Day 13: Ghana vs Uruguay | South Korea vs Portugal | Cameroon vs Brazil | Serbia vs Switzerland

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Love Serbia. They're chaos, in every way apparently according to @DickDastardly, so much attacking talent and the unshakeable belief that defending is something that happens to other teams

And as i write this :lol:
 

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Shaqiri goal. Serbs will be fuming. Serbia so poor at finishing their chances, get punished
 

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The guy that set him up was very calm. Most people would have thrashed at it when it came out. Instead he sets up somebody with a better chance to score
 

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Round of 16

Africa: Morocco, Senegal (2)
Asia: Japan, South Korea (2)
South America: Brazil, Argentina (2)
Others: USA, Australia (2)
Europe: Netherlands, England, Poland, France, Spain, Croatia, Portugal (7)

+ Cameroon, Switzerland or Serbia
 

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Serbia coaching is terrible. No organisation at all. A shame all this individual talent looks like it will be wasted
 

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Did Shaqiri contribute much to Liverpools title and champions league win?
 

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Brazilian team is impressive in the attacking half. Fred, Daniel Alves and Alex Telles aren't part of that equation
 

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So you would've just stood there and let the ball go into the net then?

Don't know what he needs to apologize for either, he'd probably do it again if he had the choice - why fake an apologize if you don't have any remorse about it?

Ghanaians should be more upset with Gyan than with Suarez.
I always thought the free kick leading up to it was a blatant dive, and wasn’t there an offside prior to the handball? I’d have to go back and check.

the funniest part is still Suarez’s “who, me?” when the ref shows him the red card. That boy has no shame the horrible little cnut :lol:
 

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Bad football in brazil Cameroon match. Need to bring on Brazil's first choice players.
 

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Round of 16

Africa: Morocco, Senegal (2)
Asia: Japan, South Korea (2)
South America: Brazil, Argentina (2)
Others: USA, Australia (2)
Europe: Netherlands, England, Poland, France, Spain, Croatia, Portugal (7)

+ Cameroon, Switzerland or Serbia
Australia has been a part of the AFC (Asia) for at least 15 years.
 

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So easy to get in behind the Serbian backline.
Yeah, had to be punished sooner or later.

Also, what the hell is Shaqiri doing at Chicago Fire being only 31 years old? Seems to soon, he was good player in Premier League.
 

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A bit a carelessness from Antony after a 1st good dribble. Too many flicks and deviations that end up in the opponent's feet.
 

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Serbia have been so disappointing in this tournament. Thought they were supposed to be a good side.
They can be on a good night. They create tons of chances and treat the concept of defending like it's beneath them. Their games are must watch
 

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This is on Stojkovic, no balance, one of Tadic or SMS had to be on the bench but he chose to put everything on the pitch with no sense, classic move when it comes to national teams.
 

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It's literally a goal if he doesn't save it.

A penalty is just a chance of a goal.
When I played amateur football, I probably saw a defender handle the ball to save a certain goal around 20 times. No one complained about sportsmanship.
I also saw it regularly in the pro game in the 70s, 80s 90s.
The same, no one batted an eyelid. Red card, penalty move on.
Then out of nowhere it became the worst thing ever because Suarez robbed poor Ghana. I hate Suarez but couldn't fault him one bit for doing that.
It wasn't cheating any more than a tactical foul is cheating. He got the exact punishment he deserved within the laws of the game.
Diving for a pen is cheating because you are cheating the rules, ref whatever. Suarez cheated absolutely no one.