# 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:** 156
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3101 "2014-07-09T22:47:17Z")
Should have gone with Krul. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3102 "2014-07-09T22:47:50Z")
Go Argentina!!! I am so happy that we don’t have a 3rd straight WC Final with all European squads! ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3103 "2014-07-09T22:48:23Z")
Yep, although failing to score any goals in 4 hours of football probably didn’t help the Dutch either… ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3104 "2014-07-09T22:48:27Z")
Argentina v Germany in a World Cup final? Yeah who has heard of that? 😃 Come on Argies! ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3105 "2014-07-09T22:51:00Z")
Argentina shut down Robben pretty well there and Holland couldn’t find much else. For sure Germany will have a long hard look at Argentina and won’t be quaking in their boots. Form suggests a German win but this is football, a single knock-out game and there is no such thing as a sure thing. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3106 "2014-07-09T22:53:23Z")
All these people crowning Germany do realize they almost lost to Ghana and were thoroughly outplayed in 1 half by Algeria, right? Basically, lets wait to see the match before giving a team the World Cup, ok? ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3107 "2014-07-09T22:53:33Z")
The right team won! ---
**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 9, 2014, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3108 "2014-07-09T22:53:56Z")
If Argentina win the World Cup at the Maracana, Brazil might lose their collective minds. Unfortunately, they would have to play miles better than they did today to do that. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3109 "2014-07-09T22:57:30Z")
OK, Holland will face Brazil. And I hope Brazil gets back in shape and beats them again. So they can lose twice in a row. And I seldom go for Argentina, but I’ll root for them against Germany. ---
**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 9, 2014, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3110 "2014-07-09T23:11:30Z")
You’ve rooted for Argentina several times in the last weeks. Anyway, Germany will beat Argentina. Since i can’t get my way, which is gor both teams to lose, that’s the next best thing. Holland will let Brazil win, 'cause they’re nice guys that way. Also, they don’t give a shit about 3rd place. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3111 "2014-07-09T23:12:48Z")
Then thing is, if Messi ends his career sans a World Cup, it will be akin go a crime against humanity. 😃 Germany on current form deserve to win. The solution is obvious, give Messi German citizenship for the final. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3112 "2014-07-09T23:15:36Z")
From what I’ve seen, Holland has the potential to be worse than Germany. 😉 But I do want them to lose. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3113 "2014-07-09T23:19:14Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Then thing is, if Messi ends his career sans a World Cup, it will be akin go a crime against humanity. 😃 > > Germany on current form deserve to win. > The solution is obvious, give Messi German citizenship for the final. Aren’t most Argentines half German anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3114 "2014-07-09T23:26:35Z")
Did the Netherlands’s uniforms remind anyone else of creamsicles? ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3115 "2014-07-09T23:34:12Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Aren’t most Argentines half German anyway? While Argentina was the second most popular country for emigration from Europe during the great wave of emigration (after the U.S.), German emigrants were second tier there. About one and a half million each from Spain and Italy, and then in the low hundreds of thousands from countries such as Germany, France, Austria, etc. So German immigrant culture was certainly enough to be noticeable, but not predominant. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3116 "2014-07-09T23:39:00Z")
Ok, so what happened in the first half that there was some orange and white splash on that side of the field? ---
**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 9, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3117 "2014-07-09T23:47:31Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > While Argentina was the second most popular country for emigration from Europe during the great wave of emigration (after the U.S.), German emigrants were second tier there. About one and a half million each from Spain and Italy, and then in the low hundreds of thousands from countries such as Germany, France, Austria, etc. So German immigrant culture was certainly enough to be noticeable, but not predominant. Thank you - true SDMB fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3118 "2014-07-09T23:49:02Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Argentina shut down Robben pretty well there and Holland couldn’t find much else. And Holland shut down Messi. Good defensive efforts from both sides. Even match. Shame it had to go to PKs. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3119 "2014-07-10T00:22:23Z")
[QUOTE=Really Not All That Bright;17532343 Disagree. Croatia’s win over Germany in '98 was the most shocking result of the tournament - maybe of _any_ tournament in recent history. At the time, it seemed like an even bigger deal than France squashing Brazil.[/QUOTE] I’m sorry, but I find that assertion absolutely ludicrous. I think maybe you should talk for twenty minutes with the other posters who think that the 3rd/4th place match isn’t the most meaningless sporting event in the world and then decide I’m right. ---
**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 10, 2014, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/3120 "2014-07-10T01:14:02Z")
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