The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)

[BigRedLedbetter]

As much as I'd love to see Columbia upset Brazil a Germany/Brazil match with a shot at the finals on the line sounds amazing.

[E.H. Ruddock]

You would think that the best players in the world would realize that they look stupid as shit on instant replay when they flop all the time.

[BigRedLedbetter]

You would think that the best players in the world would realize that they look stupid as shit on instant replay when they flop all the time.

LeBron James says hello.

[LetMeSleep]

When you pocket $250k a week, who cares.

[Heathen]

Brazil has definitely already gotten their share.

Apart from the Croatia penalty, have they gotten much? Compared the the diving Holland came away with and the not given red cards to at least 3 France players (Pogba, Sakho, Matuidi), there's been pretty neutral refereeing in the Brazil games. Or am I forgetting things?

tonight's game is a fine example

[LetMeSleep]

Brazil has definitely already gotten their share.

Apart from the Croatia penalty, have they gotten much? Compared the the diving Holland came away with and the not given red cards to at least 3 France players (Pogba, Sakho, Matuidi), there's been pretty neutral refereeing in the Brazil games. Or am I forgetting things?

tonight's game is a fine example

Exactly. I can think of 4 instances where Brazil have benefitted.

And early on against Chile there should have been at least 2 Brazilian yellows.

[LetMeSleep]

Now this could be interesting

[Heathen]

Brazil has definitely already gotten their share.

Apart from the Croatia penalty, have they gotten much? Compared the the diving Holland came away with and the not given red cards to at least 3 France players (Pogba, Sakho, Matuidi), there's been pretty neutral refereeing in the Brazil games. Or am I forgetting things?

tonight's game is a fine example

Exactly. I can think of 4 instances where Brazil have benefitted.

And early on against Chile there should have been at least 2 Brazilian yellows.

How Fernandinho is still on the pitch is beyond me.

[LetMeSleep]

well he's wearing yellow. enough said

[E.H. Ruddock]

So Neymar out for the tourney?

[LetMeSleep]

Fractured Vertabrae. couple of weeks minimum. plus they will be without Thiago their captain and defender.

[Jorge]

I'm having so much fun reading my Colombian friends' reactions on Twitter and Facebook. Everyone is so ANGRY

[Angus]

Brazil has definitely already gotten their share.

Apart from the Croatia penalty, have they gotten much? Compared the the diving Holland came away with and the not given red cards to at least 3 France players (Pogba, Sakho, Matuidi), there's been pretty neutral refereeing in the Brazil games. Or am I forgetting things?

tonight's game is a fine example

Correct. I'm pretty disgusted with what we've seen yesterday. And it's absolutely horrible Neymar ends up being the victim of something his teammates and ref have started.

[LetMeSleep]

True. If the ref had issued a card early in then we wouldn't have had so many niggling tackles and as you say Neymar would probably not have been seriously injured.

[Heathen]

True. If the ref had issued a card early in then we wouldn't have had so many niggling tackles and as you say Neymar would probably not have been seriously injured.

This laxism has been incredibly prevalent during all the tournament and it's by far the worst thing about this WC. This isn't just this particular ref and this isn't just about Brazil, there has to be FIFA guidelines behind it because I don't think all the refs suddenly forgot that they have to give out yellow cards for these fouls. If they were trying to protect their fucking show by making sure there aren't too many star players suspended for the final rounds then congrats because it led to the absence of the one of the few Brazilian players who actually plays football (although I would take his injury with a grain of salt, wasn't he also injured after Chile?).

And of course on top of that there is an extra layer of laissez-faire for Brazil since they're the host. Even with this WC's laxism any other team would have had a few more yellow cards and possibly reds in this game. It's unbelievable that the only cards they received were for T.Silva's stupid move on the keeper and J.Cesar's foul in the box, which would have been a red any other keeper.

[VinylGuy]

Really shamefull for what i saw of Brasil´s game this far.

[VinylGuy]

How can people still think Messi is a fraud?

[VinylGuy]

Semi-finals.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Let's go Costa Rica!

[Evvo]

I really wish Costa Rica had won that, definitely one of the stories of the tournament.

Credit where it's due to LvG for that sub with Tim Krul. However, we'll now have nothing but Manchester United fans bleating about their new found optimism for the coming weeks.

Really want to see a Germany-Argentina final now.