Here we go, here we go, here we go ... it's the WORLD CUP! (soccer)

[whalen]

Thankless job, but somebody has to do it! LIke shagging Blondes....!

[Andy105]

Thankless job, but somebody has to do it! LIke shagging Blondes....!

Well, if you run into a blonde from Antwerp, do it like your angry.

[squeezyjohn]

So a lot of these rules seem to be up to a certain ref's discretion. Is there a lot of corruption with the World cup or soccer in general?
Also how the hell does the time work. A game lasts 90 minutes but not really if someone decides it should go longer.....?

The referee can stop the clock if there is a stoppage in the game due to injury or time wasting by a particular team. So the time added on over the 90 minutes makes sense.

You have to remember that association football (it should really be called assoccer! - as that's where the name comes from) was invented in England when gentlemanly conduct was assumed to be universal. It's not our fault that all these cheating foreigners don't really understand the principle upon which the game was founded!

[Snusdog]

Darn Belgium! I will never drink Guinness or eat felafels again!

Hey.....not to mention Thai food........Belgium.....bunch of damn french wanna bees

[Snusdog]

The referee can stop the clock if there is a stoppage in the game due to injury or time wasting by a particular team. So the time added on over the 90 minutes makes sense.

You have to remember that association football (it should really be called assoccer! - as that's where the name comes from) was invented in England when gentlemanly conduct was assumed to be universal. It's not our fault that all these cheating foreigners don't really understand the principle upon which the game was founded!

what about Flopping.....writhing on the ground in agony.....then a bit of magic spray and all is well........please tell me my motherland did not invent that

If they did....this could drastically change world history forever..............maybe Cornwallis didn't actually surrender at Yorktown.......maybe he was just flopping.....and the Latino refs.....who had been paid off by the French.....just turned a blind eye and let time expire..........damn this is all so complicated

[whalen]

No use crying over stale waffles..!

[whalen]

They need to allow players to bite anyone flopping around on the ground.....:suspicion:

[squeezyjohn]

Don't worry 'dog ... we didn't invent rolling around in agony due to tripping over a blade of grass .. but I'm ashamed that the modern players from every country do this - even England.

In the good old days players used to tackle each other properly and get properly hurt sometimes. And there was no pretending - have a look at how these goalkeepers used to be treated!

http://youtu.be/AIK0zsb23ZQ?t=19m14s

I love the old commentator "and it's a fair charge - but unfortunately their heads have collided" ... If that happened today the forward would be sent off and banned.

[alopezg1]

gonna be football feast today!

[muddyfunkstar]

Hello all, long time no see

Bad luck USA, you guys did really well.

As an English/Welsh hybrid who prefers rugby, I'm not overly arsed about England failing horribly, but I am very much rooting for the Dutch for the remainder of the tournament.

They deserve to do well, as they've always been a team that promises so much but often fall short (like England in the good-ish old days!). If I owned any orange clothing, I'd be wearing it tonight, but I don't, so I'm not :P

I'd love a Netherlands vs Brazil final, and the Netherlands taking it in extra time. Won't happen, but I can but hope.

[Thunder_Snus]

The referee can stop the clock if there is a stoppage in the game due to injury or time wasting by a particular team. So the time added on over the 90 minutes makes sense.

You have to remember that association football (it should really be called assoccer! - as that's where the name comes from) was invented in England when gentlemanly conduct was assumed to be universal. It's not our fault that all these cheating foreigners don't really understand the principle upon which the game was founded!

Soccer tactics are making their way into the NBA. The team that lost in the finals this year got there by flopping every time someone came near them.

[Andy105]

Brazil is gettting humiliated by Germany 7-0 so far, and it's not even over yet. It's hard to look away, like watching a train wreck...

[alopezg1]

It really is a 90 minute train wreck.... oh dear. I predict riots in the streets

[squeezyjohn]

Bloody hell ... that was a game and a half! Germany could have scored 20 if they'd have gone for the jugular. Those Brazil players were a disgrace to their country ... it was not a case of Germany being brilliant ... Brazil were hopeless.

[AP]

Damn , i am speechless
It was a massacre