Brasil vs. The Netherlands: Third Place Match Game Day Thread

bungadiri · Jul 11, 2014

Sat, Jul 12, 4:00 PM on ESPN • Third place
Estádio Nacional de Brasilia, Brasília

vs
-----Brazil--- Netherlands

FIFA Site

This thread is for calm, courteous discussion of the third/fourth place match of the 2014 World Cup. Trolling posts and personal attacks are not allowed. Thanks!

Incidental Lurker · Jul 12, 2014

Sneijder injured in warm-up.

VFish · Jul 12, 2014

Incidental Lurker said: ↑

Sneijder injured in warm-up.
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Kind of a key player. But glad to see both RVP and Robben starting. I am pleasantly surprised.

Slotback · Jul 12, 2014

Both teams fielding a lot of front line guys. A surprise in a lot of ways I suppose.

VFish · Jul 12, 2014

Can I have a 3rd place HUP! ?

Pandore · Jul 12, 2014

Good luck to both teams!

LastBoyscout · Jul 12, 2014

ifsteve said: ↑

There is NOTHING good that can come from a third place game. The players are tired. The game means nothing. They are playing on very short rest and the Dutch with miniscule rest. There are only two potential outcomes.
1. A very boring game where the players take no chances (which is what I would do).
2. It turns violent because one or two guys go in with an attitude and somebody gets seriously hurt.

Just one more case where FIFA needs to pull their heads out from where the sun doesn't shine and make some changes to their archaic view of football.
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In 2010 Germany vs Uruguay was a really nice and entertaining game. 3:2 scoreline. Forlan nearly tied it up with a last minute free kick, that hit the crossbar. If the teams approach it the right way it can be a nice game. But I don't really expect this one to be. I think van Gaals statement reflects the stance of his players on the matter and Brazil will probably look to avoid an other high scoreline first and going for goal second. We'll see how it goes.

Redshift · Jul 12, 2014

Wolfie65 said: ↑

I'm sure that somewhere on the streets of Brazil, there are several more Neymars, David Luiz's and Oscars, just waiting to be discovered. Or, perhaps more to the point, several Leaos, Toninhos Cerezos, Dirceus,Edinhos, Juniors, Falcaos.....
If they keep Scolari, Fred, Hulk and Marcelo, someone's got blinders on or they have friends in VERY high places.
In that case, I wouldn't blame Brazilians one bit if they lost interest in the whole thing and turned to something else less screwed up. Off the top of my head, they have excellent volleyballers, skateboarders, surfers and bull riders.
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We could certainly use a Toninho Cerezo and Falcão just now.

Christina99 · Jul 12, 2014

ok, netherlands already 1-0 at 2 minutes play

puyol · Jul 12, 2014

no red card ?!?!?!

mistert06 · Jul 12, 2014

How was that not a red card?

Karloski · Jul 12, 2014

Should be a free kick and a red card.

Brazil got away lucky. Losing Silva that early would have been much worse.

Outburstz · Jul 12, 2014

wow 2 minutes in already a goal Brazil should just bunker before this gets ugly it would be tragic to get blown out twice in Brazil

condor11 · Jul 12, 2014

mistert06 said: ↑

How was that not a red card?
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how was that a pk?

shouldn't it be where contact begins?

should have been red card and fk

Jok-R · Jul 12, 2014

Brace yourselves, goals are coming

Jadentheman · Jul 12, 2014

Silly mistake

VFish · Jul 12, 2014

Wow! Silva lucky to still be on the pitch. RVP with a classic PK finish and I haven't even popped my first beer.

benztown · Jul 12, 2014

Two mistakes in one by the ref. Should have been a red card for Silva, shouldn't have been a penalty.

LastBoyscout · Jul 12, 2014

condor11 said: ↑

how was that a pk?

shouldn't it be where contact begins?

should have been red card and fk
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Actually if a foul carries on into the box refs are instructed to give the punishment that is more beneficial to the fouled party, if I remember correctly.

mistert06 · Jul 12, 2014

Outburstz said: ↑

wow 2 minutes in already a goal Brazil should just bunker before this gets ugly it would be tragic to get blown out twice in Brazil
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Maybe, but honestly, they're in a tough spot now, either play very conservative to prevent a blow out, or try to play a crowd pleasing game and risk a blow out. It's a fine line, even more so being down at the two minute mark.

Outburstz · Jul 12, 2014

Tuco said: ↑

I'm looking forward to a good match tonight, though I'll be sure not to place too much hope on that.

Silva will be back on defensive duties, so hopefully that will give Brazil a good boost to help make this a good match to watch.

That said, I'm very curious as to what team van Gaal will field. Oranje has played two consecutive 120-minute matches and will be going in to this match with a day less rest. My guess is De Jong and van Persie will both be rested.

~*~*~Trivia~*~*~
Here's the info on how the payouts look:

1st place: $35 million
2nd place: $25 million
3rd place: $22 million
4th place; $20 million
KO'd @ 1/4finals: $ 14 million
KO'd @ R-16: $9 million
KO'd @ group stage: $8 million

Strange to see that there seems to be such little differences between 3rd and 4th place ($2 million) as well as between those who succeeded and those who failed to pass the group stage ($1 million?).
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Wow Costa Rica gets 14 million that will do well for them going forward

benztown · Jul 12, 2014

Brazil's favorite ref...Robben gets fouled, then yellow...ridiculous

VFish · Jul 12, 2014

A hard yellow and a soft yellow. Colorful match.

SoyDelMustang · Jul 12, 2014

Terrible ref lmao, should've been a red for silva, no penalty and gave a stupid yellow to Robben? Oh god

waitforit · Jul 12, 2014

At least this game answered the question if having Silva vs Germany would have made a big difference

Well no