The Soccer Thread

[Guest]

LOL. Suarez just bit an Italian and then went down clutching his face.

 

This guy is the worst.

 

I wasn't sure who to root for in this game but he just made my decision for me.

Edited June 24, 2014 by soccer10k

[bukie]

Just knock both these teams out, and let the Portugal/Ghana winner into the knockout round instead.

[Guest]

And now it's the other guy who shouldn't be playing in this game who scores for Uruguay.

[Guest]

I don't really follow the EPL and my intro to Suarez was that ESPN the Mag column, so him eliminating England with goals and Italy with bites/flops makes him kinda my hero.

[bukie]

At least the goal forces Italy to actually try to play a few moments of soccer today.

[USSoccer]

The irony of Suarez biting Chiellini is that both guys are horrible bastards.

 

And I'm almost okay with it considering Italy are going to be knocked out.

[shnsajax]

Im just happy CR are going to win the group. Picking between Uruguay and Italy is not something I want to do. Screw both of them.

 

I would pay to have Suarez throw some racial insult at Balotelli just to see the death match that would follow.

[Guest]

Suarez should be banned from the tournament but this is FIFA so of course he'll play in the R16 game.

[USSoccer]

https://twitter.com/fifaworldcuptm/status/481492013255516161

[Guest]

Italy will go more than a decade without advancing to the round of 16. Feels good man.

[Guest]

Súarez was just craving some Italian.

[USSoccer]

Odds that FIFA retro-bans Suarez?

[Guest]

Odds that FIFA retro-bans Suarez?

 

50/50. I'm expecting nothing.

[Mark Priors Calves]

Suarez is a crazy [expletive].

[Guest]

Greece with their first goal of the tournament, putting them in position to advance with just that goal in 3 matches.

[bukie]

Figures that in the most exciting world cup in my memory, the most boring team in the entire field can somehow advance.

[imb]

the "chewy luis and the blues" headline on huffpo uk killed me

[Guest]

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

 

He did the Mexico-Croatia game.

[bukie]

That said, Ivory Coast has been pretty clearly the worst team in the group. Outplayed all 3 games, but caught Japan in some kind of weird Drogba fear for about 10 minutes and stole 3 points.

[bukie]

That said, Ivory Coast has been pretty clearly the worst team in the group. Outplayed all 3 games, but caught Japan in some kind of weird Drogba fear for about 10 minutes and stole 3 points.

Aaaand it's tied.

[bukie]

If I had to rate the teams coming into the knockout phase through this point, I'm thinking

 

1. Netherlands

2. France

3. Brazil

4. Germany

5. Colombia

6. Argentina

7. Chile

8. Belgium

9. G2 (USA)

10. Costa Rica

11. Mexico

12. Uruguay

13. Switzerland (E2)

14. Russia (H2)

15. Nigeria (F2)

16. Ivory Coast (C2)

[USSoccer]

And Hellenic Italy are going through. Unreal.

[UMFan83]

Wow Ivory Coast what a [expletive] up

[USSoccer]

Oh, please tell me it was that douche Toure that conceded the PK

[bukie]

Man this group is hot garbage.