Go ahead, make fun of soccer. Never mind that 2 billion people will be watching it. Go ahead and tell me about “bread and circuses” …. as if you don’t have your favorite entertainment distraction. Surely — “don’t call me Shirly!!” — SOMEONE here played ute soccer, or have their own offspring-utes playing soccer …. not to mention all our overseas guests, and folks like El Burrito (go Mehico!!)
So, I actually created a Bracket Group on ESPN. It’s called “Village Idiots”, (really) and the motto is “Start the damn revolution”. You can use your SAME name as in the basketball bracket, otherwise, just create one on ESPN. It’s fast and easy. You can fill out as many brackets as you want. There’s no password. Just click the link below;
http://games.espn.go.com/world-cup-bracket-predictor/2014/en/group?groupID=40417
Just one quirk. If (and that’s a BIG if) you enter, you must choose ALL the teams for EACH round before going to the next round. That’s because, unlike basketball, not every team stays in the same group. Only the winner of a group stays in the same group, the second place team in a group goes to another group. It sounds complicated, but it’s not. Again, just complete each round in its entirety before going to the next round.
If you want to play, but you’re a Soccer Moron … here’s a little insider help for you.
First of all, do NOT judge a team according to the seedings. The seedings (and, rankings) are determined by FIFA, and it’s a complete and utter joke, trust me. So, below are the Groups, their ranking by the much more reliable Soccer Power Index (SPI), their chances of winning it all, and some Stucky commentary.
Note: The “odds” is an unusual and complicated system by oddsshark.com — about as reliable as any odds-maker out there. What you need to know: The LOWER the number (even into negative territory), the HIGHER the odds of that team winning it all.
First, here is a pictorial representation of the teams.
Teams below are listed in order of SPI ranking. The format is — (Team — SPI Ranking ——— Odds of Winning)
Group A
Brazil ………. 1 …… -400
Mexico …..… 26 ….. 900
Croatia …….. 31 ….. 800
Cameroon … 39 ….. 2500
BRAZIL — MORTAL LOCK!! Not enough that they’re the #1 team in the world, they are playing in front of wild-assed crazyfuk fans. They will get ALL the calls. Home field advantage in soccer is worth a .58 goal advantage … a HUGE number. They’re going to the FINAL game. You’re a dumbass, or fanatical fan of another team, to believe otherwise. Very many experts believe they should just give Brazil the trophy now, and be done with it.
MEXICO — Second place (the other team going to the next round) is a tossup between Mexico and Croatia. Mexico has been HISTORICALLY disappointing in the World Cup. They’ll have a big advantage over Croatia if the playing conditions are hot and humid. Croatians will have the advantage if there’s a head of lettuce growing on or near the playing field. I’m not picking Mehico to advance. I hope this pisses off El Coyote.
CROATIA – The Croats have one of soccer’s best midfielders, Luka Modric, who starts for the best team in the world, Real Madrid. The White House was built with Croatian limestones. Da boyz got stones. Pick ‘em.
CAMEROON — “Cameroon” comes from a Portuguese phrase meaning Shrimp River. It’s also Austrian for “No fucking way.”. The only ting they’re leaving Brazil with is the clap.
Group B
Spain ……..…… 3 ..….. -135
Chile ……..……. 5 …….. 225
Netherlands …. 9 ……. -400
Australia …..…. 53 ……. 3300
SPAIN — Mortal Lock. Probably the best team, top to bottom. A roster filled with All Stars. The Spanish team as currently constructed is considered one of, if not the best, national teams of all time. They won the last two Euro titles as well as the 2010 World Cup. The players can walk on water. The coach once fed an entire stadium, even though he had only 5 tacos and 2 sardines in his lunchbox.
CHILE — They are VERY long and skinny. Oh, wait …. that’s their country. Don’t underestimate this VERY good team …… except …. their star midfielder, Arturo Vidal, is just recovering from knee surgery. Without him playing very well, they’ll have a tough time taking 2nd place from the Netherlands.
NETHERLANDS — Was in the last WC final against Spain … where they played like cheap dicks. Even their own legendary player, Johan Cruyff, said they played “ugly, vulgar, hard, hermetic, hardly eye-catching, hardly football style”. Haven’t been playing great lately, getting trounced in the Euro 2012 tournament. If they can pull their dicks out of the dyke, they just might advance.
AUSTRALIA – Get some Brazilian pussy. Go home. Call it a good outing.
Group C
Colombia …..… 6 ….. -150
Ivory Coast ….. 18 ….. 400
Greece …….….. 23 ….. 400
Japan …………. 32 ….. 900
COLUMBIA —- Yet another very strong South American team. Many have Colombia as the tournament’s best underdog. Many years ago USA played Columbia in the WC. Some player scored an “own goal”. About two months after he returned to Columbia, he was murdered. Colombian players have a lot of incentive to not fuck up.
IVORY COAST — ANY of the other teams can advance to the next round. But, this team only appeared in two WCs and never advanced out of group stage. Not that it matters, but they make great soaps which float.
GREECE — 55% of the utes in Greece graduate with a four-year college degree, which is the highest rate in the world. 25% of them are unemployed and have beautiful hair. In ancient Greece, after a goal was scored, the opposing players would fuck their goalie in the ass. That’s all I know about Greek soccer.
