Brasil 2014

This image explains them all:
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So he IS your Chuck Norris. :wink:

No no, Chuck Norris is the rest of the rest of the world’s second rate Masche :stuck_out_tongue:

Reading through the first few pages of this thread is awfully good fun. There are things people got very wrong, but also things people got very right.

lisiate didn’t get it perfect — Spain finished second-last, Brazil choked in the semi-finals, we don’t know whether Germany will win yet, and CONCACAF and CAF actually did quite well —but it’s not a bad set of predictions on the whole!

…and Red Wiggler clearly knows some dark magic. :eek:

Meh. I fully expect Suarez to have bitten Alonso by the end of next season. You can never go wrong by betting on Suarez biting somebody.

So hows the betting on Germany v Lionel Messi?

Fun fact, all of the last 3 Barcelona no 10’s have won a World Cup.

It was only his third time biting someone on-pitch in his entire career, and Red Wiggler got the exact match right.

Okay, I realize “only” isn’t the right word, but you get what I mean.

Wow penalty!

…and Brazil hasn’t learned its lesson about playing dirty.

Oh well, fuck…

It’s gonna be a long day for Brazil.

Jeebus. Poor Brasil?

The local commentators are of the opinion that, yes, it was a foul but likely outside the box, the player from Holland also took a dive too.

As usual… Also, I’m happy Robben got a yellow card.

So has the ref got any decision right yet. Compare the fouls for the yellows and Karlgrenze can go sit on a cactus.

What the holy heck? How was that not a red card??

Glad Netherlands scored on that penalty. I’m feeling a bit of schadenfreude at Robben getting his comeuppance for his flop in the Mexico game, but that foul was ridiculous.

(I’m watching a few minutes delayed here)


ETA - Not so delayed I missed the edit window! Robben got a yellow card too. Ha!

Anybody know what the most red/yellow cards issued during a single world cup match are?

Now I kind of want both teams to get red/yellowed down to a 5-on-5 game.

:confused:

The move that got Robben a yellow has gotten other players in other games yellows as well. Even other Brazilian players.

This is too painful to watch.

What a nice sequence. But what hapless defense.

And here it starts again…

And why are the Netherland players wrestling with the other players, considering they are winning…