who saw all five goals go in, it’s still hard to believe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=145)