FIFA World Cup Football 2014 Official Thread

[Xarpius]

Well, as I've said somewhere already (I think it was a VM to someone) I loved the show that your team presented and it seems that I was initially wrong. They did well and their youth didn't stop them from achieving a great result against the current WC and EC. However, I'm not changing my mind. I believe in everything I said (about them being young and inexperienced) and I think the main reason for such a victory is an unrecognizable Spain. I'm sure the next matches won't be so easy for Netherlands and they certainly won't achieve something like this, although, I'd love to see it happen if they're so good as you claim them to be. Either way, good luck to them topping the group as they would be our potential enemies in the next round and I can't wait for that to happen.

Btw. I came here to comment on the brilliant play from Chile last night. I enjoyed the game from 1-94 and I love how Australia fought to the very end, until it was over. The game reminded me very much of our struggle against Brazil with the only difference of Chile achieving the win through gameplay and quality. Australia fought as we did and their team resembles us very much because of the fact that 50% or even more of their team are actually Croatian descendants! I'm sure Australia can steal a few points somewhere and they will fight till the end. Everything else I wanted to say Caliburn already did.

Lmao, lets just wait and watch. Everyone loves to see their country win and it's a good thing to be a little bit of a fanboy-much person. I never claimed that they are the best of the best. Surely Germany has been our rival for a very very long time and it's going to be tough if we were to face them and lots of other skilled c.teams.

I just believe and root for them as much as I possibly can. Even if they lose, they will come back as winners as we will keep this party going. But they won't lose without putting a beautiful match to remember.
I'm not going to argue anymore, may the best win!

 

[fiend]

Greece vs Columbia match next, both teams have a great defensive record, greece moreso than columbia, but columbians have a
robust attack with falcao leading the charge.

2-0, 1-0 in favor of columbia.

 

[-Punk-]

I'm going with a 1-0 , this might be kinda of a boring game to be honest .

 

[DoubleKamui]

Holy f*ck at VP's header... simply amazing.

 

[Aertes]

Hm, this thread sure is fun to read with all these debating and fanboying xD
So far nothing really impressive from most teams, the majority of them seem to have smaller or bigger problems to some aspects of their game.
I found Brazil to be rather slow and shook from Mundial-hosting tension with quite some problems in their defense. Their full-back seemed to be dragging a little, giving Croatia room and opportunities to become threatening and the midfield wasn’t that creative compelling Neymar and Oscar to take the ball from their defense lines to create opportunities for goal.
Croatia had many problems in their defense too and failed to withstand the pressure. Other than this, I loved Oscar’s goal, a reminder of Brazil’s past glories ^^
Mexico was stronger, nothing impressive though as it seemed that Cameroon just got on the field to be present and didn’t put much of a fight.
Oh ghad Spain, Spain >.< . Sadly, the result doesn’t reflect how good Netherlands played, but how bad Spain was. Unorganized game, an almost invisible defense that didn’t put much pressure to the attackers, an absent midfield that allowed long balls to get through easily and didn’t really create many opportunities for the strikers. Spain made too many mistakes (Iker wtf man?) and seemed to play good and put some pressure for only 10 minutes on the whole game. On the other hand Netherlands, that has undoubtedly some high quality players but failed imo to play a high quality game. Their defense was kinda meh and their whole game seemed uninspired with most opportunities being created by long balls, which would not have any luck against a team with well organized midfield and defense. Van Persie and Robben were impressive though.
Chile so far seems to be the only team that showed a strong “Mundial spirit” and played a good quality match (even though I didn’t have the chance to see the whole thing, damned time zones). Australia was descent too, sure put up a good fight but Chile’s class was simply higher.
Last but not least, could referees be any worst? In almost every game there’s a major mistake, one ass pull penalty (Brazil), one or maybe two invisible offside (Mexico) another very doubtful penalty for Spain and a foul to Casillas that was never given and ended up to a goal. -____-

 

[Never]

I'm going with a 1-0 , this might be kinda of a boring game to be honest .

there havent been any so far, i was surprised I enjoyed Mexico's, bit annoyed about the goals they should have got.

Holy f*ck at VP's header... simply amazing.

Oh yes it was beautiful.

