Brazil - Croatia match thread

vidor

Great finish.

riffmongous

Croatia keeper was very poor tonight

Will I Amnt

klose wrote: »

Nobody was saying he should get ahead of oscar but i thought myself he warranted at least a place on the back up list or to be tried out in a friendly or two

I've seen it mentioned a few times, I've seen it on here today.

efb

Goalie has to be on the take- he can't be that bad!

DM360

Brazil have been hacking, diving and complaining all game. It's easy to see why they're not well liked. This will continue though, the amount of pressure on poor referees, enormous intimidation of the home crowd and antics of the players will carry Brazil through this world cup.

Tonight is just the beginning.

Am i being harsh or is the Croatian GK fúcking rubbish?

RoryMac

Nice finish there from Oscar but poor again from the keeper, very slow to get down to it

Liam O

Wouldn't overly blame the keeper, disguised the shot wonderfully.

gandalf

Well that totally and utterly flatters Brazil. They will get destroyed by one of the bigger teams.

Guy:Incognito

Bad defending and bad goal keeping there. Croatia cant land that one at anyone elses door.

DildoFaggins

ArielAtom wrote: »

Neymars was never a red. Not sure where all the Brazilian hate is coming from. Ref has been poor, was never a pen. It's not Brazils fault. Oscar has been excellent

So intent to elbow is not a red? even when looking beforehand? lol what world are you living in Neymar didn't get the red because he's the golden boy can't send the golden boy off can ye now?

efb

Keeper got lessons from Bruce Grobbalar

Ulysses Gaze

If either Neymar or Oscar gets injured/suspended then Brazil are fecked.

Bacchus

Oscar strutting his stuff on the biggest stage. 1 goal, 1 assist and a very good game all round.

Adamocovic

Beefy78 wrote: »

Did their keeper win his place in the team in a raffle or something?

They do a sort of eurovison competition where he performs in front of a crowd on their version of the Late Late, winner is then picked from the phone voting

comongethappy

Big toe from outside the box & the goalie wasn't even ready to save it.

Well taken of course.

Croatia are a keeper & a striker away from being a very good team.

Oat23

Chucky the tree wrote: »

Anyone with a bit of cop-on knows it was a foul tbh.

It's a witch hunt. You're not getting away with running into the keepers shoulder as he jumps to catch the ball.

F*cking bizarre how many people think the ref is paid based off decisions like that. It happens every single week in football from set pieces into the box on top of the keeper.

Tinie

Shocking game for the Croat keeper. Brazil don't deserve the win in any way.

wonga77

Andy Townsend is painful to listen to

glued

Delighted for Fred. Hope he misses the rest of the World Cup after that dive

NIMAN

Keeper awful.

El Horseboxo

Seeing a replay here that looked like it should have been a Croatian free kick before Oscar got the ball.

.jacksparrow.

Wish they would have the added time up top

Andersonisgod

Brilliant by Oscar who fully deserved the goal and I'm delighted for him even if he did wreck my 2-1 bet

superfurry1

ha george hamilton gold Fred 90th minute with a rare appearance on the ball:D

daRobot

Croatia's keeper has been utterly dreadful. Got his poistioning arseways twice, and weak hands on the peno.

Weak link in a decent side.

OwaynOTT

Will I Amnt wrote: »

I've seen it mentioned a few times, I've seen it on here today.

Haven't seen it in the last few days myself. There was definitely space for the two of them, when you see Hulk and Fred doing nothing.

the_monkey

[BJOKE !!!

CORRUPT DISGUSTING TOURNAMENT

DIRTY REF !!!


[/B]

mike65

Ah feck off Brazil, all the luck in the world. Won't win this if they don't pick up.

Paully D

Clear free kick for Croatia in the lead up to that third goal. The referee must have been bricking it as Croatia were close to equalizing.

RobertKK

Yeah, should have been a free for Croatia.

blueser

NIMAN wrote: »

Keeper awful.

Arguably at fault for all three goals. Should have saved the first and third goals and, getting as much of a hand to the penalty as he did, he should have saved that as well.

the_monkey

How many people did Sep Blatter MURDER to get this tournament ??

Like all the slaves he is MURDERING in Qatar ??

Guy:Incognito

3 defenders and Oscar the only one anywhere near it. What were they standing off for, in case he passed it to the support he didn't have? :rolleyes:

vidor

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Bad defending and bad goal keeping there. Croatia cant land that one at anyone elses door.

Free kick in the build up?

ArielAtom

Delighted with that. Oscar excellent, Neymar good.

Panthro

seen a bit of the opening ceremony.
What in the name a Jaysus was Pitbull thinking when he dressed himself this morning?!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/worldcup2014/article-2656532/Brazil-2014-World-Cup-gets-underway-opening-ceremony-Arena-Sao-Paulo.html

kryogen

Rare it happens, but the Croatian goalie must feel awful out there, he has single handedly cost his team the match tonight. Awful awful goalkeeping

RoryMac

Have to say Luiz has been very good in the 2nd half, some great blocks. Can't see it lasting though

klose

Very flattering this 3-1 for brazil but croatias keeper was as poor as ive seen. Don't see brazil winning it outright tbh.

blueser

wonga77 wrote: »

Andy Townsend is painful to listen to

And in other news; water is wet and bears prefer wooded areas in which to defecate.

Nuri Sahin

Ramires definitely fouled the Croatian player (forget who it was) leading up to that goal too.

efb

kryogen wrote: »

Rare it happens, but the Croatian goalie must feel awful out there, he has single handedly cost his team the match tonight. Awful awful goalkeeping

Money helps soak up the tears

abelard

Despite the referee, I still think Brazil were just about worth the win. Having said that they will definitely need to step it up later on!

RobertKK

Nuri Sahin wrote: »

Ramires definitely fouled the Croatian player (forget who it was) leading up to that goal too.

Rakitic.

CountyHurler

Hate saying this but the ref seriously gave Brazil a dig out there... Dodgy penalty and there was a certain foul on the Croatian for the third goal..

RobertKK

First game and plenty of controversy already.

adamski8

the_monkey wrote: »

JOKE !!!

CORRUPT DISGUSTING TOURNAMENT

DIRTY REF !!!

Yeah, really put me off the whole tournament now. Looks like Brazil really have home advantage. Sickening craap. Cheating and diving wins the game yet again

Talib Fiasco

Original Ronaldo now would do a better job than Fred for Brazil... If I was the manager I'd stick Hulk up front and bring in Lucas or Willian on the wing and send Fred back to the dole office.

RobertKK

Remember referee already had called a foul by Croatia on Julio Cesar, which was a clear chance for Croatia.
It wasn't a free.