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Thursday, July 17, 2014

World Cup Games That I Will Remember


        Games                      Overall Entertainment               Excitement
Brazil vs Germany                ☆☆☆☆☆                ❧❧❧❧❧               ⚽︎   

Chile vs Brazil                  ☆☆☆☆☆                  ❧❧❧❧❧
Brasil vs Mexico                        ☆☆☆☆☆                  ❧❧❧❧❧
Spain vs Chile                            ☆☆☆☆☆                      ❧❧❧❧❧
Mexico vs Netherlands               ☆☆☆☆☆                       ❧❧❧❧❧
Columbia vs Brasil                      ☆☆☆☆☆                       ❧❧❧❧
Algeria vs Germany                     ☆☆☆☆☆                           ❧❧❧❧

Argentina vs Netherlands             ☆☆☆☆☆                          ❧❧❧❧
Final Germany vs Argentina          ☆☆☆☆☆                           ❧❧❧❧




 Brazil 1 - Germany 7:                     
 Probably the most unexpected result of the whole World Cup. The game itself was not as exiting or as dramatic as it seemed it was more like a soft goal after another soft goal while Brazilian fans cried quietly on the stands💧. I was in shock and more in shock because Germany plays really soft, if the game was fast and dramatic I would have felt more believable. As the game kept going on everyone wished this game would be just done and over with. Germany obviously played well they were very organized and clean at playing no dirty tricks which is what I respect, that they were playing clean. Brazil, well Brazil I believe was playing really unorganized and a little dirty at one point as the time slipped and since Germany was playing soft I don't know when it hit them how many goals Germany was putting in, I believe they were playing a little better at one point but all their goals were rejected by the goalkeeper or missed shots! Brazil's first and last goal was their dignity goal made in the last minutes of the game. I will be honest I wanted the game to end because it was a little hard watching Brazil go down like this. Memorable: the 7 goals and the dignity  goal, the fans crying on the stands.

Brazil 3 - Chile 2 :
Wow, this was probably one of the most exiting and nerve wrecking games! I preferred if Chile had won, they played so well. They tied 2-2 went then went to the most nerve wrecking penalties in this World Cup. If the Chilean player would have made the last penalty they would have gone to round 2 of penalties. It was a tight game. I was nervous for Chile and I think a little crushed along with the Chileans when Brazil was saved by the last penalty. Such a tight game only to be lost dramatically by the last penalty hitting the post of the goal, I will always remember this game.
Memorable: "El Palo de Pinilla" which was supposed to be Pinilla's goal and of course the last penalty ending this game dramatically.
  
Brazil 0 - Mexico 0
 Exiting game, I was on the edge of my seat the whole time nervous, extremely nervous! I believe this was the best 0-0 game in the World Cup. The whole time I would say it was even with Brazil dominating the first half and Mexico the second half, they could have easily both scored goals well not for Brazil. The fans were great and even though there were quite a lot of Brazilians on the stadium Mexico definitely was loud. The atmosphere seemed nice and made the game all that more interesting and dramatic! Beautiful game I will never forget the amazing saves Memo Ochoa made!
Memo-rable (Pun): If the Memo-rable doesn't say it I don't know what does! Memo Ochoa made 6 saves against Brazil it's not so important how many saves he made but the fact that he stopped some of the hardest rejected goals ever! He stopped Neymar's headbutt and a couple other goals that were extremely difficult due to how the ball was kicked in speed and how close it was to the goal!



Spain 0 - Chile 2: 
 I couldn't watch this game but will I remember it? Yeah most definitely. Chile kicked out the South Africa 2010 World Cup Champion Spain. More than anything this is a great memory for Chile and all of Latin America.
Memorable: Chile kicked Spain out





