World Cup 2014

Not putting money on that, though.

NED - ARG gets no odds from me, personally

Probably a fake tbh, though after reading that article about football betting and all the sidebets that go on, I wouldn't be surprised if it were real

there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people making bets on these things, so it's not absurd that in the subset of 'people deciding to make a wacky bet' someone would hit. esp w/ soccer, where there's only so many ways to combine numbers under 10.

imagine all tens of people out there who had germany-brazil and had their dreams crushed by germany getting lazy at 90'

er 'had germany brazil 7-0'

In the wake of Brazil's 7-1 loss to Germany, there has been plenty of blame to go around, but most of it has fallen on manager Luiz Felipe Scolari. The 65-year-old apologized for the loss in his post-match press conference and described it as the worst day of his professional life. And to make sure the next day wasn't much better, Neymar's agent, Wagner Ribeiro (not to be confused with Fresh Prince of Bell Air star Alfonso Ribeiro), decided to add his unfavorable view of Scolari to the mix.

Though his client was unable to play against Germany due to a back injury suffered during Brazil's quarterfinal win over Colombia, Ribeiro mocked Scolari by tweeting a list of the "six prerequisites to become manager of the Brazilian national team.

Here's a translation of the list, which is essentially a rundown of Scolari's career lowlights in recent years:

1. Go manage Portugal and not win anything.
2. Go to Chelsea and get fired.
3. Go manage in Uzbekistan.
4. Come back to Brazil, take control of a big team, and demote it back to the second division
5. Ask to quit 56 days before the end of the league to escape demotion.
6. Be an old jerk, arrogant, repulsive, conceited, and ridiculous.

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Cillessen; Kuyt, De Vrij, Vlaar, Martins Indi, Blind; De Jong, Sneijder, Wijnaldum; Robben, van Persie

Romero, Zabaleta, Demichelis, Garay, Rojo, Enzo Pérez, Biglia, Mascherano, Lavezzi, Messi, Higuaín

I haven't even noticed Demichelis in this tournament so far and I have a feeling that may change tonight.

maybe cillessen will have a crisis of confidence after the krul incident and messi will score 7

only way this tops last night is if it goes 4-4 or more

I can't even think of a scenario how this tops last night

8-1

or 7-0

a 5-5 draw would imo top last night. of course if last night had finished 8-0 as it should, nothing would top it

yes or 5-5

Those are just results, they can't compete on context. Maybe 6-5 Argentina, Messi double hat-trick would approach the suburb last night's ballpark is in.

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lol, I did not know about this

Yeah nothing can possibly top Brazil being obliterated in their own backyard, no matter how crazy tonight's game is it just won't have that added extra.

That's a proper Mourinho style midfield 3 for Argentina. No fucking messing with those middle 3.

I could just about see a scenario where Argentina could beat Germany, but I can't see any way for Netherlands to get anything other than a humping, so I guess I'm reluctantly for Messi et al tonight.

I wonder if De Jong will be taking weapons with him on to the pitch tonight?

Ian Wright constantly calling Hoddle "the gaffer" cracks me up for some reason.

"I talked to him in his hotel about his groin"

Presumably he loves Hoddle because he was the only England manager prepared to take Wright to a major tournament.

Yeah but he never appeared in a documentary sitting on the bench repeating "it's made for Wrighty this eh...made for Wrighty"

yes boss

a 5-5 draw would imo top last night.
― which was retweeted by (imago), Wednesday, July 9, 2014 8:07 PM

5-5, 3 all after 90 minutes, two red cards and the penalty shootout going all through the team until the goalkeepers have to take one.

O'Neill just brought up the play-off keeper substitution, summarising Zeljko Kalac thusly:

6'7", absolutely useless, but I thought he could save a penalty

enjoyingthe guy with pope mask

Arg anthem is such a tune

can't pick a side in this one tbh

basically I only want arg to win if it means messi putting in a totally transcendent performance

0-0aet, messi scores the only penalty by resisting krul's manipulation and hoofing it straight down the middle

Is everyone wearing the proper shorts now an official thing?

Did I miss it or have ITV now canned 'Braazil Braazil'?

0-0aet, 44-44 on pens when the sides get dispensation to allow the managers to take them, van gaal scores with a panenka, sabella scuffs a shot that fails to reach the goal

that pronunciation of row, ho' cracks me up

holy shit I almost forgot there was a game today

whew

great pass

Are those firecracker remnants on the field

MESSI

back six for holland at times here

good game so far

this is what i remember WC semi finals looking like

lavezzi's looked good so far

Argentina seem really good without di Maria's parasitic presence

oof

lol jasper c's face there

masch out cold?

god i bet they wheel him back out

sounding pretty concussiony