JAPAN — I really don’t like Japs. They’re still hunting and killing whales. That wasn’t good enough for them, so now they want to kill everything in the Pacific Ocean. Plus, their women’s team beat the USA in the last WC final. Fuck Japan and their slanty eyes.
Group D
Uruguay ……. 8 ….. 180
England ……. 10 ….. 225
Italy ……..….. 13 ….. 150
Costa Rica …. 25 ….. 5000
URUGUAY — Jeezus, how many very good teams are there in SA?? But, this is a really tough group. However, they have waaay to many fuckin’ “U”s in their name. No country with that many “U”s has ever won it all. They rely on two super-duper players …. the rest of the team is rather average. They went as far as the semis in the 2010 WC, and won the 2011 COPA. They also lost to crappy teams. Which team shows up, nobody knows.
ENGLAND –— Is there a MORE historically disappointing team in the WC? Well, is there, punk? NO!! The Brits invented a word to describe their soccer teams …. WANKERS. I’m not picking them, evah.
ITALY — A historic European powerhouse. This year’s team is comprised largely with the same players from the last WC, four years ago. Translation … this team is OLD, in terms of soccer. They’ll advance, but only because Costa Rica sucks, and England Wankers always fuck up.
COSTA RICA — This country is sandwiched between Nicaragua and Panama, and yet somehow they don’t give a shit about baseball. Dumbasses. They also don’t care about soccer, and they have zero chance of advancing.
Group E
France ……..….. 7 ….. -125
Ecuador ……….11 …… 350
Switzerland …..22 ….. 250
Honduras ……. 33 ….. 3300
FRANCE — True story, google it; “French foreign intelligence services bombed Greenpeace’s ship, the Rainbow Warrior, on July 10, 1985. The ship was targeted to prevent it from interfering in French nuclear testing in the Pacific.” They BOMBED Greenpeace!! Why? Cuz the Greepeace ship had no guns. I don’t like the French. I’m not going to do a search to give you all a little tidbit. I don’t give a shit about that country. Arrogant little fuckers think swapping spit was their invention!
ECUADOR — Krist Almighty, another very good SA team. No analysis. Fuckit. I’m not picking them. Why? Cuz no way in hell will ALL South American teams advance. I gotta pick a scapegoat loser. Might as well be Ecuador. They’re used to it.
SWITZERLAND — This is the most interesting team in the entire field. German coach, several Germanic players = Germany Light. An interesting tidbit; unlike most teams, this team does not have a single “superstar”. If you like team-play, you’ll love this team. They lost only 1 of 18 games in qualifying. The Under-17 World Cup is an excellent indicator of a team’s future success. The Swiss won the 2009 Under-17 World Cup. You know who won the last World Cup? Spain. Do you know who was the only team to beat Spain? Yup, the Swiss. They’re more experienced, and better. Can they be THE Dark Horse this year? I think so. Once the USA gets booted, and should Germany falter, I will be cheering mightily for the Swiss.
HONDURAS –— Ever heard of the Soccer War? Yup. Honduras and El Salvador player three times in order to qualify for the 1970 World Cup. El Salvador won 2 of 3 games, and qualified. Honduras got to pick bananas, the people got vewy vewy angry, and fucked up a bunch of El Salvadorans via riots and general mayhem. Naturally, the Salvadoran military launched an attack against Honduras. Seems like a good response to me. The war only lasted 100 hours. However, it took another 11 fucking years for the two countries to sign a peace treaty. Ain’t that some funny shit?? Did you know they have the world’s highest murder rate? Honduras CAN advance out of group play …. but, only IF all the players are allowed to bring Glocks.
Group F
Argentina ……….. 2 .….. -400
Bosnia-Herz. ….. 14 …… 600
Nigeria ………..…. 28 ….. 800
Iran ……………….. 38 ….. 3300
ARGENTINA — South American …. fuckmedead!! … 2nd ranked team in the world …. Mortal Lock …. blah blah blah …. just pick ‘em all the way to semis.
BOSNIA-HERZ —- Amazing story that such a small and new country is so good at soccer. Did you know they have the only remaining jungle in Europe? It’s called the Perućica forest … has many trees that are 300 years old, and the forest’s vintage is stated to be 20,000 years. In some places the forest growth is almost impregnable. 10 more really truly fascinating facts about Bosnia here —- http://www.expatsblog.com/contests/799/top-10-crazy-things-about-living-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina#sthash.onfw30Kp.dpuf Pick ‘em!!
NIGERIA — here’s all you need to know … they lost last week to the USA, 2-1 … and it was much uglier for them than the score indicates. They suck Obongo dick. Also, someone from Nigeria is trying to scam you right this very moment.
IRAN — Iran???? WTF are they doing in the WC?? Good thing their first game, or any other, isn’t against Da Joos. I leave it to our own beloved ZARATHUSTRA to enlighten us on Iranian soccer. I’m betting Ahura Mazda was Player-Of-The-Year back in 24,678B.C.
