WORLD CUP 2014 - BRAZIL

Now things will get interesting!

Messi quiet all game and then bursts to life with a great solo effort.

Another absorbing match with plenty of goals.

Two great games to look forward to tomorrow. Can't wait for Germany vs Portugal. Should be epic with tons of goals judging by how the tourney is going.

USA up tomorrow as well. Let's see if some payback is going to be served up.

We'll see how Nigeria and Iran will play, but I thought Bosnia showed some good stuff and the Argentina of the 2nd half had its moments. Good attitude displayed by Messi that was still sprinting after loose balls after 90 minutes.

And again 3 goals! I wonder if it has an impact on the teams at this point, if they enter the competition thinking 'we don't want to be the lame ducks responsible for the first 0-0 game' or if it's not on their mind at all.

Fun facts: 37 goals have been scored so far. Italia 90: 25, USA 94: 27, France 98: 29, Korea/Japan 02: 35 (Germany scored 8 against Saudi Arabia), Germany 06: 27, South Africa 10: 18!!

Is Honduras always like this? I fully admit to being a mostly World Cup only soccer viewer, but I feel like the dirty ass play put on there was obvious to damn near anyone watching.

Szlia_sl said:

Fun fact: Cahill with 33 goals scored more for the national team than the other 22 australian players combined (28).

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Even though it's a credit achievement for Cahill, it also says something about the youth of our team. After our group was decided, the strategy was to blood new players and build for the next generation since most of our big stars are well past 30 and only a few, like Cahill can still perform. Arguably most are still better than many of the young players in the squad, but they won't be around for the next World Cup.

Anyway, bigger achievement was Cahill becoming the 8th player to score at 3 different world cups!

Springbok_sl said:

One last thing before I pull an all nighter in anticipation for tomorrows matches - ESPN has done an exceptional job with their coverage of this World Cup. Lalas aside, they've brought in decent analysts, the pre/post shows have been good, and there has been something to watch pretty much constantly... Very impressed.

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Other than the bitch who couldn't pronounce Recife correctly and Mike "The 2nd Worst Sports Announcer" Tirico, yeah they've been good as far as I can tell.

Argentinians saving some money:

Lego highlights of the Brazil v Croatia game

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So today at 6pm the US is facing Ghana and my friend from high school Geoff Cameron will make his FIRST World Cup appearance!!!

Azeth_sl said:

So today at 6pm the US is facing Ghana and my friend from high school Geoff Cameron will make his FIRST World Cup appearance!!!

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Ghana's the team I drew in the office sweepstakes so the US chances are high

Azeth_sl said:

So today at 6pm the US is facing Ghana and my friend from high school Geoff Cameron will make his FIRST World Cup appearance!!!

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Nice! Will keep a look out for him in the match. Hope he does well

Springbok_sl said:

Don't bother, he's shit.

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what a jealous douchebag

Don't know about that penalty.

I did see some shirt pulling, it's a bit soft though

Bullet header, nice goal

Long way back for Portugal now

Ronaldo practically invisible. Let's see if he can burst into life like Messi did last night.