World Cup 2014

Litos · 07-01-2014, 08:17 PM

through the first 90 minutes, Belgium should have won 8-0....

but thanks to Howard, he carried them through the first 90.....

if that long haired freaky bastard wouldn't have missed that wide open gift in the 87th or 88th minute, the US would be playing Argentina....

in overtime, they allowed a senseless goal - if you don't allow that one goal AND score that equalizer, you're looking at penalty kicks....

the last 17 minutes of that game were brutal...

koches · 07-01-2014, 08:40 PM

I'll post some pics from the US game. The atmosphere was great, regardless of the result. Flying home tomorrow!

Inspired · 07-01-2014, 10:18 PM

The US team looks like a joke out there. Without Howard the game would of been blown wide open.

SenorFunkyPants · 07-02-2014, 03:07 AM

I thought the USA played really well...I was hoping they would win, they certainly put in a massive amount of effort, commitment and heart.
In fact I enjoyed that game more than any of the other games...it was "end to end" stuff played with a proper sporting attitude.

JoshFlash3 · 07-02-2014, 04:44 AM

US played a hell of a game hats off to them

Haywood · 07-02-2014, 08:30 AM

Definitely gutted after the game, but this team has a lot to be proud of. I've been defending Klinsmann to many people. He has the program going in the right direction.

Wondo now has to live through that miss for a long time. The game was over.

ragingclue · 07-02-2014, 09:03 AM

Yeah that Wondo miss hurt real bad, especially since that's 100% the reason he was out there, to convert on those opportunities specifically.

I think Belgium was just too good, and the US never recovered from the strategic mess the game plan became when Altidore was lost. On top of that, we have several guys who were just consistently underwhelming, to include Dempsey the last couple games. Cameron is terrible, I have no idea how he's playing in the EPL. Jones had an awful game yesterday all around.... The US needs a guy who can fuck around possessing the ball in the 18-30 area to create opportunities more often, but with the shuffling of positions, that never happened.

It was a good cup run, just wish we could have been 100% for it. Not too stoked about having world cups in the future in worse climactic conditions, but money talks, it is FIFA after all.

Litos · 07-02-2014, 09:16 AM

you could tell it wasn't even close, even though the score dictated a 2-1 match.....

Belgium dominated every aspect of that game - they passed with precision, they made very few boneheaded plays, they continuously fooled the Americans and got shot after shot after shot on goal....

like Tim Howard said you can only defend so much "until the levee breaks"...

seriously, without Howard having the best game of any goal keeper ever, Belgium could have been up 8 goals to nil.....

P1 · 07-02-2014, 10:22 AM

Your resident Belgian living in Texas checking in: I was on the edge of my seat, especially the last 30 minutes. My anxiety was so high it gave me a headache.

BMW F22 · 07-02-2014, 11:07 PM

So who's going to win between France and Germany?? I'm going with Deutschland because that's where our cars come from, and I love the country itself.

1MOREMOD · 07-02-2014, 11:14 PM

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So who's going to win between France and Germany?? I'm going with Deutschland because that's where our cars come from, and I love the country itself.

Germany rather easily

BMW F22 · 07-02-2014, 11:17 PM

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Germany rather easily

I don't know about the easy part. France's offense looks vicious.

Litos · 07-03-2014, 01:42 PM

do NOT be surprised if France wins...

those dudes are ruthless......

rothstein1 · 07-04-2014, 09:29 AM

If France hold their defence for more than 90 minutes it will would best their record back from 1939 against Germany

Anyway Germany through by penalties.

Haywood · 07-04-2014, 09:42 AM

...Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Germany 3-1 in 90.

BMW F22 · 07-04-2014, 11:32 AM

Germany up by 1.

BMW F22 · 07-04-2014, 12:55 PM

Deutschland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Soorena · 07-04-2014, 01:55 PM

It was a rather boring game. Didn't enjoy it at all.

1MOREMOD · 07-04-2014, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Soorena

It was a rather boring game. Didn't enjoy it at all.

Agreed, expect more fireworks with brazil and Columbia.

Robin_NL · 07-04-2014, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by 1MOREMOD

Agreed, expect more fireworks with brazil and Columbia.

I'm excited as well, my wife is from Barranquilla! Fuerza Colombia!
Vamos James, Yepes , Cuadrado and the rest!

Tomorrow it's our turn. I'm already enjoying a limited/special 'Nederlands Elftal Oranje' whatever edition of our national pisswasser beerbrand

Cheers/Salud
Robin

Robin_NL · 07-04-2014, 04:31 PM

The referee is not from Spain but from brazil. Great.

Who'd expected that? Brazil is organising this World Cup . Doh.

Cheers
Robin

mike@x-ph.com · 07-04-2014, 04:37 PM

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Well, we are just days away from the beginning of "injury cup". Everyone is now injured. Ribery is out, Reus too, so as the Gundogan, Falcao, Thiago, Montovolvo, Rossi, and probably Cristiano Ronaldo. I don't recall any previous cups with so many starts missing.

