After much waiting, it's finally here. The FIFA World Cup 2014, held all across Brazil, begins with the eight groups of four teams that have qualified across the globe over the last few years. Of course the first match of the tournament involves the hosts Brazil going up against Croatia but this is only the start - the group stages go on for two weeks with the top two teams of each group qualifying for the knock out stages over two or three matches being played every day one after the other. With the altitude and temperature of South America to deal with just as much as the squads' talents, we could be in for some upsets and surprises as teams from all over are welcomed by the football-mad country of Brazil. Will they and their youthful squad succeed as hosts? Can Spain breeze through a potentially awkward group on their way to retaining the World Cup? Will England be as dismal as everyone seems to expect? To quote Alan Partridge; the proof is in the pudding, and the pudding, in this case, is football.
World Cup group stages
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World Cup!
"He's always been my hero growing up, even though he's older than me" - riiiiiight, lee dixon...
There's a Tooned-esque thing on ITV1 right now!
Opening ceremony on now.
(It's a bit boring so far)
Hi all er Lukeh
Another person, woah :)
Gosh this is terrible!
When's the football?
Very weird opening ceremony
I enjoyed hearing nothing
Sound was abysmal
Formula E advert!
hey all, i gave up on le mans practice, thought i'd hang here for a bit :)
you missed the "opening" "ceremony" ;)
Hi Mr C
reading back, i appear to have missed a cracker.
it was quite something!
you only just landed and you're already in the comments!
Weird, not special with lousy sound
That was 5 hours ago
It had walking brocolli and a giant chocolate orange
:)
loving the bbc's live page.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/27440803
Would be nice if ITV discussed the game that is happening tonight
the beeb world feed + 5live discussion is much better (on the page linked above)
they have people getting off the bus and everything.
Much more sidepodcast style
england england england
Graham Taylor Aldi ad. I have no words
Is every former England manager signed up to do ads?
Oh wow
Peter Smith @Redpeter99
ITV have just invented the build down. The closer the match is the less exciting it's becoming. #WorldCup2014
Kick off in 45 minutes
i was just thinking how far away it feels!
They hired Adrian Chiles. Everything he touches goes badly
Hello. I'm not sure I should cross the streams but I have footie on the telly on Le Mans on the browsers.
Hi Steven how was Canadia?
guess who's at the stadium?
http://instagram.com/p/pJ9WuVIOaD/
Fabulous and very hot. I need to watch the race now to find out what we missed
There's our F1 connection :)
Everyone has to try onion rings and honey. Incredible. Will never eat an onion ring without it again
Excellent, it looked like fun.
I really wish our final breakfast in Toronto had been televised. Never laughed so much
Almost time for actual football!
That sounds like it doesn't work.
Kaka has some killer sideburns.
I mean obviously it does or you wouldn't like it, but it sounds like a thing that wouldn't
When Bassano and Matt told me about it I assumed it was beer related but it really is fabulous
Time for the glorious Brazilian anthem
Blimey, never seen a non musical anthem sang like that before!
stunning.
National anthems then line up round the centre cirlce to release doves?
doves have gone rouge.
quality looks good on itv hd :)
flawless here.
just had a flashback to the last football live commenting. the most boring commentator in football has retired now, right?
Close from Croatia..
great cross
who was that? My mind escapes me :(
dunno, but he was grumpy about everything.
Can't remember
Mark lawrenson? or Alan Hansen? They were both bloody miserable
are they still commentating?
It was Lawrenson
Loved the quick free kick from Neymar
urm.. lawro still does sometimes. hansen was more a pundit but he's retired from match of the day.
Oooooooooohh
what?!
Brazil score the first goal of the tournament!
(just the wrong way)
hehehe
haha, oops
Unlucky actually, deflection hit it into him
Early goal always good though, gets the game going :)
Probably the best thing that could happen to Brazil. No complacency now.
I remember Scotland scoring against Brazil early in a world cup game. All the players were celebrating except the captain who just stood shaking his head. "I knew we had just annoyed them" They scored 4
Some of the things Brazil do are unbelievable
Awesome control from Thiago Silva then. No final product from Brazil..
Great save!
apparently christine has croatia in a sweepstake.
as if they needed anything else going against them.
Brazil piling on the pressure now.
i have england in our work's one.
That was a nice £2.
This is going great fro Croatia.
I think I have as well. Forgot all about that.
Yep, that definitely went over the line.
oooh hawk-eye.
gratuitous demo though.
I like that someone went 'now's your chance, show them!' in the most unconvincing way :)
i hope it doesn't take 15 mins to cue it up everytime.
way better than expected
wow, shoulda been a red
They're playing a good game
https://twitter.com/R_Marciello/status/477184243714772992
Poor GP2 mistaken identity :)
When are they going to use the shaving cream
Should have been used by now
should've been then, no? didn't see it tho.
close again!!
ooooh, decent attempt.
in!
lucky boy!
1-1
he scuffed that as well
I demand hawk eye to confirm that for me
for a super rich young man neymar has awful hair
Evening all :)
Hi Will
Hi Will
Oi!
I feel like I would take Hulk more seriously as a footballer if he had a beach blonde handlebar moustache
Points to Lukeh
wait... what?!
nowhere is safe
Busted
christine is always connected to the comments, everywhere!
Luka Modric has short hair!
It went during the Real Madrid party
Hope someone hands it in to lost and found at the bernabau
yay, spray
woah, wait, what?!
keeps people in line
literally
:)
toto would be proud
That spray is awesome, why had it tshen so long?
is that joseph gordon levitt managing croatia?!
:)
It has been used for years in Brazil
Because its football
The makers didn't bung the right people
true. I suppose nobody thought it would last
can't fault croatia's defending.
enjoyed that half.
Good first half
Good to have a wide open game and not two teams being nervous and reserved
Fabio Cannavaro in studio?
With a surprising hairdo
Where's itv's studio? UK? It's dark outside.
On the copa cabana in rio.
Ahh ok, so we should expect them to be wearing yellow feathers in their hair then?
They are not samba enough!
I like these tooned style nike ads :) they had a long one before the start of the ceremony
Ball ball ball, footie footie footie... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=45NOP1OA-EQ
adam and joe goodness! Far too catchy :)
decided the best thing about f1 is they don't stop the race and run in reverse at the half way point. so confused (again).
Turn your tv upside down
Or get a mirror
winner!
Joseph gordon levitt wasn't impressed with that shot hitting the third rock from the sun
Oscar is playing very well tonight
If this Hulk when he is angry I'd hate to see his quieter, more placid self.
deserving of a prize perhaps
I'm sure there's something compatible. Brits, or grammys even?
got it! A Golden raspberry
thats the one
At least there's no vuvuzelas
mexican wave!
I miss them
How could you tell he was Mexican? Was he wearing a sombrero and a poncho?
oooh!
ay ay ay :)
i don'. There were 2 in Canada and they are annoying
Unlucky
Yeah, I thought E.J. was going to walk off and belt one one them. He should have.
How many red flags so far in this final session?
A few yellow flags for offside and a yellow card ;)
Happens every time
https://twitter.com/Footy_Jokes/status/477196842287919104
penalty!
Penalty
Didn't think so on first view
He really made the most of that
Put a hand on his shoulder which is stupid but not unusual. DIVE
He made sure the ref knew his shoulder had been held
ooooof!
Oooooooh
lucky boy!
Tried to messs it up
thought he'd saved that
had a hand on it and everything!
Keeper did very well
too much power
goalie shouldn't handled it better
*should#ve
almost another own goal!
David Luis is great indulge puts those in his own net
*is great
he should focus on getting revenge on Bart
Oh god the rolls
should've been 3!
sudden pace to this game in the last 10 minutes
doh
ooooh controversy!
How is that a foul?!!!
Neymar being subbed
brazil are hanging on!
NOOOOO!
and yet they score!
where did that come from?!
How did that go in
hoe did they turn that around
oscar deserves that mind, he's had a great game.
Toe poked goal for the win
poor keeping
Nice little sneaky toe-ender inside the post
I can't help but think the keeper could've dealt better with all three goals.. although this is speaking as a goalie. I'd be annoyed to let them in.
ahh the good old stripey black and white thing
that was fun. more games tonight or is that it?
no more tonight. Here's tomorrow:
Group A
Mexico vs Cameroon - 5pm
Group B
Spain vs Netherlands - 8pm
Chile vs Australia - 11pm
awesome. i'll miss the first, but shall bring the beers for the second two.
Enjoyed that, defos the second 2 tomorrow, might be out for dinner during the first
Wasn't paying as much attention as I could thanks to LM but seemed a decent game.
Tomorrow I might be here for the games, or I might be at a beer festival..
BBC2 MOTD highlights just starting!
8am here. The only reasonable kick off time for Aus.
Got home during half time of Mexico v Cameroon, apparently the officials are having another terrible game.
Evening. Spain in white are playing the Dutch in blue - feels very wrong.
hullo!
i dun missed a goal.
(and a whole other match, but still)
Hi there (yey, a friend)!
Was a penalty, otherwise fairly matched game so far.
hey squire. bit of a busy day. but now i have the whole weekend free and to myself.
football and cars and beer all around!
wow!!
Yup, busy days, know about them.
I do love Le Mans weekend, and bonus football means I might have to crack out a 2nd screen for my LT to stream everything on.
what a header
essential
AMAZING GOAL what a trajectory !
could've gone so very wrong too. timed to perfection.
Surely that will be one of the top 3 goals in the *whole* tournament, and we're on the 3rd match
tv director's moonlighting from f1 by the looks of it.
what happened in the second game?
@simoncrosse: One and a half games in and I'm already playing 'how would World Cup turn out if refs got it right?' in my head.
https://twitter.com/simoncrosse/status/477509694765162496
No idea, I've only heard that the reffing was mixed.
Mexico had two goals disallowed that should have stood. They won in the end so not as bad as it could have been
ahh, phew.
Hi Steven... shouldn't we expect a goal like immediately?
Just downloaded over 1000 from my camera so wasn't really concentrating on the first half. Pretty stupid since it is Spain v Netherlands
Which one?
In the Euros, you'd appear, then a goal would be scored... so within the first few minutes of the second half then?
has anyone been volunteered for a guest post? i know lou was debating writing one about the smurf, but i'd be interested in communities stories across the sea kinda thing.
*pleading look*
Forgot about that. I watched the last game and had all of this one on without commenting. Only counts if it happens after my first comment
Yup. The goal is triggered by the comment :)
Bassano said in Canada that he was going to write one. I may do one as well. Was fascinating to see how the handling of the cars changed on different tyres and from session to session. Would love to do something on that but no idea if I have enough info for that.
