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zehh25 on 29 June 2014
vivster said:
zehh25 said:

 

 

I hope Colombia plays fair, or at least that the game has a better ref.

Brazil was playing well till 10min of 2nd half, but it seemed to be too nervous after Hulk's invalidated goal. I think Brazil will play way better against Colombia, because Colombia seems to be a more offensive and less violent team, although we haven't seen them playing againt a strong team this WC to know how they will act, but since their attack is way better than their defense, it will be probably a good game.

A goal can't be invalidated if it wasn't valid in the first place. Webb was a great ref, maybe the best in this tournament so far. He could've shown a few more cards for both teams but he certainly wasn't biased against a single team.

Everyone was saying that the ref from Brazil x Croatia was biased, yesterday we had two PKs for Brazil that were easy to see (one on Hulk and the other when Neymar's ball was going to the goal and the defender used his hand to take it off) and also the ref could have given many cards to Chile, now you say he was a great ref just because his mistakes were against Brazil.

If you haven't seen the second PK I'm talking about, just pay attention to the vid from 35min, 1st half and you will see that Chile defender had his arms raised. Here is a link were you can see: http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/copa-do-mundo-2014/28-06-2014/brasil-chile.html

Also, if you pay attention to Hulk's goal, the ref took a lot of time to decide and the assistant was going to the middle of the field. So, the question in: who said Hulk used his arm? No one outside the game can talk to the ref and even watching the replay later on TV we can't be sure he used his arm.

Anyway, I just think that people have been trying to make it seems that Brazil can only win this cup if the refs help, even the international press is acting this way.



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S.Peelman on 29 June 2014
AZWification said:

Can someone please tell me how the fuck did Greece managed to get this far?

Luck.



green_sky on 29 June 2014

Looking forward to both matches today.



zuvuyeay on 29 June 2014

damn webb ruined my 2-1 for brasil

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vivster on 29 June 2014
zehh25 said:

Everyone was saying that the ref from Brazil x Croatia was biased, yesterday we had two PKs for Brazil that were easy to see (one on Hulk and the other when Neymar's ball was going to the goal and the defender used his hand to take it off) and also the ref could have given many cards to Chile, now you say he was a great ref just because his mistakes were against Brazil.

If you haven't seen the second PK I'm talking about, just pay attention to the vid from 35min, 1st half and you will see that Chile defender had his arms raised. Here is a link were you can see: http://globoesporte.globo.com/jogo/copa-do-mundo-2014/28-06-2014/brasil-chile.html

Also, if you pay attention to Hulk's goal, the ref took a lot of time to decide and the assistant was going to the middle of the field. So, the question in: who said Hulk used his arm? No one outside the game can talk to the ref and even watching the replay later on TV we can't be sure he used his arm.

Anyway, I just think that people have been trying to make it seems that Brazil can only win this cup if the refs help, even the international press is acting this way.

What a surprise that Brazilian media claims the ref was unfair to them ;)

I'll give you that one with the hands. That could've been a penalty. That one wasn't talked about in our media

The cards the ref gave if anything were too lenient for Brazil.  Overall both could've gathered more cards but Brazil lucked out even more since they were the ones who advanced with not enough cards against them.

And I won't even argue with you over Hulk's clear handball. If you can't see a handball in this picture then I'll readily ignore anything you have to say from this point on.

 Upper arm = hand. Period. Haven't seen a single news outlet refute that.



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Carl on 29 June 2014

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benao87 on 29 June 2014

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Scisca on 29 June 2014

Brazil is playing with a handbrake on, I can't explain why. They have a huge upside, but at this point Colombia might just squeeze them out. They would surely do it with Falcao.

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Holandia 3:2 Meksyk (this will be a great offensive game)
Kostaryka 0:1 Grecja (Costa Rica plays Greek football, but a copy won't beat the original. This will be an awful game, not worthy of this stage, but Greece will get through, they have massive experience in awful games with best results)



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ktay95 on 29 June 2014
Scisca said:
Brazil is playing with a handbrake on, I can't explain why. They have a huge upside, but at this point James Rodriguez might just squeeze them out. They would surely do it with Falcao.


Fixed 😁

Seriously, what massive team is picking him up after the cup?