# 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:** 32
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/621 "2014-06-16T20:04:45Z")
WatchESPN streams normal ESPN programming in real time. ESPN3 shows specific events that may or may not also be broadcast on one of the 800 ESPN TV channels. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/622 "2014-06-16T20:06:06Z")
> [@Parenchyma](#): > > I apologize for this tedium, but I figure somebody else out there has gone through the same frustration and this might help. World Cup thread posters got each others backs. The video feed posts were more interesting than the current Iran Nigeria game at any rate 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/623 "2014-06-16T20:07:52Z")
> [@straight\_man](#): > > The camera in the Iran-Nigeria game is getting terrible lens flare. It’s driving me insane! > > Bringing the incisive comments, I know. They’ve got J.J. Abrams directing sports now? ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/624 "2014-06-16T20:12:38Z")
Maybe it’s a viral marketing campaign for Half-Life 3. ---
**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 16, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/625 "2014-06-16T20:16:06Z")
An hour to go till the USA v Ghana game. It’s midnight here in St. Petersburg. Tomorrow the Russians will play Korea yet another hour later (2 AM). Dunno if I can do that one. The result of the Germany - Portugal game will mean a lot - yet these two teams should play like it’s elimination time. > [@asterion](#): > > They’ve got J.J. Abrams directing sports now? Ha! 🙂 ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/626 "2014-06-16T20:26:23Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > World Cup thread posters got each others backs. The video feed posts were more interesting than the current Iran Nigeria game at any rate 🙂 I see we’ve been spoiled so far, but this is one lousy game. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/627 "2014-06-16T20:26:43Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Or, ESPN3 is for those who have their internet through a cable provider (ie, I get it since I have internet through Comcast). I didn’t know that, and now I’ve got Iran-Nigeria streaming on my computer. Thanks! I was going to be really disappointed only watching the weekend games on ABC, and now (apparently) I can watch any of the games I want to. That’s great! ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/628 "2014-06-16T20:30:40Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > _Two_ points could get somebody out of the group, if Portugal/USA/Ghana all draw, and all lose to Germany. But probably the most likely route through for the US is to beat Ghana and draw Portugal. Yeah, but if the Germans have already qualified as group winners by the time they meet the “Merkans” (something that looks more and more likely after today’s romp) then the USMNST might be able to snag a point, at least, off of them (I’ve seen that sort of thing happen before - in 1998 when Brasil won its group with a match to spare and then up popped Norway to beat them in their last group match and claim a second round spot. And Norway didn’t have the benefit of a Norwegian managing the Brasil team). 'Course, if the USMNST doesn’t beat Ghana’s team today then that all probably become moot, at least as far as the USMSNT is concerned. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/629 "2014-06-16T20:34:23Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Better than the Netherlands? A few years ago I would have said, “No” but I’ve seen this kind of thing out of the Dutch team before (2008, anyone?) - a fast start followed by a fizzle. I have a feeling that a similar scenario for the Dutch will play itself out this time, as well. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/630 "2014-06-16T20:36:03Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I see we’ve been spoiled so far, but this is one lousy game. Yup. At least it looks like the Bosnians will be able to take both of these. ---
**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 16, 2014, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/631 "2014-06-16T20:39:55Z")
Essien and Boateng not in Ghana’s starting lineup tonight. Either they’re injured or Ghana is supremely confident. Things seem to be breaking in USA’s favor. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/632 "2014-06-16T20:42:47Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Yup. At least it looks like the Bosnians will be able to take both of these. Yes, they looked much, much better against Argentina last night than those two sides. ---
**Author:** ![racepug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@racepug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racepug)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/633 "2014-06-16T20:48:43Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > I genuinely think Germany would have achieved a comparable result, and their brand of football is a lot more attractive to watch than the Dutch. I don’t particularly want to see either side in the final, but surely one of them is likely to be there. I wouldn’t get too excited about that prospect, if I were you. It’s only the first match for each. First matches are not when tournaments are won and lost. Heck, even _ **I** _ got on the Germans’ bandwagon after they saw the English and the Argentines off by a combined 8 - 1 four years ago and you all saw what happened to them _next_ game. It’s still early - WAAAY too early - to be penciling anybody into the Final just yet (or, for that matter, to be counting any teams _out_ of the tournament after only one match, either. Well, okay - maybe a few teams can basically be counted out already…the Socceroos. The Samurai Blue {ahem}). ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/634 "2014-06-16T20:50:07Z")
I was hoping we’d make it through all the first set of games without a draw, particularly a 0-0 draw… just stoppage time to prevent that now. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/635 "2014-06-16T20:54:12Z")
Phew, gladly that’s over. Hoping for a better game USA-Ghana. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/636 "2014-06-16T21:10:32Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > I see we’ve been spoiled so far, but this is one lousy game. I quit at halftime. Now to cheer for the USA! ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/637 "2014-06-16T21:25:46Z")
If the latest World Cup Google Doodle is anything to go by, both USA and Ghana are going to be giving the ball away constantly. ---
**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:** [June 16, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/638 "2014-06-16T22:01:21Z")
Nice goal! ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/639 "2014-06-16T22:01:35Z")
Gooooooooooollllllll!!! ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/640 "2014-06-16T22:04:04Z")
That was the worst defending I have ever seen. One defender didn’t even try to put a leg out to block it. He stopped at the six and made no effort to move towards the goal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=33)