# 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:** 60
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1181 "2014-06-22T19:40:03Z")
S. Korea 0 Algeria 3, and it’s not even half time yet! The perfect antidote to the Belgium v Russia match. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1182 "2014-06-22T20:12:45Z")
Korea looking quite a lot better at the start of the second half. They scored one goal quickly, and have been playing with more purpose. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1183 "2014-06-22T20:21:59Z")
And the Algerians just scored a lovely goal. Back to a 3-goal difference. This is a fun game to watch. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1184 "2014-06-22T20:23:41Z")
4-1 – What entertainment! This is why I make a point of watching the “lesser” footballing nations during the World Cup; they can so often produce matches like this. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1185 "2014-06-22T20:33:28Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > 4-1 – What entertainment! > > This is why I make a point of watching the “lesser” footballing nations during the World Cup; they can so often produce matches like this. And now 4-2. Anyone who skipped this game has really missed out. It’s lots of fun. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1186 "2014-06-22T20:41:19Z")
Chance after chance after chance. Goals goals goals. Both teams going all out to win. Very little histrionics from the players. Decent officiating. I can’t find anything not to like about this match apart from the fact that it’s going to end shortly. ---
**Author:** ![DaphneBlack](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daphneblack/32/5389_2.png) [@DaphneBlack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaphneBlack)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1187 "2014-06-22T20:43:31Z")
This whole Cup has been ridiculously entertaining. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1188 "2014-06-22T20:51:41Z")
FIFA 2014 rankings: 22 Algeria 57 Korea RobDog Entertainment 2014 Ranking: 1 Algeria 2 Korea ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1189 "2014-06-22T21:10:09Z")
Poor Korea. Not a great match for them. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1190 "2014-06-22T21:15:35Z")
Thankfully a day back watching the games at home. I don’t think neither my liver nor my bank balance could handle any more. And as I wrote on those there Facebooks: “Oh well. Good to get the inevitable disappointment out of the way early.” At least I can honestly say that I expected it: > [@amanset](#): > > Well, despite being from England and hence being an England fan - and how we are supposed to have an over-inflated view of our team’s abilities - I’m going to come out with it. It is going to take a minor miracle for us to get out of the group. After that anything can happen, but groups have a better record of weeding out the weaker teams. And we were weak before our team started dropping like flies. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1191 "2014-06-22T22:06:10Z")
Well that wasn’t very clever defending by the Americans. Almost like watching England. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1192 "2014-06-22T22:09:13Z")
:smack: Just . . . :smack: Not a good start, to say the least. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1193 "2014-06-22T22:11:53Z")
Yeah, bad defending at the back, and Howard didn’t help himself either. He was already in trouble, but he went down before the shot and basically left Nani with an open goal. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1194 "2014-06-22T22:13:02Z")
Just looked like miscommunication about which US defender was going to play the ball. Just a terrible goal visually. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1195 "2014-06-22T22:28:11Z")
Holy crap, what a FAIL for us. We passed directly to an open Portugal player standing in the box. Sheesh!! But our attack is looking very good now! ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1196 "2014-06-22T22:45:19Z")
What a save on the rebound by the US! Wow. ---
**Author:** ![txtumbleweed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@txtumbleweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txtumbleweed)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1197 "2014-06-22T22:45:48Z")
Nice save by both the post and the keeper there. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1198 "2014-06-22T22:46:21Z")
Great save by Howard. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2014, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1199 "2014-06-22T22:57:41Z")
I don’t now if everybody is watching this on ESPN at halftime, but Landon Donovan is the most wooden, monotone dude I’ve ever seen. ---
**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:** [June 22, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840/1200 "2014-06-22T23:14:58Z")
US should have equalized, but for a great save off the line by the Portuguese defender. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=59) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brasil-2014/687840.md?page=61)