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World Cup- Semifinal thread
- Thread starter Karl Hungus
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USA > BRAZIL!
"This one is for Neymar!" Tommy Smyth talking shit on my radio feed. 
Lloyd Carr
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I'd have rage quit a long time ago. This is bad.
Karl Hungus
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Lawd. I've never seen anything like this.
doh
THANK YOU Dermott McHeshi
First time ever someone made the Jim Ross calling the game wiht 20 minutes left in the game?
http://screamer.deadspin.com/here-is-j-r-jim-ross-calling-the-brazil-germany-firs-1601968953
http://screamer.deadspin.com/here-is-j-r-jim-ross-calling-the-brazil-germany-firs-1601968953
BearDownUofA
Festizio
Might as well call this one the Mineirazo.
Lloyd Carr
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Boooo, was hoping for the shutout.
Karl Hungus
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Ol' googley eyes has been worthless.
I think this might be too bad to even riot over
He had some decent passes, but he also suffered from the fact that his teammates overshot him a lot, which is not really their fault as much as it is his for being so damn slow
Karl Hungus
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Carolina Blue
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jamesnathan
Resident Mormon
Well, I'm glad I saw the score by accident. Now I won't waste time watching the whole game. Just skip to the German goals.
Brazil was a one-man team. We said from the beginning that this was a weak Brazil team. As a fan, my hope was that they might be able to pull some magic playing at home. But I also knew they were due to lose sometime at home. Even with Neymar, I think they would have lost.
Brazil has never won Olympic gold in soccer. This loss will cause some changes. Despite winning the Confederations Cup last year, they definitely need to change something if they are going to win gold in 2016. I hope they can do it.
Brazil was a one-man team. We said from the beginning that this was a weak Brazil team. As a fan, my hope was that they might be able to pull some magic playing at home. But I also knew they were due to lose sometime at home. Even with Neymar, I think they would have lost.
Brazil has never won Olympic gold in soccer. This loss will cause some changes. Despite winning the Confederations Cup last year, they definitely need to change something if they are going to win gold in 2016. I hope they can do it.
Karl Hungus
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Brazil hasn't been "Brazil" since 1982. Jogo Bonito is dead.
Brazil was a one man team alright, and the one man was Thiago Silva.
Milo
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The potential downside of over-emphasizing physicality over technical skills. Obviously the upside is players like Ronaldo(Brazilian) that are almost the perfect combination of both.
Tim Vickery rails against this every chance he gets on World Football Phone-In. Remembered he despised Dunga's tactics in 2010 and Gilberto Silva and Felipe Melo as their midfield pairing.
Not trying to spark THAT conversation again, just interesting how their emphasizing of the former has shown to be highly successful at times and disasters in other moments.
PS - I just trolled the hell out of myself.
jamesnathan
Resident Mormon
1983 - Copa America Runner Up
1984 - Olympic Silver Medalists
1987 - Pan Am Champs
1988 - Olympic Silver Medalists
1989 - Copa America Runner Champ
1991 - Copa America Runner Up
1994 - World Cup Champs
1995 - Copa America Runner Up
1996 - CONCACAF Runner Up
1997 - Confederations Cup Champs
1997 - Copa America Runner Champs
1998 - World Cup Runner Up
1999 - Confederations Cup Runner Up
1999 - Copa America Champs
2002 - World Cup Champs
2003 - CONCACAF Runner Up
2003 - Pan Am Runner Up
2004 - Copa America Runner Champs
2005 - Confederations Cup Champs
2007 - Copa America Runner Champs
2009 - Confederations Cup Champs
2012 - Olympic Silver Medalists
2013 - Confederations Cup Champs
With results like that, "not (being) Brazil" doesn't look all that bad. They'll be fine.
Karl Hungus
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jamesnathan
Resident Mormon
I understood. My point was that they've been successful despite not being the "jogo bonito Brasil" from over 30 years ago.
Snorky's Shame
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This reminds me of the Bayern-Barcelona UCL Semifinal in 2013.
Lesson here is don't win the Confederations Cup.
Lesson here is don't win the Confederations Cup.
Karl Hungus
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Irishman
Ur
True, and has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
jamesnathan
Resident Mormon
It must be nice to win so much that people are complaining HOW you're winning instead of the fact that you aren't winning at all?
Wasn't this always the case with the Dutch fans as well.
Rutgers Mike
Dr. Sad
The Dutch have one about as much as the Mets have. You see how much I complain about the Mets.
Snorky's Shame
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Barcelona and Madrid have a similar "win pretty or don't bother" mentality. Just ask Fabio Capello.
Orangebird
Premier League Champs
Real-Bayern this year too.
Snorky's Shame
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Just saw Eurosport's player ratings. All of Brazil's players were rated 2-4. Germany's 7-9.
Ouch.
Ouch.
Rutgers Mike
Dr. Sad
gilstein21
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really going to be some shankings when argentina wins that 3rd place match