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Confederatons Cup Semifinal Open Thread: Brazil v Uruguay

by Randinho|  June 26, 20133:00 pm| 36 Comments

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Can Brazil maintain its momentum or will Uruguay prevail?

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  1. 1.

    Yatsuno

    June 26, 2013 at 3:02 pm

    Isn’t Uruguay basically the butt of Brazil?

  2. 2.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2013 at 3:14 pm

    If I were a betting man, I’d bet on Brazil.But you never know.

  3. 3.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2013 at 3:20 pm

    A penalty for Uruguay but it’s saved. Nerves, must be.

  4. 4.

    Paula

    June 26, 2013 at 3:26 pm

    Wow. This is looking like a knock-down drag out fight so far.

  5. 5.

    raven

    June 26, 2013 at 3:27 pm

    confederations

  6. 6.

    Paula

    June 26, 2013 at 3:37 pm

    I think … yeah. Despite underdog status of Uruguay I’d like for Brazil to go through. Spain v. Brazil in the final. Because almost everyone (excepting Uruguay and Italy) probably want to see that.

  7. 7.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2013 at 3:47 pm

    One-nil to Brazil. How does a Brazilian guy get the nickname Fred?

  8. 8.

    Randinho

    June 26, 2013 at 3:50 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Short for Frederico. He was born in the same city where my wife was born.

  9. 9.

    rollSound

    June 26, 2013 at 3:51 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    Because he knew the job was dangerous when he took it?

  10. 10.

    2liberal

    June 26, 2013 at 3:52 pm

    any of these guys arrested for murder lately?

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    @rollSound:
    Your link goes to http.com. Were you trying to link to this?

  12. 12.

    Cacti

    June 26, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    One-nil to Brazil. How does a Brazilian guy get the nickname Fred?

    Hulk has the best nickname of the bunch, and damned if he doesn’t look like the Hulk.

  13. 13.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    June 26, 2013 at 3:56 pm

    As long as Diego Forlan- football’s embodiment of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Stupor Mundi- is playing for Uruguay, I will root for them against anyone but the US, Suarez be damned.

  14. 14.

    Randinho

    June 26, 2013 at 4:07 pm

    Meanwhile, outside Mineirão there’s this.

  15. 15.

    MikeJ

    June 26, 2013 at 4:09 pm

    Brazil deserve to lose with play like that.

  16. 16.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    Meanwhile, the BBC reports clashes between protesters and cops outside the stadium. Tear gas, rubber bullets. Police barrier around the stadium.

  17. 17.

    raven

    June 26, 2013 at 4:18 pm

    I assume this is in a dome?

  18. 18.

    Tokyokie

    June 26, 2013 at 4:19 pm

    @rollSound: Dominant George of the Jungle reference (as well as a line I frequently use myself)!

  19. 19.

    Randinho

    June 26, 2013 at 4:20 pm

    @raven: No it’s a large stadium (second largest in Brazil IIRC after Maracanã) in a very exclusive neighborhood of Belo Horizonte.

  20. 20.

    raven

    June 26, 2013 at 4:21 pm

    @Randinho: Looks dark.

  21. 21.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2013 at 4:22 pm

    @Tokyokie:
    Super Chicken, actually.

  22. 22.

    piratedan

    June 26, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    @rollSound:

    because everything is on the Internet……

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKss2pBYQ6Y

    EDIT: TY Amir, beat me to it!

  23. 23.

    Randinho

    June 26, 2013 at 4:24 pm

    @raven: They’re an hour ahead of us and right now there it’s roughly equivalent to December 26 in terms of sunlight. The first time I went to Brazil, I went in June and that was the hardest thing for me to get used to: going from sunset at 8 p.m. to sunset at 5 p.m. – or earlier.

  24. 24.

    Tokyokie

    June 26, 2013 at 4:25 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Yes, but Super Chicken was a regular segment (along with Tom Slick) on Jay Ward’s George of the Jungle series. And I’ve been scaring people for the last quarter-century with my ability to sing all the lyrics to the Super Chicken theme song.

    Alas, I can barely remember Hoppity Hooper.

  25. 25.

    raven

    June 26, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    @Randinho: I should know these things.

  26. 26.

    sb

    June 26, 2013 at 4:27 pm

    As a Man City fan (y’know, the team that just sent Tevez to Juventus?) I have a serious man-crush on Cavani.

  27. 27.

    piratedan

    June 26, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    @Tokyokie: ahhh yes……

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUtbhoYTHcI

    Suspect that Jay Ward and the Monty Python troupe have had an undue influence on my particular sense of humor

  28. 28.

    Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again)

    June 26, 2013 at 4:29 pm

    @Randinho:

    …the hardest thing for me to get used to: going from sunset at 8 p.m. to sunset at 5 p.m. – or earlier.

    Man, I get screwed up being in the eastern part of any time zone. Sunset over Lake Michigan is between 9:30pm and 10:00pm near the summer solstice.

  29. 29.

    Randinho

    June 26, 2013 at 4:29 pm

    @raven: Even i wasn’t prepared for it.

  30. 30.

    raven

    June 26, 2013 at 4:31 pm

    @Randinho: Well, I froze my ass off in Sydney in August so I should have had a clue!

  31. 31.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    @piratedan:
    Now you’ve got me searching for The Perils of Penelope Pitstop on YouTube. As the lady would say: “Hay-ulp!”

  32. 32.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2013 at 4:42 pm

    The ref’s been busy handing out yellow cards.

  33. 33.

    piratedan

    June 26, 2013 at 4:48 pm

    @Amir Khalid: be careful, this could easily escalate into Jonny Quest theme song territory!

  34. 34.

    burnspbesq

    June 26, 2013 at 4:53 pm

    Suarez kitted out in a Hannibal Lecter mask?

  35. 35.

    Amir Khalid

    June 26, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    Brazil hanging on by a late goal in stoppage time.
    ETA: and it’s the home team in the final.

  36. 36.

    brad

    June 26, 2013 at 5:05 pm

    Neymar is off to Spain. How much will La Liga tolerate the incessant flopping, kicking the defender in the back of the leg then spinning wildly and grabbing his face while writhing to the ground? Not too much I hope. Barca has been my favorite team, but Neymar is a cheater.

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