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Post by: IORI™ on June 14, 2014, 01:52:36 PM
Post by: tonistork on June 14, 2014, 02:01:27 PM
Malakas ang host team at may bago silang superstar, si #10 Neymar Da Silva who played professionally at FC Barcelona and he's only 22 years old.
Malakas din ang Netherlands, tinambakan nila ang defending champion Spain sa unang game nila, 5-1.
Post by: Zurca on June 14, 2014, 04:06:50 PM
Neymar lit the fireworks for Brazil's World Cup party to begin in earnest after inspiring victory for the host nation in the tournament's opening match against Croatia.
Neymar, Brazil's Barcelona talisman, proved the key for the 3-1 victory in a sparkling -- and controversial -- match that may well set the tone for a World Cup of thrills and skills.
Each Brazil goal, two scored by Neymar -- the second after a dubious penalty won by Fred -- and a third by Oscar was greeted by a flurry of fireworks bursting across the Sao Paulo skyline.
Croatia had had the impertinence to take the game to the hosts -- and score first courtesy of an own goal by Marcelo but the drive of Brazil not to fail on such an occasion proved decisive.
This was a game brimming with breathtaking technical skill, and not just from Brazil.
All eyes had been on the green and gold shirts in the days beforehand, but inspired by Luka Modric, it was those in red and white checks who had by far the better of the opening exchanges.
Croatia, displaying their own technical gifts, gave fair warning when Ivan Perisic's perceptive cross was met by his Wolfsburg team-mate Ivica Olic with a powerful downward header. Brazil held its collective breath but it bounced up past the angle.
That relief turned to dismay in the 11th minute as Olic took advantage of some wide open space down the left to fire in a cross that nicked off Nikica Jelavic's instep and bounced off the bewildered Marcelo to roll into the net.
"I stayed calm because if I let myself get down I would have hurt the team," Marcelo said. "It's not the first time that this has happened, so you have to stay relaxed to help the team."
This started to look serious: Brazil, the only country to play in every World Cup, were in danger of becoming the first host nation to lose their opening match unless it raised its game.
As it turned out, the shock of going behind was electrifying. Brazil began to attacked with gusto, Neymar's wonderful feet at the centre of the action.
The influence of Chelsea's Oscar began to grow, and his dangerous cross hung temptingly in the air but Neymar's acrobatic attempt failed to make the right contact.
Oscar then tried himself, bringing a terrific save from Stipe Pletikosa as the ball seemed to be curling into his top right-hand corner.
It was time for Neymar to take centre stage, after being only booked for what looked a forearm smash on Modric, he struck the equaliser in the 29th minute. Oscar was deeply involved in the build-up and though it may not have been the cleanest strike Neymar has ever hit, his shot went through the legs of a defender and in off the post.
The darkening skies around the Arena Corinthians lit up as a nation celebrated.
"It's important to start these tournaments with the right foot, with a victory," Neymar said. "I'm happy that I got to score, but the entire team deserves credit. We maintained our calm and showed we could battle back."
Croatia's touch deserted them, the task suddenly seemed too daunting, and there was a heady air of expectation among the home fans.
Into the second half and Brazil took a more patient approach, putting Croatia under increasing pressure.
Dani Alves fired a free-kick too high after Vedran Corluka had crudely chopped down Neymar, then Oscar picked out David Luiz but he couldn't keep his header down.
Then came the controversy. Fred manoeuvred for the ball in the Croatia penalty area, and Southampton centre-back Dejan Lovren laid barely a finger on his shoulder for the Brazil striker to fling himself down. Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura awarded the softest of spot-kicks, dispatched by Neymar despite Pletikosa getting his fingers to it.
"If that was a penalty, we should be playing basketball. Those kinds of fouls are penalized there," Croatia coach Niko Kovac said. "That is shameful, this is not a World Cup referee. He had one kind of criteria for them and another for us. The rules were not the same."
Croatia tried to respond, and had the ball in the net only for Olic to be penalised for a hefty challenge on keeper Julio Cesar, and it was left to Oscar to surprise Pletikosa with a steered finish with the toe of his boot to send the hosts into raptures.
"The team didn't give up," Brazil defender David Luiz said. "We knew it would be hard but we played well and got that first goal and then the victory."
From ESPN FC (http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/match/383303/brazil-croatia/report)
Oribe Peralta nets winner for Mexico (June 14, 2014)
Mexico got their World Cup campaign off to a perfect start with a 1-0 win over Cameroon -- but again the officials took much of the limelight.
The winner came just after the hour through Oribe Peralta, Mexico's top-scorer in qualifying, who pounced on the loose ball after Charles Itandje had saved well from Giovani dos Santos to slot into the empty net.
But Mexico should already have been well in control of the match, with Dos Santos having two goals wrongly ruled out for offside before the break. Replays showed he was behind the last defender when latching onto a cross to fire home. And then he was adjudged offside from a corner when the ball had flicked off the head of a Cameroon player.
