The World Cup Thread

Am I really seeing this? Germany up 4-0, 25 minutes into the game? For fucks sake, thats embarrassing for hockey let along soccer. Hopefully Brazil doesn't burn.

 

Woah that escalated quickly. I swear I looked up at the TV at work and it was 1-0, looked down at my comp for a minute, looked up again and it was 4-0. Now 5-0.

 

Holy shit, Brazil fans are going to murder the entire team like a Rio ghetto cleansing. In. Sane.

 

If you're a German fan in the stadium or watching anywhere in Brazil, I'd flee to your hotel IMMEDIATELY.

And I'd also like to believe this is karma for Brazil harboring all those asshole Nazi fugitives after WW2

 

German fans have something to worry about for sure. Imagine all the disgruntled, angry fans in the favelas pouring out into the streets looking to riot and then they see German fans. If I were in the stadium, I'd leave now and while I was leaving I stay close to security.

 

Seriously? I mean, seriously?

In any case, the game between France and Germany got me reading and apparently one of the defining moments of French soccer - of a whole generation of frogs, in fact - was the 1982 world cup semi-final between France and Germany, which was the first world cup knockout game to be determined by a penalty shootout (comparable to something like the Miracle on Ice for the Americans or Paul Henderson's winning goal against the USSR for Canadians). And what do you know, the French lost that game, and is remembered for both how well the team played as well as a nasty tackle by the German goalkeeper, for which Helmut Schmidt had to send a letter to Francois Mitterrand to smooth over the tensions. And isn't that just the most stereotypically French thing that their dominant sporting memory involves losing to the Germans?

 

I was totes serious bro

 

If the Netherlands are up 5-0 over Argentina at half time you might be onto something.

 

The internet is already all over this.

 

Question about the 7th goal if anyone was still watching: On the long pass down the field, the German player was behind everyone else, so how was he not offsides? I'm still trying to figure out exactly how soccer offsides works.

 

What an embarrassment.

How do you give up 7 goals in a World Cup game?

I will say I love how Germany is saying, "Fuck you pussies, I'm going to run up the score on you."
It reminds me of Belichick laying into the Jets for 50+ points just for shits and giggles.

 

Soccer offsides is all about the last defender not including the GK. If the ball is moved while the offensive player is in line with the last defender, but then moves pass him while the ball is moving it isn't offsides.

 

So as long as the offensive player isn't behind the last defender (except the goalie) at the moment when a pass is made, he can run behind the defender to receive it?

 

Exactly.

 

The only thing that negates this is if you happen to be behind the last defender and you are in your own half of the field, but this realistically only happens in games around the high school level.

 

Technically, it's the second-to-last defender, which is usually the last player besides the goalkeeper.

If we're going to play the "retribution for harbouring Nazis" card, I wouldn't look for karmic justice after Brazil and Argentina had already won a bunch of world cups in the last 50 years and were being beaten by countries that a) have a dark history of Nazi collaboration themselves, and b) were once Nazis (and also have won a bunch of world cups).

 

You really take all the fun out of soccer.

 

Good lord, Brazil's back line looked like it was on the take. Standing around like statues.

EDIT: Quote from the German Captain: "At some point, the opponent is broken".

 

I'm half expecting Jonestown-like footage to come out of Brazil in the next 48 hours.

 

Possibly, once the depression wears off and once the paramilitary riot troops let their grip off the favelas you may see cars and buildings burning