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Saturday, July 5, 2014

World Cup Teams: Should of Stayed & Other Thoughts

I find that the teams that usually stay in this World Cup have divers or don't seem to be putting in all their effort but the ones that I believe should've stayed were Mexico, Chile, Algeria, and maybe even Costa Rica and Colombia.

People might think that I am being biased towards Mexico but I am not (I know my limits) they had everything to keep going they were beating Netherlands and dominating until the unspoken happened... I also felt that some of the best games were against Brazil and latino countries I don't know what it's due to but I feel a more passionate vibe from latino countries. I personally feel that the most amazing games so far were Chile-Brazil (I honestly wanted Chile to win and I believed they had it to go forward). I also thought the other most amazing game was Brazil-Mexico and again it's not that I am being biased but to me these were the most entertaining, I was in the edge of my seat the whole time (I believe that Brazil dominated the first half and the second half Mexico did). A lot of people don't know this but our Memo Ochoa our Goalkeeper also kept Brasil from scoring two other times:



I firmly believe this guy has some deep talent it's shown on his career and he has been through so many obstacles that got in his way from becoming a well known respected goal keeper. I can't help but feel angry when people say Ochoa is just lucky or when they compare him with others who's talent or careers who are not the same. This man has been through obstacles and even has had his own home criticize him far from the reality of who he is! Memo is an inspiration; he shows no sign of desperation or anger he respects people and is PATIENT he has my full respect, admiration, and my best wishes. An impressive talented man!

Costa Rica I believe also played very well but I personally found that the most passionately playing teams won my heart therefore, honestly I wanted Chile and Mexico to keep competing. Costa Rica plays well and I believe that they also brought a lot to the tables and could have kept competing in this World Cup and they also have a good goalkeeper which I honestly don't appreciate people naming Ochoa to compare them and put either of them down as I said their careers and talents are different and I personally love Ochoa because I know that he has been underlooked and criticized so negatively yet he is patient and respectful and he definitely gained fans from the worst people who talked so badly about him and he still has this patience and calm personality! Ochoa

Colombia, I can say I was impressed by James Rodriguez and that he has a bright future as a good striker but I saw the game of Uruguay-Columbia and I felt that they played a little too physical and even dirty, both of them. When I saw the Brazil-Columbia game I felt so confused this game was more physical and dirty from both sides. I honestly did not like this game that much but was I entertained? Yeah, I was as I mentioned that Latino countries are the most interesting and entertaining to watch when they play together! Despite the fact that I don't want to say this because I know Colombians would have been upset but, I felt that Brazil was playing better for the most part without all the dirty playing and I also felt Colombia should have been playing like the last 20-30 moments/minutes of this game.



Algeria has also been a group which I believed should have also stayed. I think people underestimate the underdogs a lot and I also felt that Algeria was dominating the Germany game for a while and they played passionately which I feel is sometimes missing in a lot of European teams which honestly it feels boring compared to the way Latino countries play.

I personally feel that Brazil, Argentina, Netherlands haven't played at a level that I would expect from them to be in the top 4. Why? A lot of the "underdogs" played better than them and there was a lot of biased opinions and biased referees towards these teams which ultimately led for the smaller teams to be eliminated which is a little fishy. 
I honestly felt Brazil had a lot of luck against Mexico and Chile maybe even a little too much. They have always been a team that has my respect (except for the diving dolphin Neymar) and the biased referees. They can actually play amazingly when they are more tied as a team but I felt something lacking from the very respected Brazil.

Argentina I felt was relying to much on Messi way too much. I think it was unfair that groups that were playing fullheartedly lost towards a team that could still give a little more. Well at least that's what it felt like. I think they should definitely play this last? or last two? games with the latino passion all the latino countries used when they played. (Although today's game that I just wanted to add here: it is what I wanted to see from Argentina! I wish them the best of luck and have many Latin Americans cheering for them despite the rivalry, constant fighting, and insult Latin Americans throw back and forth....... Online).

Netherlands was just plain disgusting I don't even want to go into it much because it angers me, I am just glad Robben got booed everytime he touched the ball when they played against Costa Rica XD I will leave it this way: dirty game, horrible attitudes against opposing teams, disrespectful, diving, biased referees, unfortunate wins that were not supposed to happen, pride in cheating, DISGUSTING.




I get upset when I see teams like my Mexico play cleanly and dominate the game to get unfairly eliminated. I get even more angry seeing the teams who did deserve to rank higher and..... Be There.

Dirty Play always overcomes the dignified cleanly playing and dominating teams. And for some reason they have immensive luck almost as if it wasn't all luck....... but a helping hand..........

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