Van Basten II Posted June 23, 2014 Report Share Posted June 23, 2014 Two teams already in for the Concacaf, will the US make it three ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Big game tomorrow at noon, Italy-Uruguay death match... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Suarez you fucking biter! That Italian player should have punched him in the teeth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Ugly game, this Italy-Uraguay thing. At least Italy is finally actually playing the game now that they're behind. And I was kinda rooting for Italy to make it though, but not with the tactics they showed for the majority of this game. I'm sure I'll be chastised by the soccer football cognoscenti, but the way Italy "played" this game for the most part is the reason why some folks think soccer football is a joke. Here's hoping the US-german tilt doesn't mimic this nonsense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 That Suarez dude is an animal. Geez ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Biting and then there are the match fixing scandals (e.g. Ghana). It's almost WWE wrestling. Edited June 24, 2014 by erwbol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Basten II Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Both teams behaved in not such a sportsmanlike way . If this was wrestling we'd get a double DQ. . Biting and then there are the match fixing scandals (e.g. Ghana). It's almost WWE wrestling. Funny thing is that the ref of the "match" is actually nicknamed Dracula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Schwartz Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Biting = forfeit FIFA has no balls when it comes to making obvious decisions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Garrett Posted June 24, 2014 Report Share Posted June 24, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Should be banned from the tournament ... and I would have no problem if it was a lifetime ban. Dude's got a problem. Obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeway Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Suarez -- meet Mike Tyson -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim R Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Ugly game, this Italy-Uraguay thing. At least Italy is finally actually playing the game now that they're behind. And I was kinda rooting for Italy to make it though, but not with the tactics they showed for the majority of this game. I'm sure I'll be chastised by the soccer football cognoscenti, but the way Italy "played" this game for the most part is the reason why some folks think soccer football is a joke. No, you are right on the money here. Uruguay joined in on the flopping and simulating, but it was Italy (and Chiellini was more guilty than anybody) that started that unfortunate but all too familiar charade. Suarez is despicable, and I think a lifetime ban is deserved and probably overdue, but I don't feel the least bit sorry for Chiellini. In terms of flopping and simulating elsewhere in this tournament, it hasn't been too noticeable or excessive to my eyes, with one unfortunate exception. Holland's Robben vs Chile. He's such a fine player, and that game was enough in Holland's control that he really disappointed me by resorting to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjazzg Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 In terms of flopping and simulating elsewhere in this tournament, it hasn't been too noticeable or excessive to my eyes, with one unfortunate exception. Holland's Robben vs Chile. He's such a fine player, and that game was enough in Holland's control that he really disappointed me by resorting to that.Robben's as big a cheat as he is a talent when it comes to diving. Always has been wherever he's played. It's a real stain on what should be a reputation as one of the game's great talents.Looks like Suarez needs help along with a very long ban, lifetime wouldn't go amiss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) It's easy to forgive a Robben when he's playing diving for your own national team. At least the fouling eyesore Van Bommel has retired. Luis Suarez: More Than 160 Fans Cash In On Giorgio Chiellini Bite In Novelty Bet (175/1) Edited June 25, 2014 by erwbol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) I hope they'll put Chiellini in quarantine and inoculate him the rabies vaccine And the italian team was the lamest I can remember: defeat deserved. Edited June 25, 2014 by porcy62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uli Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) .Looks like Suarez needs help along with a very long ban, lifetime wouldn't go amiss A bit of leniency might be ok. I've read on the internets that he may be bi-molar. Edited June 25, 2014 by uli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 (edited) It's easy to forgive a Robben when he's playing diving for your own national team. At least the fouling eyesore Van Bommel has retired. Luis Suarez: More Than 160 Fans Cash In On Giorgio Chiellini Bite In Novelty Bet (175/1)But before Van Bommel went he taught de Jong everything he knew..... Edited June 25, 2014 by mjazzg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papsrus Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I hope they'll put Chiellini in quarantine and inoculate him the rabies vaccine And the italian team was the lamest I can remember: defeat deserved. Yes, Italy was really disappointing -- not just that they didn't advance but that they played so flat, to my eye. I know there is tremendous passion for the game in Italy, so this must be a real disappointment (as with Spain and England). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Looking forward to today's matches. I hope our Flemish and German neighbours will do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I hope they'll put Chiellini in quarantine and inoculate him the rabies vaccine And the italian team was the lamest I can remember: defeat deserved. Yes, Italy was really disappointing -- not just that they didn't advance but that they played so flat, to my eye. I know there is tremendous passion for the game in Italy, so this must be a real disappointment (as with Spain and England). The point is that only Pirlo, De Rossi and Buffon are really great players, but they are old now, the young ones are just good or decent players. Unfortunately these are the best of today's campionato (italian league). Italy went down Fifa ranking and italian teams missed all the international competitions in the last years. The second place at european cup two years ago was some sort of miracle that masked the poor level of italian leagues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) Biting Breaking News: Uruguay forward Luis Suarez has been banned for nine matches and banned for four months "from any football activity" after biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini. Fifa added in a statement about Luis Suarez's ban: "A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suarez in accordance with art. 21 of the Fifa Disciplinary Code as follows: the player Luis Suarez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban (point 3). The player Luis Suarez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium in which the representative team of Uruguay is playing while he has to serve the nine-match suspension (point 2). "The player Luis Suarez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of 100,000 Swiss Francs (£65,600)." Edited June 26, 2014 by erwbol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 0 - 0 half-time USA vs. Germany. Quite even so far by the look of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiRiIII Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 After Portugal's exit, Greece remains Southern Europe's pride in this Mundial. Tough match on Sunday, but who would have thought of Greece in Euro 2004? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjazzg Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Congrats to USA for qualifying from "The Group of Death" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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