Group G — The Group of Death
Germany ………. 4 …… -180
Portugal ………. 16 …… 275
United States … 17 …… 1000
Ghana …………. 24 …… 1200
GERMANY — Deutschland Uber Alles!!! Undefeated in the qualification stage ….. scoring 36 goals in 10 games ….. in the TOP 2 (or, 3) in offensive firepower ….. really, they don’t show any weaknesses at this point. Mortal Lock. Angela Merkel told the players if they lose, all of them will have to lick her pussy … after Obongo boinks her. This is a huge incentive to never lose, and that’s why I’m picking them to win it all. (Yes, I know they’re playing Brazil in Brazil.)
PORTUGAL — Just because Portugal’s national symbol is a chicken, doesn’t mean they will choke the chicken. Why? One name …. Cristiano Ronaldo …. pretty much unanimously considered the best player in the world. And the rest of the team ain’t to shabby either.
USA — this may be one of the best National Teams in a long while … young, fast, skilled, and with a World Class goalkeeper, Tim Howard . BUT, we got really FUCKED over by being placed in this group … thanks to FIFA’s totally corrupt and bullshit ranking system. If they get out of group play, I will call USA’s coach, Jurgen Klinsmann, — the great former German national player — and offer to lick his balls.
GHANA — there is no team in this year’s WC that I HATE/LOATHE/DESPISE more than Ghana … the team that knocked us out of the past two World Cups …. the last time by a last second goal in overtime. I hope half the team takes a dip in the Amazon and piranhas chew off their dicks, and the other half drinks the water and they get the shits … while playing. Not very sportsmanlike, I know. Don’t give a shit. G.E.S.
Group H
Belgium ………. 12 ….. -175
Russia ………… 15 ……. 200
South Korea … 37 ……. 750
Algeria .………..69 ……. 2800
BELGIUM —- what’s the FIRST thing you think of when Belgium is mentioned? I guarantee it’s either 1) legal drugs, 2) legal pay-for-pussy, or 3) waffles. They also have a powerful soccer team with a reputation as Giant Killers having beaten eventual World Cup winners; West Germany in 1954, Brazil in 1963, Argentina in 1982, and France in 2002. Betting against them, especially in group play, is just plain silly.
RUSSIA — Top Secret insider info what you need to know; Putin will be playing as a striker. A Mortal Lock for 2nd place. Did you know the land mass of Russia is equal to that of Pluto? Also, Russia is colder.
SOUTH KOREA — I mean, why allow Asian teams to play in the WC? It’s not like they EVER won the WC …. or EVER will. Nevertheless, I love our new Hyundai. Too bad they can’t play a similar quality of fussball. Goddamn, I love S. Korea’s president!!!! In response to criticism that the government botched rescue efforts during a ferry disaster that left more than 300 dead or missing, president Park Geun-hye announced plans to DISBAND THE COAST GUARD. Taking the bull by the horns and not ducking out?? That’s so … so …. soooo Un-Obama-ish!!!
ALGERIA — Fuckin’ Mooslims. WTF? Algeria’s national team name is the Fennec Foxes. Below is a Fennec Fox. Cuter than cute. But, using a Woman’s Method Of Choosing Teams — team colors and/or the mascot — I ask you; “Is this a mascot that could win at …. anything??” Those ears. Yikes! It looks like an animal created by the NSA. Not the worst team in the field, but absolutely zero chance of advancing.
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It seems, from what I’ve read, that some (many?) Brazilians are pretty pissed off at the COST of these games, much of it (as usual) falling on those with the least amount of money. Still … Brazil is one country I’d love to see before I croak. It looks like such a beautiful and diverse country. Breathtaking, in many cases. Check it out …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZ2mPAMUhk8&feature=player_detailpage
And for you guys, except bb, they say Brazilian women are amongst the world’s most beautiful. I see no reason to dispute that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chybMnfbih0&feature=player_detailpage
OK, I will give you sad.
In Bangkok there is a “mafia” type organization that has a collection of cripples. They drop them off every morning in strategic locations with their begging bowls. In the evening they pick them up and take the money. The mafia rationalizes this as OK because they drive them to work, pick them up at night, give them something to eat and a place to sleep.
There are also mothers with babies begging in tourist areas. Funny thing is there have been mothers with babies in the same locations for about 10 years. The babies never grow up.
I have come to the conclusion that begging is usually a scam.
CBS2 Investigation: Transportation Workers Watch World Cup Games On Taxpayer Dime
July 7, 2014 11:13 PM
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — It looks like a scene from a local sports bar: groups of men watching the World Cup on TV, cheering with every play on the big screen.
But CBS2 investigative reporter David Goldstein reports undercover cameras found some of these men could be scoring your taxpayer dollars during working hours, sometimes for hours at a time, in the restaurant at Caltrans headquarters in downtown Los Angeles.
The restaurant is privately owned, catering not only to Caltrans employees but also to the Los Angeles Department of Transportation, which is in the building at 100 South Main St. It is also open to the public.
They recently put out a flyer telling “everyone to enjoy watching your favorite World Cup soccer games” — and as Goldstein reports, hidden cameras show many did.
In fact, Goldstein’s cameras caught dozens of people watching games during normal business hours, all while possibly earning your taxpayer money.
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I already mentioned that Germany and Brazil have met only once before in the World Cup, 12 years ago. Some interesting tidbits, and role reversals.
1)- Brazil was still playing “the beautiful game” …. with Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Cafu and Roberto Carlos delivering pin-point passes and flying forward at every opportunity.
