World Cup

[malaise]

Here we go!! Ole Ole Ole!
Brazil v Colombia

[mcar]

1. What a spectacle!

[malaise]

3. I can't imagine what it was for the Colombian team when

the Brazilian anthem was playing.

[suffragette]

2. Here we go - the beautiful game!

[malaise]

4. Oh yes - beautiful

Ole Ole Ole!!

[suffragette]

5. Already exciting!

Wish this match up was coming later.
They are both so good.

[malaise]

6. The pace is so fast that I'm almost

giddy

[suffragette]

7. grabbed some food and missed what they were all arguing about

James looked to be at the middle of i.
Very fast paced!

[malaise]

8. Free kick taken very fast and then they wanted to take it over

and the ref said no.
Watch Colombia disintegrate with indiscipline. Brazil will soon get a penalty.

[suffragette]

9. They are getting frustrated

agree that's likely

[mcar]

10. I've loved watching Colombia play

But they aren't doing it here. Too all over the place. They are lucky Brazil isn't up by 2 or 3.

[malaise]

11. They'll be lucky if one of their players isn't sent off for a foul

Poor defending is also a problem - they are all over the place.

[mcar]

12. Ref doesn't seem to have brought his cards

I'm seeing rough play on both sides. I don't think the ref has decent control of the game. Things have gone so well so far; I'd hate to see it break down, especially with this game.

Brazilian fans have been wonderful this entire tourney.

[malaise]

14. More Ole Ole Ole

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! Great goal.

[mcar]

16. Good goal

Brazil deserved that. Colombia is a mess. Too bad for them but credit to Brazil.

[malaise]

18. Winning everything in the first round

is not always a good thing.
Might be the best free kick of the tournament.
The singing from the Brazilian fans is delish!!

[suffragette]

13. even though it didn't count, that was a wild strike fro Yepes in all that traffic!

[malaise]

15. But a stupid foul followed

2-0 Ole Ole Ole!!!

[suffragette]

17. True that!

[malaise]

19. Penalty

Cezar takes him out - not good looks like he hurt himself to boot

[suffragette]

20. And 2-1

[Ron Obvious]

24. Why no red card for Cesar?

Mind you, I don't agree with that rule, but every single time I see a keeper concede a penalty with a foul like that it's a red card.

Brazil are getting the benefit of the doubt from that terrible referee an awful lot.

Brazil just about deserved it in the end, but this is not the Brazil (or the Germany) we'd like to see

[suffragette]

21. Neymar off on stretcher

He and James have been getting hammered all game.
That was ugly.
Hope he's ok.

[malaise]

22. Refs fault

He should have controlled the game earlier.

Ole Ole Ole!! Brazil Brazil!!!

[suffragette]

23. Agree completely

He let way too much get awy.

Glad to see Brazil win at home, but would have liked to see more of James, Yepes and company play.

[mcar]

25. Agree

Ref let it get out of hand. Congrats to Brazil. Hope Neymar recovers.

Germany Brazil will be something.

[malaise]

27. Nehmar fractured a vertebrae in his back

He is out of the World Cup. This could be a career ending injury. Seriously that Ref should be sent packing. I just knew something bad was coming with all that fouling.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/brazil-team-doctor-neymar-world-cup-broken-vertebrae-24434193

[Ron Obvious]

28. Damn!

The challenge really didn't look that bad. Barely a foul, I thought, and shouted at Neymar to stop wasting time and get up, the malingering git.

Shows you how you can be deceived by what you see. Well, shows you how I can be deceived, I guess.

Disclaimer: I missed the Shumacher - Battiston assault in '82 as well, and only read how bad that was later.

[malaise]

31. I thought it was a bad foul

and realized he really wasn't moving. Now he will have to be immobilized for four weeks minimum.

[malaise]

37. It was much worse than first thought

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/PHOTO--Attacking-Neymar


<snip>
Brazil's Neymar is viciously kneed in the back by Colombia's Juan Zuniga in the closing moments of the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match between Brazil and Colombia in Fortaleza, Brazil, Friday, July 4.(AP Photo)

The tackle left Neymar with a fractured vertebra and ruled out of the rest of the World Cup.

Neymar has been the target of dangerous play in the tournament and was also roughed up in the match against Chile.

[elias49]

30. Oh, that is fucking horrible!

damn it.

[mcar]

35. Oh no!

I thought it looked bad but hoped it wasn't. The ref did not have control of that game.

A great loss for Brazil and a tragedy for a fine young athlete.

[suffragette]

36. Oh no.

I thought it looked bad.
This is terrible.
Yes, that Ref go. He should been stopping that from the start. It just kept getting worse. James was slammed badly more than a few times. He's fortunate not to be I juried as well.
Hopes to Neymar recovering.

[quinnox]

29. Whoa, didn't even know it was still going on! I thought it ended a week or so ago.

I guess it is obvious I'm not a fan and don't follow it or the sport.

[malaise]

32. Twomore quarters tomorrow

Semis next week and finals next Sunday. You are out of it

[quinnox]

33. Wow, it seems to go on forever! Another week?

Yep, I don't pay attention to it.


The only sport I have any interest at all in these days in tennis, and baseball. Because the Dodgers might actually have a good team this year. It has been a long stretch, over 25 years now, since they last won the world series.

[malaise]

34. One month

every four years.