 

[The Sach]

I am not even in mood to watch this game, I hate both the teams.U_U

 

[Never]

Colombia sneaked in a lucky goal, I feel bad for that Goalkeeper i dont think he could see it was going in instead of out haha. Greece have had a lot of chances especially that counter after the 1st goal and another big chance at the end of the first half - Colombia Goalie had it tho xP Both teams are playing great, but Colombia seems to be at more an advantage with Barbo down the left side.

 

[fiend]

1-0 to columbia due to a glitch in greece's defending, both teams giving their all, wave after wave of attack, the game might end in a draw

Attacking style employed by almost all of the teams till now is making the tournament fun to watch

 

[Never]

1-0 to columbia due to a glitch in greece's defending, both teams giving their all, wave after wave of attack, the game might end in a draw

Attacking style employed by almost all of the teams till now is making the tournament fun to watch

they both got really good Defense, though I do think Colombia will win

EDIT : Great Second Goal Scored by Colombia there.

 

[Memento Mori]

Columbia won the match U_U *Posted one minute before the match ends*

 

[Luther]

I'm happy for Colombia but still sad to see falcao in the stands a player of his caliber should be playing.

 

[Never]

Didn't expect 3 - 0 xD

 

[fiend]

Columbia won, 3-0, they just pushed and pushed and got the result they wanted though greece deserved a goal they worked extremely hard and had 12 attempts and 7 goals on target

Like last night match between australia and chile, this match was also good and exciting

 

[Never]

Columbia won, 3-0, they just pushed and pushed and got the result they wanted though greece deserved a goal they worked extremely hard and had 12 attempts and 7 goals on target

Like last night match between australia and chile, this match was also good and exciting

Yes Greece did deserve a goal, that header to the crossbar >.<

 

[Luther]

All these matches are appetizers as we still await the main course which is England-italy

 

[fiend]

Now is Uruguay vs costa rica
Uruguay are without their talismanic striker Suarez, even sans suarez, they are a force to be reckoned with.
They have Cavani, Forlan and Stuani, for their attack and Boding and Maxi parrera for defense who had a fabulous season with their clubs.
Situation for Costa rica looks grim, their team has been plagued by injuries, they lost Soborio, who can't be replaced by anyone on the team
Joe campbell and Brian eyes have to perform miracles
Well good point for Costa rica is their goalkeeper Keylor Nevada who is in tremendous form.

Problem with Uruguay lies with their concentration, and they only score when they are under pressure or really require goals.
If Uruguay can put behind their little problems, they are going to emerge victorious.

3-1, 2-0 in favor of Uruguay, fingers crossed

Didn't expect 3 - 0 xD

Me too heartbreaking for Greece

 

[Never]

Now is Uruguay vs costa rica
Uruguay are without their talismanic striker Suarez, even sans suarez, they are a force to be reckoned with.
They have Cavani, Forlan and Stuani, for their attack and Boding and Maxi parrera for defense who had a fabulous season with their clubs.
Situation for Costa rica looks grim, their team has been plagued by injuries, they lost Soborio, who can't be replaced by anyone on the team
Joe campbell and Brian eyes have to perform miracles
Well good point for Costa rica is their goalkeeper Keylor Nevada who is in tremendous form.

Problem with Uruguay lies with their concentration, and they only score when they are under pressure or really require goals.
If Uruguay can put behind their little problems, they are going to emerge victorious.

3-1, 2-0 in favor of Uruguay, fingers crossed

Suarez is on the subs bench, just heard.

 

[Caliburn]

Not really sure why so many people are going on about that Greece deserved a goal as in my opinion they did not. Of course that's a subjective notion as I never liked the playing style of the Greek, seriously if you get 25 points out of 10 matches, but only scored 12 goals, you already know what kind of team this is: boring. They had an early goal, which is a signal you need to press forward, but not the Greeks, they just kept on going with their usual, boring routine. If I see how the Australians fought yesterday against Chile, the Greek were meek. Seriously I find it hart to sympathize with a team that spent the last half hour trying to get penalties for the smallest physical contact instead of trying to play real football. They had bad luck with the header on the crossbar and Samaras' kick just past the post, however those are the only worthwhile things they did during the course of the entire match. They deserved this 3 - 0.

 

[Zorø]

Im voting for Brazil...U_U becuz of the girls...