World Cup 2014!

[Blu]

If you look at the USMNT, our German players wouldn't be playing for US if a spot on the Germany roster was up for question. Diego Costa playing for Spain is also another strange coincidence. I think the tournament is exciting though, and I'm not quite sure what you even mean by soccer fruit salad. I think it's great to see players come back to their country and not play for their clubs. You get combinations like Belgium where's there's so much talent from a bunch of teams in the EPL, and then there's teams like Mexico where it's predominantly from Liga MX.

For some, league matches are the highest pinnacle in the soccer scene. Then there's those that believe the World Cup is the greatest level of play in soccer. I like it because it's a breath of fresh air from league play.

For example, Costa Rica has three players from each of the three top leagues, and a bunch of players from Costa Rican leagues. Right now they're ahead of Uruguay, who has one of the most prolific strikers in the world and a mix of players from the best leagues in the world.

[Aramonde]

YEAH GO COASTA RICA!!!!

[Pulsar_t]

I think the tournament is exciting though, and I'm not quite sure what you even mean by soccer fruit salad.

One of my siblings was there at the Madrid celebrations after they won one of those cups, and being the usual cynic I snorted what was the point if many of the team players weren't from the city or even the country. A good counter-point to the racists of course, but since we're still using the nationality system why not seek to hire more local players? Of course the endgame is lining the pockets of everybody except the fans

Edit - and since we're in a soccer-y mood

[Aramonde]

So wait their are players playing for teams that aren't from that country?


edit: game over good job Coasta

[Pulsar_t]

So wait their are players playing for teams that aren't from that country?

Uruguay should pack up and leave. Hmmm I wonder if we're going to see fresh teams for the (semi)finals?

[ZeroAX]

Hey, the ref for the Colombia / Greece game was from the United States.

Yes and he was AMAZING. By far the best and most fair ref in the tournament so far.
(though there's the issue of one goal where 3 players were offside, but imo since none of them came close to the ball then it was correct to count the goal)

The former Eurodance champs got creamed (sorry)

This is nothing. Even though the final score is bad, this game could have easily gone differently. There wasn't that big of a difference between the 2 teams. You want to see creamed? You should have seen us in the 2008 Euro cup (defending champions) where we failed to score a single goal and lost all 3 games.

[jfrost]

This cup is awesome. Uruguay were starched. Who saw this coming? No one, that's who.

Group D is wide open now.

[ZeroAX]

This cup is awesome. Uruguay were starched. Who saw this coming? No one, that's who.

Group D is wide open now.

I fucking wanted to bet 5€ on Costa Rica winning (I'd win 75€) and I told my father to place the bet for me, but he didn't cause he considered it a waste of money......

Could have bought some SNES games with that money

[Pulsar_t]

This is nothing. Even though the final score is bad, this game could have easily gone differently. There wasn't that big of a difference between the 2 teams. You want to see creamed? You should have seen us in the 2008 Euro cup (defending champions) where we failed to score a single goal and lost all 3 games.

Hehe I did write sorry in advance :p Good luck next match!

[ZeroAX]

Hehe I did write sorry in advance :p Good luck next match!

I'll just be happy if we play a bit better. There was a duration of the game where we played HORRIBLY, and we really need to focus more on offense. But if we work on it, we can still go through. Specially since that was the hardest team in the group (in theory).

What I don't understand is why the fuck did our coach keep our 2 best attackers out. He was forced to sub them in (subs number 1 and 2). Same thing for the captain who was sub number 3. Yeah he's 37 years old but he's the best player Greece has when it comes to controlling the midfield. Not to mention his shots outside the goal area can be lethal.