"We could have scored more, but unfortunately we're not used to these conditions,'' Mexico coach Miguel Herrera said. "Frankly, the refereeing took away two clear goals, but at the end of the day you've got to work for it, and we get to the next match with three points and very high spirits."
Cameroon almost snatched a last-gasp equaliser but Guillermo Ochoa saved well from a firm Benjamin Moukandjo header.
Mexico join Brazil on three points at the top of the group, after the hosts beat Croatia 3-1 in the curtain-raiser on Thursday in which the referee came in for much criticism.
Both Mexico and Cameroon had entered the competition with question marks over their readiness.
Mexico -- having had four coaches in the past year and only qualifying via a playoff against New Zealand -- boasted little form having lost recent friendlies to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Portugal.
And Cameroon's preparations had been chaotic with the squad arriving in Brazil a day later than planned after a row over bonuses with their national federation. The African players had also been under fire from their fans and media after failing to accept a symbolic flag from their prime minister.
Those issues seemed to be hampering Cameroon as they started poorly and rarely threatened to improve upon a record that has seen them win just once at a World Cup finals since 1990.
Mexico quickly made an impression with Miguel Layun firing over and Hector Herrera shooting at former Liverpool goalkeeper Itandje from distance.
The first moment of controversy came when Dos Santos brilliantly turned in a cross from Herrera on the volley only to see a flag raised. Replays suggested the striker had been unlucky, although it was a marginal call.
Eric Choupo-Moting put the ball in the net as Cameroon finally started to show some life, but there was little doubt about the offside decision that denied him.
In a good spell for Cameroon, Tottenham's Benoit Assou-Ekotto charged down the left to tee up Samuel Eto'o but the Chelsea forward's shot grazed the post.
Choupo-Moting was unlucky again when he headed straight at Ochoa and Mexico eventually scrambled clear.
Cameroon's purple patch proved brief and Mexico were denied by a flag again when Dos Santos stooped to head in from a Layun corner. The ball was diverted into his path by Choupo-Moting and not flicked on by a Mexico teammate, leading to more furious appeals from the El Tri players.
The first half ended with Stephane Mbia escaping a booking for connecting with a forearm to the head of Alex Song. It was one of a number of robust challenges which Roldan dealt with leniently.
Mexico maintained their tempo after the break and Peralta was denied by a good Itanjde block.
Cameroon's next chance came from a set-piece as Assou-Ekotto had a free-kick deflected narrowly wide.
Mexico deservedly made their breakthrough just after the hour. Dos Santos raced through but was denied again, this time by Itanjde, but Peralta seized on the rebound to stroke the ball home.
"I want to score as many goals as possible," Peralta said, "to take advantage of every opportunity that I get because I want to be a world champion again.''
Peralta made way for Hernandez soon after as Mexico looked to his fresh legs to make the win secure.
Cameroon also made a forward change as they searched for an equaliser, sending on striker Pierre Webo for former Arsenal midfielder Song.
Rafael Marquez blocked a shot from Choupo-Moting and Francisco Rodriquez needed to stretch to intercept as Eto'o threatened.
Ochoa then did well to keep out Moukandjo's header but Hernandez should have made it 2-0 when he missed the target in injury time.
The loss leaves Cameroon needing a victory over group rival Croatia before closing first-round play against Brazil.
"We have five days to recover,'' Cameroon coach Volker Finke said. "We will analyse this together because the match against Croatia is very important if we want to stay alive."
From ESPN FC (http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/match/383302/mexico-cameroon/report)
Holders routed by Dutch (June 14, 2014)
Dutch maestros Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben inspired the Netherlands to a stunning, unthinkable 5-1 win over defending champions Spain in a thrilling encounter that will go down in World Cup history.
The Dutch -- coached by incoming Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal -- avenged their defeat by the same opponents in the 2010 final in outrageous style, with four unanswered goals in an irresistible second-half display in Salvador.
Van Persie and Robben scored two apiece, with each man's first a minor classic in its own right. Defender Stefan de Vrij scored his side's third.
Vicente Del Bosque's side, who also lost their opener against Switzerland four years ago, had actually taken the lead through Xabi Alonso's disputed penalty -- a lead they held until Van Persie's instinctive flying header levelled matters just before the break.
After that, the Netherlands were rampant, laying a big marker down for the remainder of the tournament and raising the prospect of a Brazil-Spain second-round clash.
The Netherlands should have taken the lead after just eight minutes, but Wesley Sneijder botched a wonderful opening.
Robben produced the pass that sent Sneijder bearing in on goal but he snatched at his lofted shot and allowed Iker Casillas to thrust his right glove up and make the save. Spain rallied quickly from that scare and soon began to stamp themselves on the game.
By 20 minutes the Dutch were being dictated to by Xavi, Iniesta, David Silva and Xabi Alonso, with Ron Vlaar producing at least two desperate blocks.
The controversial penalty followed in the 26th minute, starting with Xavi's beautifully weighted pass for Costa.
He surged into the area and took two touches before turning De Vrij, who appeared in real time to trip him.
By the time Xabi Alonso had buried the spot-kick, replays showed Costa apparently initiating contact.
