Brazil are the Falcons. Plenty of offensive firepower, nearly enough to be dynastic. But a little lacking in follow-through and killer instinct.

Cool to see Shaqiri play. Lord love the fireplugs with scoring skills.

Mortal insult. :#

Viva Mexico!

I say Brazil gets waxed.

Oh my. That suffocating pressure.

Swiss better get in shape.

This is a matchup to love, because they are so different in approach.

Brazil is unsurpassed in dynamism and opportunity creation.
Swiss are unsurpassed in composure and cohesion.

Who breaks first?

Swiss cheese

That was masterful, and once they gave Coutinho that much space, completely unstoppable.

Guys practice that type of shot endlessly. To get that opportunity in the Cup is heaven.

EDIT: That is just unconscionable space in the run of play

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ROFL

FIREPLUGS REPRESENT!!

That corner was as expertly touched by Shaqiri as any free kick on goal. The touch, the timing, the spin, the placement, the pace.

Great start for the Swiss. Motivation for the Brazilians.

Spain
Argentina
Germany
Brazil

all favorites, all dug themselves a hole in the first round.

I am not surprised at the result. The Swiss Pikemen were the best soldiers in Medieval Europe. Don't miss with the Swiss.

Yeah, there isn’t really an elite team that stands out.

Hell, Mexico has looked the best so far.

With the exception of the goalkeep brainfart, Spain played fine.

Brazil is going to do a little sweating of the officials with footage of Neymar's harassment in the Swiss game. Should open things up.

I do agree they went a little overboard with the harassment on Neymar. It was pretty obvious that was Switz's plan to begin with, to rattle him a little and perhaps get him frustrated, it worked. However, For the most part I did not see the ref not give neymar the calls that the anaylsts were complaining about after the game. The tugging of the shirts all that stuff, neymar was always rewarded the penalty's, it was the shoulder to shoulder stuff that I witnessed him not receiving which is exactly how it should be. Shoulder to shoulder is perfectly legal.

That being said, this world cup to me is seeing a lot of more "let them play" type things than anything. It wasn't just Neymar that wasnt getting all the calls, there was the brazilian forward that was dragged to the ground in the box and no call was made, but there was a few cases where brazil players fouled the switz players and no calls were made either. It is also good to note, that switz is a much more physical team compared to brazil.

The argument anaylsts were having afterwards was you need to protect the star players, and I do agree with that to a degree, however we cannot have all the star players playing so light on their feet always looking to grab a call.

One play I was annoyed with was when neymar had 2 defenders on him, he nutmegged the defender, and tried to legit "run" through the defender and instead fell to the ground, and was given the penalty which I feel like is complete BS.

To put it in short, there were some calls that needed to be made, but there were also some calls that had no right being called so in a way it all balances out in the end.

there is no sweetening of the officials. Once the officials are chosen for the next game they will all study important moments from this game as well as the past few for each team.

S W E A T, not sweeten.

As in verbal pressure in hopes of altering behavior.

KOREA vs. SWEDEN ON NOW!

I'll be rooting for an England tie or loss later today.

Why? Tunisia fan?

They're our rivals and we rarely beat them.

I always root against Mexico, England and Brazil (not a rival but speaks for itself).

What a save by KOREA! Very physical game! I don't think I have ever seen a game with so much contact. Guys are getting laid out all over the pitch.

Landon Donovan managed to wrench a check out of both his retirement and the failure of USMNT to qualify

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Chuckling lightly at that mess on the SK goalie's head.

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After that win, there will be a bump in population in Mexico in March 2019. Big ass celebration.

It’s like a SB celebration for them

What a tool. **** Mexico.

More future illegal immigrants. ROFL

If the CHIEFS ever win another Super Bowl I'm going have at least 10 kids! This Super Bowl drought is the only thing holding me back from starting a family

Someone HAS to gif up the look on Mertens' face when the blasted that.

That was composure and preparedness.

He was just off-line and nearly on point in the first half. Nice to see it pay off so quickly in the second.