2)- Today, Brazil = Thug Soccer … thanks to their coach. Today, a writer on ESPN says this; —– “…..gradually, perhaps because of the increasing defensiveness, physicality and brutality of Brazilian football overall — the country simply stopped producing this type of attacking talent …… Scolari’s favored style of play is widely considered ‘futebol brucutu’,, which is roughly translated as “bullyboy football.”
3) Back then, Germany soccer was considered boring and physical …. but efficient and resilient. But 2002 was a “wake up: call and German soccer development went in a new direction. The Germans built 121 “national talent centers” across the country, with the insistence that each club in the top two divisions have a “youth academy” . Quite simply, this has flooded the Bundesliga with brilliant young, raw talent. While Brazil depends on a couple greatly talented players, the German approach is more collective, more about strength in depth, more about an overall, cohesive game plan. Today, it is Germany who plays the “beautiful game”.
4) Back in 2002, Germany had a true superstar, Michael Ballack, playing sensational soccer with his brilliant midfield prowess, while scoring crucial goal. Alas, he did NOT play …. ruled out of the World Cup final through yellow-card suspension. Today, Brazil plays without their superstar.
5) There is just ONE survivor from the 2002 games …… Miroslav Klose. He needs just one goal to become the all-time World Cup-record goal scorer. With whom is he tied? Well … Ronaldo, the Brazilan striker, who scored both goals in that 2002 final!! Amazing coincidences! It would be wonderfully fitting if Klose the German today manages to surpass Ronaldo the Brazilian ……………. and the perfect closing statement, in terms of attacking play, that Germany has surpassed Brazil.
I’m not sweedish, cocksucker. you failed, I won.
and fuck germany
goldodack
You are either, a) Swedish (which you’ve admitted before), or b) a faggot midget cocksucker. Take your pick.
GAME ON!!!
c ya
“and fuck germany” ———– goldobitch
Germany 5, — Brazil,0 ………… 1st fucking half
Hey, Goldorack!
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Hey, Brazil!
CRY, CRY, CRY, BITCHEZZZ!!! And it ain’t over yet …………..
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Stucky calls out Brazil as a fraud. Check.
Stucky calls German goalie the best. Check.
Stucky explains the power of German soccer. Check.
Stucky calls for a German blowout. Check.
Goddamn …. even if you don’t like me ….. you GOTTA admit ….. I’m fuckin’ BRILLIANT!!
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Stucky climbs from the middle of the pack to 6th place …. and will finish 2nd if Germany wins it all (and they will).
Quinn drops from 2nd place to middle of the pack. heh heh
Let the “fuck you” and “blow me” comments commence. Ain’t nuthin’ bringing me down today.
from 8th to 3rd by riding the coat tails of the krauts
hopefully netherlands beats argentina tomorrow
on our way to 400 comments
Historic impact of Germany’s ass kicking
High-flying Germany
• By scoring Germany’s second goal, Miroslav Klose became the most prolific goal scorer in World Cup history. Klose now has 16 World Cup goals in his career, breaking a tie with Brazil’s Ronaldo.
• Germany scored five goals in the first 29 minutes, the fastest any team has scored five goals in any game in World Cup history. Yugoslavia scored five in 30 minutes against Zaire in 1974.
• Germany are the first team to score five goals in the first half of any World Cup game since Poland against Haiti in 1974 (Yugoslavia scored six against Zaire in the first half one day earlier), and the first in a knockout-stage game since Austria beat Switzerland in 1954.
• Germany’s seven goals broke a record for most scored in a semifinal, previously at six, held by Uruguay and Argentina in 1930, and West Germany in 1954. No one had even scored five in a semi since Brazil beat France 5-2 in 1958.
• The six-goal margin of victory also broke the record of five in World Cup semifinals.
• Germany are now the all-time top scoring team in World Cup history with 223 goals. They passed Brazil at 220 in the first half.
• Germany have taken a 5-0 lead three previous times in the World Cup — against Saudi Arabia in 2002 (8-0 final), Mexico in 1978 (6-0) and Switzerland in 1966 (5-0).
• Germany reached the World Cup final for the eighth time, more times than any other country.
• Thomas Muller is the 13th player to score 10 career World Cup goals, and the second player to score five goals at consecutive World Cups after Klose in 2002 and 2006.
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Grounded Brazil
• Brazil’s six-goal defeat equals their worst loss in team history — 6-0 to Uruguay in the 1920 Copa America.
• Brazil had not allowed five goals in an entire World Cup since 1998. They allowed four in five matches in 2010, two in five matches in 2006, and four in seven matches in 2002.
• Brazil had never before trailed by four goals in any World Cup match. That’s 102 previous matches.
• Brazil have allowed five goals in official games just eight times — six in 1940 or earlier, and twice in 1963. Six goals? Not since 1940. Seven? Not since an 8-4 friendly defeat to Yugoslavia in 1934.
• The previous worst defeats for a host nation at a World Cup were by three goals — South Africa’s 3-0 loss to Uruguay in 2010, Mexico’s 4-1 loss to Italy in 1970 and Sweden’s 5-2 loss to Brazil in the 1958 final.
• Brazil lost at home in a competitive match for the first time since the 1975 Copa America to Peru — a period of 63 games.