Don't want to spoil Bassano's post but it was a fabulous trip. So much fun and a great bunch of people. Pamela has decided that the next sidepodtour is to Melbourne and of course we have Goodwood in a couple of weeks if people are prepared to fight through their abysmal website to buy tickets
oooh, that'd be amazing, even a short post would be a decent read.
and the traffic :)
what happened to the weather/
It's Brazil.
huh, hadn't connected it to the race. interesting.
Evening chaps
Very raining, Much wetness. So water.
Hi Lukeh
Evening Lukeh
lo-lo
Fantastic control from robben!
That put the cat amongst the pigeons
he basically walked it in :)
the thing about arsenal is...
Daley Blind may not look like his father but he has inherited the ability
The Steven Roy goal strikes again
Think Lukeh is responsible for that one
Bit naughty from Diego Costa
That guy was never tuoched
I was watching at the pub and nothing happened. come home and goals.
Further proof outside = bad
Well true, you turned up over halftime - enough to set off the replays.
Spain are ridiculously calm under huge pressure
top bar!
the bar! so looked on.
Great job or working the oopening
van persie ever so slightly off. No one marking him mind
Oooooo soooo close
Keeper got a touch
ooh torres comes on.
That substitution board is obscene
If you are Brazilian and decide to play for Spain less than a year before the world cup in Brazil you will get booed
it's not even subtle
GOAL GOAL GOAL
3-1
Oh dear Spain!!
Casillas wasn't even close
The pain in Spain... again and again
now they must be panicking.
OFFSIDE
OFFSIDE!
ooooooo... bah
3-2 but offside
Still plenty of time for many more goals :)
It;s all happening since i've got home!
You have done a good job so far
Lukeh, you must stay at home and watch every match for the rest of the tournament to ensure that we get the best games possible :)
"I can't come to work today"
"why not?"
"I need to make the world cup awesome"
OH DEAR OH DEAR
whaTG THE
game over
Job done
Go home Casillas, you're drunk.
De Gea needs to be in goals
The bookies will be loving this because no-one predicted this score or anything higher
Brave decision by van Gaal to change the Dutch formation but he cannot be criticised now
giedo is chuffed - https://twitter.com/GvanderGarde/status/477548809720184832/photo/1
close...
I think, somehow, there's mroe goals in this one.
Is VRIJ the Dutch word for Fridge?
What's the Dutch for park the bus?
jesus. what an awful dive.
Lots of love between arjen and robin
That's what happens when players' names are homophones :)
OH MY
SERIOUSLY?!
YEAAAH
best game of football EVER
What was Cassillas doing?
Again, De Gea needs to be in goal
He might well just get the chance next time out
All teams should play in their second colours if this is what happens
good work me
gutted i missed the first 30 mins of this one.
It was a quiet first half until the 40 min mark I'd say..
It wasn't THIS good in the first 30, just close football.
COULDA BEEN 6!
again!
WOWZERS, strike!
incredible shot from robben
I love the USA Soccer Guy twitter
https://twitter.com/usasoccerguy/status/477548783384154113
Why did Robben try to go inside?
Could've scored again. Unbelievable.
Spain's defensive line is almost non existant
So we now know how to undo the Spanish defence...
Spain obviously didn't expect it's own inquisition
:)
again!
fluffed it
Holland could be 7 or 8 up..
Joke of the game. Take a bow that man.
HOW?!
how did they miss it?
WTorresF?!
Unbelievable
What a shocker, what a difference from the final 4 years ago!
I think Torres a second ago might've beat me
Dutch fans doing the Olés???
Also a really enjoyable thing about this match - holland 5-1 up and yet didn't give up going for a 6th goal. Always pressing forward, didn't sit back with comfy lead.
Apparently this is Spain's worst defeat since Scotland beat them 6-3in the Bernabeau in 1963
that was a brilliant evening of fun.
Great game to watch. Can't see how it can be topped
vicente del bosque just restarted his football manager save
Excellent game, but not sure I'll be staying up for (all of) CHIvAUS.
another match to come!
there is? fabulous, i'll get more wine.
Not finished yet. Chile-Australia at 10:35
timezones bamboozle me.
Interetsing insight into why both teams had away kits on
https://t.co/LnhOdHcJgr
:) :)
a match oretty much every day for the next 2 weeks at 5pm, 8pm and 11pm
*throws coding out the window*
well it's only once every four years.
*Coughs* Euros *coughs* 2 years
Maybe Martin Whitmarsh went to Spain
oh. and the olympics.
maybe a little work now then. brb.
Ooo, highlights
Ohh wait, that was it
ITV build up just started
Chile have a surprisingly strong squad, Australia have a few old faces in there. Could be am intriguing match
I was just about to comment that Chile were well supported, then remembered that they are just next door.
Not a fan of the honours system but nice to see Dario Franchitti got an MBE.
Still nothing for murray or john surtees. shocking.
I haven;t seen the list
Do AUS have Mr Bean playing up front?
hello more football :)
"he was part time carpenter until a few years ago"
presumably, not in the band the carpenters.
IN!
gooooooooooal!
More likely from the Men at Work
GOAL
eventually!
Their lead singer was Scottish. I knew people who were at school with him
surely melbourne or something?!?
He went there when he was 9 or 10
2#!
ANGAIN
Utterly woeful defending
the heck?
The entire defence tracked the running man. shocking
Apologies for the bad commenting... football must do something to the fingers
so does wine
Yup, that also ;)
He thinks his yellow shirt is Brazil's
wooo!
Australia score
I don't care about that I want to know about Montreal and Sidpodexploits and #beer.
if i'd have known i'd enjoy the world cup this much i'd have booked some afternoons off.
PS good evening I may be mildly drunk
#affinity
There will be much on that.
One culinary tip we learned in Canada though. Battered onion rings dipped in honey is mindblowingly good
FIFA is worse than the FIA.
http://t.co/OkbYXLeh93 beer and cider :)
World Cup more important than Euros
'bout time
Good. I am very envious and want to know all about it.
It was a great trip but I don't want to spoil Bassano's post. I wish the last breakfast in Montreal had been live streamed. TV companies would pay millions for a script like that
you win :)
Sky giving 2 years unlimited free broadband to TV customers. Good deal. Is Sky broadband any good?
i know one company that switched recently and lost internet for two weeks. however, now that it's in it's solid.
lukeh frequently swears about it tho.
In that case I may as well go for BT broadband and get free BT TV
we had so many problems with BT back when sidepodcast started, but in the past year not a single issue. no broadband provider is what i'd call recommendable, but i i had to chose one, it would be BT.
Good band too. Really good singer.
I have used Orange for years and never had a problem except when I used their routers which were terrible.
covers or originals?
nice cross, but wasted
I'm with BT, no complaints at home.
Actually today we had a problem with our BT Business account at work, one of our remote farms. Stuck on hold for a..ges. Over an hour, including time going to site to test the thing myself. But Openreach turned up an hour later! I am convinced that despite protestations it is all separate these days, it is still better to have BT reporting to BT when you get a problem.
ahh, shirt pull
Covers. I tried to get video but I'm rubbish. Amazing rendition of Weak by Skunk Anansie. And a funky version of No Diggigity as well.
i second that experience.
oh.
Goal but offside?
good call
I can't make vine work but here's a taster https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=9D85A4586E60468A!1240&authkey=!AIx-YYlFFAuboWY&ithint=video%2c.mp4
save
looks like a fine evening.
Indeed. And it's on again tomorrow. I love Le Mans dearly but.. tough choice
So has something happened to Spain in the last few years that I didn't know about? How did they lose?
There players are just getting older and other teams know their tactics. Netherlands have always played 4-3-3 since the early 70s. It is non-negotiable but they played 5-3-2 for this game and the tactical change worked
So NED caught everyone off guard. Interesting.
Not sure how this game is going to finish. Another Australian goal would liven things up
Worst dive ever
can't believe all the damage was done in two minutes. what a lapse of concentration.
A lot of games are like that.
GAME OVER
oh.
and in the last minute.
Off topic
Allan McNish inducted into the Le Mans Hall of Fame
https://twitter.com/allanmcnish/status/477556837030457344
Australia did a decent job but Chile were just too good
heh. i'm sure there's a le mans thread already. another tomorrow too.
got distracted trying to help christine find an underwater train (don't ask), but i can't fault the evening's entertainment.
Seems perfectly sensible to me
I fell asleep and missed the end. #beer
Today's matches:
Group C
Colombia vs Greece - 5pm
Group D
Uruguay vs Costa Rica - 8pm
England vs Italy - 11pm
Setled down now for the first match :)
GOAL! columbia take the lead!
I just switched it on and someone scored
Hahah, team dancing!
Thought that was 1-1 then
I do like the wall spray :)
Good pace to this game so far which is promising seeing as Greece play a very defensive game
Evening... combining LM24 and the football :) although I've just realised that I've been asleep for an hour.
I'm playing football manager and watching the football. I'm also contemplating turning into a football and doing football kickups alongside all this.
Cracking save!
Oh wow, columbia are 2-0 up
what a miss from greece!
Uruguay and Costa Rico up soon on ITV1. No Suarez for Uruguay.
any forlan?
Imagine if Adrian Chiles presented the F1. *shudders*
Blimey, what an overreaction... far too much acting at this tournament...
Uruguay score but it's offside.
Penalty!
1-0!
Thanks for the heads up... Just settling back in for the evening - in the process of lining up parallel streams.
Hurrah, other life!
35 yard strike from joel campbell, wow!
Costa rica are getting close...
Keeper in no-man's land
Good save!
Keeping
Campbell's done well for Costa rica.
AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Evening all
Evening
oh my word!
oooo close
Costa Rica could've easily got back into this a few times. considering some of their players, uruguay should've put this to bed ages ago
told ya!
That makes it interesting
Need Uruguay to draw,,, that goal helps
He's had a fantastic game.
OHHH MYY WWOOORRDD
OMG
Say what?!
Unbelievable!
big question now - will they risk suarez?
Erm, yes please, that might be useful for ENG
I'm going to support england for selfish reasons. I want to at least hope to get my £2 back work's sweepstake ;)
Where's the break-even point?
3rd, 2nd and 1st get money. I just want them to get 3rd!
Suarez not being risked.
10 minutes left for Costa Rica, would be a massive help for England if they hold on!
GOAL
3???????????/
Un-be-lievable
I'll go out on a limb and say this was unexpected...
Uruguay have a few players who are very very good. They should be walking over Costa Rica who are minnows
Even more unexpected than when they beat Scotland in a world cup
This World Cup is already better than South Africa
That has to be a red.
He gone.
Absolutely the correct decision.
Vicious
Definite red card. That was stupid
Thug's challenge that.
