# World Cup 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 7, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615 "2018-06-07T18:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 71
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1402 "2018-07-06T18:48:36Z")
Does anyone remember the 1994 semi-final match between Brazil and Holland? Maybe the most exciting second half of football ever. If Brazil manages to draw even this might be better. ---
**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 6, 2018, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1403 "2018-07-06T18:48:44Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > If you want some fun, do a search for “Randy Johnson hits bird.” That’s sad but funny, we’re both going to hell. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1404 "2018-07-06T18:51:56Z")
TinTin is overdue for a hat trick. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1405 "2018-07-06T19:11:01Z")
Come on, where’s the yellow for the dive by Neymar? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1406 "2018-07-06T19:14:47Z")
The ref in BRA-BEL is doing a great job. I don’t think there is one of the 23 people that is not 100% Really loving this game. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1407 "2018-07-06T19:20:55Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Does anyone remember the 1994 semi-final match between Brazil and Holland? Maybe the most exciting second half of football ever. If Brazil manages to draw even this might be better. Something for the Brazil fan to celebrate…Bebeto celebrates goal against Holland celebrating the birth of his child. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbhaDnd-5kg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1408 "2018-07-06T19:21:20Z")
Fellaini look to me the best man on the pitch ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1409 "2018-07-06T19:23:19Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Something for the Brazil fan to celebrate…Bebeto celebrates goal against Holland celebrating the birth of his child. > > [https://youtu.be/sbhaDnd-5kg](https://youtu.be/sbhaDnd-5kg) even 20 years later… Fuck de Goeij ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1410 "2018-07-06T19:26:06Z")
It’s looking like a fourth consecutive World Cup win for a European side. Brazil haven’t been bad actually aside perhaps from finishing. They were unlucky with that first goal and were probably pushing too hard on that corner which helped Belgium get the second goal. Still it seems too big a hole now especially since Belgium is all too capable of getting a third goal on the break as Brazil becomes more and more desparate. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1411 "2018-07-06T19:34:25Z")
Now it’s getting interesting. Or nailbitingly… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Librarian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_librarian/32/402_2.png) [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1412 "2018-07-06T19:34:57Z")
And Brasil is back in the game ~15 mins of fun! ---
**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:** [July 6, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1413 "2018-07-06T19:42:38Z")
However much I root for the Belgians, I want this game to go on. So score again, Brazil! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1414 "2018-07-06T19:43:08Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > However much I root for the Belgians, I want this game to go on. So score again, Brazil! No no no please. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1415 "2018-07-06T19:44:39Z")
We’re 10 minutes away from an all-UEFA World Cup. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1416 "2018-07-06T19:46:10Z")
This has been like most other Brazil matches in this tourney. They have never been a dominating side. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1417 "2018-07-06T19:49:28Z")
And the last resort of the unimaginative: diving… ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1418 "2018-07-06T19:49:29Z")
Get up and cry more, Neymar. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1419 "2018-07-06T19:51:55Z")
‘Men believe not lightly him who is known as a liar.’ The Neymar Who Cried Wolf ---
**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:** [July 6, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1420 "2018-07-06T19:51:56Z")
What a great save! Chapeau! ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1421 "2018-07-06T19:53:55Z")
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