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2014 FIFA World Cup | Official Thread (pg. 31)
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| DOOMBOT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vector A
Yeah he seems like a piece of work. I liked watching tiny Costa Rica beat them 3-1, lol. That was a fun game. |
Costa Rica has a population of roughly 4.8 million people; +1 million more than Uruguay. |
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| Jon_Snow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Go Greece! For Zeus' sake, just leave the god damn group stage for once! |
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I thought you would be rooting for JPN?
Strange game. Granted Greece's defense is good but Japan is choking close range. They know how to attack but not how to finish. They're too busy falling down hoping the refs will help them.
Looking like it will end 0-0 |
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| Lira |
No way I'd root against a country that has a player called Sokratis :D
Oh, well, a draw with 10 players is a moral victory. Well done, Greece. |
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| Vector A |
| Didn't get to watch Greece vs Japan. Did I miss anything interesting? |
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| Jon_Snow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
No way I'd root against a country that has a player called Sokratis :D
Oh, well, a draw with 10 players is a moral victory. Well done, Greece. |
They did it against the persians why not again! 300! |
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| sensorium |
| Spain and England are messing most of ESPN's brackets. :stongue::stongue: |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by Vector A
Didn't get to watch Greece vs Japan. Did I miss anything interesting? |
Greece went all Sparta over the poor Japanese squad, and they were fun to watch. Japan actually had a good-ish team, but they lack a striker that can score goals.
7/10, didn't regret watching. |
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| sensorium |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Are you sure you're not mixing it up with the Brazilian "Hey, president, shove it up your arse" chant directed towards our president? |
Given the word amount difference I'm pretty sure it is two seperate chants. :p |
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| Lira |
| quote: | Originally posted by sensorium
Given the word amount difference I'm pretty sure it is two seperate chants. :p |
Oh, wait, Fifa is mad at us too :p
(I don't know if you can read Spanish, but Portuguese is similar and perhaps you can get the gist of it... if you can't tell me and I'll look for a source in English or I'll translate this one) |
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| Lira |
Remember that surprised woman during Brazil versus Mexico?
Turns out she's a famous journalist from Venezuela :p
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| sensorium |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
Oh, wait, Fifa is mad at us too :p
(I don't know if you can read Spanish, but Portuguese is similar and perhaps you can get the gist of it... if you can't tell me and I'll look for a source in English or I'll translate this one) |
Yeah, that's what I was referring to in the earlier post.
From the looks of it, if there is a sanction, it would only be monetary. source // in Spanish
A few thousand for Brazil, and obviously more for Mexico for using the chant more. The sanction itself will not stop the chant though. If anything it will make it stronger. Brazil was using it when Ochoa kicked the ball into play, as Mexicans do, But Mexico now has two officials games.
I'm surprised FARE noticed this chant until now. It is dumb because the chant itself is not meant to be insulting to the gay community or to put the goalie in that category.
The word came about in Guadalajara for one of the local club teams and the initial intention was to insult the goalie for abusive time wasting. The obvious term to initially use was "culero" () but that was already in use during gameplay and plus it has three syllables. It's too damn long! So the next option was "puto," which has more than one meaning which FARE seems to ignore. Puto, as it is being used, will mean more like "," or as I like to think of it, "in' coward , put the damn ball into play!" |
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| Jon_Snow |
The fan closeups sometimes upstage the game taking place. Lots of ugly & lol. Japanese looked like clowns with white face paint and red noses. |
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