# 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:** 40
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/781 "2014-06-17T20:25:20Z")
> **[United | Sports](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United#Sports)** > > 1.Adelaide United FC, an Australian football club | > 2.Carlisle United, an English football club | > 3.Chesterfield United, an English football club | > 4.Colchester United, an English football club | > 5.D.C. United, an American football club | > 6.F.C. United of Manchester, an English football club | > 7.Hartlepool United, an English football club | > 8.Hereford United, an English football club | > 9.Hyde United, an English football club | > 10.Leeds United, an English football club | > 11.Manchester Un... The first two on there that I checked, Newcastle and Scunthorpe, were both formed by two or more clubs coming together. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/782 "2014-06-17T20:31:40Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > A surprising number aren’t. Manchester United isn’t; they were Leyton Heath, and the > Nearly all club players are mercenaries, if you want to look at it that way; they’re all professionals. There are amateur players too, but nobody good enough to play for Man U would play for free because they don’t have to. If I remember correctly Arsenal at one point a few years ago didn’t have a single Brit in their starting 11. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/783 "2014-06-17T20:33:03Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Mexico looks good in the second half. And Chicharito is on. Mexico are fighting and keeping Brazil off their game. ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/784 "2014-06-17T20:40:13Z")
Mexico’s keeper has had a really impressive game - he doesn’t currently have a club. I suspect that’ll change. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/785 "2014-06-17T20:41:41Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > Mexico’s keeper has had a really impressive game - he doesn’t currently have a club. I suspect that’ll change. I would imagine so; he deserves it. Such confidence, poise, and quickness. Just now: another heroic Ochoa save! ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/786 "2014-06-17T20:43:03Z")
And again, great save! ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/787 "2014-06-17T20:46:09Z")
A Brazilian diving for a penalty? Surely not. ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/788 "2014-06-17T20:46:10Z")
Best keeper performance of the tournament so far. ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/789 "2014-06-17T20:46:19Z")
No fooling the ref there! ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/790 "2014-06-17T20:48:08Z")
Mexico still going strong. ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/791 "2014-06-17T20:48:36Z")
Ochoa has been sterling so far – Excellent goal-keeping! When was the last time a national team left Brazil scoreless? I would say that, given the relative (theoretical) strength of both teams, Mexico tying 0-0 with Brazil is almost like a victory, at least from a morale point of view! I think that Mexico will feel energized and Brazil will be shaken by this result. (If the 0-0 tie lasts for 3 minutes more till the end of the game, that is!) Whoa – this game is proof that a 0-0 match does not have to be boring at all… Both teams are attacking hard and creating very dangerous chances! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/792 "2014-06-17T20:49:30Z")
In reading about Ochoa, his past club performances were sometimes rather poor. Not in 2014 in Brazil! He’s found something special. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/793 "2014-06-17T20:51:43Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > Whoa – this game is proof that a 0-0 match does not have to be boring at all… Both teams are attacking hard and creating very dangerous chances! I was thinking the same thing! A very good result for Mexico! ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/794 "2014-06-17T20:51:50Z")
That was intense. ---
**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 17, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/795 "2014-06-17T20:52:10Z")
That was certainly one of the better 0-0 draws with two team with the urge to win till the last second. Can I say congrats, Mexico? ---
**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:** [June 17, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/796 "2014-06-17T20:52:55Z")
And it is over. Brazil 0 - 0 Mexico. I was not expecting this result. Well done, Mexico! Leaving Brazil scoreless is something not many teams can boast of having done, as far as I know! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/797 "2014-06-17T20:53:39Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > When was the last time a national team left Brazil scoreless? Last time I think was a tedious 0-0 against Portugal in 2010 in South Africa, in the third game of group play, with both Portugal and Brazil guaranteed to move forward. ---
**Author:** ![nani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58956e/32.png) [@nani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nani)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/798 "2014-06-17T20:54:14Z")
I was too nervous to comment… wow. Ochoa stepped up. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/799 "2014-06-17T20:54:29Z")
> [@JoseB](#): > > When was the last time a national team left Brazil scoreless? In the last World Cup Portugal-Brazil was a 0-0 draw. > **[2010 FIFA World Cup Group G](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_G#Portugal_vs_Brazil)** > > Group G of the 2010 FIFA World Cup began on 15 June and ended on 25 June 2010. The group consisted of reigning Copa América champion Brazil, North Korea, the Ivory Coast and Portugal. > Brazil and Portugal were also drawn in the same group at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, their previous official World Cup match. In 1966, the Portuguese team defeated Brazil 3–1, thus eliminating the defending champions, to advance to the quarter-finals where they encountered and defeated North Korea (another team in Gr... ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2014, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/800 "2014-06-17T20:55:40Z")
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