The Netherlands responded positively but needed Jasper Cillessen to paw clear Silva's instinctive lob after a glorious pass from Iniesta in the 43rd minute.
That paved the way for Van Persie's leveller, the Manchester United man reading the space perfectly as he leapt to head Daley Blind's hanging cross high over the helpless Casillas.
The reaction was rampant, not least from the high-fiving Van Gaal on the touchline.
"It was a great goal, I have to be fair," Van Persie said. "Considering the circumstances, it must be the goal of my career."
The celebrations were even better eight minutes into the second half, when a piece of Robben magic gave them the lead.
Van Persie's chip picked out his team-mate, but he had plenty still to do as he controlled the ball brilliantly with the outside of his boot before turning Gerard Pique and Sergio Ramos, converting with a slight deflection off the latter.
Things might have unravelled completely for the holders had the referee spotted Costa's apparent headbutt on Bruno Martins Indi, but the incident went unseen.
There was no holding the Netherlands back, though, Van Persie cracking a volley against the crossbar on the hour before De Vrij made it 3-1 from Sneijder's curling free-kick.
Casillas came to claim but failed, with De Vrij on hand to bundle home at the far post.
The pace only increased from there, Silva's close-range finish chalked off for offside before the Netherlands extended their lead to three in the 72nd minute.
Casillas was wholly culpable this time, turning a harmless back pass into one dreadful touch and an open goal for the alert Van Persie.
Robben completed Spain's misery with 10 minutes left, collecting Sneijder's pass and then reducing Casillas and his defenders to a floundering mess as he made room for an emphatic finish. The Netherlands might have scored two more had they been more clinical, and Spain's Fernando Torres made a woeful blunder from close range, but their statement was already well made.
"They were better than us in the second half, you have to recognize that,'' Del Bosque said. "It's a delicate moment for us. We need to find solutions now."
From ESPN FC (http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/match/383301/spain-netherlands/report)
Beausejour wraps up win (June 14, 2014)
Chile held off an Australia fightback to open their World Cup campaign with a 3-1 win over the battling Socceroos in Cuiaba.
The South Americans had threatened a rout after goals from Alexis Sanchez and Jorge Valdivia in a whirlwind opening 15 minutes at the Arena Pantanal.
But Australia, the Group B outsiders, showed fighting spirit to reply through inspirational veteran Tim Cahill and they went close to equalising before Jean Beausejour secured the points in stoppage time.
pain's surprise hammering earlier in the day potentially opened up a route through the group for the highly rated Chileans, and they began as if it were all too easy.
Australia, by contrast, were ragged and cut open with regularity in the early stages. Their goal was breached for the first time in the 12th minute.
Challenges were few and far between as Sanchez found Charles Aranguiz and he was allowed to cross for Eduardo Vargas.
Vargas failed to make clean contact with his header but Australia failed to clear and Sanchez calmly picked his spot and lashed home from six yards.
Chile doubled their lead less than two minutes later as they powerfully swept forward once again.
Sanchez brilliantly turned Mile Jedinak and raced into space as Vargas drew the defence with a well-timed run.
He picked out Valdivia on the edge of the box and the finish, into the roof of the net, was clinical.
"Early on, we were probably just overawed by the whole thing," Australia coach Ange Postecoglou said. "In the end, we gave away a two-goal start and that's what killed us."
The game seemed beyond Australia at that early stage and Chile looked likely to increase their lead as they maintained their tempo for much of the opening half-hour.
But Australia gradually began to settle and Cahill dragged them back into the game with a trademark header.
Chile captain and goalkeeper Claudio Bravo invited pressure with a poor clearance. His defence did appear to repel any threat but Ivan Franjic won the ball back for Australia, exchanged passes with Mathew Leckie and whipped in a dangerous cross into the area.
Former Everton star Cahill timed his leap perfectly to plant a firm header past Bravo.
The game then opened up considerably.
Mauricio Isla was released by a fine pass from Vidal but was denied by a superb challenge from Jason Davidson.
Early in the second half, Cahill headed past Bravo once again, from a Leckie cross, only to be frustrated by an offside flag.
Bravo produced a brilliant save to keep out a powerful first-time shot from Mark Bresciano from a Davidson cross.
Play switched quickly to the other end where Alex Wilkinson cleared off the line after Vargas dinked the ball over Maty Ryan from another defence-splitting Sanchez pass.
Bresciano continued to get forward from midfield in search of an equaliser and fired wide. Cahill's presence in advanced positions also gave Chile continuing problems.
Cahill appealed for a penalty after going down in a challenge from Gonzalo Jara with two minutes remaining but nothing was given.
The task proved beyond the Socceroos and substitute Beausejour, of Wigan, wrapped up the scoring after Ryan saved from Mauricio Pinilla.
From ESPN FC (http://www.espnfc.com/fifa-world-cup/match/383300/chile-australia/report)
Post by: fayt on June 14, 2014, 05:02:58 PM
2nd goal of RVP result to that.....
anyway... isa talaga sa malakas ang oranje...... RVP and Robben.............
