Gary Oak Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 In a way it's good the United States has to actually focus on Germany. Keep your focus up so you don't lose it later. They're playing pretty well; I'm not a soccer/football analyst but I thought we outplayed a (wounded) Portugal up until the very end. We outplayed a wounded Portugal as a wounded USA. I have to say that was one of the most exciting games so far. I think we can tie Germany as long as Klose doesn't go ham (which he will, and I hope he does). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Belgium is going places, man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conspicuous Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Miguel Veloso at CDM is very nice. At LB not so much. Honestly, after some evaluation there are like 4 players who I'd consider to be very good, being Ronaldo, Joao Moutinho, Rui Patricio and Pepe. The rest are average need to pick up their game tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter585 Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 USA outplayed by Ghana and still won, USA outplayed Portugal and tied. What is this! The Ghana-Germany tie seems to give the USA only a 50-50 chance of advancing now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micael Fatia Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Ok I'm not sure where you guys are getting this idea USA outplayed Portugal lol. The end match statistics are pretty clear, Portugal had more ball possession and more attemps. USA's goalkeeper Tim Howard was the MoM, I think that says something too no? And Beckerman should have been sent off for elbowing Raul Meireles in the face. Pepe got a red card for far less than that. The oficial FIFA statistics just so you don't say I'm making stuff up - USA on the left, Portugal on the right:  33 - Dangerous attacks - 47 15 - Total attempts - 20 2 - Deliveries in Penalty área - 8 12 - Clearances - 9 453 - Passes Completed - 488 48% - Ball Possession - 52%  Attempts  15 - Total - 20 10 - On-Target - 9 2 - Goals - 2 6 - Blocked - 3 2 - Saves - 4 5 - Off-Target - 11 0 - Woodwork - 1  Now USA definitely didn't outplay Portugal if we go by the statistics. The reason I'm so pissed off and say we deserved to lose is because I completely disagree with the small team mentality our team adopted and that I severely despise. Portugaç basically scored early and then decided it was best not to take any risks and just play to secure the lead rather than attempt to score more. We have Ronaldo, we're clearly na attacking team even if we're not the best, so playing defensively was just completely retarded. When they say a best offense is the best defense it really is true in our case. I'm pretty pissed because I think we could have played the whole match as well as we did in the last 15-20 minutes, and we didn't do it simply due to lack of motivation and a stupid strategy meant to not tire the players too much. Why the hell do we care if they're fresh for the next match if we now basically have no chances to qualify?  Not to say USA didn't play well, but you outplayed us only in the first half (and even so we had more ball possession and as many dangerous goal attempts as you did).  Edit: Also I just have to ask this lol, what exactly is One Nation One Team supposed to mean? lol I mean it's kinda obvious sure, you can't have more than one team per nation, I guess it's meant to just express the whole team is United, but seems a bit... idk... silly? It's something that applies to all the nations in the competition, you should have thought of something better. :P But hey at least it's not something like the stupid nicknames the African nations give to their teams. "Super Eagles" "Indomitable Lions" "Desert Foxes" "Black Stars" "Bafana Bafana" lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Rider Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 The passing shown by the Portuguese was sloppy and far from confident. You can see them hesitating when trying to pass the ball forwards. They didn't take enough risks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aabid Posted June 23, 2014 Author Share Posted June 23, 2014 Dutch win again 0.o -snip- This is the Micael I know LOL Â Think Brazil can clitch the group? They have to if they don't want to play the Dutch in Ro16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabio Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 Dutch win again 0.o -snip- This is the Micael I know LOL Â Think Brazil can clitch the group? They have to if they don't want to play the Dutch in Ro16 I think they'd want to finish 2nd then, just to face the Dutch.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micael Fatia Posted June 23, 2014 Share Posted June 23, 2014 (I couldn't find any YT video of this with decente quality so this facebook one will have to do. Link works fine for me, but you'll probably have to login to be able to view it. Let me know if it doesn't work.) Â Ronaldo didn't do great that match, but this was pretty awesome haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aabid Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 Dutch win again 0.o -snip- This is the Micael I know LOL  Think Brazil can clitch the group? They have to if they don't want to play the Dutch in Ro16 I think they'd want to finish 2nd then, just to face the Dutch.. Why would they do that? 0.o (I couldn't find any YT video of this with decente quality so this facebook one will have to do. Link works fine for me, but you'll probably have to login to be able to view it. Let me know if it doesn't work.)  Ronaldo didn't do great that match, but this was pretty awesome haha: https://www.facebook...&type=2 I saw him do that during the game and it boggled my mine 0.o He made em look really dumb LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O hai im KAMIL Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 @@Micael Fatia /r/Soccer is a treasure-trove of GIF/HTML-5 videos: Â Also Costa trying to wax Xabi Alonso wut: Â God damnit Australia you royally fudgeed up your match against Spain, played like complete shizzle. I know Cahill wasn't there but Spain were playing poorly so we had a few opportunities to sneak in but didn't. See ya next WC boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobend Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Micael how do you like the fact that Germany and USA can just sit around and do nothing for 90 minutes and advance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Rider Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 Let the Suarez bite memes commence! I'll start. Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Twist of Fate Posted June 24, 2014 Share Posted June 24, 2014 (edited) Well since I'm all nice and pissed   Edited June 24, 2014 by Twist of Fate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aabid Posted June 24, 2014 Author Share Posted June 24, 2014 LOL Y what was suarez thinking when he did that  I wanna see argentina play LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobend Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Lol this is funny, didn't know about the biting thing till recently since I was gone all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aabid Posted June 25, 2014 Author Share Posted June 25, 2014 Not even the first time LOL And he didnt even get called for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conspicuous Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Disgraceful player, and it's hilarious to see Liverpool/Uruguay fans defend him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aabid Posted June 26, 2014 Author Share Posted June 26, 2014 LOLOL this is really funny. The way they are declining that it happened and the pictures were made up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O hai im KAMIL Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Suarez should be banned for the remainder of the WC. This is the 3rd time he's done it so obviously something needs to be done, and this will teach him to NOT FREAKINGBITE OTHER PEOPLE WTH IS WRONG WITH HIM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wartoc Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Suarez got off lightly. He deserved more, especially with all his previous biting incidents and that's coming from a Liverpool supporter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sobend Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Go Portugal!!! Beat Ghana! (not by too much) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter585 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 USA advances probably faces Belgium. I watched a solid 25 minutes of it too! :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Oak Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Suarez should be banned for the remainder of the WC. Â He is tho... Â Â Anyways, USA played sloppy against Germany today, but they had their chances. A good game to hold Germany back 1-0 especially with Klose in the 2nd half. Well deserved spot for USA as they survived the group of death which no one believed they would make it out alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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