• The last time Brazil lost a World Cup match at home was the 1950 final, which caused the team to change its kit
Yes Stucky you are fucking brilliant.
I set my alarm clock to get me out of bed for the 3 AM start. I was back in bed by 3:30.
We have a rare tropical storm here today. No golf for Leobeer. He will have to sit and watch the replay of his team getting humiliated.
Hopefully Argentina – Netherlands will be worth getting up for.
Russian priest calls coloured boots a ‘homosexual abomination’
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A Russian priest has identified what he believes to be at the heart of all the ills of football.
Alexander Shumsky, writing on Russian People’s Line, a Christian website, called coloured football boots “a homosexual abomination” and that players who opted for red, orange, blue, yellow or green footwear were promoting a “gay rainbow.”
Shumsky wrote: “Wearing pink or blue shoes, [the squad] might as well wear women’s knickers or a bra.
“The liberal ideology of globalism clearly wants to oppose Christianity with football. I’m sure of it.
“Therefore I am glad that the Russian players have failed and, by the grace of God, no longer participate in this homosexual abomination.”
Whether coloured boots were the primary reason for Russia’s first round exit, or whether it was more down to poor management and playing performances, is currently unclear.
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What I was supposed to do was moved to tomorrow … so I won’t be here to torment Goldobitch.
I am changing my pick to the Netherlands. I expect it to very close, and very evenly matched …. so it should be much more interesting right up to the final whistle.
My reasoning is simple. Which is the better team WITHOUT their respective superstars ….Messi (Argentina) and Robben (Netherlands)? I believe it’s the Dutch.
Argentina will be playing without injured winger Angel di Maria. That is a significant loss.
Argentina has yet to play to their full potential. Dutch are playing terrific.
The Dutch attackers are faster as a group than the Argentinian defenders.
The Dutch have a better coach.
Deutschland vs Dutch Final. Mark it down,
Holland may be missing Robin van Pussie due to stomach problems.
I am sticking with Argentina. (I gotta be right one of these times)
I figured SSS was not patrolling this post. I forgot to give you a TU, I was so surprised.
I have no preference in a Germany Argentina confrontation, so long as it isn’t lopsided like today.
If you take great joy in Brazilian achy-breaky hearts (as I do), then you will like this well written article.
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Scenes of defeat on the streets of Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO — The gods knew. A heavy winter thunderstorm in Rio de Janeiro is an unusual and portentous thing, and when the skies turned dark an hour before Tuesday’s kickoff, the people in the streets of the Rocinha favela looked up and waited. Some ignored it, or told themselves lies, but the sign was there for anyone who believed in that sort of thing. Cars and motorcycles snaked up the single street winding through Rocinha, a sprawling south zone slum, and pedestrians rushed up and down the narrow staircase alleys. Somewhere in the favela, a blockrocker with two blown subwoofers blared “We are the World,” and then the downpour came, hard and cold, roaring down the hill, waterlogging the streamers and flags strung over the road and the endless twisting alleys.
Fifteen feet down one of those narrow lanes, people huddled in one of the hundreds of storefront bars, watching Channel 32, or, rather, trying to. The screen pixilated, like a puzzle put together wrong, and a loud sound like a car horn came from it, and then it went black. Twenty minutes until kickoff and the television wasn’t working. The water splattered off the bootleg wires running above the favela. Down the street, a single fan blew a vuvuzela three times then gave up, the last bleat sounding like a dying animal. People stared helplessly at the screen.
“The rain,” the bartender said.
The game would be over long before the storm.
On the way up the hill, I’d passed a Rocinha beer hall called Bar do Moacir, an infamous name in Brazil, one that evokes the unspoken fear of all star athletes: that they might indeed live forever, only not in the way they dreamed as children. Wanting something as unstable as love carries risk.
Some become Pele. Others become Moacir Barbosa.
Once, people knew Barbosa as maybe the best goalkeeper in the world, a rock at the back of the Brazilian defense. His life changed on July 16, 1950, the day of the World Cup final versus Uruguay. Brazil, emerging from World War II with a hopeful, powerhouse economy, hosted the tournament. Heavy favorites, they breezed through to the final, in the newly built Maracana Stadium, holding 200,000 fans, a bullring of noise. With about 10 minutes to go, the game tied 1-1, a Uruguayan player let a shot fly toward the goal. Barbosa expected a cross and got tangled and helplessly watched the ball hit the net.
Brazil lost.
Forty-nine years later, Barbosa died broke and broken, considered bad luck and never allowed to even attend a national team practice. For him, the worst moment wasn’t the whispers, or even walking off the field when the whistle blew. According to his melancholy obituary, 20 years after the goal, he walked into a store or a bar. A woman there pointed at Barbosa, and then told her son, “He is the man that made all of Brazil cry.”
I visited his grave once, in a bleak cemetery an hour or so from Sao Paulo. Rows of vertical graves rose like the stacks at a library, and instead of marble tombstones, names and dates and messages of grief were written in the quick-dry concrete. In Brazil, poor people can’t afford eternity, so they put loved ones in temporary graves, and after the body decomposes, usually five years, the seal is cracked and the remains removed, cremated and returned. Barbosa is the perhaps the only one with a permanent marker, because someone wrote a check to keep him from being exhumed. The day I went there, with a television crew, I tried to stay out of the way and happened upon an exhumation. With a woman watching, dressed like a widow, a cemetery worker filled up a plastic garbage bag with remains and the decayed pieces of coffin, and lugged it back down the sidewalk.
