Unofficial World Cup Thread de 2014

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Have there been any heat related injuries so far?

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great shot

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Have there been any heat related injuries so far?

not that i've heard of

[Freak Out]

Mexico's hard press paid off.

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RVP has to be subbed out in the 75th minute during a water break, wow

he looked exhausted coming off

the dutch can't get a shot on goal to save their lives

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ah shit

snyder finally kept a shot down. these poor bastards, we're going to be going into extra time again

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wow, right there in their hands and the let it slip away

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That late penalty kick made up for the one that could have been called earlier. But Robben was barely touched on the one they called.

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Ochoa should have earned a penalty kick of his own by stopping that shot with his face and bouncing it out off the goal post.

Best Tweet:

Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell 20m
Ochoa only let that in because he finally decided to try and stop a shot with his mind

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That late penalty kick made up for the one that could have been called earlier. But Robben was barely touched on the one they called.

thats the way i look at it. it was a flop, but the one in the first half was a clear penalty that wasn't called

i hate refs making "make up calls" but it worked out in the end here

[Joemailman]

thats the way i look at it. it was a flop, but the one in the first half was a clear penalty that wasn't called

i hate refs making "make up calls" but it worked out in the end here

Isn't the 4th minute of extra time a bad time for a make up call? That call didn't seem to me to be consistent with the way the match had been called up to that point.

[Guiness]

Qatar is a stupid idea, plain and simple. 111degrees? You know a pile of money changed hands in that 'decision'. And not to make this too political and/or religious, but are women going to be allowed to attend the events? Without Burkas? Without male chaperons, and will they be allowed in the same part of the stadium as the men? It has the makings of a big damn mess.

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Isn't the 4th minute of extra time a bad time for a make up call? That call didn't seem to me to be consistent with the way the match had been called up to that point.

I don't think it was a makeup call as much as Robben flailing every time he lost control of a contested ball. He isn't just some run of the mill flopper or drama queen, he is a professional at angling to get a call.

In a stunning display of formerly absent athleticism, he was able to JUMP over an outstretched leg in the box when he actually had control of the ball an take a shot on goal.

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Qatar is a stupid idea, plain and simple. 111degrees? You know a pile of money changed hands in that 'decision'. And not to make this too political and/or religious, but are women going to be allowed to attend the events? Without Burkas? Without male chaperons, and will they be allowed in the same part of the stadium as the men? It has the makings of a big damn mess.

I think they are moving the dates for that World Cup.

[Joemailman]

Qatar is a stupid idea, plain and simple. 111degrees? You know a pile of money changed hands in that 'decision'. And not to make this too political and/or religious, but are women going to be allowed to attend the events? Without Burkas? Without male chaperons, and will they be allowed in the same part of the stadium as the men? It has the makings of a big damn mess.

Not saying there won't be problems, but they claim to have plans to cool off the stadiums.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_an...World_Cup_bids

Some concerns with Qatar's bid deal with the extreme temperatures.[72] The World Cup is always held in the European off-season in June and July and during this period the average daytime high in most of Qatar is in excess of 40 °C (104 °F), with the average daily low temperatures not dropping below 30 °C (86 °F).[73] Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, the 2022 Qatar bid chairman, responded saying "the event has to be organised in June or July. We will have to take the help of technology to counter the harsh weather. We have already set in motion the process. A stadium with controlled temperature is the answer to the problem. We have other plans up our sleeves as well."[74] The first five proposed stadia are planned to employ cooling technology capable of reducing temperatures within the stadium by up to 20 degrees Celsius. Additionally, the upper tiers of the stadia will be dis-assembled after the World Cup and donated to countries with less developed sports infrastructure