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All South American quarter of bracket. Brazil-Chile and Uruguay-Columbia.
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All South American quarter of bracket. Brazil-Chile and Uruguay-Columbia.

Yep, should be fun.

 

At least a lot more fun than the other quarter decided: Netherlands-Mexico and Costa Rica-Greece.

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All South American quarter of bracket. Brazil-Chile and Uruguay-Columbia.

Yep, should be fun.

 

At least a lot more fun than the other quarter decided: Netherlands-Mexico and Costa Rica-Greece.

 

The thought of a Mexico-Costa Rica quarter final makes me a little sick. Holland better not blow it.

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@GrantWahl: Referee for USA-Germany is Ravshan Irmatov of Uzbekistan.

 

He did the Mexico-Croatia game.

 

He's...not a good ref. The two clear, blown handballs that he missed against Croatia in that game should have been enough to guarantee him not getting another CR assignment.

 

Its worth noting he blew calls at last year's Confeds.

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"These are things that happen on the pitch, we were both in the area, he thrust his shoulder into me," Suarez said in Spanish after the game. "These things happen on the pitch, and we don't have to give them so much (importance)."
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"These are things that happen on the pitch, we were both in the area, he thrust his shoulder into me," Suarez said in Spanish after the game. "These things happen on the pitch, and we don't have to give them so much (importance)."

 

There are so many dirty plays where this explanation would at least be plausible: elbow to the back of the head, cleats to the back of the leg, head butt, the list goes on and on. Biting has to be premeditated, doesn't it?

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"These are things that happen on the pitch, we were both in the area, he thrust his shoulder into me," Suarez said in Spanish after the game. "These things happen on the pitch, and we don't have to give them so much (importance)."

 

There are so many dirty plays where this explanation would at least be plausible: elbow to the back of the head, cleats to the back of the leg, head butt, the list goes on and on. Biting has to be premeditated, doesn't it?

 

And all of these plays can be reviewed by Fifa as well. Suarez was stupid in even commenting on this, only makes him look more guilty.

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"These are things that happen on the pitch, we were both in the area, he thrust his shoulder into me," Suarez said in Spanish after the game. "These things happen on the pitch, and we don't have to give them so much (importance)."

 

There are so many dirty plays where this explanation would at least be plausible: elbow to the back of the head, cleats to the back of the leg, head butt, the list goes on and on. Biting has to be premeditated, doesn't it?

 

And all of these plays can be reviewed by Fifa as well. Suarez was stupid in even commenting on this, only makes him look more guilty.

 

A decision on Suarez has to be made before Saturday (Uruguay's next game)

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"These are things that happen on the pitch, we were both in the area, he thrust his shoulder into me," Suarez said in Spanish after the game. "These things happen on the pitch, and we don't have to give them so much (importance)."

 

There are so many dirty plays where this explanation would at least be plausible: elbow to the back of the head, cleats to the back of the leg, head butt, the list goes on and on. Biting has to be premeditated, doesn't it?

 

And all of these plays can be reviewed by Fifa as well. Suarez was stupid in even commenting on this, only makes him look more guilty.

 

A decision on Suarez has to be made before Saturday (Uruguay's next game)

 

Its going to happen quickly.

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I wake up a couple minutes late and I miss two goals.
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Not only am I stuck at work tomorrow morning but I'm going to be stuck in meetings so I can't even watch online/follow on Twitter.

 

Clearly the CFO of our company hates America.

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Nice free kick by Messi for his second goal.
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Messi. Showing up. Glad Ronaldo isn't healthy enough to really do any comparisons for this tournament for our sake.

 

I'm ok with him showing up tomorrow.

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Messi. Showing up. Glad Ronaldo isn't healthy enough to really do any comparisons for this tournament for our sake.

 

I'm ok with him showing up tomorrow.

 

Just enough to get a tie though. Nothing more than that.

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Messi. Showing up. Glad Ronaldo isn't healthy enough to really do any comparisons for this tournament for our sake.

 

I'm ok with him showing up tomorrow.

 

Just enough to get a tie though. Nothing more than that.

Nah. He needs to do enough so that Portugal win by like 1.

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Messi. Showing up. Glad Ronaldo isn't healthy enough to really do any comparisons for this tournament for our sake.

 

I'm ok with him showing up tomorrow.

 

Just enough to get a tie though. Nothing more than that.

Nah. He needs to do enough so that Portugal win by like 1.

 

And he doesn't get the goal.

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I still don't have a very good feeling about tomorrow. I can see our guys ballwatching, failing to track runners, getting pulled out of position and going down 2 early. If that happens, I don't know if we have the legs to chase. Recife at 11 is going to be no different than Manaus.

 

And the only way I don't see Ghana rolling Portugal is if Bento starts William Carvalho, Amorim and Vierinha, as opposed to the corpse of Raul Meireles and company.

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I see 2-1 Germany, 2-1 Ghana.

 

So that's US advancing on head to head, since goal difference and goals scored would be the same?

 

ETA: Assuming we don't get blown out, it's immensely important we score at least once.

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Yeah, if we get a goal and Portugal get a goal, there's a whole lot of good outcomes out there.

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