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Post by: fayt on June 15, 2014, 10:36:37 AM
Group A
Brazil W - 1 P = 3
Mexico W - 1 P = 3
Cameroon W - 0 P = 0
Croatia W - 0 P = 0
Group B
Netherlands W - 1 P = 3
Chile W - 1 P = 3
Australia W - 0 P = 0
Spain W - 0 P = 0
Group C
Columbia W - 1 P = 3
Cote D Iviore W - 0 P = 0 - ongoing
Japan W - 0 P = 0 - ongoing
Greece W - 0 P = 0
Group D
Costa Rica W- 1 P = 3
Italy W -1 P = 3
England W - 0 P = 0
Uruguay W - 0 P = 0
Group E
Switzerland - no game
Ecuador - no game
France - no game
Honduras - no game
Group F
Argentina - no game
Bosnia - no game
Iran - no game
Nigeria - no game
Group G
Germany - no game
Portugal - no game
Ghana - no game
USA - no game
Group H
Belgium - no game
Algeria - no game
Russia - no game
Korea - no game
Post by: Ozymandias on June 16, 2014, 12:16:29 AM
Oh Drogba is scary. Haha
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Post by: Ozymandias on June 17, 2014, 01:27:40 PM
>:D
Post by: razorsharp on June 18, 2014, 10:26:11 AM
kahit alam kong wala silang ibabatbat sa Germany hehehe. nasa "group of death" daw sila eh. o well. tapos german pa yung US coach si klinsmann.
Post by: Ozymandias on June 19, 2014, 01:31:20 AM
3-2 Netherlands. GG!
Post by: fayt on June 19, 2014, 06:35:00 AM
good game!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ;D
Post by: tonistork on June 19, 2014, 06:10:19 PM
Another disappointing era of a World Cup defending champion. They are the third straight European defending champion to flop in the group stage. France in 2002 and Italy in 2010.
Post by: dennis magtulis on June 20, 2014, 10:54:08 AM
bet ko is brazil, netherlands and germany ,,pero malaki kumpyansa ng mexico after ng draw nila sa brazil,,too early to predict,,hehe
Post by: IORI™ on June 20, 2014, 12:19:20 PM
England .. out
Portugal .. ?
Taragis labas agad mga heavy weights
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Post by: fayt on June 20, 2014, 03:55:57 PM
but it is nearly impossible for such team as italy.....
Team to beat for now is Germany......
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mali pala....pag draw ang laban talo na ang england
so need pala may manalo then dapat manalo sila sa Costa Rica
Post by: IORI™ on June 21, 2014, 04:39:59 AM
Italy 0 Costa Rica 1
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Post by: tonistork on June 21, 2014, 05:37:29 PM
At nagparamdam din ang France by beating Switzerland, 5-2.
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Post by: fayt on June 24, 2014, 11:38:32 AM
awesome.....
kahit marked nagawa pa rin..... truly world class
Post by: razorsharp on June 24, 2014, 01:18:38 PM
syet, panalo na sana US kundi lang nakabawi Portugal sa last 30 seconds ng laro. O well a draw is better than a loss nga naman.
Post by: fayt on June 25, 2014, 01:36:18 PM
pero Italy is out!
Post by: ThrashMetal on June 26, 2014, 04:53:19 PM
kelan kaya makakasali sa world cup yung philippines.. alisin na sana yung magkapatid na Overrated. Sikat lang. Hindi naman magaling.
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Post by: appleblossomgirl on June 26, 2014, 05:15:40 PM
paggising ko, bago matulog, matches ang pinag uusapan.. haaayy!! :-X
Post by: Heathcliff on June 26, 2014, 07:00:30 PM
The Blue Team ( azurra- Italia ) just arrived this morning from Brazil... Bad season for them... Out na sila .
... Ballotelli cried. And Totti just stared blankly... Nga nga ang peg.
Down goes their SPQR!! Ciao...
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Post by: razorsharp on June 27, 2014, 04:10:01 AM
kahit natalo sila sa germany. o well basta importante pasok ang US; out na ang portugal.
Post by: fayt on June 29, 2014, 10:41:53 AM
Post by: Ozymandias on June 29, 2014, 11:58:46 PM
whoooaaa....... ang galing galing.... muntik muntik na ang brazil ma KO haha
Nung penalty kicks na feeling namin kasama kami sa team at nagkapustahan pa kami. Great game, sobrang physical ng game at akala ko mainjure si Neymar.
Post by: tonistork on July 01, 2014, 06:41:04 PM
Brazil, Netherlands, Germany and France. Sino pa kaya ang uusad sa last 8?
Columbia is the surprise of the tournament at alinman sa manalo sa USA-Belgium.
