The 2014 FIFA World Cup
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Beyond preparations is the very real question of safety. Many of the favelas are currently occupied by government forces in preperation for the WC. The ones not in the immediate vicinity of the stadiums are controlled by local militias. Ben Anderson (BBC frontline football, along with much more) gave a very sobering and honest view of the situation on episode 1 of season 2 of vices HBO show. Highly reccomended viewing if you are interested in the subject, along with the entire series. They have covered some really interesting stuff in the last two years.
Watched this episode the other day, pretty confronting viewing, so much corruption going on over there.
For me, would be good to see the poms have a bit of success and not crash and burn early as per normal.
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For me, would be good to see the poms have a bit of success and not crash and burn early as per normal.
Won't happen. We'll go out early again and that means I'll have more time to watch stuff worth watching…..(or should this go in Unpopular Opinions?)
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Go where ?
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Go where ?
[/quote]did u see some belgians games?
me yes. Games again Croatia for ex.
they play a very nice and solid football.
Belgia has a very good team. and some very good individualities…
Courtois...Kompany...Hazard... -
For me, would be good to see the poms have a bit of success and not crash and burn early as per normal.
Won't happen. We'll go out early again and that means I'll have more time to watch stuff worth watching…..(or should this go in Unpopular Opinions?)
It always seems like success is just around the corner for England and that the "next generation" will be the golden one. They do have a lot of great young players who actually have good technical skill suited to the modern game coming through. Maybe one of these years.
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Go where ?
[/quote]did u see some belgians games?
me yes. Games again Croatia for ex.
they play a very nice and solid football.
Belgia has a very good team. and some very good individualities…
Courtois...Kompany...Hazard...Add in lukaku, mirallis and many more. Add that to their group and they should go past group stages for sure
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I always support Japan, nothing to do with denim either I've supported them for years. I gave up on England in 2000 and switched to Japan, but when I say gave up on England it was more like I stopped kicking my TV when watching them fuck up as usual.
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Go where ?
[/quote]did u see some belgians games?
me yes. Games again Croatia for ex.
they play a very nice and solid football.
Belgia has a very good team. and some very good individualities…
Courtois...Kompany...Hazard...Add in lukaku, mirallis and many more. Add that to their group and they should go past group stages for sure
fellaini….
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France intrigue me. On paper they have an excellent side but the capacity to completely melt down is always there. If they ever get it together they could be a force again.
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Definitely a lot of crazy there. I can't stand nasri, but it's madness that they didnt include him in the squad.
So many teams have the right players to do well, but since they only play together a handful of times a year they don't really have any understanding of each others movements and thus ability to play well together as a team (bar a few notable exceptions including Spain and Germany) It makes for bad, but sometimes entertaining football, as it is definitely a strikers tournament.
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Being a Newcastle fan I have an interest in how Yohan Cabaye performs as he was great for us. I didn't really begrudge him his big move to PSG, but I thought he should have moved to Spain or Germany instead for a higher standard of football, he was so good for us and I wonder how good he could have been for a really top side….now he'll be stuck in a league with not much real competition, but playing for a massive club nevertheless.
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it is too bad, i would have really liked to see him come to arsenal , but can understand why padrew blocked it. its been great to see newcastle back in the mix (despite the blip two seasons ago) they are the only team ive ever really been bothered to see relegated.
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France intrigue me. On paper they have an excellent side
…but unfortunately they play mainly on grass.
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Great stuff.
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Well, after rioting, that horrible opening ceremony and being 1 - 0 down after 11 minutes it really could not have started much worse for Brazil.
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Woah, didn't see that coming. 11' in? I kind of feel bad for the host country. Not that I think they are in any real jeopardy of not advancing.
