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A Flying Header, Plus 15 Other Awesome Photos From Day 2 of the World Cup
The Tico Times ^ | 6/13/2014 | Lindsay Fendt

Posted on 06/14/2014 12:15:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Host Brazil kicked off the 2014 World Cup on Thursday with a 3-1 win over Croatia. Three more matches took place today (with four slated for Saturday, including Costa Rica vs. Uruguay at 1 p.m.). Here are the best shots from all of Friday’s games.

See the full schedule for the group stage of the World Cup here.

Group A: Mexico vs. Cameroon

After having their first two goals disallowed, Mexico finally got one that counted in the second half against Cameroon. El Tri then held on for the 1-0 victory.

Group B: Spain vs. Netherlands

The Netherlands got their revenge on Spain in this rematch of the 2010 World Cup final. While Spain struck first on a penalty, the Dutch responded with five unanswered goals to take the 5-1 victory. Netherlands’ first goal, an astounding diving header by Robin Van Persie, might be the best goal anyone will see all tournament.

Group B: Chile vs. Australia

Chile came out with two quick goals in the first half, but then the Chileans found themselves having to hang on against the lowest ranked team in the World Cup. Australia got one goal back, and missed a few chances to equalize before Chile broke through again late to finish off the Socceroos, 3-1.


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To: Berlin_Freeper

Looking forward to Italy - England, a rumble-in-the-jungle.


41 posted on 06/14/2014 4:55:21 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
England vs Italy to be most bet on match in UK history
ENGLAND fans have put their money where their mouth is for tomorrow's World Cup opener against Italy with the match expected to have a record £40million riding on it.

Can Brazilian monkey Oliver predict outcome of England vs Italy
When we tasked him with picking a winner in England’s opening group match against Italy on Saturday, he sided with the Azzurri.

Striding onto the platform with confidence, it looked a sure bet he was going to pick Roy Hodgson’s young outfit.

He even had a quick sniff of the St George’s flag before deciding it best to sit down and give it some more thought.

Not one but two scratches of the backside later and there was a change of heart.

You could almost see the cogs of his mind twirling, thinking: “No, no. With Pirlo pulling the strings in midfield and Balotelli’s strength up front, they’ve got this in the bag. The boot-shaped country it is!”

And with his prediction of a win for the 2006 World Cup champions, he devoured his well-earned grape in reward.

42 posted on 06/14/2014 5:03:50 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
▶ World Cup Team Profile: COLOMBIA - YouTube
▶ World Cup Team Profile: GREECE - YouTube

▶ World Cup Team Profile: URUGUAY - YouTube
▶ World Cup Team Profile: COSTA RICA - YouTube

▶ World Cup Team Profile: ENGLAND - YouTube
▶ World Cup Team Profile: ITALY - YouTube

▶ World Cup Team Profile: CÔTE D'IVOIRE - YouTube
▶ World Cup Team Profile: JAPAN - YouTube

43 posted on 06/14/2014 5:20:01 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Wow! Spectacular goal. That's the thing that soccer has that no other sport does --eye-popping plays.

Didn't get to see much of yesterday's games. I keep catching the Cameroon/Mexico match, but haven't been able to see highlights of this game.

The Socceroos played a good game against Chile. I liked their attack. It was a closer game than the score indicated.

44 posted on 06/14/2014 5:20:33 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

He called it a “lob” header...


45 posted on 06/14/2014 5:21:21 AM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
England v Italy

I'm taking the family to the beach today. They have no idea how much I want to see this game. To them, it's like missing a mid-season baseball game. At least I can catch the replay, and the night game.

46 posted on 06/14/2014 5:24:40 AM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: nickcarraway

48 hours of play and 16 seconds of action.


49 posted on 06/14/2014 6:25:51 AM PDT by csmusaret (Will remove Obama-Biden bumperstickers for $10)
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To: biff

If you don’t care about it, why even read this thread ... much less post on it. You’re like one of those anti-Christian atheists that’s always going on and on against something they don’t believe in anyway.

If you don’t like the game, go away.


50 posted on 06/14/2014 6:26:47 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: P-Marlowe

So you relate soccer to abortion? Okay.

Grow up and let soccer fans discuss World Cup.


53 posted on 06/14/2014 6:56:11 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Grow up.


55 posted on 06/14/2014 7:04:20 AM PDT by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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Colombia vs. Greece is on ABC this morning, they play in Belo Horizonte, that is where the USA defeated England in 1950; historically speaking.

http://www.gazzetta.it/?refresh_ce Gazzetta in Italian,
http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Coupe-du-monde/Saison-2014/ L’equipe in French, all of the major news outlets cover the sport. Every country practically. CBC, Canada is surely in on the act.

The thing with Spanish and Univision is that they are passionate about it.

Spanish-speaking countries in the World Cup would seem to be a good portion of them percentage-wise, 3 in yesterday’s 3 games, Mexico, Spain, Chile. Uruguay and Costa Rica square off today, both Spanish-speaking. Colombia obviously.

It looks like every group except the USA’s group G has a Spanish speaking nation.


57 posted on 06/14/2014 7:39:23 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: Berlin_Freeper
A Chilean player admitted to cheating as star-struck Australia suffered stage fright in a galling opening World Cup loss.

Yet, Cahill praises reknown cheat Thierry Henry??

58 posted on 06/14/2014 7:54:24 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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And for Henry, in case people don’t know, the handball to deny Ireland a chance to go to the World Cup in 2010 along with the dive by Henry in 2006 vs. Spain. In other words, there is plenty of cheating to go around, some teams are much worse offenders, some are probably relatively clean such as Australia and hopefully our USA but at what price? Losing?


59 posted on 06/14/2014 7:56:41 AM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: melsec

Aussies showed a lot of fight after getting down two early. As an Everton fan, it was great to see Cahill score.


60 posted on 06/14/2014 8:03:05 AM PDT by dfwgator
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