Post by: dennis magtulis on July 01, 2014, 08:07:27 PM
2 matches that decided by penalty kicks and one match na medyo controversial ung tawag
i'm not a big fan of football pero pag palapit na ung finals dun ako nanonood,,
ung netherlands against Mexico diko na tinapos since 70 mins na and 1-0 pa rin for mexico,,i was expec ting na panalo na sila and kinabukasan I found out na nanalo pa ung mga Dutch,,hehe,,
Post by: Zurca on July 02, 2014, 04:09:37 PM
July 4, 2014 (Friday)
France VS Germany
July 5, 2014 (Saturday)
Brazil VS Columbia
July 8, 2014 (Tuesday)
Argentina VS Belgium
July 9, 2014 (Wednesday)
Netherlands VS Costa Rica
Forecast ko sa semis Brazil vs Germany tapos Argentina vs Netherlands. Sa Finals naman though I'm a Barca fan (maganda din kasi Neymar vs Messi) gusto ko Germany vs Netherlands lol.
Post by: razorsharp on July 03, 2014, 04:01:04 AM
Pero si Howard yung US goalkeeper, naka 16 saves! deymmmm!!! a new world record since 1966.
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nwey - pag piyestahan nalang natin yung mga nag-gagandahang fans na dumayo sa world cup.
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Post by: fayt on July 03, 2014, 11:41:09 AM
lahat kapana panabik ang laro!!! :-X :-X :-X :-X
Post by: dennis magtulis on July 03, 2014, 01:26:11 PM
FIFA World Cup Quarterfinals Schedule:
July 4, 2014 (Friday)
France VS Germany
July 5, 2014 (Saturday)
Brazil VS Columbia
July 8, 2014 (Tuesday)
Argentina VS Belgium
July 9, 2014 (Wednesday)
Netherlands VS Costa Rica
Forecast ko sa semis Brazil vs Germany tapos Argentina vs Netherlands. Sa Finals naman though I'm a Barca fan (maganda din kasi Neymar vs Messi) gusto ko Germany vs Netherlands lol.
same bet tayo sa semis match ups
but in my case it's Brazil vs Netherlands sa finals then Brazil will declared as winner!,,hehe
iba ung homecourt advantage syempre :think:
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Post by: IORI™ on July 05, 2014, 02:26:42 AM
I expected more from pogba on that game vs germany. Nice win for germany though, partida may sakit daw yung ibaYesssssss! Panalo germany
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!! Pero gusto ko din ang france .. hoping for brazil vs. Germany sa finals
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Post by: Jeydycee™ on July 05, 2014, 02:36:09 AM
Yesssssss! Panalo germany
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hahahaha talo naman ko ng 200aed..sa pustahan namin... standby for brazil vs columbia..300aed for brazil..sana makabawi ko!!! haisst,
Post by: crashtest on July 05, 2014, 02:46:16 AM
Wow. Germany becomes the 1st team to advance to 4 straiht World Cup Semifinals.
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Post by: kingjames24szupladoh on July 05, 2014, 06:32:29 AM
Update!! Sino nanalo sa Brazil vs Columbia ?
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eto po sir ,
*Brazil beats Colombia 2-1 and advance to the WorldCup semifinals!
Post by: IORI™ on July 05, 2014, 07:48:50 AM
Thanks utol kingjames24szupladoh!! Ayos na ayos ang laban!!
eto po sir ,
*Brazil beats Colombia 2-1 and advance to the WorldCup semifinals!
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Post by: jamesbond on July 05, 2014, 07:56:14 AM
on July 05, 2014, 02:26:42 AMYesssssss! Panalo germany
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not a long shot of a dream match.... looks like its a done match...
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Post by: kingjames24szupladoh on July 05, 2014, 08:11:19 AM
VIDEO : David Luiz scored the game-winner on a beautiful free-kick See HERE (http://bit.ly/1vH7chy)
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* Breaking : Neymar Jr. has been ruled out of the WorldCup after suffering fractured vertebrae vs. Colombia .
Details: HERE (http://bit.ly/1vHrnMe)
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go Argentina :peace:
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Post by: fayt on July 05, 2014, 04:19:56 PM
naku yare ang brazil neto sa semis.... makakatagal kaya sila sa germany...
i still want germany vs netherland sa finals.....
yun free kick ni luiz...... damn so good!!!!!!!
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Post by: GHOST PROTOCOL on July 06, 2014, 04:32:41 AM
here comes the dutchmen.......and of course these girls......pili na mga ka PT. netherlands or costa rica
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Post by: fayt on July 07, 2014, 12:38:43 PM
buti na lang..... kung hindi sayang pagod ni Robben charging to Costa Rica Defense...
tanong lang kelan ang laban ng semis? Ph time....
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Post by: Zurca on July 09, 2014, 10:28:52 AM
BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil (AP) -- With Neymar out injured, just about everyone in Brazil knew it would be tough against Germany.
Nobody ever expected this.
The Germans tore apart Brazil's porous defense time and time again Tuesday, routing the hosts 7-1 in the World Cup semifinals, the largest margin of defeat at this stage in the history of the tournament.
''We wanted to make the people happy ... unfortunately we couldn't,'' said Brazil defender David Luiz, who had scored in each of the last two matches. ''We apologize to all Brazilians.''
The astounding scoreline is sure to overshadow Miroslav Klose's record-setting 16th career World Cup goal. The strike pushed Klose past Brazil great Ronaldo, who was at the Mineirao Stadium on Tuesday as the Germans advanced to their eighth World Cup final.
