FIFA World Cup 2014 Schedule and Team Previews

[Ben Kenobi]

Belgium are currently experiencing a golden generation and have the finest team in their countries history. They've been fairly slow to get started this world cup but the amount of talent is scary.

Are they as good as all the other group winners? Some pretty good teams there.

[kentonio]

The German D was indomitable. Still, Belgium is not a bad matchup.

Road for the US would be Belgium and then Argentina/Switzerland.

Belgium are currently experiencing a golden generation and have the finest team in their countries history. They've been fairly slow to get started this world cup but the amount of talent is scary.

[Tuberski]

I'm betting Yahoo didn't update shots on goal for the second half or extra time.

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

ESPN had same total shots 23 to 13, but higher shots on goals (13 for Brazil, 5 for Chile).

[Tuberski]

Yahoo shows Chile having only 2 shots on goal and 13 for the game, 23 and 6 for Brazil.

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Hitting a crossbar and a post doesn't mean Chile was the better side. Brazil had a number of chances that they should have buried but didn't as well. One can argue that Chile was lucky it wasn't 3-1.

The Brazilians had as many shots on goal as Chile had total shots (also Chile had 5 shots on goal the entire game).

Though both teams were more interested in fouling each other, it seemed (most fouls in a WC game since 1990 Final, apparently).

[Tuberski]

They weren't lucky, Chile just didn't get forward all that much in Half 2. They outshot the Chilians at quite a quip.

quip?

Chile hits a crossbar and a post. Brazil was lucky that Chile didn't press harder in half 2. Plus being much taller than Chile helped also.

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

They weren't lucky, Chile just didn't get forward all that much in Half 2. They outshot the Chilians at quite a quip.

[Tuberski]

Great game between Brazil and Chile! Chile were unlucky in penalties (Julio Caesar was pretty great though), but the better team won, IMO. Brazil was unlucky in not getting another goal during the run of play (Hulk was trying to make up for his error in letting that Chile goal go by himself during that second half)!

In the second half, Hulk was the only Brazilian that played worth a damn. Brazil was lucky to advance.

ACK!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Columbia was fantastic! James Rodriguez with the goal of the World Cup (yes, I preferred it to Cahill's or van Persie's).

[Imran Siddiqui]

Great game between Brazil and Chile! Chile were unlucky in penalties (Julio Caesar was pretty great though), but the better team won, IMO. Brazil was unlucky in not getting another goal during the run of play (Hulk was trying to make up for his error in letting that Chile goal go by himself during that second half)!

[Imran Siddiqui]

[Imran Siddiqui]

US midfielder Bradley couldn't handle a pass cleanly the entire second half, and his challenges were very late as well. I think he finally broke down from exhaustion after that second game in jungle.

Bradley has not played well this tourney. It's even more astounding considering he was the US's best player in qualifying.

[Bereta_Eder]

and a heartwarming video that i saw on the news

it apparently started here

[Bereta_Eder]

TF was the substitutions - allegedly to open up more to attack and score, which resulted in a quick 3-0 to Mexico.

Mexico deserves to go through though, we should have done a lot better, but - meh, combined with the ref from the first game, there would be no need for changing the team in the last and so it goes.

In any case - congrats Greece, at least someone from here made it out of the group.

Greek team is nepotistic. It's only after katsouranis (who's only in the game because he's in the "clique") got expelled with two yellows that we played good against japan and even better against ivory coast.
There's even a facebook page dedicated to "keep him out of the game against costa rica".
Anyway, the logical outcome is that we'll have our asses handed to us there

Croatia was really good against brazil. I liked the ballsy gameplay in da face!!! Speaker kept refering to it as "the little brazil" or "europe's brazil".
I saw the match it was great