Official FIFA World Cup 2014 Thread

[UGLI baby]

i can see that as a basic soccer fan without a rooting interest in either team.

however if im a ghana fan then i would rather win than tie..... and if im a germany fan then i would also rather win than tie.

So it seems like the excitement would go up for a germany or ghana fan if thier team would have won.

For example..... yesterday in the usa game i was much happier when usa was up 2-1 with 1 minute to go than i was when it was 2-2 and the game was over.
Thats an example of a win being more exiting than a tie

Well no **** bro. Of course you want your team to win instead of tie. 3 points better than 1 points tbh.

I thought we were talking about ties in general.

My excitement level for results in USA games goes like this...

USA win > USA tie > USA loss > USA players die on the field


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[UGLI baby]

i see what you are saying here and you are correct..... that goal didnt make it less exciting.... just made usa fans less happy i guess.

back to my original post however.

i went to the first game of the season for real salt lake and it ended in a 1-1 tie and was not a very exciting game overall.

so should i have felt happy or sad about the game/result? What emotion should a game like that make me feel?

i kinda felt like i should have got my money back tbh

Depends on how good Real was and who they played. Back then, getting a point might have been à good result for them even at home. Now, you would likely not be happy with a tie at home if you are an RSL fan, but would be pretty happy with a tie on the road.


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[UGLI baby]

My worry is that Portugal goes all out knowing that they not only need to win, but they need to make up a huge goal differential. This leaves them vulnerable to Ghana's counter attack and Ghana wins 3-1. This would basically mean USA would need to tie Germany to advance.


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[MVP]

They should make 2 and 3 pointers for goals depending on the distance away from the goal.

That's my suggestion, what do y'all think???

lol. Lets make regular goal 2 pts, penalty shots worth 1 point and shots from behind 30 yards 3 points. How about headers worth 4 pts and belly shots 6 pts. That way USA woulda won 9-6 vs Portugal lol.

 

[fishonjazz]

lol. Lets make regular goal 2 pts, penalty shots worth 1 point and shots from behind 30 yards 3 points.

i actually like this idea alot.... especially making penalty kicks worth less than other goals.

 

[fishonjazz]

Depends on how good Real was and who they played. Back then, getting a point might have been à good result for them even at home. Now, you would likely not be happy with a tie at home if you are an RSL fan, but would be pretty happy with a tie on the road.


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good answer

 

[BabyPeterzz]

Holy **** soccer is ****ing boring. But I LOVE the fans! They make this sport even remotely worth watching. I love the ego-fueled nationalism and pure passion. Competition at its finest. But soccer ****ing blows.


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[Zulu]

Man Mexico coming alive!!

 

[MVP]

Sad to see Croatia gone, but Mexico deserved to win.

 

[Deleted member 365]

lol. Lets make regular goal 2 pts, penalty shots worth 1 point and shots from behind 30 yards 3 points. How about headers worth 4 pts and belly shots 6 pts. That way USA woulda won 9-6 vs Portugal lol.

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See! Now we're thinking!

 

[BTP]

Does Germany have any incentive to rest players for this game?

Not really. Both routes to the finals aren't very nice. It's either France in the quarters and Brazil, Columbia, Chile, 2nd in the group With italy, costa rica in the semis
or it is Belgium in the eights finals, argentina in the quarters and netherlands in the semi finals.

So I guess our main goal is to solidify the defense to at least tie the game(in which scenario we would win the group) and the secondary aspect will be controlling the ball(65%+ possession), and then we'll try to run some fast breaks(No clue what the english football term is for that) or make deep passes out of our ball possession based offense.

Holy **** soccer is ****ing boring. But I LOVE the fans! They make this sport even remotely worth watching. I love the ego-fueled nationalism and pure passion. Competition at its finest. But soccer ****ing blows.


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Maybe you should watch the Olympics.

 

[BabyPeterzz]

Biting in soccer too eh? Gud jerb.


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