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Reply #90 - Jul 4^th, 2014 at 1:49pm

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 4^th, 2014 at 1:44pm:

I'm kicking myself I didn't make the effort to watch it all. So much to do, so little time.
However . . .it has rekindled my love of the sport after several years and I will be making the effort to watch whatever is available to me in future.

you dont find the cheating gets on your nerves??.. it does me to see the

cheating and not only that they admit it after they have won the game..and they still play on...

one way to stop them faking it.. is to send them off for 5 or 10 min to recover from the .....trip.....

I saw one guy think is was Brazil who grabbed a guys shirt and pulled him over backwards..nothing done about it...

puts me right off.

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Reply #91 - Jul 4^th, 2014 at 3:56pm

It's a contact sport and the referee doesn't see everything. More technology is gradually coming in though, but they don't want to slow the game down.

What bothers me more than that sort of thing is FIFA, the controlling body. More than $1 billion has been paid over by sponsors to get their names seen.
Does Brazil get any of it? No, it's all for FIFA.
Now if you want to talk about cheating . . .

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Reply #92 - Jul 5^th, 2014 at 7:59am

bogarde73 wrote on Jul 4^th, 2014 at 3:56pm:

It's a contact sport and the referee doesn't see everything. More technology is gradually coming in though, but they don't want to slow the game down.

What bothers me more than that sort of thing is FIFA, the controlling body. More than $1 billion has been paid over by sponsors to get their names seen.
Does Brazil get any of it? No, it's all for FIFA.
Now if you want to talk about cheating . . .

\ no it isnt a contact sport...only by accident..I havent seen a player go off on a stretcher.....

anyway the game is not what it was..

what does the FIFA do with the money?.. apart from fancy dinners.

Brazil will get the exposure and the tourists...

but the FIFA sounds like the Olympic

groan.

... committee......its all about them..

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brumbie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 994 Gender:	Re: World Cup in Brasil!!! Reply #93 - Jul 5^th, 2014 at 8:02am Like I said a couple of pages back when the referee gave them their first match...Brazil have already won this...I love my soccer but something stinks.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 107263 Melbourne Gender:	Re: World Cup in Brasil!!! Reply #94 - Jul 5^th, 2014 at 8:08am Brazil is through to the 1/4 finals & will play the Hun on Tuesday.
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Reply #95 - Jul 5^th, 2014 at 5:17pm

I am in two minds.

I really don't want Brazil to win. I think they've been poor and I hate their air of entitlement they and their supporters. It'd be a heck of a bloody nose to see them beaten at their own World Cup.

The bloodiest nose would be the Argentines winning in Brazil.

I simply cannot though ever cheer for Argentina under any circumstance.
That's just one country and people I can never want to win.

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Reply #96 - Jul 6^th, 2014 at 3:54pm

Brasil v Colombia:
Brasil were like a river of piranha or the Japs' Divine Wind in the first 20-30 minutes. Colombia were stunned mullets.
James Rodriguez was virtually bundled out of the game by Brasil's heavyweights, however he did take a good penalty and Colombia were a real threat to equalise in the last 15.

Argentina v Belgium:
I thought Belgium played the most attacking football but Argentina held doggedly to their lead. I am a fan of Argentina (viva Diego Maradona) but I can't see this team getting past either Brasil or Germany.

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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: World Cup in Brasil!!! Reply #99 - Jul 7^th, 2014 at 4:02pm We can't want Argentina to win. The most dislike able nation knocking around.
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philperth2010 Moderator Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20561 Perth Gender:	Re: World Cup in Brasil!!! Reply #100 - Jul 7^th, 2014 at 10:06pm Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jul 7^th, 2014 at 4:02pm: We can't want Argentina to win. The most dislike able nation knocking around. I have no problem with Argentina Andrei.....It is time you got over the Falkland Island war my friend.....I personally hope the Germans win from here!!!
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Reply #101 - Jul 8^th, 2014 at 5:23am

philperth2010 wrote on Jul 7^th, 2014 at 10:06pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Jul 7^th, 2014 at 4:02pm:

We can't want Argentina to win.
The most dislike able nation knocking around.

I have no problem with Argentina Andrei.....It is time you got over the Falkland Island war my friend.....I personally hope the Germans win from here!!!

Before every one of their games they unveil a banner that says "The Falklands are Argentine".

'Tis not us that carries the issue on Phil, it's them.

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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: World Cup in Brasil!!! Reply #102 - Jul 8^th, 2014 at 10:41am Perhaps they ought to be Andrei. Anyway, the only team left with absolute hunger is, I'm sad to say, Brasil. The others are looking increasingly like tired players in a league game. Still like Argentina to win though . . .for the sake of Diego Armando Maradona.
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Ex Dame Pansi Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 24168	Re: World Cup in Brasil!!! Reply #103 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 8:40am Semi finals Germany 7 Brazil 1 Aint Karma sweet? I still feel sorry for the fans who had nothing to do with the bribes and corruption though.
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Reply #104 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 8:54am

Ex Dame Pansi wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 8:40am:

Semi finals

Germany 7 Brazil 1

Aint Karma sweet?

I still feel sorry for the fans who had nothing to do with the bribes and corruption though.

What an astounding result.....The host nation will not take this well and
no doubt heads will roll for this humiliating loss.....Literally!!!

http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/germany-through-to-world-cup-final-after-7-1-rout-o...

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