Germany will face either Argentina or the Netherlands on Sunday at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro with a chance to win for the fourth time.
Brazil was playing without Neymar, the team's key player and the poster boy for the World Cup. He scored four goals in the group stage, but Brazil's attack seemed to get weaker and weaker as the tournament progressed. The Barcelona striker was ruled out of the tournament with a broken vertebra after getting kneed in the back in the quarterfinal win over Colombia, weakening the sputtering attack even more.
With Neymar sidelined and captain Thiago Silva suspended, the collective hopes of a nation remained high even if expectations were lowered.
The atmosphere at the start of the match was spine-tingling, but the euphoria of the yellow-shirted thousands soon turned to tears as the Germans scored five goals in the first 30 minutes - four of them in a seven-minute span.
''It was very important to stay calm, cool and courageous in facing Brazilian passion,'' Germany coach Joachim Loew said.
The loss matched Brazil's most-lopsided defeat ever, and it's the first time the team has lost in an official competitive match on home soil since 1975, when Peru won 3-1 at the very same stadium in the Copa America. Its last loss at home came in a friendly with Paraguay in 2002.
Previously, Brazil's biggest World Cup loss was 3-0 to France in the 1998 final. In the 1920 the South American championship, the predecessor of the Copa America, Brazil lost 6-0 to Uruguay.
''The responsibility for this catastrophic result is mine,'' Brazil coach Luiz Felipe Scolari said. ''I was in charge.''
It was Germany's biggest World Cup win since routing Saudi Arabia 8-0 in a group match in 2002.
On Tuesday, with Bernard playing as the third striker in the place of Neymar, Brazil attacked from the start. But they failed to get any solid chances, and it wasn't long before the Germans opened up the defense and started the rout.
Toni Kroos and Andre Schuerrle scored two goals each, while Thomas Mueller and Sami Khedira added the others.
Oscar pulled a late goal back for Brazil.
''Brazil was shocked after the goals, they did not expect that. They did not know what to do,'' Loew said. ''Their defense was not organized. A little humbleness would not hurt now.''
Klose scored his record goal in the 23rd minute to make it 2-0. The German had his original shot saved, but he followed up as Brazil goalkeeper Julio Cesar spilled the ball, easily scoring from the rebound.
Kroos scored his first goal in the 25th minute, knocking in a cross from Philipp Lahm that bypassed Mueller in the middle. He made it 4-0 a minute later, beating Cesar after a defensive mistake from Fernandinho left the ball on the feet of Khedira.
Mueller scored the first goal, one-timing a corner from Kroos past Cesar in the 11th minute. Khedira made it 5-0 in the 29th, taking a pass from Mesut Ozil and again beating Cesar.
''Today 10 minutes went wrong in the game and Germany did really well,'' Scolari said. ''It's a chaotic and terrible defeat ... but we have to learn from it.''
Schuerrle, who came on for Klose in the 58th minute, scored from a cross by Lahm in the 69th, and then knocked a shot off the underside of the crossbar and into the net in the 79th.
It's the first time Brazil had allowed five goals in a World Cup match since the 1938 tournament in France, when the team beat Poland 6-5 in extra time.
In previous World Cup semifinal matches, the largest margin of defeat was five goals, occurring on three occasions.
''The German quality is very, very high,'' Scolari said. ''This is not normal.''
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Lineups:
Brazil: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Dante, David Luiz, Marcelo; Luiz Gustavo, Fernandinho (Paulinho, 46), Oscar; Bernard, Fred (Willian, 69), Hulk (Ramires, 46).
Germany: Manuel Neuer; Philipp Lahm, Mats Hummels (Per Mertesacker, 46), Jerome Boateng, Benedikt Hoewedes; Sami Khedira (Julian Draxler, 76), Bastian Schweinsteiger, Toni Kroos, Mesut Ozil, Thomas Mueller; Miroslav Klose (Andre Schuerrle, 58).
From Y! Sports (https://sports.yahoo.com/news/germany-leads-brazil-5-0-204932131--sow.html)
Post by: tonistork on July 09, 2014, 12:51:53 PM
Ito na ang most lopsided semifinal win sa kasaysayan ng FIFA World Cup. And the worst beating of football power Brazil sa teritoryo nila.
Pag nanalo ang Team Orange sa Argentina, aba'y nagkatotoo ang bolang kristal ko, nya ha ha ha.
Post by: fayt on July 09, 2014, 01:12:04 PM
Germany obliterate BRAZIL............. though expected ko naman na Germany ang mananalo, hindi ko ineexpect na 7-1.. Kung nandyan si Neymar baka 3-1 lang ang pagkapanalo nila
though i feel sorry for Neuer for conceding a goal.... Such effort for Neuer in keeping clean sheet against Brazil....
Mas exciting mamaya Argentina vs Netherland dahil 55-45 lang ang status ng 2...
Post by: razorsharp on July 09, 2014, 03:33:11 PM
sabi nga ng commentator, if this is a boxing match matagal nang ini-stop ng referee yung laban to save brazil from further punishment. oo nga naman.
