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World Cup - Two-goal Neymar fires Brazil to controversial opening win
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| June 13, 2014
| Eurosport
Posted on 06/13/2014 1:58:16 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
Neymar saved Brazil's blushes as a controversial late penalty saw him strike a double to give the hosts a 3-1 win over Croatia.
The Barcelona forward converted a hotly disputed spot-kick 19 minutes from time after Fred tumbled under minimal contact from Dejan Lovren.
It capped a superb night for the 22-year-old on a personal level as he marked his 50th cap for his country by drilling in a low 25-yard effort just shy of the half hour after Niko Kovac's side had silenced a buoyant home crowd.
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KEYWORDS: worldcup2014
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To: BeadCounter
Gana El Tricolor. Uno-Cero.
Great save by the Mexican goalkeeper on that header by Cameroon in the last 10 minutes.
I think Mexico stands a chance against the Host Brazil, in the last 25 years, Mexico has won a few vs. the Samba Boys while still being on the end of some lopsided losses.
To: BeadCounter
Mexico won its game in Group B 1-0.
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posted on
06/13/2014 11:03:53 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
Group A for the record.
Group B
Australia, Chile, Netherlands, Spain
No biggie.
To: Churchillspirit
And now Spain gets a penalty kick for nothing!
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posted on
06/13/2014 12:27:14 PM PDT
by
cartan
To: cartan
What a goal by Van Persie.
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posted on
06/13/2014 12:45:58 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: goldstategop
Whoopee, Meh-Hee-Co beat one of the worst teams in the tournament by only one goal. Color me unimpressed, Croatia will kill them.
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posted on
06/13/2014 12:46:54 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Yes, very well done. At first, I thought it was offside, but it wasn’t.
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posted on
06/13/2014 12:52:08 PM PDT
by
cartan
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
06/13/2014 12:52:58 PM PDT
by
Textide
To: Berlin_Freeper
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posted on
06/13/2014 1:10:13 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: cartan
Nice, typical Robben goal.
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posted on
06/13/2014 1:10:29 PM PDT
by
cartan
To: Berlin_Freeper
Robben looked like Bergkamp on that one.
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posted on
06/13/2014 1:11:04 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Berlin_Freeper
And the award for best actor goes to... I disagree. His arm was hooked while he was off balance.
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posted on
06/13/2014 1:14:13 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
06/13/2014 1:20:03 PM PDT
by
Dagnabitt
(Amnesty is Treason. Its agents are Traitors.)
To: dfwgator
And van Persie scores again. 3-1 Dutchmen.
To: Dagnabitt
Hup! 3-1.
Spain suddenly looks like an old team.
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posted on
06/13/2014 1:22:08 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: dfwgator
Now the Dutch get a goal that wasn’t.
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posted on
06/13/2014 1:22:43 PM PDT
by
cartan
To: cartan
Definitely looked like Van Persie interfered there.
Is FIFA using the former NFL replacement referees?
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posted on
06/13/2014 1:24:01 PM PDT
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dfwgator
To: cartan
Correct offside call on a Spanish non-goal.
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posted on
06/13/2014 1:25:03 PM PDT
by
cartan
To: dfwgator
Oh well, the refs suck everywhere, except a small number of good ones. People here are always discussing whether there should be professional refs that do nothing but practicing refereeing (how?) every day. I don’t know if it would help.
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posted on
06/13/2014 1:28:24 PM PDT
by
cartan
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