FIFA World Cup 2014 (Brazil) SPOILERS: Read at own risk

[naum]

Bradley coughed it up a bunch. He did make a few nice passes too, during the course of the match, but the foible that led to the tying goal at game-end was inexcusable.

[IainC]

The US were lucky that Portugal couldn't shoot on target, they deserved to lose that game just for the fact that every time they got the ball they passed it nicely to a Portuguese player. Also wtf were the US defence doing kicking around short passes inside their own box when Portugal were pushing hard?

[Abagadro]

I swear I saw Klinsman tell the team to stay in the forward half at the very end to try to kill it. Big mistake when you have someone turn it over with the frequency of Bradley.

[Chimpy]

I swear I saw Klinsman tell the team to stay in the forward half at the very end to try to kill it. Big mistake when you have someone turn it over with the frequency of Bradley.

I think he was gesturing for them to tighten up in their end. Regardless, Bradley needs to warm a seat on the bench against Germany. They will eat the US alive if his shoddy passing is there.

[Shannow]

You know I was looking forward to work today to watch recap videos, pump up videos...enjoy photoshops of a Captain America Star or Superman 'S' on Clint Dempsey's chest instead we get this shit. Again, fuck you Michael Bradley.

[01101010]

There was some good in this game:

Love seeing Ronaldo consistently screw up. No idea if he is completely healthy, but some of his advances and dribbling suggest yes, but his shots were horrible. He is a liability on defense and his team pays for it, which I like.

Beasley is playing out of his mind for an old man. Jones is also showing up every game. Come to think of it, the whole starting squad is getting up there in age. That Yedlin kid is a straight up burner. I'd like to see Jóhannsson get some experience.

The USA just seems too scattered and most of their success has been opportunistic rather than executed. Makes it exciting but mostly frustrating to watch.

[Numtini]

The USA just seems too scattered and most of their success has been opportunistic rather than executed. Makes it exciting but mostly frustrating to watch

I think the executed option goes through Bradley and that particular cog is not functioning correctly. He was better than against Ghana so I'm not sure benching him is the answer, but there's got to be some changes in the strategy.

[Jeff Kelly]

Ronaldo has knee problems and had them for quite a while now. He shouldn't be playing. Because of a mixture of him wanting the world cup, the Portugese team relying on him and pressure by the Portugese people he does though.

Ronaldo is such a beloved player and such a fixture though that there was no way his team would have left him at home. The press would have slaughtered both the manager for having the audacity and CR7 for being weak.

[WayAbvPar]

You know I was looking forward to work today to watch recap videos, pump up videos...enjoy photoshops of a Captain America Star or Superman 'S' on Clint Dempsey's chest instead we get this shit. Again, fuck you Michael Bradley.

You mean like this?

[IainC]

If the US play the same game against Germany that they played last night then there's a good chance that Portugal will still manage to beat the US on goal difference. Not only giving the ball away every other touch but being markedly unwilling to engage in defence gave Portugal a bunch of gift-wrapped opportunities where they had possession deep in the US half and plenty of space to move around and find a way through. Germany won't pass those chances up like Portugal did. Also bouncing the ball around with short passes between defenders is a fucking stupid idea when you can't hold possession and the penalty box is full of guys from the other team. That last second goal was inevitable because not even Portugal could keep missing all the chances to score that they were handed.

[Jeff Kelly]

The biggest weakness of Klinsmann is that he wants to win every game, he lacks the cold blooded tactical and efficient mindset. He also still has a huge chip on his shoulder because in his mind he never had the respect and popularity in Germany he thinks he deserves. That makes it more likely that the US will lose against Germany.

If Germany were to play Italy on thursday the game would end 0:0. Italy's tactic would be to basically play a 11-0-0 and to take all of the tempo out of the game to conserve  energy for the next round. They'd let the opposing team charge on against their defense and they'd only ever switch to an offensive setup if they'd ever get behind. They'd probably even start with a some of their key players on the bench.  That's how they won the semi in 2006, they waited until the German side ran out of steam and then went in for the kill. Löw is not stupid so he'd eventually resign himself to the 0:0 to not overextend his team and his key people. It would probably be utterly boring but in the end both teams would be through to the next round.

