FIFA 2014 World Cup - Official Discussion Thread

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Looks like Italy wasn't ready for this World Cup. They were a bit al dente for my taste.

Poor Spain. Couldn't even hang on to win biggest choke of the tournament.

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7 of the 10 New World nations have qualified. Possible to get to 9/10 if Ecuador and US get in (Honduras is still technically alive, but it would take a miracle). Also it is possible that only 4 of the 16 qualified teams will be from Europe. Wouldn't that be something!

Not unrealistic to see 6 of 8 from Americas.

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7 of the 10 New World nations have qualified. Possible to get to 9/10 if Ecuador and US get in (Honduras is still technically alive, but it would take a miracle). Also it is possible that only 4 of the 16 qualified teams will be from Europe. Wouldn't that be something!

Not unrealistic to see 6 of 8 from Americas.

Its 10 American teams.

He probably means that potentially we could have 6 teams from the Americas out of the 8 that compose the QFs.

Yes I did. Brazil/Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, Argentina, USA.

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Not that implausible if USA's path to the final ended up being Belgium-Switzerland-Mexico, all winnable. At which point all we have to do is get past Algeria. Alright maybe not that. But with the way Messi has been saving Argentina, it's as easy to imagine them winning it all as it is losing to Switzerland.

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More disgusting play acting from Neymar.

He was acting like he fractured 4 vertebrae when in reality it was fewer.

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fivethirtyeight still has Argentina as a more likely champ than Germany even having to play an extra match. I assume they're not factoring in Neymar and Silva not playing in the semis though.

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The first one to jump on James Rodriguez during his post-goal celebration...

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2119759-giant-bug-clings-onto-colombias-james-rodriguez-as-he-celebrates-goal?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national

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Argentina's several missed chances were heartbreaking but Mascherano and the defense were so great I thought they could do it anyway. It took a perfect goal to beat them. A really fun World Cup.