Posted on 07/05/2014 2:28:42 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Heroes
Damn autocorrect
What is your point? I mentioned the copyrighted characters’ issue to point out that the cartoonist could be in a world of hurt if DC goes after them. Like many Americans, I read comics when I was a kid. Comics, like soccer, promote socialism, and you can burn every comic on the planet for all I care.
Exactly. What’s the point?
Now excuse me, I need to take my daughter to a children’s party... if that is not too shameful.
Tune in next year.
Bump for later.
The ref in that match was horrible. He should have issued a few yellow cards early on, and the rough tackling of Neymar throughout the match would have been averted.
It seems that the refs who do not tolerate fouls early have much smoother sailing the rest of the way; and I think the players prefer it that way. It sure makes the matches more enjoyable to watch.
Heartbreaking injury for Neymar and Brasil. I kept watching the video of the incident, but I can’t make out anything other than a lack of regard for the other player on part of Zuniga. Shameful, but it didn’t look planned, just brutal ignorance. Really, the very last thing we needed for the relationship between my family and friends.
I may have seen it differently. Thanks for your perspective on it. So it did look intentional? I was very afraid of that. Heartbreaking and shameful. Prayers for Neymar, I hope this is something that can be addressed with some of the newer, less invasive techniques. I want to see him back at 100% ASAP.
And if it was in any degree intentional, Zuniga should burn for it.
The bonebreaking foul on Neymar was hard to see, I guess. To me, it looked like a standard foul at first, too.
I remind you that last week here I picked the men of Orange to go all the way...
It’s really tough to say—personally I think it was closer to negligent than intentional. Did the player intentionally put his knee up? Yes. Did he know he was going to make contact? Yes. Did he deliberately try to injure? No, in my opinion.
Agreed: Objectively, fouls on both sides. That referee messed that game up. The referee may well be instructed on how to officiate that match by FIFA, don’t give out many yellow cards.
Doesn’t matter how I see the game, listen to what the pundits say, even ones from Brazil, they may well not approve of the performance yesterday.
For the record, Brazil had 27-31 fouls per varying sources, Colombia at 22 I saw in one place.
Other than this, the energy level in that match was very high.
Neymar’s injury means he will have to be “immobilized” in that area, that prognosis came out rather quick, he won’t need surgery.
BBC Pundits on Brazil/Colombia match
Though Neymar's injury is what is taken-away from this match the most, I've got to say Brazil from all accounts and I've read elsewhere, is the team that seemed to have played a much more physical match and had the most fouls.
Rodriguez: The Referee Didn't Help Much
The referee lost some control of the game, not as bad as some games I've seen. That game had a very high energy level as well.
World Cup only comes along once every 4 years.
Belgium, hasn’t scored until last 20 minutes of their group stage games. Against the USA, they didn’t score at all in the last 20 minutes and we had the excellent chance with Wondolowski in the 92nd minute where we could have won. That one stat of Belgium is a bit worrisome if one is for Belgium.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.