Like that they spray for the ball and the wall :)
What a win!
That's helped England (so long as we can get a result against Costa Rica in the 3rd game)
Need to beat Italy and Uruguay first!
Stunning result for Costa Rica. The poorer teams if they get a good result tend to get it in their first game
True, but if we get ourselves into a useful position ahead of the last game, Costa Rica might also be in with the shout, so have something to play for
England have a strong team out there tonight.
Lineker is getting quite the tan.
i sobered up enough for another drink. missed all the games so far, sounds like the last one was a blinder.
Yup, a real shocker again!
Been so many good matches already.
what do we reckon today. expectations of another decent game?
England playing... I think we're in for a nervy 90 minutes :|
Not sure... think Will might be right
Looking forward to a few days when there aren't other things happening at the same time! Looks like a tournament of upsets so far
Bake-off meets football
It is almost time for the wonderful anthem we should all know
Also the England anthem
That little one, who is he?
Good to see Ferrari winning again!
...wait...
No Buffon? Odd.
Pirlo still has an amazing beard
Ital-ia, Ital-ia, It-al-ia, It-alia
Ankle injury - somewhat last minute
Ahhhhh
green flag
No one stalled on the kick off
So who is going to make a minor mistake and then get slaughtered in the press for England's world cup failure?
i don't know anyone in the team. that might save a few of them.
Phil Neville is very loud
England currently racing from left to right, Italy racing from right to left.
He has 20 years of anonimity to make up for
(The) England (team)
Seems to be the in thing in this world cup to wear one blue boot and one pinky red boot
OH MY GOD
GOALoooor not
oh
it went wide
When you are that young you are fearless
This is a cracking start by england!
That was almost a goal, twice
Is Phil neville commentating on the snooker?
If he keeps talking about the blue and the white probably not
Good attacking initiative so far!
England are shooting at every opportunity as if Buffon's replacement was someone Italy found in a local park
Italy only have 2 professional goalkeepers
Buffon and everyone else
hehe
Couldn't just... just couldn't cross it.
surely we can't keep this up, i'm exhausted watching.
Brazil must have weetabix too, England have had theirs
Bit of a dodgy shot...
Think Joe Hart has his gloves on the wrong hands
Should have been a penalty
Ooooh shouldn't be giving mario that kind of space to turn!
GAH!
how did that not go in?!
GAH!!
keeper was nowhere!
Philip Neville is getting pelters on twitter even from the Scottish political accounts
#monotone is trending :)
sirigu lucky!
Buxton knows as much about football as he does about racing
Will Buxton @willbuxton
Not sure I can remember watching an England team with so much energy and drive. We should be 4 up.
well we should be, but only because their defence is alseep.
there's a phil neville joke in there somewhere
1 possibly 2 but not 4
he's more dull than that other guy
Peter Serafinowicz's twitter is great
https://twitter.com/serafinowicz
Noelinho @Noelinho
Annoyed by Phil Neville? Turn the volume down a bit. You'll still hear the other guy. Problem solved. I can't hear Phil!`
ooooh bit close for comfort
sod it
Adam Mills @rightpalava
Imagine Phil Neville talking about the Abu Dhabi GP. Blimey, that would be tough. #monotone
No one was marking marchisio, poor stuff from England
Great time for my Freeview box to insist on a rescan. Bunch of trash.
If you get lots of chances and don't take them it will come back and bite you on the bum.
Only a cliche because it is true
I was so "meh" I commented in the wrong thread.
Put alan Shearer on, he's nearby!
He was on the beach in Rio a couple of hours away. Looooooooong way from Manaus
Think Phil Neville put the England defence to sleep
Geography foils me again
WOW!
WOAH
GOAL
Equaliser
great great cross
Oh goodness, what happened? :(
Physio injured in the celebration
Leg injured badly by all accounts - I do not want to see it thanks BBC.
That doesn't look good...
I missed both the goals. Cheers Freeview.
4 hour flight from Rio to Manaus
Surprising how rarely people get injured in celebrations
Is there a subs bench for the staff? Can they bring a physio sub on?
I am sure they have a few and a doctor
replays here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/27441561
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqH_qrXCIAAsya5.jpg
gooooooooalllll
Not sure whether that crossed the line - do you have a GLT replay?
header"
what was joe hart doing?!
S.A.V.E
Fabulous chip by Balotelli
"Joe Hart did really well"
HE LEFT THE GOAL WIDE OPEN WITH PLAYERS RUNNING AT IT!
they should've got one there. lucky.
phew, tireless first half!
that was.
That was a very quick half. England can't keep this pace up for another 45 minutes. This is the Amazon
any idea what the bbc's "tactical cam" is showing? assume it's like pitlane cam, but looks to just be a wide shot.
I assume it's so you can see the entire pitch and the positioning of the players, the tactics as a whole rather than just the TV view
ooooh!
No idea. Just tried the red button coverage and the options are
Highlights
Help
Exit
Is this the geekiest cake ever?
https://twitter.com/rossmkitson/status/477849428611850240
tis online under live coverage - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/27441561
the problem with the tactical view is that there's a significant delay with the tv coverage.
ahh yeah
Weird watching such a positive england
It looks like Sensible Soccer!
:D
Ohh dear
Poor defending from England
Balotelli
almost!
If he scores the winner tonight the residents of Manaus may be on to free petrol
Unlucky from Rooney
Great attempt by Rooney
coulda been so good
Bloody hell, this match!
it's living up to the others
Love watching Stevie G charge forward
I was about to say, why is thiago motta playing for itsly?"
*italy
guys not even trying to stay onside
England bringing ross barkley on!
Or at least he's coming to the end of his warm up by the sounds of things
Ross Barkley's coming on - is that a good thing?
Well they expect great things of him... but this is the English media so...
i remember when he lost his mind*
not that barkley.
:)
bloody hell!
Great ball in
Can't watch
England's central defenders need to wake up
c'mon
OOOOH
Wayne?!
how'd he miss that
he was onside too, wow!
Great skill to kill that
This one ain;t over yet
Cramp after an hour. That does not bode well for the rest of the game
She won the World Cup
Interesting clothing choice
:)
She is the world cup
That coud've been dangerus
good save!
what?!
wut?
A corner?
Before the match there was a lot of talk about how bad the pitch is. Since the game started not a word
And just as I type that the groundsman gets quoted
I'm not even going to make a muller corner pun let along a crunch corner
Now that was sloppy
England players look tired. Wouldn't be surprised if there was another Italy goal soon
Marco
parolo
marco
parolo
They do look like a different team from the first half.
£300,000-a-week.
https://vine.co/v/MIquQEHump2
there some kind of magnetic force down that end?
chicoazul @thechicoazul
Four scousers on the pitch, eight players from Merseyside clubs. Never mind the Scots, we need to declare independence like.
There really is!
what's the deal with lifting the legs in the air of men who fall over?
cramp.
Works cramp out of the muscles
oh!
that stupid running business ;)
don't let rooney take it
Not Rooney!
You will also see them hold an ankle in one had and move toes down and up with the other.
That's for cramp too
Unlucky agaun, just too high
Bloody hell Rooney
great setup. wasted tho
Wayne! *shakes fist*
This is what happens when you turn the Shrek franchise into money making churn outs
:)
Ooooh!
even if we lose, we played better than i've seen in years. impressed with a squad i've never heard of.
60 minutes of seriously good attacking football, that was a definite improvement. Spain lost their first match in World Cup 2010 after all...
High/deep corners don't work if you've got no one out the back to scoop up whatever gets through
They should bring on David Seaman
bonus five minutes extra
never a yellow?
That was fairly blatent
what'd he do?
Tripped the attacker who could run through on goal. Luckily he wasn't the last man defending
i see
That wasn't a foul. The England player was just standing there
You never seen black football boots these days :)
bar
Andrea flippin Pirlo
What a great free kick by Pirlo
Hart was nowhere
Minute to go
sterling is too short to head anything
Good tackle
enjoyed that
Indeed. Not our worst performance by a long shot
Gary Neville with Roy, prbably warning him about his brother's commentary
Good game
Italy deserved the win
England started far too fast if players were getting cramp with half an hour to go
Good times - see everyone for more football (or LM) tomorrow.
heading back to le mans now, but yep :)
Today's matches:
Group C
Côte d'Ivoire vs Japan - 2am
Group E
Switzerland vs Ecuador - 5pm
France vs Honduras - 8pm
Group F
Argentina vs Bosnia and Herzegovina - 11pm
All times are in British Summer Time
Too tired to stay up for the Japan match
Was concentrating on LM more than I expected to. Shame about the loss but I figured if any game would be a struggle it'd be this one..
2am?
Yup, as in an hour
Japan 1 up against Cote d'Ivoire
Goal for Ecuador!
Switzerland just won with 20 seconds to go.
That was a surprisingly great match
I only saw 10 minutes of it.
France vs Honduras up next at 8. That would make for an amazing upset!
Wow, awkward intro on the beeb
No anthems or anything. Weird.
All France at the moment..
top bar!
So much attacking pressure from France. A goal is surely coming..
Hit the bar again!
Ooooh controversial
Honduras lad kicked out at Pogba... could be a red.
Oh wait, pogba kicked out at him. Oh dear..
Lukeh, your efforts are currently all the commentary I have. Hopefully a TV by HT.
Yellow for both players. Surprisingly
Summary: France have had a lot of chances :)
Thanks. Possibility of a decent showing in a tournament by France for once?
If they convert their chances, possible dark horses. have a nice flowing style of play. Honduras are playing a bit rugged
halfway line effort from figeruoa. Not even close :0
France almost scored with a Honduras defender with a twisted knee on the floor in the box..
Now with added pictures
Penalty!
Well timed Will
Red card!!
Bring the action
Not surprised Honduras had a man sent off the way they've been playing..
Cynical challenge - played the man and never went for the ball
gooooal
Whenever I hear Jonathan Pearce, I keep expecting him to shout about a player bouncing back up after a crunching challenge: "he's got a SRIMEC!"
HERE COMES SIR KILLALOT!
great free kick, phew
When someone gets sent off: "he's into the pit of oblivion"
"The house referees are making their presence known!"
Honduras already not messing about with theiir challenges
Goal line says yes!
GLT verdict makes the difference!
WAIT WHAT
BUT NOW
That was amazing
it didn't cross when it hit the post, but did cross later
Pearce thinks there were two seperate replays. what is he on about?
Jonathan Pearce doesn't understand the tech
Jonathon pearce's stupidity turned my laptop off
It's all kicking off
Chris Hewitt @ChrisHewitt 6m
Idea for show: Jonathan Pearce Is Confused By Things. "I put the bread into the machine and now it's warm. How? Is it the same bread?"
oh my gosh
He just made up the 3rd goal
Did he not know that was on replay happening sequentially, rather than 2 parallel possibilities that the ball could've taken? #multiverse
Enjoying being out in Brazil a little too much perhaps
Honduras had a shot!