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Post by: GHOST PROTOCOL on July 10, 2014, 08:42:52 AM
here we go. pustahan na kung sino mananalo. basta ako dito pupusta sa dalawang to
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Post by: Zurca on July 10, 2014, 09:02:13 AM
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Goalkeeper Sergio Romero saved two penalties Wednesday to send Argentina into the World Cup final with a 4-2 shootout win over the Netherlands after the game finished in a 0-0 stalemate.
A day after Germany lit up the World Cup with its clinical 7-1 destruction of host Brazil, the Netherlands and Argentina could not manage a goal between them in 120 minutes before the shootout.
Romero - thought to be a weak link in this Argentine team and not even a starter for his Monaco club most of last season - blocked penalties by Ron Vlaar and Wesley Sneijder. For Argentina, Lionel Messi, Ezequiel Garay, Sergio Aguero and Maxi Rodriguez all converted their spot kicks.
''It's luck, that's the truth. You can dive (the right way) and not make it, like happened to their goalkeeper,'' Romero said. ''I had confidence, thank God things turned out well.''
In a matchup of two of football's powerhouse nations, two-time champion Argentina will play three-time winner Germany in Sunday's final at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
That means an extra bitter end to the tournament for Brazilians, who will have to watch their fiercest rivals play for the world title in their most hallowed stadium against a team that humiliated their nation in the semifinals.
It was the second straight penalty shootout following a 0-0 draw for the Dutch. Against Costa Rica in the quarterfinals, coach Louis van Gaal brought on substitute goalkeeper Tim Krul in the last seconds of extra time to replace Jasper Cillessen and Krul saved two spot kicks.
This time, Van Gaal had used up all three substitutions by the end of extra time and Cillessen had to face the shootout. Van Gaal said he would have made the same keeper swap if he'd had a substitution left.
The young Ajax goalkeeper got a hand to Rodriguez's decisive powerful shot, but could only deflect it into the roof of the net, and then collapsed onto his knees and sank onto his back. Krul walked across the pitch to console him.
Van Gaal said he even had a hand in Romero's heroics, having trained him at AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch league.
''Penalties are always a matter of luck,'' he said. ''And I taught Romero how to stop penalties so that hurts.''
Many of Argentina's players stripped off their shirts in the rain at the Itaquerao Stadium and danced in front of their fans.
Argentina reached its fifth final, and its first in 24 years. It won the title in 1978 - beating the Dutch - and in 1986. It lost the championship matches in 1930 and 1990. It played West Germany in both the '86 and '90 finals.
The Netherlands, which has never won the World Cup, was seeking to reach its fourth final.
The tournament's second semifinal had been billed as a showdown between Messi and Arjen Robben, but both star dribblers were subdued. Instead it was midfield controllers Nigel de Jong and Javier Mascherano who stood out as both sides' defenses marked two of the World Cup's biggest stars out of the game.
When Robben finally broke free in stoppage time, Mascherano's perfectly timed sliding tackle blocked his shot at the near post.
De Jong, who recovered from a groin injury to start, lasted just over an hour before being replaced by Feyenoord midfielder Jordy Clasie, who made his World Cup debut.
After scoring 10 goals in three group matches, the Dutch scoring dried up in the knockout rounds. The team managed two late strikes against Mexico but failed to find the net before eliminating Costa Rica in the quarterfinal shootout.
''The issue in a championship like this one is that you score one more goal than your opponent, which we didn't do,'' Van Gaal said, ''We didn't create very much.''
Argentina also has found goals hard to come by in Brazil, not winning any of its matches by more than a one-goal margin and recording back-to-back 1-0 wins over Switzerland and Belgium in the knockout stages.
The two sides' attacking impotence was highlighted by a 73rd-minute free kick by Messi from the right corner that sailed over everybody and out of play. Dirk Kuyt followed suit a minute later by sending a long ball off the other end of the pitch.
Argentina tried to finish the match in the second half of extra time, but when the chances came Rodrigo Palacio headed tamely at Cillessen and Maxi Rodriguez mishit a volley.
''Argentina didn't create very many opportunities, if any,'' Van Gaal said. ''So there was a balance in the match.''
From Y! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/netherlands-holds-argentina-0-0-204955951--sow.html)
Post by: fayt on July 10, 2014, 11:16:24 AM
konti lang ang atake sa penalty area at masyado sila conscious sa mga galaw....
sayang, netherlands pa naman sana ako...
pero sa finals... argentina ako dahil sila ang underdog sa laban... Nandyan pa naman si Messi, aasa pa ako sa kanya...
pustahan? hehehehe :suka3: :suka3:
Post by: GHOST PROTOCOL on July 11, 2014, 05:38:43 AM
heto na. FINALS. choose your side. ang saya saya nito. maglalaban ang mga corned beef at mga sausage
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hmmmm. kanino kayang dasal ang papakinggan? ang kay pope benedict na german or ang kay pope francis na argentine?
