2014 World Cup

[Urwumpe]

Yeah they are playing what I would expect Colombia or Chile to play if they are in Group D, but not Costa Rica....regardless somehow I still think the Italians can still at least level in the next 10 minutes. :tiphat:

I think you are wrong. The old rule of football applies:

First you play bad and then you also get bad luck.

 

[Codz]

Well, with Italy's loss, England has been eliminated from contention.

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

So which favorites are going out next? After shocking losses with Spain, England, Portugal, it seems that many of the others seems to have problems of their own....

Brazil: Non-cohesive defense, mid-fielders forced to play at wings weakening attacking force (see e.g. vs Mexico)
Netherlands: Can't quite handle brute ball-chasing in mid-field and nearly cost them against Australia
Uruguay: Partly weak defence and has to rely on a few players to do well (see the match against Costa Rica)
Argentina: Rather weak defence line and was mostly out of ideas against Bosnia
Belgium: Mostly failed to keep cohesive attacking strategies and narrowly scraped through Algeria

Only France and Germany has not fallen down. Yet. Who knows what will happen today and tomorrow......

 

[Urwumpe]

Only France and Germany has not fallen down. Yet. Who knows what will happen today and tomorrow......

France will get neutralized by switzerland and Germany will win 1:0 against Ghana, afterwards the Boateng (semi-)brothers will be friends again. :lol:

 

[Codz]

Ouch. Down 3-0 before halftime...

 

[garyw]

That's it. England are done for.

England were eliminated at the group stage of the Fifa World Cup for the first time since 1958 as Italy lost 1-0 to Costa Rica in Recife.
It is the first time the national side have been knocked out after just two matches, with Roy Hodgson's side beaten by Group D rivals Italy and Uruguay.

England have another game to play which they'll probably win because there isn't any pressure on them and then they'll come home. I'm sure that in a few weeks time we'll see Roy Hodgson kicked out.

 

[MattBaker]

Alright, I'm getting 2010 flashbacks. Everyone plays badly, nobody of the favorites seems to go well except for Germany and...whoops, they've lost as well.

 

[SolarLiner]

Okay, maybe that French team everyone is talking about in my country might not be that bad after all.
France 5 - 2 Swiss!

 

[thor36]

Awesome performance by Costa Rica, they are really impressive.

Do results in games of France put them in a role of a candidate to get far in this tournament ? Or was it just poor Honduras and very very strange game by Swiss ?

 

[SolarLiner]

Awesome performance by Costa Rica, they are really impressive.

Do results in games of France put them in a role of a candidate to get far in this tournament ? Or was it just poor Honduras and very very strange game by Swiss ?

I'm not into sports to really tell, and the medias here do not help: before entering the World Cup, the medias were like "Uh, they won't get far" and now that they both won against Honduras and Swiss media's like "They're gonna be the winners of the World Cup !"

So I cannot say anything. But we are not going to get as far as we would have done if Ribéry was within the team.

 

[mojoey]

http://blog.wolfram.com/2014/06/20/predicting-who-will-win-the-world-cup-with-wolfram-language/

[*Cautious Backing of Switzerland Intensifies*]

 

[jedidia]

Switzerland hasn't made it beond the group stages since forever. I'm not expecting anything from Switzerland at any soccer championship ever.

Floorball, now that's an entirely different matter. We can mess with the best there. But nobody seems to care... :shifty:

 

[MattBaker]

Switzerland hasn't made it beond the group stages since forever.

Someone's forgetting the awesome penalty saving by the Ukrainian goalkeeper in 2006. In fact Switzerland got out of the tournament without having lost a game.

Germany continues the tale of the harder second game. Currently I'd say both teams have a chance of winning.

 

[Urwumpe]

And Klose strikes again And this time with somersault again

 

[Codz]

History repeats.

 

[thor36]

Oh dear, terrible mistake by referee against Bosnia. Džeko was a meter on side, but his goal was disallowed :facepalm: Where do they find these coca-cola / mickey mouse league referees for the biggest football / sports event in the world ?

I don't doubt Bosnia will pull a win though. Germany - Ghana 2nd half was awesome to watch =))

Edit : not looking good for Bosnia anymore

 

[Matias Saibene]

I have not seen the match Germany vs Ghana, but I guess it must have been excellent. For me (I do not know anything about football, but I've seen some games) both Germany and Ghana are excellent teams:thumbup:.

 

[Urwumpe]

Google celebrates Klose here in Germany today:

http://www.google.com/doodles/world-cup-2014-23?hl=de

---------- Post added at 01:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:12 AM ----------

Dear English football fans, you have to be daring now....

https://twitter.com/c_spreitz/status/480661668213821441/photo/1

 

[jedidia]

Nigeria wins over Bosnia through superior stamina and a blind lineref... :shrug:

 

[Cosmic Penguin]

Next guess of mine: USA 2:2 Portugal