Those Honduras players better be careful - lie on the ground on their backs for too long, and any mini-helicopter/drone nearby will come and try to land on their chest.
GOAL
Goooooooooal
I bet you Pearce says there was nothing controversial about that one
I hope that Gary has a good laugh about it in the post-match.
I love that Robot Wars and Sir Killalot are trending :)
No Mr/Mrs C around - it feels weird using their "living room" without them being here to make sure we don't make a mess.
2 Frenchies in the crowd as Asterix and Obelix
amazing!
Honduras have been pretty poor tonight. Such an easy win for France.
Hope Lineker pokes fun at the terrible commentary!
"There was a little confusion on the GLT"
oh lawd
(...but that was all me) - he forgot that bit.
:) :)
WHAT?!
Am I hearing this? Lineker questioning if it went over?!!
Joker. The reason it is hard to tell was because it was like 1-2cm over, hence why we use the tech. Ultimate facepalm
I don't want to live on this planet anymore
Wow, what a stadium
Might watch the Argentina match in bed...
Good luck Bosnia. I mean Argentina will obviously beat them but they must have a chance against Iran and Nigeria..
I forgot Dzeko is bosnian. Begovic is a good keeper too.
Goal
Awful start for Bosnia..
Argie-bargies are ahead
Aw
Was starting to doze on the sofa but caught most of the rest of the last game. Shame about the OG, Bosnia played well after that, even scoring (properly this time). Then someone woke up Argentina.. I know little of Nigeria but I reckon Bosnia will make it out of the group.
Today:
5pm Group G - Germany vs Portugal
8pm Group F - Iran vs Nigeria
11pm Group G - Ghana vs USA
(A Group F first game should not be after a Group G first game, it messes with the order of things..)
I'm missing the first match due to, well, playing football for work. Not quite the world cup!
31 minutes in. 2-0 Germany.
Also, Merkel is in attendance.
What..
Pepe gets tackled by Mueller, who gets hit and makes a big display of rolling around clutching his head even though he was barely touched, Pepe gets angry goes up to him and headbutts him - red card.
Wow I actually agree with Adrian Chiles about something. He's really angry about Mueller rolling about play acting and the pundits opposite him disagree saying its part of the game! Rubbish, get rid of it.
replay http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/06/pepe-red-card-portugal-germany
Not to take away from the headbutt which was crazy..
looks like i've missed a classic first half.
only game i have time to watch today (missed everything yesterday too), jope the rest is just as interesting.
Ought to be a walkover with Portugal down to 10, but who knows..!
Not sure I'll bother with the middle one but the third, Ghana v USA might be interesting.
would be one hell of a comeback :)
should've got that in!
great opportunity, tripped over each other.
portugal won't get a better chance than that.
4-0 easy.
Surprised they only got two more after the red..
indeed. plenty of chances missed that game.
i shall bid you farewell. hope to tune into more tomorrow.
Brazil tomorrow 8pm
We won at 5 a side 12-4. I think we should be playing at the world cup quite frankly.
Carlos Quieroz is the iran manager! what!
Blimey, what happened to Portugal
This is like watching a Stoke match.
Great save off the line for Iran!
I wasn't watching, Twitter said it was bad..
I gave up after 60 minutes primarily because nothing happened. Remember that Simpsons episode where wing passes to centre. Centre holds it. Hooolldddsss it.
But real!
Oh dear!
I think 1 dud match in about 12 isn't too bad going though :)
Ghana vs USA should start soon. I'll be interested to see how Jurgen Klinsmann's US team do
That's true. Some good games so far.
At least it wasn't on ITV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1JaUD1tWLo&feature=youtu.be
oh my word this is glorious :D
Ghana actually have a few fairly established players
Me too.
Interesting to see the growth in the US of people following the game. Been online since '99 or so and the difference to now is huge, even since joining Twitter in '09, following a load of IndyCar fans, more and more people talk about it and follow the national team (even if only at Cup time). And some watch the Premier League.
Definitely more of an interest now and there's a fair few big stars in the US albeit in the latter stages of their career but it all helps establish the sport there at least. Agreed on the social media front too, have seen a lot of US and Canadian guys talking football a lot more over the last few years
WOW!
Crikey!
Well that was damn impressive way to start
Goal in 30 seconds
Lovely goal too!
This one won't be another Iran - Nigeria :0
*:)
That was the 5th fastest goal in World Cup history
don't have time to watch this really, but twitter just exploded and i suffered massive fomo.
will have it on silently in the background and lurk here ;)
Thought that'd be 2-0
I'll try and stick around, unsurprising that I keep falling asleep on the late games. Damn you late sports!
That didn't look good for Altidore...
Altidore stretchered off, poor guy
was gonna say that was a terrible dive too. oops!
We were just saying Americans like football now. I think due to the internet. :)
Hamstring? Looked like it hurt
looked like his hamstring went on him. Been ther, not nice :(
it's a magnet for live sports!
Not too far!
Good save by Tim Howard
Owwww. Boot to the nose
That's gonna hurt
gonna be last man standing tonight.
Says a lot about Clint Dempsey that he had a genuine injury to the face and we didn't see him rolling around on the floor
Silly tackle from Muntari...
Ghana should've buried that last chance
total misshit
Bad shot.. They had some good opportunities. Could've been a draw by now, even before that chance.
Both teams could've got more.
Says a lot that this half seemed to go by really quickly.
wasted ghana. wasted.
Thgis match is flying by
running. in every direction. running.
must be exhausting.
Unlucky again
It's finally hit me what the us kit looks like - a Fab lolly :)
:D
Ghana are on it this half
I have seen loads of Fab lollies in my twitter stream next to football kits. Now I know why.
On come Essien! Big sub's with Boateng and himself
missed it, what happened?
oooh, replay.
lovely back heel, perfect setup. 1-1.
This could be taken by Ghana now..
IN!!!!!!
omg
Nice!
Cracking end to this!
party in the usa!
I don't think anyone saw that USA 2nd one coming. What a result.
I'm left hoping the US pulls a shock result against Portugal. Hell even a draw.
Big win for USA that. Time for bed too definitely, phew
Definitely.. I doubt I'll be staying up for the rest of the late games this week! Maybe the first halves of some. At least until USA/Portugal on Sunday.
Had only been outside a few minutes before hearing someone cheer the US result. Definitely some football fans here!
I'm inclined to agree!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_EMGwdM9uA&feature=youtu.be
Today's matches:
Group H
Belgium vs Algeria - 5pm
Russia vs Korea Republic - 11pm
Group A
Brazil vs Mexico - 8pm
All settled down for the Belgium match. I'd expect an easy win for Belgium considering some of the players they have.
Penalty to algeria!! Oh my..
Algeria go 1-0 up, wow :)
1-0 at half time. belgium have had a few chances but they should be winning this
1-1!
Belgium looking a lot more threatening this half. I can see them winning this
yep, 2-1. Been coming for so long! Mertens really should've started.
hey ya. am lurking and working this eve.
hey hey. should be a good few matches tonight :) belgium have just come from behind with 10 mins left
i find it really hard to see the ball in the light/shade of the early match.
that man has a diddy little ponytail on top
the lighting is quite extreme at times
seems like the camera's can't quite handle it.
Fellaini has been rubbish for Man utd all season. Suddenly comes to life here!
done
Should've been easier for belgium really. They have some world class youngsters.#
(also fellaini.)
hehe
do you have access to btsport chap? baker & kelly (not in rio) starts in a minute.
Unfortunately not :( which is a shame as I love a bit of danny baker.
keep meaning to watch, have only just found time.
tom brady's girlfriend is presenting the world cup to the winning team.
random.
I have a stream!
I don't remember Mexico winning the football in London 2012, huh
yay!
uruguay have lost their caramel spread!
it's like sidepodcast only for football :)
I like danny's fez.
fezzes are cool.
that couch is a telephone box...
its all an elaborate disguise
:)
gallifrey!!!!
spooky!
This is a bit mental :)
"he's a great man sepp blatter. puff the magic dragon, indeed!" :)
missed that. genius!
never been washed gazza shirt.
ewww.
think ill pass on that one
this aaron paul advert caused someone in work's xbox to turn on yesterday because of the kinect command xbox on that he says in the advert.
heeh. massive technology fail!
did you see microsoft have given up on the kinect already?
another thing they've given up on. pretty much every dream they had when designing it turned into a nightmare.
have you tried the bbc sports app on ps4 btw, keep meaning to have a look.
i've got it downloaded and i watched a few f1 videos on there but nothing live yet. Keep meaning to as well!
I'll try the next BBC match on it :)
Evening all. This should be a good one - Mexico are the team who has beaten Brazil the most over recent years.
I'm not sure what is happening on baker and kelly right now!
streamers or stars!
ey-up
That is a good lookalike :)
Got the BBC Sport PS4 app streaming BBC1 in HD. tis lovely!
i gotta take a look :)
Altough the frame rate is noticeably lower than BBC One HD
i guess a bit delayed too
I imagine so. Still, nice to have a bit of hd
Warning - jonathan pearce commentating!
it's massa vs checo again today :)
Uhoh, misconception alert
Hello
amazing anthem time
I love this!
All the footballers look so grumpy during those intros - cheer up, it's the World Cup!
Aww, bless neymar.
Pizzas ordered :) let's do this.
Weird, I feel like I'm playing a game at this frame rate!
uh oh, just realised it's mark lawrenson with jonathon pearce..
So we'll be able to put Lawro on the Neville-Savage scale.
Neymar tackled by fred, on his own team :)
24 goals in neymar's last 29 brazil matches. woah.
thought that was in!
:)
how hard is it to find a decent commentator?
jonathan legard does football commentary too, phew!
Pizzas are here, but my left hand is reserved for mobile commenting.
Lots of people are falling over so far
brilliance! am working again, so no sound just pics and comments for me.
That's my Indy set up :)
what a save!!
Header!
There is a goal coming.
But which end?
I'm gonna say... Brazil :)
Uh oh, goal line technology! Watch out pearce!
HE STILL THINKS THERE WAS A MIX UP
He's STILL wrong!?
I can't get over that. How is this man a professional commentator?
I think we need to see every instance of GLT, because that establishes its accuracy and reliability, which might go to silence the doubters
I think we can reduce the plural to doubter, the numpty still talking on TV :)
itv people on the sofa post-match were doubting it too.
all of them were over 50 though, for what that's worth.
or just the more he sees it, the more chances he has to realise how it works.
gary lineker did question if it went over the line, immediately after it was shown going over the line. This is their profession, shocking!