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Post by: tonistork on July 11, 2014, 09:40:45 PM
Mas masarap lumaklak ng German beer at ang pulutan mo eh brazilian corned beef, hindi 'argentina'. :)) :))
Post by: fayt on July 11, 2014, 11:01:35 PM
Im a messi fan pero im rooting for klose, mueller and the rest of ger team, they deserve it.
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yeah... powerhouse ang line up ng germans kaya yamado sa laban ang germans... hope may magic na manyare hehehe
muka sa 3rd place pagbibigyan ng netherland ang brazil, para hindi tuluyan mapahiya ang host country hehehe....
Post by: GHOST PROTOCOL on July 12, 2014, 05:50:08 AM
kaninong dasal kaya ang mas malakas at papakinggan? kay german pope or kay argentine pope.
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Post by: GHOST PROTOCOL on July 14, 2014, 02:13:50 AM
so here we go. the world cup finals. who will win the cup? hmmmm lets see. who has the biggest CUP. lol
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Post by: aDiDas on July 14, 2014, 05:37:49 AM
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RIO DE JANEIRO – Germany became World Cup champion for the fourth time on Sunday night, and the first European team in history to clinch soccer's greatest prize on South American soil.
It did so courtesy of a winner deep into extra time from substitute Mario Goetze, who displayed a brilliant piece of skill to decide a contest of outstanding quality.
Goetze took a pass from the left from Andre Schurrle in the 113th minute of action, trapped it on his chest and swiveled it past Sergio Romero and into the Argentina net. The goal proved to be enough to give Germany a 1-0 victory.
"For us, it really is a dream come true," Goetze said. "I'm more than happy and I'm happy with the team and what happened here in Brazil. I guess it's more or less indescribable how I feel. It is absolutely sensational."
For the second World Cup final in a row scores were level after 90 minutes, but unlike when Spain beat the Netherlands four years ago this was no snoozefest.
It was tense and cagey and royally entertaining. And it was sealed by a 22-year-old who had come on as substitute for Miroslav Klose with just two minutes of regulation time remaining.
Goetze's strike was the first time Argentina had trailed in the entire tournament and sent his nation into delirium, securing its first world title since 1990.
For Argentina it was agony. Lionel Messi and his team came so close but it wasn't enough. In the end, the Germans were too strong, too clinical, and in every way the best all-round collection of players at this event.
While Goetze's goal was the only score of the evening there was action, flow, chances aplenty and a spectacle the sport could be proud of. The finishing was poor, but the quality of play was outstanding.
Argentina had the best early chance, the kind that leaves forwards holding their head if they miss them. This time the unfortunate man was Gonzalo Higuain, who was sent through by an ill-conceived backward header from Germany's Toni Kroos. But Higuain scuffed his shot completely with only Manuel Neuer to beat.
Soon after Higuain did manage to put the ball in the net, to the temporary delight of the Argentinean support, only for it to be correctly whistled back for offside.
Germany's possession game was slick and sharp but missing a little extra ingredient. Sami Khedira had been ruled out through a late injury, then his replacement Christoph Kramer went down with a sickening head clash midway through the first half, bringing Schurrle into the fray.
The Germans should have gone ahead on the stroke of halftime, with Benedikt Howedes surging forward to aim a powerful header at goal, only for his effort to crash against the post with Romero beaten.
While Messi toiled and teased in the second half it was Germany that was taking control and Toni Kroos, one of the players of the tournament, marked an uncharacteristically sloppy display with a tame shot with nine minutes of normal time to go.
Extra time sometimes gets bogged down into cagey stalemate, but not so on this occasion. In the very first minute of the additional period, Schurrle's strike on target had to be pushed away by Romero to quicken pulses on both sides.
The pace did not slacken, not a bit. It was relentless; Sergio Aguero broke clear at the other end and foolishly tried to shoot from an angle instead of cutting back, while substitute Rodrigo Palacio, on for Higuain, went clear minutes later but skewed his attempted lob over Neuer but wide of net.
Penalties had been used as a decisive factor in the World Cup final just twice before – when Brazil beat Italy at the Rose Bowl in 1994 and when Italy defeated France following Zinedine Zidane's infamous headbutt in 2006.
Just when potential takers were being discussed around the iconic Maracana Stadium it was time for Goetze, one of Europe's most heralded youngsters, to step up. He stepped quickly to move clear of the defense, with balance to steady himself – and forwards, into history.
"I told them before the match that you will have to give more, more than you've ever given before, to achieve something you've never achieved before," German coach Joachim Loew said. "And that is to take the Cup home."
From Y! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/mario-gotze-hands-germany-world-cup-title-213617048.html)
Post by: fayt on July 14, 2014, 12:45:04 PM
tsk tsk ilan minutes na lang nag lapse pa ang defense ng argentina..
pinabayaan on 2 on 1 situation... syang.. kala ko another PK shootout ang manyayare ehh...
sayang walang pumusta sa akin eh argentina ako...
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Post by: jamesbond on July 14, 2014, 08:16:18 PM
so it's my bet after all.... the Germans nailed it....
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