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2014 FIFA World Cup |OT2| Germany Müllers Portugal

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Will be interesting to see Argentina this WC. Under a real coach.

Messi won Olympic gold under sabella and since sabella's return messi has something like 20 goals in 21 games(10 in Qualifiers).

Interesting indeed.
 
God damn it, slept through the first two games thinking neither would be good. Instead I miss a crazy last minute winner and the chaos of goal line technology being necessary for once (Johnathan Pearce I love you hahaha). Also forgot to put in my tips for both games in the GAF comp. :(

Now watch this game be a shit 1-0 win to Argentina.
 
I love that the goal line technology actually had to be used this early. I've been preaching about more of that kind of technology to minimize the "human factor" that is errors made by refs (the ref made the right call this time, so fair play to him!) and it's good to see that it's finally making an impact. Now we need this in all the big European leagues along with a limited numbers of video reviews of important situations.

Anyways, go Messi! Not a Barca fan at all, but hope he finally has a good tournament.
 
I like how Messi is playing with Aguero, Di Maria, and Lavezzi but if he wins it's gonna be all about how awesome he is.

Whose Ronaldo playing with? Nani? Far more impressive when he leads his team to wins when you consider the squad.

People underestimate guys like Moutinho. William will impress a lot of top teams I think this year. Pepe and Bruno Alves are beasts in the back line and Coentrao always plays better in the NT. If Nani plays like he played against Ireland, then we're in good hands. Portugal without Ronaldo is still a good team imo. but the worst part is that Paulo Bento hasn't called up a lot of good young players. The future is bright for the team.

Obviously Portugal isn't as good as Germany or Argentina. But can they beat them? I think so. The talent is there, the manager is the problem.
 
Messi better not flop as per usual with the national team. Argentina to win both halfs, go.

Messi "flopping" for nt is some of dumbest shit i keep hearing. Yes this is his 3rd wc, but he did not play much in 2006(pekerman's biggest mistake) and in 2010 they had to suffer maralolna coaching them.

Messi with ARG under Sabella:
23 matches
20 goals
8 assists


Neymar and Messi are going to make so many haters cry in this wc lol
 
I wouldn't be surprised if they never try to qualify again if only to save themselves from getting wrecked in front of the world.

They did try again. You have to understand that their government isn't concerned about how the rest of the world views them, for them it's much more important how their own people view them.
 
For all the Luddites complaining about the GLT. Think about how great a decision that was.

Not only did the system do it's job, as in show the correct decision, a clear goal. But in showing both decisions where in the first the ball hit the post and was clearly not over the line and the the second where it was over, It provided evidence of a goal and who scored it...the keeper.

In the old days it would have been a brave official to say goal.
 
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