gunsnewing wrote:Huge upset. Biggest so far

IronWillGiroud wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

IronWillGiroud wrote:Criminal behavior by both Nishamura and the entire Brazil squad, who played like violent thugs the entire game.

From Neymar's intentional elbow to the head of Luka Modric, to Gustavo's violent, criminal stomp on Modric's ankle (which might keep Croatia's best player out for the rest of the tournament), to the disallowed Croatia equalizer,

the fix was in on this one.

Croatia was sacrificed to quell any potential social unrest that could have erupted had the hosts lost the opening game.

Croatia outclassed Brazil for stretches of the game and if the cup was played in any other country in the world Croatia would be going into their second match with a point (or three) on the board.

Bull****.

Brasil could've spotted you guys 3 goals and Brasil would still win

Who is your favorite all time NBA baller?

Pekovic or Toni Kukoc?

I agree, with 12 men soccer becomes a much easier game,

Petrovic is my favorite player

To be fair Pletikosa should've saved both of Brazil's first two goals, but there is no excuse for that shameful display by FIFA referee

They sacrificed Croatia,

Brazil is a dirty, violent and criminally-minded team that is over hyped and would have trouble advancing past the group stage if not for its reputation and its status as the host nation

Hahaha, exaggerate much?!

H1AND1 wrote:

IronWillGiroud wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:

IronWillGiroud wrote:Criminal behavior by both Nishamura and the entire Brazil squad, who played like violent thugs the entire game.

From Neymar's intentional elbow to the head of Luka Modric, to Gustavo's violent, criminal stomp on Modric's ankle (which might keep Croatia's best player out for the rest of the tournament), to the disallowed Croatia equalizer,

the fix was in on this one.

Croatia was sacrificed to quell any potential social unrest that could have erupted had the hosts lost the opening game.

Croatia outclassed Brazil for stretches of the game and if the cup was played in any other country in the world Croatia would be going into their second match with a point (or three) on the board.

Bull****.

Brasil could've spotted you guys 3 goals and Brasil would still win

Who is your favorite all time NBA baller?

Pekovic or Toni Kukoc?

I agree, with 12 men soccer becomes a much easier game,

Petrovic is my favorite player

To be fair Pletikosa should've saved both of Brazil's first two goals, but there is no excuse for that shameful display by FIFA referee

They sacrificed Croatia,

Brazil is a dirty, violent and criminally-minded team that is over hyped and would have trouble advancing past the group stage if not for its reputation and its status as the host nation

Hahaha, exaggerate much?!

Yea right, that was being mild.

Taken on their own each incident might be harmless enough and no less than 3 blatant decisions forms a pattern.

Neymar's viscious, premeditated elbow to the face of Luka Modric was Brazil's ignoble way of telling the visitors that Brazil can do no wrong in its role as FIFA's pet team and that the Brazilians knew it.

In any other game Neymar's elbow is an automatic red-card. The backlash of sending off the host nation's poster boy 30 minutes into the opening game would have been enemormous, however, and it was clear that calling a fair game was never an option for Nishimura.

And what can you say about the penalty? That's two.

Taking away a Croatian equalizer late in the game just added insult to injury. Soft foul with the Brazilian player again forcing contact by jumping into Ivica Olic.

And we can go on about the dirty plays, like Gustavo's brutal heel stomp to the ankle of Modric which might leave Croatia's best player sidelined for the rest of the tournament.

Brazil made a mockery of the game and they had all the help in the world from the most corrupt sport governing body in the world in FIFA.

Disgrace.