It is there to tell them it did go over the line, no interpretation required. #Doh
surely they've watched a game of tennis in the past half decade.
Just waiting for the next moment
"BBC 5 live have the England match Thursday, but even though I can hear their voices, I can't see any video. How is that possible? Are we to believe they are faceless?"
:) :)
That was very close!
see fifa have invested in 120fps face cams for this cup too.
like a different team
Surprised it's still 0-0
The whole scapegoat attitude towards Rooney has been pretty awful from the media. He didn't have a good game but people need to look past it and move on.
He maybe didn't play his best because he was being played out of position... does Rooney choose the teams?
Apparently everyone else chooses the team!
why is glasto on me telly?
Glastonbury soon! arcade Firrrreee
BBC reminding us it's soon incase anyone forgot
ahh. starts in a week right?
Speaking of BBC adverts: Have we seen the Wimbles advert during today's coverage?
yep, not this weekend coming but the next one
Between AUT and GBR races?
Goodwood weekend
Indeedy
Oh yeah, of course!
Was hoping to head down for a day but my car's terrible MOT results say otherwise :(
Ouch, Fiesta right?
Yeah. Gonna get it passed then save up for a new car.
was relying on you for jony-spotting :(
Me too, but it seems that's the weekend I'm moving house, and I have a thing to go to on Sat pm which may result in a hangover.
Sorry about the car..
Our Fiesta has it's next week, and I fear another £££-y interaction.
Unlucky from Neymar..
can't believe it's almost your moving in time, that's flown by!
Brazil seem to be faster starting in this hlaf.
Mabye IVE got a backup plan as good as this pun!
(spoilers: I don;t)
:)
Wondered why I wasn't into the 1st half at all, thought it was my bad stomach but I think this is the reason:
https://twitter.com/cluedont/status/478991306669436928
That is absurdly accurate.
Weirdly it has already been 4 months. It still doesn't feel real.. :) There has been a lot of waiting though, and I'm quite stressed at the moment because the contract signing is very overdue and I have to be out of my flat by the 30th..
We almost had that with ours. Hopefully completion day comes nice and smoothly before then though.
That deflection could've been dangerous
I have a great mental image of Jonathan Pearce, on a late Rio evening, sitting in the lobby of his hotel staring out at the horizon with a whiskey, muttering away to himself "But it said both goal and no goal..."
I can see him in a restaurant, eating lunch trying to recreate the goal with the salt and pepper and a pea - trying to work out exactly what the replay meant.
Mexico are really threatening now"
Is Pearce's Goal the new Schrödinger's Cat?
They seem confident. Made a mess of my plans of a week to do it nice and easy, so it'll be a scramble, but it'll work out.
ahahahaahahah
:D
yay spray
blimey that looked in until it curled
I've had to switch to watching iPlayer via LT (on mute), so no comms for me :)
No mark lawrenson? shame :)
People criticise Rooney but he's not even been anywhere near as bad as Fred has tonight for Brazil. he's been awful.
As I say that Fred comes off :)
What a save again!
checo comes on for mexico. Not the F1 checo :)
They are friends
checbros
Should've done better!
Close again
Fred might be off but Jo's on now alongside Bernard, Geoff's gone to call a taxi and Clive's having a final drink
He looks very upset
More at the other defenders than the card
Well defended
Lovely abllll...
Almost!
Where's Ronaldinho when you need him?
Or the original Ronaldo
sod it, someone go find Zico and Rivelino!
While you're at it go get Roberto Carlos and Rivaldo.
Ochoa's had a fantastic game.
On a PES game there was a classic brazil team and it was just the best thing ever.
Isn't Will.I.An some kind of pop star?
Wow that was clumsy
OH MY WORD
Player of the tournament so far. What a performance!
Oooh big call.
What a silly dive.
Do or die time
So many chances!
i need a peoplelookingshockedatfootball tumblr in my life.
Looking for the free kick - all of them
again!
Ooooo
:)
:D
End. To. End.
like an f1 race we need 5 more
lapsminutesWell I've no idea how that ended 0-0
A good result for both teams
enjoyed that, must run y'all.
Speaking of fan votes - that should be one: "Do we need to extend the race by 5 laps?" The drivers would find out when they came to take the checkered flag, then if >50% wanted an extension, then they'd have to drive for just a little longer :D
oooooh someone tell formula e ;)
Byee, thanks for letting us use your living room again.
One more match in 20 mins - Russia vs South korea. Fabio Capello is Russia's manager these days
SKorea went close there
They've started well
omg, hopeless keeping from russia.
#lurking
not much better from korea's guy guarding the net.
1-1
korea players got some mad passing skills.
Just as I sit down, Arjen robben scores for Holland :)
WHAT A GOAL!
1-1!!
Within 60 seconds as well!
That was so well done by Cahill. Goal of the tournament so far easily.
Van Persie out for Spain's match against Chile for a yellow, 2nd in 2 games. Could've easily been a red...
Penalty to Australia!!!
2-1! Unbelievable stuff.
Cracking strike from Van Persie. 2-2
What a great game this is!
Why didn't they just shoot?! Through on goal against the keeper and the australian striker hit it across the goal
3-2!!! Just as Australia should score, Netherlands do!
Great save from the Australia keeper again. So much attacking football!
That was such a bad dive :)
tuned in for extra time. doh.
3 minutes of awesomeness ;)
good save
Just got home (delayed at work and supermarket). Sorry to have missed a good one!
bob mortimer is on baker and kelly :)
Ooh great I'll put it on, ta
Goooood evening. I'm sensing an edgy, nervy game.
Chile have a nice anthem
Almost a goal for chile!!
Spain have to win to feel they are in with a chance of going through.
Dangerous stuff from Chile at the back..
Long busy day... Just had to let my Mum's dog out (after I forgot it was Wednesday.. else I've had done it when out after work.).
Now finally settling in to watch something!
Poor free kick
Scrabbling... no goal
OH MY
Goooooal Chile
I love this world cup.
Brilliant move, 3 excellent passes!
Thought that was in!
Soo close from Spain - lots of urgency now.
xabi alonso's having a mare
ohhhh myyyyyy god!
Two!
Wow that was quick thinking
And yet it looks so calm
There's another reason why Mourinho dropped Casillas at real...
Goal, goal, Goooooal!! (bit slow I know)
Great goalkeeping
spain?
SPAIN?!
The rain in spains falls mainly on their reign...
spain are the new france.
too early to call this the best world cup ever?
Definitely the best since 1998 which was a great WC
can't argue with that.
Absolutely no one on Spain reacted to the palming out from Casillas
did they assume he caught it? why didn't he catch it?
For a keeper of his experience and success, no idea. I'd be furious if it were me doing that. Mourinho dropped him 2 seasons ago for Madrid and everyone questioned him, and then it happened again this season under Ancelotti too. Seems to me he's really short on confidence.
It's easy to understand how the English football team get overanalyzed at major tournaments in the British media..
football doesn't seem to provide enough points of interest to fill the airtime.
or maybe there's too much airtime.
quick, tell the average football fan that they're poor and how they can get a bus to a match!
Ohh, no, ENG on itv tomorrow
Xabi Alonso coming off. He has a surprisingly poor first half.
The reigning champions went out in the first round in 2002 (France) and in 2010 too (Italy)
good position for a free kick.
strange save but WHAT A MISS
watch a missed chance.
spain don't want the goal.
Busquets' scoring record for Spain: played 67, goals 0.
Torres to save the day?
So many players forward for Chile!
He now has his chance to redefine this mediocre part of his career.
first game this cup that i've enjoyed the commentary. dunno who they are, but it seems to work.
so close to being 3!
coulda been 3-0
How did that not go in?!
the 2nd commentator sounds like jimmy tarbuck :)
he does :)
truth
Despite Spain's changes, Chile still look the most likely to score.
when in doubt, blast it away
again, just so much pace and attack from chile
Spain have sacrificed defence for attack
Still 20 minutes for Spain to get something together...
Spain have no chance.
Spain lucky? Could've been a penalty.
Blimey, that was terrible from Chile
No chance at a penalty
Too many passes.
no one brave enough to shoot and risk missing
That's more like it - why has it taken them 80 minutes rather than 8 to string sa few passes together
Thought that was in
he fell over his own ball
I'll be disappointed if there's not a Chile Con Carnival in Brazil headline tomorrow
great save!
Espan-lol
Red Hot Chile Pressure
:) :) :)
Spanish hot streak becomes Chile.
Another cracking save
Chilean keeper has been faultless so far
I think it's fair to say the golden era of spanish football is about to come to an end if nothing major happens...
6 mins!!!
Don't think I've seen injury time that long before!
It's all a bit tense!
They're getting desperate
I think it a bit mental that one of the best players tonight for Chile, Gary Medel, plays for Cardiff who were relegated this year. He's kept Iniesta under wraps all night. Iniesta of Barcelona!
Only 3 more left.
The reign of Spain is going home on the plane...
The reign of Spain is definitely on the wane...
go pro's on sticks.
need.
great game
thats it!!!
Un.be.lievable.
Unbelievable.
genius ipad scrawling, need a shot of that too :)
They gone!
who would've thunk the first team to be eliminated would be the champions who have dominated international football for 6 years?
Woah, chile fans broke down the press centre?!
Some temporary walls folded worse than the Spanish defence.
hehe
it's been fun chaps. catch you again soon.
Cameroon - Croatia @ 2300 although I doubt I'll end up watching much of it.
Think I might have an early one tonight as I'm knackered. Been a stressful week thus far!
Croatia are ahead
So, question. Is the awesome Diego playing? And if so, how can I cope with England v. Uruguay?
Also, hey, good time for a plug: http://smarterthanyouraverage.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/ode-to-forlan/
Hey hey.
I don't think diego will play tonight as Suarez is fit again. But maybe they will play Forlan and Suarez!
Mark Lawrenson has woken on the sad side of the bed again
Hey it's Howard Webb refereeing!
But he is in the team? Way cool! I thought he'd be too old :)
He's 35 and playing in Japan now :)
He played the first match for Uruguay though!
Columbia shoukd've scored!
Those well known Japanese tournaments :)
Forlan isn't starting
#sorrychristine
Rats.
Columbia score!
This match suddenly came to life!
Tense ending to this match!
Wow, surprised to see Ivory Coast lose. Columbia go through as long as Japan lose later
I really can't see Suarez lasting longer than half time tonight. 28 days after a knee operation playing is just not going to happen for 90 mins
Evening all. Only average confidence tonight.
yolo!
Almost time. I am a bit nervous, clearly my £2 sweepstake is worth it"
I feel like we've just been having a conversation - An Aside With Joe will do that to you ;)
Evening.
