2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil

Even?

That's not the game i'm seeing. Brazil is dominating in everything.

César so far is a spectator. Zero saves so far.


Let's see if Colombia awakes now.
 
Rotam said:
Even?

That's not the game i'm seeing. Brazil is dominating in everything.

César so far is a spectator. Zero saves so far.
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Brazil aren't dominating anything. They just have more attempts at goal. Colombia could've had much more attempts if they were more careful with their passing.
 
The Flash said:
Brazil aren't dominating anything. They just have more attempts at goal. Colombia could've had much more attempts if they were more careful with their passing.
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lol, right.

I cannot discuss football when people are always one sided.

Check official live statistics from FIFA. They're dominating everything.
 
Colombia never won any game in Brazil in History. Looks like it's gonna happen again.
 
Brazil are through. Can't say they didn't deserve it. Good job Colombia. One has to wonder what they could've done with Falcao.
 
James was one of best players of this World Cup. Colombia lost because they never dominate the midfield. All in all, their game was disappointing. Cuadrado was sleeping. Jackson should have played. And they only show something in the last third of the game.
Brazil's first half was very good, with ball possession and high pressure and super fast transitions. For the very first time in the world cup they managed to do it for a long period of time. Fernandinho was essential to give some lungs to the team and "clean" James lol. He should have seen the yellow card though.

Brazil is losing Thiago Silva against Germany and probably Neymar. Big names.... but they probably will need another defensive player and drop one in the offensive transitions.

Germany has their strategy established, so they are leading on this.

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Neymar is out... broken vertebra.
 
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WTF

Didn't see that when the game was on.
 
Neymar out for 2 months with a fucked up back:(
No Thiago Silva for the semi finals.
If The Germans don't beat a weak Brasil I'd consider banning them for the 2018 World Cup
 
Players were too harsh in tackles, ref had no control of the game and that's why Neymar got injured. I didn't like the game honestly. Brazilians were beating up the Colombians and completely ruined their game but didn't play much good themselves either. Now without Thiago Silva and Neymar it's gonna be very hard to beat Germans. Hopefully the Germans can finally save us from Brazil.

Today: Go Belgium (can't emphasize enough how much I want Argentina to go out)! Go Netherlands!

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Brazil made a lousy early goal. I hoped that Columbia would equalize until the end, and their play was beautiful and swift at times.
But after having learned (and seen!) how badly Neymar got hurt I am not that sad they are out of the tournament.
 
Come on Yankees, you know what to do. :D


World Cup 2014: Why the U.S. Should Support the Netherlands for the Rest of the World Cup

Historic Bonds Between the Two Countries Should Have the Jankes—er, Yankees—Supporting the Netherlands

Dear American Soccer Fan,

Now that Team USA has exited the World Cup following a truly amazing performance, you may be tempted to stop watching the World Cup altogether as there is no one for whom to cheer.

But there's a remedy: You can throw your support behind another country. And let me be the first to suggest the fine nation of the Netherlands.

Sure, Dutch people may be the object of Dr. Evil's hatred in Austin Powers. But don't write us off. We actually have a lot in common with Americans.

For starters, our flags have the same colors, which means you don't necessarily have to switch fan gear if you switch your support to the Netherlands. Our team may be dressed in Orange, in honor of the Dutch royal family, the House of Orange, but you'll notice little red white and blue flags painted on faces and finger nails of Dutch soccer fans. So keep wearing your bomb pop jerseys and chant your new favorite soccer song: "Hup, Holland, hup."

Like you, the Netherlands has had fights with Belgians and lost. Granted, ours was in the 1830s while yours was just Tuesday. But we both had great defenders who ultimately could not save us from losing. Yours of course is the mighty Tim Howard, blocker of countless shots at his goal. Ours is Jan van Speijk, a Dutch naval officer who when confronted with hostile Belgians decided to blow up his own gunboat in front of the Belgian city of Antwerp.

But it's not just our ultimately futile struggle against Belgians in our past that unites us. Our historic bonds run deep. After all, the Mayflower departed for the new continent from—you guessed it—the Netherlands.

Perhaps it's no coincidence that you mimic some of our age-old policies. For example, as of late, Colorado appears to be turning into a little version of at least part of the Netherlands. (With some notable differences: Our country doesn't have mountains or Maureen Dowd.)

Like the Netherlands or not, I think you can legally claim victory in any case if we win. Your grandparents freed our grandparents 70 years ago, so without you guys there would be no Dutch team. We won't forget that.

We sort of speak the same language. The Netherlands is practically Anglophone, but when we speak we mix in some throat clearing every other sentence to keep up the appearance of having our own language. Here are some quick language essentials that may come in handy with Dutch soccer: "Dat is geen duik" means "that's not a dive."

Just for your convenience, many Dutch soccer players come pre-packaged with easy-to-remember names like "Wesley," "Nigel," "Daley" and, of course, "Memphis."

And before I forget: Linguists say that the word "Yankee" very likely derived from Dutch: Some say the word stems from "Janke," or little Jan, once a common name in the Netherlands and in New Amsterdam. Others say it derived from "Jan-Kees," a common first name. Either way, if you're a Yankee, you're practically Dutch already.

Thank you for your consideration.

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:)

One of the the commenters continues with similarities:
There are a lot more similarities:

- The Netherlands were the first to back the new American state during independance.

- We fought 80years for our freedom against the Spanish, we won, we wrote De Acte Van Verlatinghe, which was our Declarence of Independance for the new Republic of the seven provinces (Holland and Zeeland best known, also included provinces of the nowadays Belgian territory). After that we went into the Golden Ages, and became the most powerfull for 40yrs (Rembrandt era). It were to become the blueprint of your Declarence of Independance, your constitution. Holland and America are both known about their freedom, it is no coincidence.

- Because Spain was exhausted because of the war, England took over soon after, otherwise you may not have spoken English.

- In New Amsterdam (NY) Dutch was almost voted the American language, very close finish.

- The first Stock Exchange and modern banking (no, not neo-banking) was founded by the Dutch. About half of all money in that day went through Republic of the Lower Countries. America is now most famous for it. England also copied it and took our lead over because of this. First multinational was also Dutch, the VOC, which England also soon copied, Dutch even bought stocks of English firms above Dutch, so the English grew much faster after that than us, with our own money. Dutch are cheap '-)

- Santa Claus was imitated from the Dutch; Sinterklaas. Biggest festivity on december fifth where kids got presents through the chimney from the Sint (saint) and his lovely Pete's (Pieten) Yes UN we love them, not think any other of it! Dutch NY settlers still celebrated it. It was actually meant as a way to improve commerce.

- The donut came to be from the oliebollen we eat during newyear's eve.

- Dutch is a Germanic language with Anglo-saxon roots, the motherlanguage of English. Actually, Dutch is even more German than current-day German, less changes. Dutch people in Friesland speak Frisian, which is a daughter language of Anglosaxon (without French influences).

-We are actually Diets and Germans Deutsch, but the English thought the German labourers on boats were 'Dutch' since they said Ich bin Deutsch, therefore we became Dutch.

There are even more besides this, I think ' Holland ' is the most American country in Europe, there was a study ones that also confirmed this. Our lifestyle is very similar and kids can already understand the English language without learning the language.
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