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[Football] Brazil v Costa Rica



hans kraay fan club

The voice of reason.
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Mar 16, 2005
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Have you seen a single team that worry you* in this world cup?

* from an England perspective

Not WORRY, no. Spain look the best team in it, from what we've seen so far.

Croatia pretty good last night, but they'd need a lot of luck. They could (should) have been down to 10 at 0-0 in that game.

IMO, like.
 


W.C.

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Oct 31, 2011
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What a horrible bunch they are.

They're meant to be pure samba football, off the beaches, and yet they're a bunch of cheating horrible tossers, the players, the manager, their bench. There is no honour or legend about Brazil. That legend is long dead. This lot can do one.

Rivaldo clutching his face in 2002 broke that spell.
 




hans kraay fan club

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Yes, again. The times VAR may have got it wrong are very marginal. There have been a few clearly correct overturned decisions. There was a penalty not given some games ago, that was overturned correctly, but can't remember who.

For Egypt against Russia. FK given outside the box - changed to Pen once VAR showed clearly the foul continued inside.
 






Weststander

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They are launching a new table football in honour of this tournament:

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Did you find their winners, ruined your day? :down:

Keane & Evra summed it up ..... deserved.
 


Pantani

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Dec 3, 2008
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Newcastle
Brazil will come nowhere near winning this tournament whilst their tactics and mentality are focused around Neymar. Costa Rica are proper shit, have no legs in midfield and very little talent. First pacy organised European side Brazil face it is game over for them, unless they start to use their entire team.
 


Nixonator

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Feb 8, 2016
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Brilliant by Firmino & Coutinho.

Going against the NSC grain of everyone hating Brazil and all the big nations, I’m pleased.

Massed defence and momentum denying fouls, are in danger of dominating this WC. Which may be the lowest goals scored per WC in history?

Not as if you're doing something different, you are always siding with the 'big' teams which gets tedious.

There are numerous legitimate reasons why people are taking a bit of a dislike to Brazil.
 








Pantani

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Dec 3, 2008
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Newcastle
I'm pleased Brazil won because it would have been so harsh on Mexico if they won their group, and still ended up facing Brazil in the second round.

Plus I would love a rerun of Germany v Brazil this early in the tournament and see the second most egocentric footballer in the world in tears again.
 




neilbard

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Oct 8, 2013
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Samba football it wasn't, may improve as tournament progresses but look vulnerable at the moment. :shrug:
 


Weststander

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Not as if you're doing something different, you are always siding with the 'big' teams which gets tedious.

There are numerous legitimate reasons why people are taking a bit of a dislike to Brazil.

It depends on the match for me, not the nations.

Second half today, only one team tried to play and attack. I wanted to see that rewarded.

Similarly, I loved Mexico’s positive approach versus Germany.
 






Triggaaar

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Oct 24, 2005
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For Egypt against Russia. FK given outside the box - changed to Pen once VAR showed clearly the foul continued inside.
I was thinking of another - from the ref's position it looked like the defender knocked the ball awy, but replays showed that he missed it, and it was the attacker that touched the ball.
 




Bold Seagull

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Mar 18, 2010
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It depends on the match for me, not the nations.

Second half today, only one team tried to play and attack. I wanted to see that rewarded.

Similarly, I loved Mexico’s positive approach versus Germany.

Don't disagree with you on that, BUT every dive, the entire Brazil bench jumping up and down, running down the touchline whenever a breath of wind caught Neymar's hair, pathetic. Overshadows any great football for me. But not it doesn't upset me either. :laugh:
 








PILTDOWN MAN

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Zaha is in his back yard practicing of those Naymar moves, sorry dives
 



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