Uruguay's anthem is trying to be Italy's anthem.
do we reckon england can do it?
I say yes
:) :)
gwlaaaadd
gwwllaaad
...wait, sorry, wrong one
based on the first game, yeah.
"do what you did there, but better"
good coaching :)
Err. Maybe. I think so but they'll drag it out.
keeper dropped it!
Blimey that was dangerous...
Have ENG forgotten their studs today?
not used to a decent pitch :)
far too smooth
Fairly blatent handball
URG desperate already
Where;s Beckham when you need him?
close
That looked damn close!
There was a shadow on the post
terrible clearance. what the heck.
Big mistake from England
Lots going on in this match so far :)
Better
someone with a lot of love for rooney there. *hug me*
What was that?
rubbish clearance again.
england look nervaous at back.
oooooh"
we deserve to be behind after that
I like that, just pushing his defender down :)
foul!
second yellow?!
that should be off.
awful.
Should be off by now
What's he doing??
One day they'll finish the entire spraypaint masterpiece on the floor like tony hart
OFF THE BAR"
gah!H!!H
f.......
close
rooney was juussstttt under it, shame :
there's diego forlan for christine :)
what's with the awful fifa jackets?
Must be a sale at JJB Sports
ooooh.
goal >:(
Oohhhhh myy. Why did they let him run?!
Rats
In other news, take a look at the sidepodheartbeat - looks rather sweet atm.
actual heartbeat!
Unlucky!
Daily hits of lots of comments :) ...it's alive!!!
Wooo!
Afternoon lurker ;)
at least rooney's corners tonight are in the right direction
I am always around! Mwa-ha-ha!
(except when I'm not)
Are you getting to see much of this World Cup?
Nope, so far it's been about ten minutes of the first Japan match and that's it. Keeping an eye on what's going on though.
Bloody hell!
lucky.
*winces*
Suddenly not looking so good for England
going 2-0 down here for sure.
I have no idea why they aren't marking the posts on corners.
Lucky again, aye aye aye
LOVELY OH KICK
Bugger :(
But as least there is baseball!
are england still in the dressing room?
we can only play one half of football.
bloody good save.
bloody hell england
How did that not go in.
It feels inevitable that we're going to concede again
wasn't even a save
I feel like I'm suddenly watching a Wales match
what a save!!!
One of you!
That was better from england!
Ouch - but if the keeper is going to come out like that...
Welbeck has to go for the ball
Exactly, and if you demobilise the keeper slightly in the process...
ZLATAN
zlatan!!!
zla... who?
only zlatan can make england better. but zlatan chooses what nationality zlatan wants to be.
swedish striker who speaks about himself in 3rd person. he's so cocky :0
He went down very easily!
Ooooooooo
umm?
Uhoh
woah :s
Ouch - out cold?
ouchy :(
Oh no..
I don't think FIFA has a concussion protocol.
he shouldn't be on the pitch again today.
Who, who, what, what?
Uruguay player got kneed in the head accidentally.
URG defender, knee to the cheek, unconscious for a few seconds, DEMANDING to carry on playing
wandering around like a drunk at the moment.
Eek!
They need to be doing an imPACT test on him.
Why Sterling?!
England are getting closer
you need someone to fbfb this.
Are you volunteering? ;)
never.again
It these kind of matches/performances that drive you to drink.
GHOOOOOOOOAL
YEEEEAAAHH
THERE IT IS
Yes!
rooney gets it
1-1
Now get another!!
Momentumwith us, let's use it!
ooooooooooh!
oh my!
no-one there to pick it up
England are playing amazing all of a sudden!
Hustle hustle
No Forlan tonight unfortunately, Uruguay have made their last sub
Only taken ENG 70+ minutes to realise they were playing football!
All my lurking gone to waste!
At least you haven't seen him in his dodgy tracksuit
Careful now England!
they killed our momentum.
Why aren't the wing backs tracking the runs?!
Mr Uruguay looks miserable
So many times Glen Johnson has just left balls to run onto Luis Suarez, which you really can't do for someone that good
WHAT HAPPENED THERE?!?!?!?!
too easy
and that is why you don't let him run!
you called it
Nooo
It wouldn't be England...
Now he goes off!
So, it's at this point I start cheering for France, right?
Scottish flag!
He was by a long way England's worst player in the last world cup. No idea why he gets played at this level
Yes! Although their very good Franck (ribery) isn't at the world cup
Good headping
deary me gerrard.
Can't tell if cross or shot.
ONE OF YOU
Panicky football from England. Call for the ball!
Throw on all the subs!
I vote for those 5 extra minutes
corner!
Last chance saloon
or should i ay, CRUNCH CORNER
:)
goal kick
Wasted
fifty years of hurt
...the referee blows up.
Whistle.. That's.. not good.
we played well enough for a draw, but never better.
so, so lucky early on too.
I'm gutted I won't get my £2 sweepstake back
Hey, we're better than Spain - as we're not out yet.
We need Italy to beat Uruguay? We're screwed.
yeah, that's game over.
https://twitter.com/emmaq1983/status/479727180562575360
Tonight, Zlatan was Uruguayan.
That is all over my twitter feed. There is another one with 4 guys in blue Scotland shirts behind one of the goals
cheers for the conversation all. free practice tomorrow too :)
at the amazing a1 ring!
So when do they start handing out the points to every country from the phone votes?
Mario Balotelli is the best
https://twitter.com/FinallyMario/status/479738033672306688
#WhyAlwaysMe
Japan - Greece up now
Jonathan Pearce commentating this one.
Greek player - he gone.
Costa Rica beat Italy. I didn't see it but so much for the faint glimmer of hope.. and could Costa Rica even win all their games??
Switzerland v France on now.
France score at 16mins. Header into the goal, loads of French around it.
Two!
20 seconds after the restart France get another
Swisscheeseheads :)
http://t.co/3aHJG6hCM0
Boom, three
"Not for the first time, it really is a mountain between France and Switzerland" - ITV commentator
Hehe!
!
@moc_moc_a_moc 1 min
Terrible game for the neutrals.
I smiled when I saw that one.
5-0
WTFrance?!
Straight through the wall!
SUI 1-5 FRA
Still 9 mins left - only need 2 more goals to bring the tournament back up to an average of 3 goals per game.
Wow another for SUI.
I'd actually started watching something else on PC at the same time because I thought it was all over.
That's a hell of a number for so many games. Even to be close to it.
Scored a 6th right on the whistle! He thinks he got it, ref had already blown... no goal.
I don't think I ever saw that before
Bad times, still, if the next game has 4 goals we're back on it :)
What was that :S players swapping shorts - that's new.
Yeah let's hope that isn't a trend..
Yay football :)
Argentina vs Iran on now
Big sports week coming up! Austria this weekend, Wimbledon, the footballs... and Glastonbury. Which isn't sport, but is probably quite energetic if you're there.
Argentina reealllly need to score their chances,..
I was going to send you a Glasto and Indy car threads this week but I;m worried I may be sending too many live stuff!
For next weekend i mean obviously :)
No way, it's fun summertime again :)
Woo! Summer fun!
Dunno how there will be time to ourselves next week. I genuinely think there's always going to be something on!
This match is somehow still 0-0!
Iran almost scored!!
What's the football schedule like, hectic or does it start slowing down yet?
It'll calm down after the group stages. Once it gets to knockout stages (from next Saturday onwards) I'm sure it's 1 or 2 matches a day for a few days, then a days break, then the same for the next round, then a days break, and so on
again Messi should've scored!
I can seriously see Iran getting something from this match
WHAT A SAVE!
Dejegah with a great header, keeper just turns it over. Iran getting closer and closer!
Ah ha, so I still have some time to get some match viewing in then. Sounds like I missed most of the madness though.
Still a week of lots of games every day :)
Argentina just hit the side netting. This is a close match
Iran were through on goal!!
no time to watch today, but will surely make up for it in the week :)
OH MY WORD
Argentina just scored in the 91st minute with a lionel messi WONDERGOAL
Poor Iran. Played utterly excellent for 90 minutes and one second for Messi makes a difference.
Germany vs Ghana in 20 minutes
From tomorrow there are two sets of two simultaneous games per day until the groups are finished up, all the drama of who qualifies, it'll be fun.. although not fun missing the first half of the 5pm kickoff games still at work / travelling home!
I struggled to pay attention to the Germany game but it just got better, two goals in a few minutes. 1-1
Was just about to say, it's finally come to life
Ohh Ghana. 2-1 against GER!
Nice celebration too :)
Ghana lead!
Greedy football!
Oh my word that could've been 3
Germany's defence has utterly collapsed
2-2! Klose comes on and scores immediatedly
I'm torn. I want Ghana to do well, but I also want USA to make the next round and Germany winning this game makes that easier.
In saying that, USA progressing and England not, may be hard to live down. :)
That offside was very close
then Muller almost scores!
Such a different 2nd half to the 1st
This is much more fun.
Great defending again from Ghana
That was weird from Neuer
How did they mess that counter attack up?!
Wasted, offside
Poor stuff from Joachim Lowe
Blimey, ended with blood..
Wow. Never would've thought Ghana would hold Germany to a draw.
Ouch
Interesting result, the next match could blow the group wide open.
Turns out Group G is a lot of fun! Pre-WC I thought it would be an easy Germany/Portugal progression, but now..
Predictions?
USA v Portugal should be a Portugal win but I could see USA getting a draw out of it.
Ghana could beat Portugal. Germany will (should) beat USA.
Germany to win the group but any one of the others could go through with them! USA has points advantage but could lose next two games..
Worth a look at the group points and schedules, already updated.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/2014/schedule/group-stage
I can see Germany and USA going through. Agreed though in it being a really good group, on their day they're all 4 very solid teams but Portugal look weak at this WC and I think USA may come through against them.
Although even now I've said that I'm doubting myself as Ghana have so many top tier european-based players
didn't realise Klose is the joint all time world cup goalscorer, woah
USA v Portugal should be really good, worth staying up for I reckon.
Just looked at the clock, gone 10pm already!
With the exception of maybe 3 matches I think pretty much every match at this world cup has been genuinely quite open between both teams. Which is quite staggering realy.
I never thought I'd be looking forward to Nigera vs Bosnia & Herzegovina, and yet..
Exactly! It's bizarre :)
Actually I thought with Spain out the later rounds might be flat, but then France stepped up their game, lots of South American teams looking good.. This tournament isn't a foregone conclusion.
I thought Germany would up the game to another gear tonight in all honesty but they didn't. So there's still plenty to keep an eye out for.
I'm sure they will at some point.
