World Cup: Group A discussion

1991 wrote: Croatia legit goal disallowed.   

Everyone has this romantic view of the brazilians, beautiful proper football, they are up there with the argies, Italians etc with their diving, card waving and bribes. Total injustice

Gil wrote:

Time for Oscar to deliver a memorable performance. He's been shit for about 6 good months now. What better way to bounce back than in front of hundreds of millions of viewers?

My boy

Ref best player for Brazil.. Shamed the opening game of such a big event.

I feel like I'm already done with this World Cup.

The genius of German TV commentator Bela Rethy:

"Neymar is ALREADY leading the goalscorer table after just one game!"

Hapless_Hans wrote:I feel like I'm already done with this World Cup.

Hapless_Hans wrote:The genius of German TV commentator Bela Rethy:

"Neymar is ALREADY leading the goalscorer table after just one game!"

LOL!

One thing I am def. not missing... watching ESPN here

The penalty was a joke. A little hand on the shoulder, happens all the time. Well, at least Fred did something in this game.

Oscar's goal was class, but that penalty robbed Croatia.

Hapless_Hans wrote:I feel like I'm already done with this World Cup.

Them tears

Poor underdog lovers

Brazil were the better team and deserved the win which they goy. Deal with it.

Not sure if it's been mentioned, cbb going back through the thread.

But why on earth is Neymar being played through the middle? Means Hulk is on the left(he's woeful out there), Oscar is on the right(far from his best position) and Neymar is not a good enough creator/he ends up dropping too deep and being disconnected from the attacks. The only logical reason for it is because he's become the '10' due to nike's marketing but it bascially weakens the team as a whole, the game today was a far cry from the team we saw in the confed cup with Neymar on the left, Oscar through the middle and Hulk on the right.

Valkyrja wrote:

Gil wrote:

Gil wrote:

Time for Oscar to deliver a memorable performance. He's been shit for about 6 good months now. What better way to bounce back than in front of hundreds of millions of viewers?

My boy

amazing. best player on the pitch imo. and the goal was incredible

+1

Scored the 3rd to wrap it up and made the tackle for Neymar's first.

He's so wasted out on the right.

M99 wrote:Them tears

Poor underdog lovers

Brazil were the better team and deserved the win which they goy. Deal with it.

Sorry M99 but that is ridiculous nonsense.

They 'deserved' nothing. It was a ridiculous, terrible dive, Croatia had a goal disallowed.
This simply is not going to work if the referees are terrible like that.
It was a farce already in South Africa, and it's becoming a farce already here after one game.

The one where Olic took out Cesar

M99 wrote:
Brazil were the better team and deserved the win which they goy. Deal with it.

 They were the better team?  

Valkyrja wrote:

Gil wrote:

Gil wrote:

Time for Oscar to deliver a memorable performance. He's been shit for about 6 good months now. What better way to bounce back than in front of hundreds of millions of viewers?

My boy

amazing. best player on the pitch imo. and the goal was incredible

Man of the match. Amazing performance.

Ref man of the match for me!

-gives Brazil a free penalty on a typical Fred dive.
- Penalises Olic for a phantom foul on Cesar.
-Ratikitic is fouled, not called. Oscar scores a few sec later.
-Olic tripped by Alves, accidentally. Not called.

Magic Spray wrote:They were the better team?  

Yeah......... Brazil were better than Croatia.

lszanto wrote:The one where Olic took out Cesar

yeah the foul can be given but Cesar was terribly shaky and got kind of lucky too there.

LOL all that hype over Gene Hackman's Brashat and it was won via Fred's theatrics before he was even touched (right about the time where I found out he was playing) yet end up being dominated by a Post-Blasic Croatia who crawled out of their group.



MOTM: That Jap referee and the shiny new rolex he received for the call.

Magic Spray wrote:

M99 wrote:
Brazil were the better team and deserved the win which they goy. Deal with it.

 They were the better team?  

Yes they were. They had more and better chances. Croatia did jackshit after the own goal. Was Cesar threatened even once before the penalty? Only after they were trailing Croatia tried to attack again. Penalty was not a penalty though, that I agree.

Thought Oscar was the best player on the pitch along with Neymar. Neymar always tried to lead the attack and take responsibility. Fred was a joke all match and Hulk was playing for himself.

Oscar was excellent in everything he did. Great at RW, CM and CAM. Very good technique for the goal eventhough the GK should have saved it

Referee was poor all game, the crowd was clearly getting to him. But you can't do anything.

Great match overall though. Much more promising than 2010