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I just read that Oliver Kahn (apparently doing commentary for German TV) said the ref **** his pants at the penalty scene and thus gave Brazil the penalty. :lol:

After rewatching the highlights, I'm changing my above statement to yours. I hate watching Brazil, just a bunch of diving, bitching, and getting help from the refs. It will be nearly impossible for them to fail to advance now. I'd rather see any of the three other teams in the group advance over...

I was gonna say, he's got to be an older guy... he moves like his feet are in cement. McManaman was very critical of him, saying he should've saved all three of Brazil's goals. He was also incensed at the reffing decisions as well. I was surprised by how fair McManaman was today for the most...

Is Croatia's keeper really that bad? I have better reflexes than he does.

Now a Croatia goal was disallowed, and again, Darke and McManaman weren't sure what the ref was calling there.

Ian Darke and Steve McManaman (the ESPN commentators) were incensed by the call. That's saying something. If this is any indication, Brazil's going to get their hand held by the refs the entire tournament.

What a BS penalty call by the ref!!!! Fred is a diving cheat, like the rest of Brazil.

I agree with that. The Wenger and Lizarazu sound very objective and fair. Brazil is a favorite at ESPN for sure.

Here in the US, the commentator said something like: "No need to worry about that, it's just a forearm," or something like that.:dodgy: That was some bad defending by the Croatians there for sure. Let's see how they respond.

An own goal from Marcelo!!

I remember when he did that, haha but I didn't get the sarcasm for a second there. Croatia's had a couple of chances so far... they've started pretty well.

I don't think Rakitic is gay. I just did a quick search, and it looks like he's got a beautiful wife and daughter: Go Croatia!! I just hope Eduardo or Sammir doesn't come on and get the match winner though...

That makes sense, then. I wasn't aware of where he played his club football. It looks like Neymar might've tweaked an ankle or something in warm-ups just a second ago as well, but I think he'll be fine.

Thanks Frederic! I just saw he could've represented France on the site Transfermarkt. I agree about Holland and Belgium - these two will easily be the darkest Euro squads besides "France." England may not be that bad; as I've said, they'll have 8-9 white starters most likely. For Germany, I...

Here's a quick Group A preview, I'm hoping to have the others done by WC time. (As a side note, some of the Mexican players are borderline cases on whether they're white or mestizo, so I put them the best I could.) Group A Brazil: I’ll start off with the hosts for this brief breakdown. Brazil...

I agree with you guys on the teams to root for so far; I'll try to get a more detailed breakdown of the teams in before Thursday. I'd say Spain, Croatia, Russia, England (possibly 9 whites starting for them), Germany, Argentina, Greece (just the mestizo Holebas), Australia, and...

I'm glad to see only three non-whites with the German squad!! I think Boateng might be on the bench; even Bleacher Report had him on the bench to Hummels and Mertesacker. They have Lahm as RB and Erik Durm as LB. I think Khedira could be on the bench as well. I agree, he looks a bit like...

Well, the USA has 6 whites starting (Dempsey, Bradley, Bedoya, Besler, Cameron, Zusi) tonight against Azerbaijan. They've been saying that if Jones doesn't do well as a holding midfielder, Beckerman could possibly replace him. I'm starting to agree about Julian Green; they've shown his Dad a...

Yep. It was Gus. He's just started commentating on football matches since FOX got the Champions League Matches (he usually does the NCAA Tournament and NFL), so he is a bit better than when he started, but he's still pretty bad, and doesn't seem to know the game very well (a lot of awkward...

I get that same vibe from Klinsmann. A lot of American fans are very upset with the decision to cut Donovan. I've even heard rumblings that Klinsmann may be gone if the USA doesn't make it out of the group now. When Donovan didn't make it, Klinsmann's son had a tweet I believe mocking Donovan...

That's very true about Illaramendi; I forgot that he could've started to; Real certainly would have gotten more production out of him than Khedira, who was worthless for the 58 minutes he was in the game. I agree, Modric played very well today, and delivered a great ball in to Ramos to tie the...

I remember the announcers here in the United States saying something to the effect of: You can really hear the Real Madrid fans getting upset with Khedira, he has not done anything today! :D I think Khedira was only playing because Xabi Alonso was suspended from the game. Hopefully that loser...

Leaving Donovan off is a HUGE mistake. I can't believe he got left off for Julian Green and Brad Davis. If I'm down 1-0 against Germany and need a goal to advance, you want Donovan in the game. He also left Clarence Goodson off the team, which means that Omar Gonzalez will is entrenched, and...

Here's a very interesting prospect: The Kansas just landed 16 year old (soon to be 17 year old) 2014 Ukrainian shooting guard Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk! This guy is GOOD. He is very athletic, and he's one hell of a scorer. He'll be a great player for the Jayhawks one day. You gotta watch his...

I agree. ESPN's even projected Varane to start (with only 5 white starters total as well)!! Koscielny should be starting easily over that bum. I hope France crashes and burns at the World Cup.