Missed both games, thinking of taking England in the first half. Are they a 1st half team?

Who knows, England has undergone a bit of churn since the last world cup. I know I haven't monitored their characteristic play in qualifying, and I haven't seen any summaries either.

They're young. Should be aggressive. Should be athletic. May be nervous.

Early menace

England better not lose to this backwater country.

ROFL ROFL - Best, or at least more British, description of a fart I've seen.

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Oh wait, you mean England is going to F it up again? It's not like they've been the world's most overrated team for the last 20 years or anything.
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It is disappointing if they lose to bleeping Tunisia.

I see the NCAA must be running FIFA now. They don't need more teams. Any team that has NO CHANCE to win the thing, doesn't deserve to be in it in the 1st place.

Made ya wait

For what reason, are they assholes or something?

I'm rooting for Mexico because they are the next closest neighbor to the US. Probably would root for Canada if they made it but they didn't. Go North America

aHHHHHHH PUTA!

Typical English performance. That is how they would win their wars. Last second victories. ROFL

Get lost, Tunisia!

Back to the Barbary Wars with you!

Between us and them on the pitch, yeah. They're about as chippy as a Riders Chiefs matchup.

Root for who you like, but don't expect future reciprocation.

Barbrady Wars?

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Never been a fan of Mexico, but seeing all these chapped asses in this thread has me rooting for them hard now.

Haters.

This.

Mexico has been pretty irrelevant on the WC stage for quite awhile. Hence the reason why their group play victory over Germany was such a big deal for them.

It's like the Chiefs winning a freakin' playoff game.

I hope you're not counting me as a hater. In case the thread contents don't make clear, the WC is like Christmas and a visit to the M&M store combined for me.

My rooting interest is high-level play. Whomever provides it is my new best friends for the day.

But it's objective to state that MEX and USMNT have relatively salty relations.

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......

That's like rooting for the Raiders

It's a damn national tragedy whenever the Mexico team gets beat by the Gringos.

Hated to see South Korea lose, but glad to see England pull it out no thanks to that shithead Kyle Walker. He is lucky Harry Kane saved his ass.

I see Panama as more like the raiders, Mexico is like the Colt's with Peyton Manning as qb

I guess if you like chucking batteries and beer along cups of piss on opposing fans, be my guest, root for Mexico.

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Had those Japan players not jumped that goal doesn't happen! JAPAN WINS! JAPAN 2 COLUMBIA 1

ANYBODY BUT FRANCE

Fixed it for you

C'mon Poland, don't lose to freaking Senegal.

Let's go Russia!

The Coptics in Egypt better be careful tonight. Egypt will be angry.

Russia is stone rolling. Wow.

Poor Salah

Russian soccer team is doping. No Doubt.

Mueller should investigate

Russia hacked the World Cup

Japan baby!!!

Moscow reportedly running out of beer - The Daily Mail :eek:

Goooooooooooooal! Cristianoooooooooooooo Roooooooooooonaldooooooo!

Today is a good bet for most boring day of the tourney. Should be 3 blowouts. But there's been some pretty surprising results so far in the WC, so who knows?

This Portugal Morocco game is anything but boring

C'mon Portugal, revenge for 1578!

Morocco has been quite admirable at creating, yet absolute shit at finishing.

Watching is kind of like trying to whack off to mid-90s dial-up porn. ;)

'Is that gonna be a boob? Nope, just another elbow. . . .'

Quite the tenses!! [EDIT - Into the wall]

Now, VAR might shut it all down. . . [EDIT - Nope]

Hahahah

Yeah, Morocco gave a game effort.

Bye bye Morocco!

Dafuq? Fail? Or have I forgotten how reading works?

They should call Ronaldos supporting cast Portugal not the man

I can't see the words clearly for some reason. What does
It say?

That Portugal is 0-2 in the tournament, and Morocco is 0-1-1, after they just tied 0-0.

Who's rooting for IRAN?