That is where Barbosa is buried, at least his body, because his memory is still alive, on the lips of Brazilian fans last night, after two early goals ended any hope of advancing to the first World Cup final held at Maracana since 1950. Brazilians had been willing to endure the expense and corruption in exchange for a title, and now that, too, was gone.
When the second goal hit the net, I headed back down the street to Bar do Moacir. Goals three, four and five came during the short walk, and with each one, fireworks exploded in anger, or maybe irony, big M-80s echoing in the narrow streets like artillery rounds, which made dogs bark and howl, and then the strangest thing: silence. Favelas are cauldrons of noise, night and day, but in Rocinha last night, as people realized a loss was becoming the worst day in the history of Brazilian soccer, the streets went quiet. Nobody screamed. The only sound came from televisions and from the crackle of water on pavement, and the rush of water through drains. People crowded around the outdoor, storefront bars, together but alone, a thousand private hells. Bar do Moacir was closed, locked up tight, but a man at the bar next door shook his head and grumbled, “Cinqo-zero.”
Up an alley to the right, Marcilio Severo worked at tiny café he built himself. He’s 71, and standing behind the green plywood bar, and the turquoise concrete walls, he looked out into the rain.
“I don’t understand what happened,” he said.
The customers watched on his small Panasonic TV. This was the worst game Marcilio has ever seen, he said, wondering if someone paid off the Brazilian team. His anger flared for a moment when it was suggested that Neymar not playing impacted the game.
“No!” he said. “The whole team isn’t playing!”
Otherwise he wasn’t mad, just sort of hollow, disgusted and resigned. Germany scored another goal: 6-0, then another, 7-0. The television showed Brazil goalie Julio Cesar’s face, looking up in the sky for help that was not coming, not in this lifetime, and if his complicated emotional state could be rendered into a word, that word would be “Barbosa.”
“Too many people suffering because of the goalkeeper,” Marcilio said.
Marcilio collapsed on his wooden stool, his arm resting on a beer crate, thinking back to when he was a child. It’s clear in his mind. He was 7. His family went to a local ballroom to listen to the World Cup final on the radio. Televised sports in Brazil did not yet exist. They all followed the match, writing down notes and commentary. When it ended, everyone cried, even the adults. He can still picture it, and 64 years later, he keeps those notes about the game at home in a drawer, a reminder of the worst he’s ever felt about the national team until tonight.
“I remember 1950,” he says. “I remember going home after the game.”
Nobody went home.
The end of the game arrived slowly, and in Rocinha, and in the streets below, another strange thing happened: The people standing outside around the televisions didn’t move, unable to turn away. As long as they stayed out, and together, then the reality of tomorrow could be held at bay.
Finally, the whistle blew and everyone began to process the 7-1 loss in their own way.
A fan of the local club Flamengo walked up to Marcilio’s bar and announced that he’d sold his Fred and Neymar jerseys, and he tugged at his red and black Flamengo shirt, and said, “On Wednesday, my team starts playing again. This team gives me joy and happiness all year.”
The mood in the alleys started to turn, with locals accusing me and my translator of being cops, grabbing my notebook. Some young punks poured cheap wine and smoked a cigarette to the nub, using it to light another. “We are full of hate!” one of them named Pedro said. “We are gonna go down to Leblon and break everything!”
We got on a city bus and headed back to the asphalt neighborhoods below. At every stop, the sound of the broadcast flooded the silent bus. People shrugged when we made eye contact. On our bus, a young woman said, “I was in Copacabana and people were getting violent so I came back.”
On the beach, a fight broke out.
Someone fired a gun.
A group of German fans, one wearing a jersey and the other two with scarves, got on the subway and 50 or 60 favela kids surrounded them, the main pack of a dozen aggressors standing around them, flexing, looking for a fight. Some Brazilian girls with the Germans defused the looming fight, and by the end, the kids wanted to pose for pictures with the victorious fans.
“We just made it out,” Peter Mesenich said. “At 7-1, they turned on their team. At 2-1, they would have turned on us.”
In the hippie bars of Santa Teresa, drunks tried to intellectualize the defeat. A man named Carlos Eduardo Barata, 56, drank his cold bottle of Antarctica Original and said that more than a game had been lost.
“We have to stop,” he said. “Brazil isn’t the best and hasn’t been for many years. We have to see what is ahead in the future.”
He looked around the bar and sees resignation.
“Everybody knows,” he said.
Barata argued that perhaps the defeat was good, because it would make Brazil return to its attacking, samba style of football, and let go of its fascination with everything European. A friend called him a liar, and they laughed, and headed out into the night.
The night ended in a whimper. Outside of a few incidents, nobody rioted, or howled at the moon. Rio de Janeiro became a collection of tiny personal portraits of defeat. A man wrapped in a Brazilian flag stood, visibly sagging, at the Kentucky Fried Chicken counter. Someone in Santa Teresa smoked a joint in the rain. At the all-night Copacabana sandwich shop, a row of dejected customers ate in silence and drank one last beer. The television there was tuned to a soap opera, the first time I’ve ever seen it not playing a soccer match, or highlights from a soccer match. The Lagoa neighborhood flooded, and the taxis left wakes, cutting through the standing water, hoping not to stall. “Tonight reminds me of The Day of the Dead,” said Claudio Aragao, one of those cab drivers.
