Olympian2004 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 And yet again, our national team shows football magic after quite a draught in the past months. This was a great performance, and a very deserved victory, also in that extent. Of course it could be a lot different in the matches to come, and neither Ghana nor the USA shouldn't be taken too easily. But at least I'm confident even more now that if fate allows and our team doesn't lose strength and confidence massively, it can go far, possibly very far in this tournament. The team showed its will to show its power and to gain a title yet again in this match, and this is a very good basis to build on for the rest of the tournament. And regarding the Pepe/Müller incident: Müller's reaction was absolutely normal and understandable, Pepe's gesture after the foul was absolutely disgraceful and unsportsmanlike, and that was an absolutely deserved red card. Any other player in Müller's place would have reacted angrily, and rightfully so. Actually, it's a shame that Portugal showed such little class and committed so many fouls already at a time when they stood a bigger chance of turning the match around again. In any case, this is a highly exciting World Cup so far, with minor exceptions. It seems to become what I had always hoped for a World Cup staged by a legendary football nation like Brazil: A festival of football. I'm very happy especially for the Brazilians who had to suffer under the preparations for this tournament that this World Cup could at least leave such a highly positive impression on people all over the world and show off what a great host Brazil is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aluz Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Yes, Peter II, the son of Portugal king said "Independence or death!!!" in 1822, nobody cared much, his father said "oh, fine"... And Brazil got its independence and Peter became the only "Emperor" of the Americas. After losing Cisplatina province (now the country of Uruguay), Peter went back to Portugal and became Peter IV, king of Portugal... Yeah, crazy history. This is true! At that battle, Portugal lost 3-0 too and had more injured players than today. And red card for all its citizens... Lol Goalllllll!!! Goal average increasing!!! It was actually Peter I of Brazil who declared the indepedence. He did it with the support of the local elite, who did not enjoy much the request from the Portuguese liberals to return Brazil to a colonial status. The declaration of independence was seen by some historians as a ploy to later restablish a unified Portuguese empire. Since Peter was the rightful heir of the Portuguese throne, he could claim it once his father died. According to this historians, his father engineered this ploy, which would be an evidence that John VI was not the idiotic figure normally portrayed in history books. The problem was that Peter turned his back on the local elite and his brother Michael, insulflated by his mother Carlota Joaquina, promoted a coup d´etat in Portugal and was crowned king. When Peter lost the support of the local elite he ended up resigning from his Brazilian crown and fleeing to Portugal to fight his brother and became King Peter IV of Portugal. After his death his son Peter, became Emperor Peter II of Brazil and his daughter Maria became the Queen of Portugal. From then on, the Bragança dynasty had split lines of succession in Brazil and Portugal, ruining the original plan to unify the former Portuguese empire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palette86 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 On the other side, the japanese fans don't leave the stadium until the area is clean. There are almost no trash boxes in Japan;stations,office buildings,department stores,parks,theaters,stadiums,etc.Since gas attack by a cult group(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo) in Tokyo in 1995,almost all trash boxes have been removed from public spaces.So we naturally and normally pick up trash and bring them back home as much as possible. Both Muller & Pepe should've been off. No place for either behaviour in football I don't think so. It was a little bit shameful of Muller that he acted or appealed exaggeratedly,but remember Pepe's revenge,a headbutt and he seemed to have said something bad to Muller.That was really stupid and ugly deed and red card for him was appropriate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Halftime 0-0 Nigeria and Iran evens in strength. Kind of an anticlimax from game one earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Too bad our German coach told us he can't coach this US team to a WC victory, maybe at least Portugal is creating a path out of the group, something I didn't count on very strongly before seeing great teams implode like today and with Spain. Anything can happen I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshi Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 No, what I'm saying is that Muller should've been red, or at least yellow, carded for the Rivaldo-style playacting that seemed to provoke the headbutt, which of course did & should get a red card for Pepe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bezzi Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Boring game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohooitsme83 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Maybe Danny knew it would be like this so he decided to sleep through it Such magicalness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bezzi Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 This should be the first 0-0. Both teams fail to do a single pass in the right direction. The worst game of the World Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 ENOUGH ALREADY!!! Changes channel to watch a repeat of QI instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 This game is getting intense as the minutes wear down... First nix match. Unlucky game 13...ziltch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citius Altius Fortius Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 I hope Ghana vs. USA will be much better (should I stay awake or should I go to bed?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohooitsme83 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 I'm not sure if it's even worth putting up all these statistics :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexjc Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Ghana v USA this should be good and hopefully give us a result after the yawn fest that ended half an hour ago. I'll back US and A for this as they are weaker and barracking for the underdog is a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woohooitsme83 Posted June 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 haha, wrong fun facts FUN FACTS: Ghana: Ghana is the only African team to make the second round in the last two World Cup Tournaments! USA: America expects qualification, but the USA is in a Group of Death with European super powers Germany and Portugal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 US Olympic Team @USOlympic Let's go #USA! #OneNationOneTeam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 http://m.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=255931/match=300186512/index.html#nosticky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Barack Obama @BarackObama 11 on the field, more than 300 million cheering them on. #WorldCup #USMNT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Wasn't that Beijing's Olympic slogan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Yah well he (potus) needs anything good to happen that he can hitch his star to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Wasn't that Beijing's Olympic slogan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Mata Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 Now that's how a game should start. Damn iranians... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quaker2001 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bezzi Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 GOAL! After a boring match, a goal with 30 seconds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob2012 Posted June 16, 2014 Report Share Posted June 16, 2014 We're just giving them a head-start before we sweep them magnificently aside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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