OT: The Pittsburgher Thread: Football Drama

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[Brandinho]

Do you think the guy that missed will want to go back to Columbia? Didn’t work out too good for the last guy that screwed up.

As sad as Andres Escobar's murder was, his own goal played an incidental role at best. What happened was a narco harassed him about it in a club and he was prideful (read: stupid) enough to respond to the provocation. That's why he was murdered. The media then chose to sensationalize it as a hit in response to his own goal when, in reality, it was more an unfortunate symptom of the general lawlessness in Colombia at the time.

 

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Everyone just high-fiving everyone, giving everyone hugs. Just a great atmosphere everywhere. Bring on Sweden

 

[Tom Hanks]

Brazil down 0-2 at halftime to Belgium

 

[Brandinho]

What is the point of having VAR when the people watching are blind, bribed or braindead? That's a penalty clear as day.

 

[SouthGeorge]

Neymars antics all tournament did him and Brazil no favors today

 

[Slaaapshuter]

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No.

 

[Winger for Hire]

Sterling is the worse finisher since late career Fernando Torres

 

[Shrimper]

I'm about 8 beers deep and loving life right now.

COME ON ENGLAND

 

[Tom Hanks]

Croatia in a penalty shootout over Russia. Sorry Geno

 

[Brandinho]

That Russian team overachieved like crazy to even get to the quarterfinals. There's maybe one top flight outfield player in the entire squad.

 

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[Al Smith]

Football's still a few weeks away, but I thought this was a good story, especially with his sister being seriously disabled. You hear about these kinds of dudes sometimes in the NFL, but their stories are usually drowned out by the knuckleheads.

49ers' Goodwin surprises mom, sister with house

I've been trying to watch World Cup, but I usually sit down after I've had a serious work out, and the games almost immediately put me to sleep for a solid 20-30 minutes. I guess I only have three more chances this time around.

 

[Winger for Hire]

4 more chances.

There's a 3rd place game.

 

[SouthGeorge]

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

Feel like they are intentionally NOT calling fouls for #10 on Belgium. Reminds me of Mario getting hacked and whacked but the refs are just letting them do anything to prevent skill from shining

 

[DanielPlainview]

Hazard looks to go to the floor too much. If he was more honest, he'd get those calls.

 

[USMC607]

Football's still a few weeks away, but I thought this was a good story, especially with his sister being seriously disabled. You hear about these kinds of dudes sometimes in the NFL, but their stories are usually drowned out by the knuckleheads.

49ers' Goodwin surprises mom, sister with house

That right there cut right thru this hardened marine. I'm glad he is able to improve the quality of life and living for his family especially his sister. Although they seem to be thankful just to get up each day.

Need more kids like him out there.

 

[Brandinho]

Hazard looks to go to the floor too much. If he was more honest, he'd get those calls.

Nah, if there's one thing that even Hazard's detractors can't deny, it's that he fights to stay on his feet even when it'd be better for him to dive. He's honest to a fault because kicking the shit out of Hazard has been the default tactic for every team in England since he arrived and he still doesn't embellish.

The ref definitely missed a number of clear fouls, it was not his finest hour. That said, Hazard was the only Belgian outfield player to have any impact and they most certainly didn't deserve to win with their poor tactics and lackadaisical effort.

 

[DanielPlainview]

Utter f***ing nonsense. The guy's been looking to go to the ground every time he's touched the ball the entire tournament. I'm a huge Chelsea supporter but that shit is just f***ing aggravating to watch.

 

[Brandinho]

Utter ****ing nonsense. The guy's been looking to go to the ground every time he's touched the ball the entire tournament. I'm a huge Chelsea supporter but that **** is just ****ing aggravating to watch.

I have no idea what you're watching. Perhaps you're confusing Hazard for Dries Mertens.

 

[DanielPlainview]

I suggest new lenses

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

Nah, if there's one thing that even Hazard's detractors can't deny, it's that he fights to stay on his feet even when it'd be better for him to dive. He's honest to a fault because kicking the **** out of Hazard has been the default tactic for every team in England since he arrived and he still doesn't embellish.

The ref definitely missed a number of clear fouls, it was not his finest hour. That said, Hazard was the only Belgian outfield player to have any impact and they most certainly didn't deserve to win with their poor tactics and lackadaisical effort.

Agree...thought Belgium barely put any hardened effort in. Yea they possessed the ball a ton but seemed like they didn't want to fight in the hard areas.

 

[Brandinho]

Agree...thought Belgium barely put any hardened effort in. Yea they possessed the ball a ton but seemed like they didn't want to fight in the hard areas.

No doubt, it was an embarrassing effort from most of their team. Mourinho said it best, "I think the Belgium players go home with a bad feeling. A feeling that we could've done more and better, a feeling that Hazard probably didn't have, because he tried absolutely everything. Many of the other big players, they kept hiding."

 

[TNT87]

That was beautiful.