Re: World Cup: Group A discussion

by Peccadillo Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:28 pm

Freeza wrote:
Top line isn't even parallel. Both were legit.

OK..FFS enough - they were bad's calls - why are people arguing the point? Man maybe we should give the refs a break when people can't seem to make a right call after a gazillion replays on the tele.

A) The top line not being parallel actually makes it look LESS onside..
B) Forgive me if I am missing something.. but the second goal was a clear goal, corner taken, ball skims a cameroonian head, therefore dos Santos onside because he was behind the corner taker. What makes it even worse is that even if we forgive the linesman for not noticing it came off a cameroon head rather than mexican, it STILL looked like he was in line with a defender.

Am I wrong?

by Onyx Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:30 pm

Deserved goal from Mexico.

by M99 Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:34 pm

Peralta

by RealGunner Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:49 pm

Severely overrated Cameroon. Or the manager played a shit team.

In any case, well deserved win by Mexico.

Mexico vs Croatia will be good

by Onyx Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:56 pm

Full Time: Mexico 1-0 Cameroon [Peralta]

by Ganso Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:58 pm

cant wait for the final matchday, mexico vs croatia.pure drama

by dronte Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:00 pm

How can people argue about the second Mexican goal lmao.. Totally legit goal disallowed

Anyways, ref took my bet today, f*ck

by Rebaño Sagrado Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:01 pm

Ganso wrote:cant wait for the final matchday, mexico vs croatia.pure drama

dont worry brah we will beat them. all u have to do is beat cameroon and ur thru

by Peccadillo Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:02 pm

yeah Mexico Croatia will be a tasty one for sure.
Croatia need to increase their goal dif against cameroon badly. Mexico could rue those missed chances + poor ref decisions.

by Donuts Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:18 pm

the second goal should not even be contested for offside.. cameroon defender touched it.... gio was onside by a mile with the initial corner kick, first goal is legit but i understood why the ref called it off..
clear penalty also not awarded
glad we won the match but i was ready to rage if cameroon scored in that last minute.
ochoa though.. herrera.. gio :bow:

by Art Morte Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:19 pm

Justice won in the end.

Mexico's defense looked bad, I fancy Croatia bagging a few against them, never mind Brazil.

by Freeza Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:23 pm

Peccadillo wrote:
Freeza wrote:
Top line isn't even parallel. Both were legit.

OK..FFS enough - they were bad's calls - why are people arguing the point? Man maybe we should give the refs a break when people can't seem to make a right call after a gazillion replays on the tele.

A) The top line not being parallel actually makes it look LESS onside..
B) Forgive me if I am missing something.. but the second goal was a clear goal, corner taken, ball skims a cameroonian head, therefore dos Santos onside because he was behind the corner taker. What makes it even worse is that even if we forgive the linesman for not noticing it came off a cameroon head rather than mexican, it STILL looked like he was in line with a defender.

Am I wrong?

I feel like I have been misunderstood tbh.

by Peccadillo Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:58 pm

lol ok sarcasm radar is off..

Man the dutch are terrible singers.

So psyched for this game!

by Robespierre Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:04 pm

Gil wrote:What games were people watching? Rakitic was shit and Kovacic even worse. Modric was very good in possession but he did little to impact the game like Oscar and Neymar.

Only Croatian player that impressed me was Perisic.

yes Rakitic and Kovacic played very badily and also the rest of Crotia was enough mediocre. just Perisic and Vrsaljko (also the Genoa player for me ) liked me.
But although this Brazil it was a match destinated to tie for me and this sounds as an alarm bell for them .

by Onyx Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:58 pm

Luka Modric is an injury concern for Croatia heading deeper into their World Cup campaign after picking up a knock.

Head coach Niko Kovac has revealed that the Real Madrid playmaker is nursing a foot complaint following Thursday’s 3-1 defeat to hosts Brazil.

Modric is integral to the Croatia cause and will have a leading role to play in their Group A fixtures to come against Cameroon and Mexico.

Kovac acknowledges as much and is hoping for a positive update from his medical staff.

He told HTV: “Luka is in Salvador and our doctors are with him in the hospital.

“He has to go though some exams and then we will see how serious it is.

“God forbid that something serious happens to him. That would be a huge blow for us.”

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/9348187/world-cup-croatia-sweating-on-the-fitness-of-key-midfielder-luka-modric

by BarrileteCosmico Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:00 pm

Mexico far exceeded my expectations. Theye have a good chance at 2nd, much better than Croatia. Then again my expectations were on the floor and they were playing a very disorganized Cameroon.

by Peccadillo Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:52 pm

I don't think you can watch that game and form any reasonable view on how they might fair against Croatia. Cameroon were seriously poor.

by Donuts Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:04 pm

meh we have a chance, it's not like Croatia's defense is all that good anyways should be an entertaining game.

by Onyx Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:50 pm

Croatia have been given a boost with the news midfielder Luka Modric has avoided a serious foot injury.

The Real Madrid man suffered a painful blow during Thursday's controversial 3-1 defeat to Brazil in the opening game of the World Cup.

Croatia felt aggrieved by some of Yuichi Nishimura's refereeing, particularly his decision to award a penalty to Brazil after a coming together between Dejan Lovren and Fred with the score at 1-1.

However, the more pressing concern for coach Niko Kovac was the fitness of Modric, who went to hospital for a scan on Friday.

"Luka stayed in El Salvador. We will see what happened to him. Yesterday, he got a strong blow to the foot," Kovac said.

However, a statement published on the Croatian football association's website confirmed that an MRI "proved there is no fracture or ligament damage".

Modric is therefore expected to recover quickly, and should be available for full training on Sunday before Croatia face Cameroon in their crucial second Group A fixture three days later.

http://www.goal.com/en/news/3790/world-cup-2014/2014/06/14/4881574/croatia-given-a-boost-as-modric-escapes-serious-injury

by RealGunner Sun Jun 15, 2014 2:29 pm

Hulk limped out of training. Doubt for Mexico

by Robespierre Sun Jun 15, 2014 2:31 pm

Betty La Fea wrote:Look like I was wrong and Blue and Ganso were right.

Oscar was absolutely insane.

Fifa 14

by messixaviesta Sun Jun 15, 2014 3:32 pm

Bénin wrote:This Croatia team should pass the group stage.

Great win by Brazil , First game are always tricky. However I wasn't impressed by Fred.

Not impressed by Hulk either but most disappointed that midfielders as good as Modric and Rakitic hardly tried to impose themselves. Still think the second place in this group is a toss up between Mexico and Croatia and either of them will have very little chance against the Netherlands in the second round.