Somewhere in a hotel room, the rest of Julio Cesar’s life began, and in Rio, the hangover settled down on the empty streets and beaches. Copacabana didn’t look like the place that’s been hosting a month long debaucherous party. More games remained, but the World Cup was over. No music played. Locals shuffled home along the mosaic sidewalk.
As midnight approached, a single fan stumbled across the sand.
He wore orange.
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Two interesting headlines from Brazilian newspapers today;
1). “Congratulations to the 1950 World Cup runners-up. You were always accused of being responsible for the greatest humiliation in Brazilian football history. But now we know what humiliation really means.”
2) The cover page of a Rio tabloid was entirely black, except for the words “Nao vai ter capa” (“There won’t be a cover”) ….. underneath were the following words: “While you were reading this Germany scored another goal.”
Hilarious.
I am looking for investors. I need $100,000. We’ll make one million dollars …. we’ll buy t-shirts for one dollar and sell them for $10.
The shirts will be printed thusly —– “$5 billion to host a game, and all I got was this fucken shirt”.
This is gold, people. Pure gold!!! Please send your investment directly to Admin. I am relatively certain he will forward the money to me. I am relatively certain I will pay you back.
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Hey, Admin ….. how many hits has this thread gotten?
after what I’ve seen, I came to the conclusion that brazil must be erased from earth with a nuclear strike.
If the German did not pay the ref against Frenchs, France would play the final.
Brazil was a joke. they collapsed because there was nobody left to hide the gap. they supported germany previously, so fuck them they have what they deserve.
now, if Netherlands make it to the final and put Robben, Van Persie and Schneider on the field, the krauts will have their asses reamed.
lick my ass, stuckfrü
” …now, if blah blah blah blah blah blah blah more fuckin blah …. the krauts will have their asses reamed.” ——–goldoMoran
You’re running out of games making that same old prediction. hahahaha
The most apt words ever spoken about the German team were uttered by Gary Lineker, the English captain, after a shootout loss to West Germany in the 1990 semifinal ——- “Football is a simple game; 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.”
Brazil lost because;
David Luiz was a FUCKING NO SHOW. He decided to play every position, while abandoning his own position over and over and over. At least three of Germany’s goals were due directly to his fuckups.
Marcelo and Maicon they were much too adventurous in the German midfield and much too slow to recover their positions. This opened up much space in the defense … and the Germans went cherry-picking, unhindered.
Having these dumbass defenders abandoning their positions means that midfielders Gustavo and Fernandinho now have the task to defend ….. and they suck at it, losing one challenge after another. Philip Lahm had a field day chewing up Hulk and Fred.
It seemed as if Hulk missed 100% of his deliveries. If this was a basketball game, Hulk couldn’t throw the basketball in the ocean if he was standing on the beach.
The Brazilian team has NO HEART … at least not when things get tough. What a SHAMEFUL display of head-hanging and finger-pointing after the first German goal. After the second goal it was even worse, and I was absolutely 100% sure the game was over at that point. Even the great Pele said (essentially) that this Brazilian team is comprised of a bunch of pussies … with all their crying and misplaced emotions … and lack of real skill.
So, you see, Goldobitch, you don’t jack shit about fussball. Other than that, the rest of your commentary is brilliant. End, sarc.
Go Netherlands…..
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don’t cry for me, Argentinaaaaa…
Germany only humiliated the Brazilians.
Tomorrow, the Brazilians … in perhaps the most meaningful 3rd place game in history … will play for Pride … and a measure of redemption.
However, tomorrow, the Netherlands will break the very spirit of Brazil.
Also, Germany will dominate and crush the Argentinians. More about that on Sunday.
I searched far and wide to bring both of you remaining readers a most excellent soccer video.
Here it is — Beautiful Girls of the 2014 World Cup. (Skip to the 2:07 mark if you want to see nipples …. but, not you SSS)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iESkuTvATjk&feature=player_detailpage
Germany is going to put up 10 goals on Argentina, in the first half. Could double that by the end of the game.
I’m going to miss this thread. I hope the G/A game is a real competition. The sexy mulatta will get her TV back. And she might get an answer to: we don’t go anywhere, I’m getting tired of you taking me to Sam’s Club every Saturday, that is not an outing, I want to go out and see at least a dog taking a shit, anything…
I am sticking with South Americans.
Argentina over Germany.
Brazil over Holland.
As one of your 2 remaining readers I say thanks Stucky for taking the time to post the soccer video.
If Germany scores like they did against Brazil, I would wish to go watch a dog taking a shit instead.
Alemania 3 -1 Argentina
Obviously today’s outcome will determine The TBP First Annual World Cup tourney challenge.
Only THREE people (out of 16) had the wisdom to pick Germany to win it all. These three very smart people will finish in the Top 3;
Gold Medal —- e2303jt (who is that???)
Silver Medal — copfuk hater (harry p)
Bronze Medal — Stucky
Here is the bracket link; —- http://games.espn.go.com/world-cup-bracket-predictor/2014/en/group?groupID=40417
Argentina is a fraud.
