2014 FIFA World Cup

[LL!]

I like Portland because of Kris Boyd :/

You? Like a team I support? Ludicrous. :/

[9 to 5]

For real, though, San Francisco's team is basically the San Jose Earthquakes. They even have a business partnership with the '49ers.

I might keep an eye on them, what wrestling fan wouldn't?

[Lineker]

A flyover has collapsed in Belo Horizonte, causing fatalities.

[MDK]

I guess the bridge is below horizontal now

[LL!]

There's news that at least 7 German players are displaying flu-like symptoms. Apparently, they were all fit enough to practice but were obviously showing symptoms of a cold. This could be bad news for them.

[brenchill]

Must be the cold weather.

[DMN in the House]

FC Dallas or DCU ... that's the way to go.

Or Caleb Porter's team (currently Portland).

As long as you don't go Galaxy ... that's like being a ManU/Chelsea/Barca/Real ( Arsenal ) fan here.

I resent that!

[Lineker]

Fifa's general secretary official has said he's "amazed" by the levels of drunkenness in Brazil's World Cup stadiums, reviving a debate over whether alcohol sales should have been allowed at matches in the first place. In an interview with Brazil's sports television network SporTV, Jerome Valcke said that "maybe there were too many people who were drunk" at the matches and pointed to the connection between inebriation and violence."

This is the same Fifa who got Brazil to temporarily overturn their stadium ban on beer for the tournament because Budweiser are a Fifa sponsor.

Lol.

[Colly]

As long as they have alcohol as a key sponsor there'll be booze, and I've little doubt that will include Qatar.

[Gazz]

AND NOW... THE 2022 QATAR WORLD CUP, BROUGHT TO YOU BY CHEVROLET AND CRYSTAL METH~!

[Benjamin]

So FIFA are just now finding out that people who drink might get drunk and turn violent? Wonderful...

[Cymbols]

Klose starts for Germany
 

https://twitter.com/hashtag/GER?src=hash LINE-UP: Neuer, Howedes, Hummels, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Ozil, Klose, Muller, Lahm (c), Kroos, Boateng https://twitter.com/hashtag/FRAGER?src=hash https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldCup?src=hash https://twitter.com/hashtag/joinin?src=hash

— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) https://twitter.com/FIFAWorldCup/statuses/485070908546351104
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https://twitter.com/hashtag/GER?src=hash LINE-UP: Neuer, Howedes, Hummels, Khedira, Schweinsteiger, Ozil, Klose, Muller, Lahm (c), Kroos, Boateng https://twitter.com/hashtag/FRAGER?src=hash https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldCup?src=hash https://twitter.com/hashtag/joinin?src=hash

— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) https://twitter.com/FIFAWorldCup/statuses/485070908546351104

[Jimmy]

Hope he gets the record.

[Rafael]

So much for Ronaldo.

[Colly]

I hope he gets three, as he's in my top scorer bundley bet... Already got two of seven, another one at least lets me break even.

[brenchill]

No Metresacker tonight. Illness apparently.

[Lineker]

Police in Brazil say they have identified a Fifa official alleged to have been involved in the illegal sale of World Cup tickets.

[GoGo Yubari]

No Metresacker tonight. Illness apparently.

Good news for Germany, then. He was awful against Algeria.

[Lineker]

Facepalm.

[brenchill]

With France's pace up top, Germany may well be better off without him, tbh.