Klinsmann unfortunately already told the press that he 'wants to win against Germany'. This means that Löw also has to play to win. Germany can't afford a loss. The likelyhood of us going through regardless might be high but he won't take that risk because you'll never know what Ghana is capable of or if Portugal finds its tournament spirit after all.

So Löw will go for an early goal and - given just how exhausted the US side was at the end of the portugal match - will probably try to make the US side run until they are no longer able to stand.

[Jeff Kelly]

Normally I'd say that the US should also push for an early goal. The German side doesn't handle getting behind well and they usually play more hectic and not as concentrated when they are behind. For that to work though you need god ball control and a competent defense/good possesion play. Last night's game has shown though that the US side is lacking there so they'd probably have to push for another goal even if they had a 1:0 lead.

[01101010]

I wholeheartedly adore the trading shirts tradition. 

[Lucas]

Hopefully Croatia-Mexico won't disappoint: I'm expecting a great game. I'm dismissing Brazil-Cameroon already because of how horrible Cameroon was during the previous two performances.

[MrHat]

Hopefully Croatia-Mexico won't disappoint: I'm expecting a great game. I'm dismissing Brazil-Cameroon already because of how horrible Cameroon was during the previous two performances.

Was an exciting last 20 minutes.

[Cyrrex]

You know how they have that stat that shows how much a player has run around on the pitch during a match?  I like that statistic, but I really want to see a stat showing how much time each spends rolling around on the pitch grabbing his whiney cunt.

[Cyrrex]

And now Suarez just bit a motherfucker.  No really!  Full on Mike Tysoned him on the shoulder plain as day.

And now a goal.

Fuck both of these teams.

I mean, Suarez literally bites then guy, and then roles around on the pitch grabbing his own teeth as if he was fouled.  That is a good summary of this entire bullshit game.

[Shannow]

Italy got what it deserved for playing that shit brand of soccer. Suck it.

[Cyrrex]

If that was meant for me, I should clarify that I prefer seeing Uruguay go on.  Italy plays the world's worst brand of football, I hate everything about it.  That's what you get for crying wolf all the time, you dumb bitches.

But the game in general was a disgrace, on both sides of the ball.

[Chimpy]

It is just insane how Italy feels they need to play so dirty when they have such talented players.

And Suarez is a psychopath. It really sucks for Uruguay that Forlan is not the same player as in 2010 making them effectively have to play Suarez.

[Shannow]

Oh no not directed at you. Directed at those shit heads in blue who deserve fucking nothing. SUCK IT SUCK IT SUCK IT (ok so I may still be a little bitter about 2006).

Even if the other team does have a cannibal.

[Rasix]

Eh, fuck Italy.  Lesser of two evils moves on.

[01101010]

Really not shocked that Freddie Mercury bit someone again... I mean look at his top front teeth!

And I think he got an elbow to the mouth for it which is why he was laying on the ground - really thought he got one knocked out which would have been both awesome and deserved. But yeah, He'll be banned for the rest of the tournament.

[Jeff Kelly]

My dark cynical German heart rejoices at the thought of Italy being out of the World Cup. Serves then right for being one of the most appalling sides in football. That they went out while getting a dose of their own medicine is just the cherry on top of that delicious cake made from their tears.

Doesn't change the fact though that the red card wasn't really justified. Also if they don't retroactively ban Suarez for biting another player they might as well just be done with enforcing rules at all.

[Ingmar]

I really do not see the resemblance between Suarez and Freddie Mercury.

[Paelos]

Doesn't change the fact though that the red card wasn't really justified. Also if they don't retroactively ban Suarez for biting another player they might as well just be done with enforcing rules at all.

They can barely keep the refs from fixing matches, let alone enforce their own rules.

[WayAbvPar]

Italy got what it deserved for playing that shit brand of soccer. Suck it.

This. Get fucked, Azzurri.

HuffPo bringing it-

[naum]

[01101010]

I really do not see the resemblance between Suarez and Freddie Mercury.

hint: it's the mouth.

[murdoc]

The gif misses the BEST part when Suarez fucking DIVES after he bites him.

[Trippy]

He did get an elbow to the face because of his bite, though.

[Tale]

[Rasix]

[rk47]

this one still the best to me

[Trippy]

Needs a muzzle a la Hannibal Lecter.