— While Germany played in the Group of Death, Argentina played in the Group Of Pussies (Bosnia, Nigeria, and fucken Iran)
— Argentina beat each of those teams by just one goal
— Argentina scored 2 or more goals just twice in the 6 games they’ve played
— Argentina scored just two lousy goals in the knockout rounds …. 2 goals in the last 5 hours of soccer
— Germany has scored 17 goals
— Argentina has Messi. Portugal has Ronaldo. Brazil has Neymar. Germany has a team.
— Messi will be neutralized … again. I trust the German coach will take notes from the Arg-Dutch game …. I believe Messi had two touches in the penalty area.
— Germany should win in a rout …. by 2 or more goals.
— Germany will be unveiling their secret weapon today …. their cheerleaders
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“CHRISTIE’S PLAN TO REVITALIZE ATLANTIC CITY WORKING TO PERFECTION” ————YAWN!!!
“Oh Help. Oh Help.” ——- YAWN.
“Eurobanksters Pray for Jesus” ——– YAWN.
There’s a World Cup FINAL going on you fucking morans!!!
Great game, Stuck, could go either way. I’m pulling for the Krauts….
Messi misses
What a great game. It could have gone either way.
Hey Stuck, Thanks for the mutual masturbation. I hope it was as good for you as it was for me.
I am taking Belgium for Euro 2016.
And don’t call me Schurrle.
Took 2 seconds for the phone to ring – in laws from Germany and my wife and son all on the phone at the same time, cheering Germany’s victory…
My son: “Your tears taste delicious, Argentina..”
BAHH-HAHAHAHAHA!!
Great game, glad you got me interested, StuckenKraut
Germany goes back to making making really good stuff, Argentina goes back to economic collapse and desperation, not to mention Brazil, crying in their cerveza, wishing they were Mexicans so they can invade the US and get free shit….
It’s been great, Leo.
Argentina had their chances …. Messi fucked up a couple times …. some other damn good chances …… how fitting that the team that won every WC game by one goal …. loses by one goal. Frankly, I find Argentinian soccer boring as hell.
Glad the games are over in this sense ……. won’t have to listen to those HORRID Britfuk announcers. I’d rather listen to 12 straight hours of Obama. I am convinced that British dumbass fucktard children are forced into news broadcasting (Piers “please jump off one” Morgan or sports announcers.) Fucking douchbags.
AWD — thanks for participating.
HERE’S THE FINAL STANDINGS FOR THE TBP TOURNY POOL
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1)— e2303jt
2)— copfuk hater (harry p)
3)— STUCKY
4)— Another Idiots
5)— Flyers5342
6)— RyanSmith
7)— JimQuinn
1)— Skooby
8)— LStorm59
9)— Eugend66
10)— Leo Beer
11)— Cole’s World
12)— BTTransportation
13)— HUNTER’S WORLD
14)— Sonicauburnav
15)— Timothycar
16)— girthystallion
Hilarious, the those announcers did suck monkey ass, total amateurs, but Obama?
Hey, the Tour de France is on for two more weeks. The greatest sporting event of the year…..
Hey ADMIN ………. please answer …. how many hits did this thread get?
IN CLOSING …. my final post …. a music video
WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS …. OF THE WORLD
was Merkel there? right after the goal, they showed a woman…perhaps Hillary will be at the next WC.
Merkel was there with Putin. Obama was in a bathhouse with Reggie and a few of his closest butt buddies….
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Stucky – I’ve got to agree with your comment re the British announcers. Boring!!!!! I turned to the Italian channel and listened to their announcer (not that I could understand what they were saying), but there was true excitement in the guy’s voice. It felt as if some game was actually being played, not a chess tournament.
And the f*cking CBC analysts with their bias towards Germany (yeah, sure, they did have more depth because they’re a far richer nation than Argentina is; money buys a lot of good youth sponsorship), almost made me throw something through the TV. That game could have gone either way. Too bad Angel di Maria was injured and couldn’t play for Argentina. Would have made all the difference.
The Germans play mechanically, just like their country. There is no finesse, just a machine built with a lot of money.
“The Germans play mechanically, …” —— backwardsevolution
Yeah, sure, whatever. Do you actually think before writing? I doubt it. You’re just parroting something you heard a long, long time ago.
Twelve years ago Jurgen Klinsman (current USA coach) went on a quest to reform&rebuild German soccer … specifically to GET AWAY from the “mechanical” aspects.
He has succeeded tremendously. Writer after writer, blogger after blogger, both here and abroad, are saying that not only is Germany the best soccer team in the world (duh!) but that throughout the WC they played some of the most exciting brand of soccer ….. oh yeah, they compare the German team of today to the Brazilian team of days gone by …. oh yeah, they’re saying Brazil today needs to play more like …. Germany.
The only thing mechanical here is your brain …. and it’s rusted shut.
Question: When you stick your head up your ass … does your shit taste good?
backwardsevolution,
Read your comment to my wife… she says (and I quote):
– Stop making excuses for Argentina.
– Germany trained hard.
– It was a fair game.
– Germany won because they’re better. They earned it.
– Quit whining…
All I can add is that the Germans should collect up and bottle the Argentinian tears – sell them on the Internet as “Argentinian Whine”.
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