This hasn;t been a bad match but I think the week I've had has finally caught up with me. Gonna give this one a miss for some sleep I think
See ya tomorrow
Nigeria attacked and scored!
Dozing myself now, busy day, will miss the 2nd half..
Settled down now for Russia. Can't see them losing this one (surely?!)
For some reason I thought they were playing Belarus, not Belgium. I may have to take my statement back :)
have the game on too. doing other stuff, but it's on in the background.
Mertens seems like a really good player. One I expect to hear more in the future..
someone stole the remote and replaced football with baseball.
now playing on ipad!
Someone's caught the baseball bug huh? ;)
I think I have had way too much influence on Christine somehow. First the space stuff and now baseball. Can't wait for the NFL season to start
she'll be moaning she hasn't seen any world cup and it'll all be her fault.
#blamesteven
This time I don't think I can deny it.
Wonder where I can find some sumo coverage. I am sure I could get her into that
didn't realise vertonghen went off in the warmup. He's had a terrible time recently..
sorry, vermaelen.
My bad.
finally! a goal!
2 very quick goals from Algeria in their match
2 goals? - I turned on and thought it was a replay of the 1st! (evening BTW)
Another!
I suspect we'll see more..
ITV just mentioned the 2012 World Cup.
urrmm..
Good effort, looks like scored an own goal there.
That goal was coming, great pressure from South Korea! 3-1
Could've been 3-2!
South Korea almost scored a 40 years thundebolt, what a save! This match has come to life amazingly
And now off the line for south korea.
4-1! Out of nowhere!
What a match!
4-2!!!
Have you seen Seoul just now. 4:40am there
https://twitter.com/semprebarcaa/status/480799537150193664
That is incredible!
Shame they lost really.
Portugal vs USA at 11. Could be a very good match!
Evening. Looking forward to this game. :)
Interested to see Ronaldo starting. Lot of talk this week about his knee...
hey all. have beer, have football.
Noooooooooooo
GOAL!
Early goal!
This should set the match alight though!
defenders just looked at it
Beer is one thing I lack.
Jurgen's top is straight to the point
Sneaky tactic by portugal tonight, they have played other players who aren't called Ronaldo
PortuGOAL already?!
oooof!
Close
woah, helder postiga
Postiga holding his hamstring
As in, woah he was a bit part player for spurs 10 years ago hes a time traveller
good to see usa attacking already!
football needs fanboost. usa deserve a little help for caring about the sport now.
maybe a twelfth player for 10 minutes at the end for the country with the most tweets.
multi ball bonus!
:)
Wild cross from usa
The USA are dominating Poortugal in this phase
They're looking dangerous!
looked like a decent chance for usa
scuffed it and still close..
damn it that had the right contact
unlucky!
there has to be a usa goal coming.
america are really good at football!
Got to be
america are better at football than we are.
That was some powerful shot
not hard ;)
I agree, but then i come from a country that hasn't qualified since the 50's :)
:)
I found cider
yay!
Portugal have so many men back and yet they're allowing the us to come forward. Brave tactics..
If Uruguay can do it with similar size population.. You need to find a Welsh Suarez.
Gareth Bale is the best we can do!
The USA do seem to love a good dink
It always amazed me that wales never qualified for a tournament in the 90's. This was a team with Gary Speed, Ian Rush, John hartson, Mark Pembrdge, Dean Saunders, Neville Southall, a young Ryan Giggs and Craig Bellamy... it was a very, very good team on paper.
water break!
err, what's going on?
they're allowed sanction water breaks to fight the humidity and heat in the 1st and 2nd half if the temperature is at the right level to allow it
I've never seen that before. Shouldn't they stop the clock?
wow,
new to me totally
They'll add it to stoppage time at the end of the half
I think anyways, it was all a bit odd~!
I didn't know Rush was Welsh.
That seems like a decent team in fairness.
There are only 5 minutes left anyway, surely they can hold on
he was coming to the end of his career when most were coming in but still a crossover period at some point
good save!
SAVE!
Mind you I played golf when it was very humid yesterday, tell you what it was bloody tiring
I thought that was going to be a goal!
We do 5 a side football on Mondays for 40 mins and even in that, in the recent weather, it's been utterly draining
miles over
rrrrrubbish
WOWOWWO
From a crap save to a MEGA save!
Woah!
deflected into the post, how did the keeper get back for that
Those should both have been goals!
great half
more to come in the 2nd!
Enjoyed it, hope 2nd half is as good
Even Lawro sounded interested
I'm glad we're talking England again
I don't understand why people are still talking about the future of England.
Expectations were low coming into the tournament with a young inexperienced team mixed with a few outgoing players.
Expectations were met.
Roy has made progress as the team played well and can develop with the younger players going forward.
There we go, saved BBC and ITV wasted minutes at every single match for them!
As tedious as it is inevitable. Maybe there could be a special Football Show for it, in which they could also put all the stuff that's on BBC News, because it isn't news.
I assumed it was expected to at least get to the knockout stage, but not much further. Turned out to be a tough group as well.
I think a lot of people are underestimating teams in their groups at this tournament. Which is making it even better for us as viewers!
2nd half, Portugal pushing already
USA on the counter :)
USA need to make the most of Fabian Johnson on those wings like that as Portugal have zero pace at back
Absolutely.
how did they mess that up?!
the thing i don't get is why people in england care so much about england going out. this is really good football. some of the best i've maybe ever seen. dropping the bad teams should equal even better football. no-one loses.
WHAT A BLOCK!
nooo!
surely a given
Wow
I thought that was surely in/1
usa have less luck than vettel
Some people are too tied to country. I bet a load of them will stop watching now. Agreed though, games like this one a really worth watching.
Oh dear.
fluffed it
He's really not been great!
that was 100% in at the half way line. how'd ronaldo miss that opportunity??
WHAT A GOAL
YEAAAAHHHHHHHH
What! Wow
They deserve that!
bloody brilliant shot
keeper stood there!
I fully expect ronaldo to try smashing them in from all over the field now!
what a save again
usa seem to have fallen to pieces since scoring.
can't keep the ball for nothing.
yet portugal can't score given all the time in the world.
INNNNNNNN
SDADFDFSDF
WHATWHATWHATWHAT
GO ON USA!
What a run
this frickin tournament
stunned.
he's onside too!
they've barely seen the ball the last 10 minutes.
Except heavily in defence. No idea where that goal came from
8 minutes away from 2nd round qualification!
they've only been battering it up the field. no real sign of control.
Good old jurgen
WHAT
A
SAVE
goal keeper has to be man of the match. what a display.
ah it was offside though anyways. tim howard is having a stormer since the first goal.
he was written off when he first became big at man utd. went on to everton and became one of the best keepers in the league.
decent clerance
useless clearance
hold on usa!!!
NO WAY
GOAL!
!
last 30 seconds
What a game
seconds from qualifying!!
poor jurgen :(
unreal!
i ♥ sport
to quote sir alex...
football. bloody hell
Oh god, USA and Germany could do nothing and just walk about for 90 minutes at 0-0 to go through if they wanted!
so usa go through so long as they win or draw against germany?
pretty much yep. a drew sees both teams go through, the winner obviously goes through but the loser would need the ghana--portugal match to be a draw or goal difference prevent the winner from getting more goals in the group than usa
oh blimey
awesome scenes in the us!
the world over in fact. even if you don't like football, what a global event.
i gotta go. appreciate the company as ever ;)
same here. night chaps.
Got to think Germany will beat USA so it'll be all down to by how much, and the result of the other match, which will probably be as good as this one and USA v Ghana. Ghana will be fighting too
Me too. Great game, loved it. Best get to bed. :) Good to have comments threads, makes it even more fun. :)
Will not be here for many 5pm games this week (other commitments) but will see you for the 9pm ones.
Evening all. What a great day. Got Sky and broadband
Just got in and Netherlands scored. Now a minute into injury time they go 2-0 up to clinch it.
Evening. Just saw this RT'd into my feed from a Sports Illustrated reporter.
@richarddeitsch 45 mins
U.S.-Portugal drew 18.2 million viewers on ESPN & 6.5 million on @Univision. The combined 24.7M means most-watched U.S. soccer match ever.
Group B is done:
NED 9pts
CHI 6
SPA 3
AUS 0
Group A last round about to kick off.
Brazil v Cameroon ITV
Croatia v Mexico ITV4
Both live now.
Brazil aren't shy about singing their anthem!
It's like crowds of people singing at Glastonbury :)
Great atmosphere
I got Brazil on TV and Mexico on itv.com
I'm trying to arrange both matches on my LT, with the comments on the same screen - it's a puzzle
hectic start already to the brazil match!
Like the weird temporary foam lines.
They have used those in South American football for years but only there
Group A points before these two games:
BRZ 4
MEX 4
CRO 3
CMR 0 (out)
Wonder if they'll catch on now
If it is OK for the World Cup it should be used everywhere
It clearly works :) I can see no real disadvantage.
Cameroon doing a good job of pressuring Brazil.
Goooooal!
the fans like that.
1-0 to Brazl, Neymar
The goalkeeper was like he was stuck to the ground.
Amazing how Neymar lost his marker
I played 5 a side football tonight in goals and my glasses scored an own goal. I'd like to see someone at the WC do this
:)
Missed that one - oops.
Good save from the Cameroon keeper. Brazil look dangerous
I like how they tried to score that by rolling it in with their face on the floor.
Almost glasses.
I am not sure that the Cameroon coach will appreciate the 5 yard backpass in their own box
Cameroon are getting chances
1-1!
ooh
Football is stoopid, I blinked and missed it.
That will just annoy Brazil.
I almost missed the first one watching Allan McNish and Romain Grosjean
:)
My bad :)
Always a dangerous ball that one
Great vid though. Like a couple of kids
beauty!
Great finish
That was a genius goal.
Great goal from Neymar!
Nice
Brazil goal !
Can't believe that is 40 minutes already
Great play by Brazil and Hulk blew it. He will be angry now
Crunching tackle by a Mexican
Brazil sub Fernandinho for Paulinho
Goooooal!
3-1. Game over
wowsers 3-1
I was sure that was about to bounce off a defender
I love the long diagonal balls Brazil play and the hard balls driven across behind the defence
keeper should've had the cross
Happy Helio
https://twitter.com/h3lio/status/481182732697878532
The benefit of the ball being driven hard across the face of the goal is that it is very difficult for keepers to deal with. That and you have a good chance of a goal even if a defender gets to the ball first
true
Does Mr C have a secret twitter account?
https://twitter.com/dorrian60/status/481178730162049025
nah, never heard of her.
That was a ridiculous piece of skill. The Willie Carr donkey kick with a moving ball. Outrageous
For those of you who have no idea what a Willie Carr donkey kick is watch this from 30s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjq2xT-tx38
Wow!
