US N+A World Cup General Discussion Thread

Anybody liking this opening ceremony?

 

Too bad Univision don't offer HD

 

Stadium sorta empty. Traffic concerns?

 

I like the tribute to the Guarani peoples and the gauchos

 

Still a decent number of empty seats, so maybe not even important for the fans haha. I presume it'll pick up closer to game time.

 

This month I'm either not changing my underwear or I'm gonna need to change them every game

Waited 4 years for this I'm so excited

 

They do (for a long time now - the last world cup was in HD on Univision I'm pretty sure). Are you sure that you don't have it? If not, it's a limitation of your cable provider. You should call and check.

 

Group A:
Brazil, Croatia

Group B:
Spain, Chile

Group C:
Colombia, Ivory Coast

Group D:
Uruguay, Italy

Group E:
France, Ecuador

Group F:
Argentina, Bosnia & Herzegovina

Group G:
Germany, USA

Group H:
Belgium, Russia

Round or 16:
Brazil over Chile
Italy over Colombia
France over Bosnia & Herzegovina
Germany over Russia
Spain over Croatia
Uruguay over Ivory Coast
Argentina over Ecuador
USA over Belgium

Quarterfinals:
Brazil over Italy
Germany over France
Spain over Uruguay
Argentina over USA

Semifinals:
Germany over Brazil
Argentina over Spain

Final:
Germany over Argentina

Let the fun begin!

 

Damn the referee just gave a red card to everyone.

 

Capoeira sighting at the opening ceremony!

At first, my brain thought "Caipirinha sighting"... apparently my brain thinks I need a drink tonight.

 

Kids' shoes are untied.

 

That was a harsh red if I'm being honest

 

On purpose.

Great to see a Mundial played in a country with a strong, real soccer tradition. But I expect to see quite a few empty seats, considering the prices and how bad the economic situation is for the middle-class and below in Brazil, in short, the people who love soccer the most.

 

Ah, okay.

 

This convinced me never to see J Lo in concert.

 

TMI

 

Jesus.

 

Jesus would have changed his underwear for the sake of everyone else around him.

 

FIFA has all that money and still can't figure out who the relevant musical artists of 2014 are.

 

Here's my bracket:


Group A: Brazil, Croatia
Group B: Chile, Spain
Group C: Colombia, Japan
Group D: Uruguay, Italy
Group E: France, Ecuador
Group F: Argentina, B i H
Group G: Germany, Ghana
Group H: Belgium, Algeria

Round of 16:
Brazil over Spain
Uruguay over Colombia
Chile over Croatia
Italy over Japan
France over BiH
Germany over Algeria
Argentina over Ecuador
Belgium over Ghana

Quarter-finals:
Brazil over Uruguay
Germany over BiH
Chile over Italy
Argentina over Belgium

Semi-finals:
Argentina over Chile
Brazil over Germany

Brazil over Argentina

 

The song didn't help. At least Wavin' Flag had a bit of melody to it. Although of course Waka Waka surpassed it ten times.

Rarely WC-related music is memorable. Perhaps Ricky Martin's "Copa de la Vida" is the one that stuck around the longest, even though I never liked it. But then I'm a Baroque/bossa nova type, and anything with a lot of rhythm (including most rock) annoys me.

 

Marcelo Balboa on Univsion. Wut?

 

That's good to know.

 

Personally I'm forsaking underwear altogether so my monthlong erection doesn't chafe against my clothes.

 

beautiful and hilarious