Mexico 1 - Netherlands 2:
Netherlands 2 and to the left this picture and title should describe the game. This game was mostly dominated by Mexico but after the short water break our team's pattern seemed to break apart a little and then the dutch scored one legitimate goal 3 minutes before we went to play against Costa Rica. I really honestly had a horrendously bad feeling at the pit of my stomach before the legitimate goal and the nonexistent penalty. During the extra time Robben shamelessly flopped to receive a penalty which resulted in our elimination. I honestly did not like this game at all I had a horrendous feeling which I realized why I felt this way about 3 minutes before the game ended and was elongated. Netherlands played dirty and were disrespectful after the game. Mexico played clean left with dignity and dominated the game.
Memorable: Probably one of the saddest days in Mexico you could pretty much only hear the "No Era Penal" everywhere it means it was not a penalty. I think things like Netherlands loosing against two penalties and sad to say the defeat of Brazil and although cruel Robben's son crying over his loser father, actually helps us get over it. I won't put any reactions but instead have a Mexican girl explain our anger through her singing.



Brazil 2 - Colombia 1 : 
Although, this game was too rough and too physical and there was a lot of dirty playing I can say that I really enjoyed this game. The referee should have definitely put out some yellow cards after what I think was 54 faults 31 by Brazil. It was not as nerve wrecking as the Chile vs Brazil or the Mexico vs Brazil games. It was more of a passionately rough game. I think if Colombia would have played against Brazil like the last minutes of the game throughout the first half they would of have a better chance of dominating the game against Brazil. The refereeing was horrendous! David Luiz's goal was amazing! There was a bit of unfairness and it could have been fixed by a better referee.
Memorable: David Luiz's goal, Neymar's ACTUAL injury, dirty playing, 54 faults, and James Rodriguez.


Algeria 1 - Germany 2:
This game I actually only watched up to a certain point! This game was very cleanly played and very very nice I mean in the way that both are very skillful players. Algeria played really well and I for one believe that they deserved to go on to the next round. Algeria is probably one of the best teams whom I was impressed out of all Asia! I had to stop watching this game due to how dull it was not necessarily on Algeria's part but on Germany's part. Algeria was dominating the game at one point but I guess in the end Germany put in the goal moving on to the next round.
Memorable: Algeria's playing

Argentina 4 - Netherlands 2: 
 I was bored during this game, really bored. Thank You! for those penalties. They went through the whole game without scoring and then to extra time and then to penalties where Netherlands finally and thankfully left. Argentina's goalkeeper blocked two real existent penalties which Netherlands failed to score, I am sorry but I only remember being happy for Argentina and happy they finally left.
Memorable: Robben's son's face when he realized his father's diving failed
                                        

Germany 1 - Argentina 0:                                               
This game was pretty well played mostly by Argentina's part since they entertained me more than I was entertained on Germany's part. I remember almost falling asleep around 55' but the game was good for the most part. Germany as well as Argentina played very well but you could definitely tell that there was a bit of physical contact that wasn't supposed to be happening from both teams. Argentina had a couple could-have been goals and so did Germany I remember there was a point in the game where you could tell Germany's mentality and defense seemed to weaken against Argentina and they missed really important goals but they then surprisingly just came back stronger against Argentina during the last couple minutes of the extra time before receiving penalties when they had scored a quiet goal.I say quiet goal because that is how they play; softly skilled. About a minute or so before Germany would become the newest Champion again Messi received a last minute penalty which was probably everybody's last hope but I think everybody could tell the poor guy was nervous and when he kicked it the game was now over. Germany won their newest trophy for their collection and will be the World Cup 2014 Champions until we see a new winner in Russia 2018. Congrats Germany!
Memorable:Germany winning and receiving their trophy, Last minute goal, Messi's sadness after receiving an award, Closing Ceremony (which I did not get to watch live) 


Notable World Cup Moments:


Germany World Cup 2014 Champ 
Host Brazil Loses 1-7 to Germany then 3-0 in the reconciliation game
World Cup 2010's Spain get's kicked out early
Luis Suarez bites an Italian Player
Memo Ochoa's Saves
Keylor Navas
James Rodriguez
Neymar's Injury Leaving Him out of the World Cup
Netherlands kicked out by 2 existent penalties
Robben Dives

Chile's penalties against Brazil
Mexico's game against Brazil
Croatia eating their own insults
Crappy Refereeing                                                 
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