It was banned about 6 weeks later
Mexico scored
3-0 Mexico now.
They took a long time to get going but they are motoring now.
nice corner!
Mexico and Brazil tied on points and tied on goal difference, and Mexico could get another..
1 more for Mex and Brazil will face Holland (apparently)
Handy link for the knockout stage:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/2014/schedule/knockout-stage
Problem solved
Group A winner plays Chile.
Group A runner-up plays Netherlands.
Croatia goal
Croatia score at last
Croatia score. Brazil almost guaranteed first place now
Two minutes to get three goals, it could happen.
Croatia RED
Mexico have a chance... if they are very efficient at scoring.
These commentators are stopping only just short of calling that a lucky win. Brazil have more gears yet and some of their football is incredible
Group A:
BRZ 7
MEX 7
CRO 3
CMR 0
Brazil meet Chile, Mexico meet Netherlands, both games on Saturday. I reckon Brazil and Netherlands to win those..
Seems a reasonable assumption
Didn't seem lucky to me either.
Got home from the doctors to expect England winning.
Noooope.
didn't even know they were playing. oops.
By the looks of things, here's a list of things you missed:
...
Greetings. Watching Italy-Uruguay. Lots of Italy players rolling around injured. Fortunately their physio appears to be a witch doctor who can cure apparently terminal injuruies
:)
in need my two tellys back.
Red card for Marchisio of Italy. Didn't see the incident
Stuck his studs into the players shin. Definite red card
do ya have sensible internets yet?
Yep. Sky man came yesterday for TV and while he was installing that I set up my broadband. So relaxing to be connected to the hive mind again
Just found my Canadian handmade chocolate. WIN
mega!
I like how you went from one side of the UK to the other and it's already done, I went 2 miles and it took 6 weeks!
How was that not a penalty?!
Oh, well it's not a penalty. That's why
:)
It would have been done a lot quicker if I had not gone on holiday for two weeks. It took 7 days. That is far too long
Bit rubbish that the only time I'm seeing England play is when it doesn't even matter.
Suarez just nutted someone then dived while holding his head. Italian play walking around showing the ref his shoulder as if Suarez bit it. Could be a bit or maybe just nutted him
1-0 Uruguay.
Godin
Suarez bit someone?!
https://twitter.com/itvfootball/status/481492462100574209
What is wrong with that man?
Looked like he just leant his head in but could have bitten him.
rooney is too slow and too short :)
5 minutes of added time for Italy to score or at least bite Suarez back
Biting a bone is bad for your teeth
https://twitter.com/_Englishman/status/481494295766380544
Buffon in the Uruguay box for a free kick.
Didn't work
Time up. Italy 0 - Uruguay 1
This has to be the best chance for an outsider to win the world cup ever. I still think Brazil will win it though.
Next games
8pm BBC1 Greece v Ivory Coast
8:30pm BBC3 Japan v Columbia
Suarez is pretty disgusting. Evidence is quite obvious
shocking. and not his first?
Nope. he bit Ivanovic last year for Liverpool
weirdo.
They need to put a cone around him
Wait, this is his third time apparently.
commentators saying it's the THIRD time. wut?
Checks out
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/9225097.stm
3 times in 5 years
seven match ban. clearly wasn't enough.
At liverpool he had a 10 game ban.
They need to push it even further
agreed.
Why would they ever let him back??? One bite is enough, surely.
All 3 bites in one tweet
https://twitter.com/TimMontgomerie/status/481498876785225728
I'm sure when he did it at Liverpool there was a small group of people saying it's a culture thing, like how when he called Patrice Evra a racist term because 'it was a culture thing'.
Diego Forlan has done neither. #justsaying
Who said cone?
https://twitter.com/carlfogarty/status/481499722528849921
perfect :)
Had no idea that Foggy did photoshop
England finish bottom of their group. Strewth
Inevitable, but fair: http://t.co/cxw9sGMOo0
Oops, too slow.
Greece - Ivory Coast or Japan - Columbia. Tough choice
Greece keeper just had to go off with a back injury. The two reserve keepers have a total of 4 caps
Busy busy day, completely missed the first games (again). Not so interested in GpC but got Greece on in the background while I do stuff.
Did see Colombia scored in the other game.
Greece hit woodwork
Greece hit the bar from a great break
Samaras scores
Points to Snickers
https://twitter.com/SNICKERS/status/481533752477495300
GOAL JAPAN
Half time 1-0 Greece
Nice header
The BBC3 HT has Manish, Dion Dublin and John Hartson talking about the football - these guys are more interesting than the BBC's first team.
Columbia, how'd you miss that one?
Columbia finally score (again) - it's been coming
Greece hit the bar from 30 odd yards
Ivory Coast score 1-1
What does that mean for the qualifiers?
Colombia score a 3rd
Colombia bringing on a subst keeper - a national hero for a final huraah.
Colombia with a 4th - lovely dink over the keeper.
Penalty to Greece
Greece go thought if a goal?
Yep
Samaras to take the kick
GOAL
GOAL
Greece say Hellas to the next round!
Greece win
Wow! That must hurt.
woah, 1-1 aready in argentina-nigeria!
Great goal from Messi!
2-2!
Nigeria back in this one.
3-2!!
Looks like i missed some great stuff from Messi
Watching France vs Ecuador now on BBC1
Also Grosjean needs to hurry up and win a race as the French anthem is nice
Evening. Looking for a good game from France, they looked good earlier in the tournament
That's our choice as well - the French are (apparently) averaging 5.2 goals per game (last 3 games).
Vive la France!
I like France because they have a player called Pogba and I liked pogs when I was young
That sounds like an awful lot!
So far in Brazil they scored 3 against Honduras and 5 against Switzerland.
Good volley!
Ooooooo - good hands
I wish this team were in the world cup - best own goal ever
https://38.media.tumblr.com/c655d04dc833ed8ccba88dacd2c9194e/tumblr_n7mpf8izTu1rkallao1_250.gif
They have more chemistry than the England team.
Does anyone know at what point do the yellow cards get wiped?
Great team effort
After the group stages if I remember rightly
That sounds right, I'm just so disconnected with football at the moment.
Wow, that wasn't even close
He is fast!
This game makes me think of Sash!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44t3xc_XDes -vs- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sc7h_7YH-xY
Always get worried when the keeper leaves his little rectangle. Stay in there!
Ooh, that was a massive bang on the head.
I'm sure there is a Sash! pun coming just around the hill...
Is it more worrying if he leaves his big rectangle?
Players are not supposed to be on the field when they are bleeding. Bad refereeing
Yes, that would be a concern.
Last night the Italian goalie would have had you really concerned. He was in the little rectangle at the other end of the pitch
He'd do a heck of a job to save a goal from there!
It was injury time and Italy needed a goal. They didn't get it
Oh yea, the bit where they all get desperate, I don't like that. Happens a lot in the knockouts there, I should prepare myself.
You need a tactic to cope with it
It usually involves just not watching the end :)
That is a very odd way to watch football
I think Phil Neville has actually been really good tonight.
good save!`
Not a lot of goals yet, come on France, step it up.
They need a dose of Franck.
Ribery?
HT 0-0
:)
Ooh i thought that was in
Will promised me all the goals and I see no goals.
It's like a m
urder mystery
Argh, silly keyboard.
Red card for Valencia.
Now there will be goals.
Sorry :( Maybe the French are just coasting because they are already (pretty much certainly) through.
First time I have noticed the little red card above the team name
I like the little red card :)
points
shoud've scored!
He panicked
France have so little attacking presence tonight
Out Of This World Cup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpBwvPeI5VM&feature=youtu.be
:)
They need to step up a gear
Great defending!
I have a sudden need for a zero grav world cup now :)
Love that. I wonder how often they bash their heads when they do all that spinning
I have to run, but I'm keeping an eye on the game. There better be a goal before the end... or else (I don't know what yet).
If you want scoring you're watching the wrong kind of football ;)
Switz goal - I saw it tell me on Twitter before it had actually been scored (streaming that one)
Should have been a French goal
Shoulda been a goal for Ecuador
Are France trying to lose this?!
Keeping!
They are just trying to get through the game without injuries etc
Should have been another French goal
No goals in the France game even though Christine was promised some
Form guide said there should've been a hat full
Really thought there would be.
Next round:
France to play Nigeria
Switzerland to play Argentina, and good luck with that.
Looking at tomorrow's games it seems the 5pm group is much more interesting:
USA v Germany
Portugal v Ghana
9pm:
Korea v Belgium
Algeria v Russa
USA and Germany are tied on 4pts, Portugal and Ghana tied on 1pt.
Belgium lead on 6 to Algeria's 3, the others on 1.
USA and Germany seem happy to play for a draw
Evening all.
Klose on at the start of the second half. He at least will be desperate for a goal
I don't get why Germany's change strip is red and black when historically it has always been green
1-0 Germany
Great shot from Thomas Muller from right on the edge of the box across the keeper
USA in danger of being knocked out now, depending on goal diff
Por 1 Gha 1
Portugal 1-Ghana1
Wonder what the rules on points say if two people post a comment on the same second?
Good question. Split, or rematch?
Maybe half points just to annoy Christine.
Sorry Christine
Hmmmm.
Team-mates running into each other
Portugal 2-1
Christiano Ronaldo
GAH!!!
c'mon usa.
Game over
Germany win
We've been watching tennis for half an hour, not a peep out of him. Two minutes of football and he's yelling and swearing at the TV. Can't be good for ya.
sorry. i rarely yell at f1 since schumi left either.
thought usa mighta scored something out of nothing there.
Close at the end..
Other game finished. Germany and USA through to the next round.
Can't imagine anyone swearing while watching tennis
Portugal and Ghana knocked out..
Germany win the group and will play whoever finishes 2nd in the final group, which plays at 9.
USA 2nd will probably play Belgium next..
Fab job by the USA to get through. Slightly embarrassing that they are better than football than us. We might actually have to start calling it soccer.
Muller's goal looks better every time I see it. Placed it absolutely perfectly. If they had 2 goal keepers they would not have saved that
USA USA USA
More football soon :)
Russia ahead already!
I might suggest that the longer comment takes the points :)
That Korean who was charging the free kick was within 3 yards of the ball when it was kicked. What the?
Off!? A Belgian is gone...
Red card for Defour of Belgium
Definite red card. Two feet, straight legs, studs up
Jumping in with studs, made sure he made contact
This game just got interesting!
Yellow cards not wiped out till after the quarter finals
Ooo thanks :)
Algeria 1 Russia 1
Algeria would finish second in the group
BEL GOAL
Goal Belgium
Belgium win the group and Algeria go through in second