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World Cup
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grokit
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JeeSee
Cultured Curmudgeon
It's nice that the big teams (as usual) got to go onward despite a sub-par performance... but both Brazil and Holland scraped through on penalties, and Chile and Mexico absolutely deserved to win (or, in the case of the latter, to at least go into extra-time). I have a feeling Holland might win the Cup now though.
SSVUN~YAH
You Must Unlearn, What You Have Learned...
It's too bad Robben is too old, because Mike Krzyzewski just sent recruits!"judgement call"
grokit
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Dive of the Day: Robben Makes the Ultimate Sacrifice for the Netherlands
By Jeremy Stahl
Arjen Robben's final moments.
Dutch winger Arjen Robben earned a game-winning penalty for the Netherlands in their 2-1 victory over Mexico after being mortally wounded in the box in the second minute of injury time. Mexico captain Rafael Marquez’s big toe nicked Robben’s pinky toe, causing the Bayern Munich player’s internal organs to spontaneously combust on impact. Robben is survived by his wife Bernadien Eillert and their children. It was a sad and tragic loss for the Dutch national team and the entire soccer community, but the Netherlands can console themselves in the knowledge that it was Robben’s sacrifice that led to them advancing to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Here is footage of the fateful incident.
We score dive of the day on three categories: level of actual contact (1 if there's no contact at all, 10 for a huge collision), level of simulated contact (1 for a stoic response, 10 for acting like you've been shot), and dive duration.
Level of actual contact: 3
Level of simulated contact: 10
Dive duration: 3 seconds
Okay, so Arjen Robben didn’t actually die from that “foul.” But he sure made it look like he might have! And because of those fine acting abilities, Robben demonstrates why soccer players dive. Because it works! One note, the original title of this post was actually going to be “Robben Demonstrates Why It Doesn’t Pay to Dive.” This was because Robben was robbed of a penalty after being fouled twice in the box on a single play in injury time in the first half.
The ref didn’t give it though and, as multiple commenters noted on Twitter, he may have suffered from some “boy who cried wolf” syndrome on the basis of his reputation as a diver. All’s well that ends with a game-deciding-dive, I suppose.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot..._the_winger_makes_the_ultimate_world_cup.html
By Jeremy Stahl
Arjen Robben's final moments.
Dutch winger Arjen Robben earned a game-winning penalty for the Netherlands in their 2-1 victory over Mexico after being mortally wounded in the box in the second minute of injury time. Mexico captain Rafael Marquez’s big toe nicked Robben’s pinky toe, causing the Bayern Munich player’s internal organs to spontaneously combust on impact. Robben is survived by his wife Bernadien Eillert and their children. It was a sad and tragic loss for the Dutch national team and the entire soccer community, but the Netherlands can console themselves in the knowledge that it was Robben’s sacrifice that led to them advancing to the quarterfinals of the World Cup. Here is footage of the fateful incident.
We score dive of the day on three categories: level of actual contact (1 if there's no contact at all, 10 for a huge collision), level of simulated contact (1 for a stoic response, 10 for acting like you've been shot), and dive duration.
Level of actual contact: 3
Level of simulated contact: 10
Dive duration: 3 seconds
Okay, so Arjen Robben didn’t actually die from that “foul.” But he sure made it look like he might have! And because of those fine acting abilities, Robben demonstrates why soccer players dive. Because it works! One note, the original title of this post was actually going to be “Robben Demonstrates Why It Doesn’t Pay to Dive.” This was because Robben was robbed of a penalty after being fouled twice in the box on a single play in injury time in the first half.
The ref didn’t give it though and, as multiple commenters noted on Twitter, he may have suffered from some “boy who cried wolf” syndrome on the basis of his reputation as a diver. All’s well that ends with a game-deciding-dive, I suppose.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_spot..._the_winger_makes_the_ultimate_world_cup.html
steiner666
Serial vapist
Woooooo! GERMANY! Good match!
LMAO CarolKing
LMAO CarolKing
I didn't know Suarez licks his balls too (or lack of them). Don't they put those on dogs to prevent them from licking themselves after they get castrated?Suarez in the World Cup from now on
JeeSee
Cultured Curmudgeon
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