Anyways, Go Germany!

+1 For Germany !!!
We are going to need a lot of luck to beat brazil though

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Litos Banned 220 Rep 2,991 Posts Drives: 2012 Challenger RT Junk Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Houston/Pearland iTrader: (1)	through the first 90 minutes, Belgium should have won 8-0.... but thanks to Howard, he carried them through the first 90..... if that long haired freaky bastard wouldn't have missed that wide open gift in the 87th or 88th minute, the US would be playing Argentina.... in overtime, they allowed a senseless goal - if you don't allow that one goal AND score that equalizer, you're looking at penalty kicks.... the last 17 minutes of that game were brutal...
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koches Captain 44 Rep 604 Posts Drives: 2009 328i xDrive Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Baltimore, MD iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 BMW 328i xDrive [0.00]	I'll post some pics from the US game. The atmosphere was great, regardless of the result. Flying home tomorrow!
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07-01-2014, 10:18 PM	#245
Inspired Colonel 148 Rep 2,368 Posts Drives: 335i Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California iTrader: (2)	The US team looks like a joke out there. Without Howard the game would of been blown wide open.
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07-02-2014, 03:07 AM	#246
SenorFunkyPants Brigadier General 2511 Rep 4,381 Posts Drives: 2019 M5 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	I thought the USA played really well...I was hoping they would win, they certainly put in a massive amount of effort, commitment and heart. In fact I enjoyed that game more than any of the other games...it was "end to end" stuff played with a proper sporting attitude. Last edited by SenorFunkyPants; 07-02-2014 at 03:30 AM..
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07-02-2014, 04:44 AM	#247
JoshFlash3 Private First Class 14 Rep 129 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Hawaii iTrader: (2)	US played a hell of a game hats off to them
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07-02-2014, 08:30 AM	#248
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07-02-2014, 09:03 AM	#249
ragingclue One cam is enough 130 Rep 6,801 Posts Drives: VF Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: mulletville iTrader: (1)	Yeah that Wondo miss hurt real bad, especially since that's 100% the reason he was out there, to convert on those opportunities specifically. I think Belgium was just too good, and the US never recovered from the strategic mess the game plan became when Altidore was lost. On top of that, we have several guys who were just consistently underwhelming, to include Dempsey the last couple games. Cameron is terrible, I have no idea how he's playing in the EPL. Jones had an awful game yesterday all around.... The US needs a guy who can fuck around possessing the ball in the 18-30 area to create opportunities more often, but with the shuffling of positions, that never happened. It was a good cup run, just wish we could have been 100% for it. Not too stoked about having world cups in the future in worse climactic conditions, but money talks, it is FIFA after all.
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Litos Banned 220 Rep 2,991 Posts Drives: 2012 Challenger RT Junk Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Houston/Pearland iTrader: (1)	you could tell it wasn't even close, even though the score dictated a 2-1 match..... Belgium dominated every aspect of that game - they passed with precision, they made very few boneheaded plays, they continuously fooled the Americans and got shot after shot after shot on goal.... like Tim Howard said you can only defend so much "until the levee breaks"... seriously, without Howard having the best game of any goal keeper ever, Belgium could have been up 8 goals to nil.....
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07-02-2014, 10:22 AM	#251
P1 Lieutenant General 11572 Rep 11,136 Posts Drives: 2004 3/4 ton Duramax Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: United States iTrader: (1)	Your resident Belgian living in Texas checking in: I was on the edge of my seat, especially the last 30 minutes. My anxiety was so high it gave me a headache.
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07-02-2014, 11:07 PM	#252
BMW F22 Major General 3566 Rep 9,788 Posts Drives: ///M235i Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (8)	So who's going to win between France and Germany?? I'm going with Deutschland because that's where our cars come from, and I love the country itself.
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07-03-2014, 01:42 PM	#255
Litos Banned 220 Rep 2,991 Posts Drives: 2012 Challenger RT Junk Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Houston/Pearland iTrader: (1)	do NOT be surprised if France wins... those dudes are ruthless......
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07-04-2014, 09:29 AM	#256
rothstein1 Enlisted Member 1 Rep 39 Posts Drives: e92 325i Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Uk iTrader: (0)	If France hold their defence for more than 90 minutes it will would best their record back from 1939 against Germany Anyway Germany through by penalties.
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07-04-2014, 11:32 AM	#258
BMW F22 Major General 3566 Rep 9,788 Posts Drives: ///M235i Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (8)	Germany up by 1.
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07-04-2014, 12:55 PM	#259
BMW F22 Major General 3566 Rep 9,788 Posts Drives: ///M235i Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bay Area iTrader: (8)	Deutschland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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07-04-2014, 01:55 PM	#260
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07-04-2014, 04:31 PM	#263
Robin_NL S0THPAW 8717 Rep 7,846 Posts Drives: HS M2 Competition Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Netherlands iTrader: (0)	The referee is not from Spain but from brazil. Great. Who'd expected that? Brazil is organising this World Cup . Doh. Cheers Robin
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