His goal constipation is finally over!

Oh, "The Special One" hates that book ha ha ha. He was outed as a true jerk.

Fred's playing, on the other hand: merda pura.

Hulk vs. Hulk. Hulk loses.

How can a team that features some of the most expensive defenders in the world defend so fucking terribly?

Ow, baby… c'mere…

Oh! I unconsciously borrowed it from Spanish, ha ha ha— "rifar la pelota" is a common expression. E.g.,

Yes, raffle. To kick out the ball to whoever might get it is like giving away prizes in a raffle—everyone with a ticket has a chance, and you leave it all to luck. But in a situation like that you need is the ball to stay in your possession, so that the other team can't attack you. You hold, you pass, you play…

Hey, I appreciate you being a reasonable person on the internet. A rare sight!

It was a fast long ball, it bounced, he was tired, surrounded by 4 opponents, the ref closed him out in the only opening he had, and the ball was taken from him by a fresh Portuguese sub. I'd like you to run for 90+ minutes in Manaus and do everything perfectly while you're being jammed up from all sides.

Haa haa haa haaaa. Yes.

You can't control the ball when it's raffled willy-nilly from the goal kick. If you want control you come out playing. Kicking the ball far away to whoever may catch it is giving up possession 50% of the time. Big fucking mistake.

Why is everyone blaming Bradley instead of discussing the horrible American flaw of raffling the ball from a goal kick every time, instead of coming out playing the way everybody else does? Did you notice that? It was driving me fucking crazy. We have the ball, we're winning, we're supposed to cool the game, and we…

The problem with a team boasting so much talent in attacking midfield, though, is that those dribbling phenoms tend to rely on their own creativity rather than building chances as a team. A couple of times Mertens found himself loose on the wing where a simple ball to striker Romelu Lukaku would've lead to a…

Colombia has been pretty good, winning 3-0 and 2-1 vs. Greece and Ivory coast… they have everything they need to go far… except for Falcao. Damn!

The fact that Germany didn't win yesterday doesn't necessarily mean Germany didn't play well. They had their errors, sure, but Ghana really went all-out and played *extremely* well, certainly better than they did vs. the USA.

Ha ha ha ha! I think we're all surprised though.

Oh my fucking fuck! Costa Rica did great! They really deserved this. Tactically better. Hats off to their Colombian coach.

I'm making a sauce for the shoelaces! But let's wait for the 2nd half.

I think Costa Rica is a bit overrated due to massive tactical failures from Uruguay, which fielded its most aged squad against a young enthusiastic team that could run circles around them but has few technical resources.