World Cup 2014

Will be v interesting what tactic Holland will use against Mexico. Impressed by what Herrera has done with that team.

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Just put that Ian Wright thing on the English football thread on ILF. What a complete fucking tool.

so if gerrard and lampard retire does wright want them to call soldiers families?

Don't think they qualify as young, tbf.

Brazil looked so much better with Fernandinho on the pitch. Before that, the move that led up to the Hulk miss was incredible, shame about the finish. David Luiz did way too much pissing about dressed as Erykah Badu tonight.

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hulk wants the gif of that miss embedded in his gravestone. fucking donkey

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Try as I might to feel otherwise, a heavy sense of doom has fallen over me now that Chile is sure to play Brazil. The record against the selecao is dismal (8-50-12 since 1916, if my source is correct), and the sheer weight of this precedent overshadows any other considerations for me. Nonetheless, I'm glad some of you are feeling a bit more bullish about their chances.

pray for paulinho to start imo

Hulk will do his best as well

I fear for Chile too, if they had a top class striker the Netherlands wouldn't have seen which way they went yesterday.

Tim Vickery yesterday (who is one of the few people I quite like listening to from the BBC) cites that record plus Chile's weaknesses in set pieces and the counter. Otoh Brazil's non-defense will leak more goals if Chile pass and move around like they can.

I am probably and sadly wrong.

It will be a high scoring match.

http://www.clickhole.com/article/every-way-us-can-advance-world-cup-359

Who could your country face in the knockout stages

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There Will Be Lulz

balotelli and immobile up front, p sure prandelli said they couldn't play together.

italy following the wilkins plan

Were those balloons

‏@ThomAlexWatt
Rickie Lambert’s fastest recorded speed (16.9 km/h) at the World Cup is slower than that of Pletikosa, Neuer, Courtois, Reina or Akinfeev.

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In fact, there are only five players with slower figures. All of them goalkeepers.

hard to pick up much pace warming up tbfttl?

mario out of next game should italy progress

lol balotelli

I still can't tell if Costa Rica or any good or if they just got a handy fuckin group tbrr

Mario's head seems to have fallen completely off his shoulders

caceras shot from 15 yards in his own half. he missed.

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i wonder what the other Italian player is thinking/gesturing there.

he's made a back for him there

rub some dirt on it

that half of football was almost completely dire. italy happy enough i guess, uruguay have barely mustered an attack.

mario hooked. lodeiro hooked.

ugh really hate these foul derbies

Will I be forgiven if I turn off the game and start playing gta 5

i forgive you for what it's worth

ya I might do some study

Poor old Cavani, worlds most expensive striker spent the last game man marking Gerrard and at the start of this half has been detailed to mark Pirlo. Continues to be a terrible game.

This used to be such a great world cup, what happened the last couple of days?

it's over, man

is the england game any good

I liked Mexico-Croatia, and found Netherlands approach interesting. Teams have decided to defend properly I guess.

Chance for Uruguay. Missed.

Ian Darke just said "Ho-el Campbell". That's a change in style.

England-CR game not great, not bad.

marchisio red card

he looks surprised. dunno til i've seen replay.

stanm otm, last few days just crap really.

over the ball, not much force but one of those where you overrun the ball

dunno if that was a red really

not too sure uruguay have the skill to utilize the extra man. Not exactly a possession team.