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Colombia v Greece Open Thread

by Randinho|  June 14, 201411:50 am| 66 Comments

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Can Colombia get through without Radamel Falcao? Can Greece finally start the campaign with a win?

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  1. 1.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 11:59 am

    Yes.

    No.

  2. 2.

    Alex S.

    June 14, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    My guess: 1-1, but my record so far has been very spotty (and I will not watch this game very carefully).

  3. 3.

    Morzer

    June 14, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    Columbia 2-1. But then, I thought Spain would win.

  4. 4.

    Morzer

    June 14, 2014 at 12:02 pm

    @humboldtblue:

    Can we get a maybe?

  5. 5.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    The only mystery in this game if more than one Greek crosses the midfield line

  6. 6.

    Amir Khalid

    June 14, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    Some are expecting Greece to park the bus, but I’d hope they don’t.

  7. 7.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 12:07 pm

    Colombians are so damn talented. And young.

  8. 8.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 12:09 pm

    They can’t park the bus now, they have to open up and Colombia is going to take advantage

  9. 9.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 12:11 pm

    There are four teams from South American with a legitimate shot and Colombia is one of them

  10. 10.

    ? Martin

    June 14, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    Statistics don’t count for much once the ball is in play. This one could go either way.

  11. 11.

    Alex S.

    June 14, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    @? Martin:

    Yep, that’s why Nate Silver’s attempts to model soccer have always failed. A single game doesn’t offer enough scoring opportunities to make the law of large numbers work.

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    June 14, 2014 at 12:31 pm

    Greece would score 3, but under austerity is limited to 1.

    (Know less than nothing about soccer, but couldn’t resist the quip.)

  13. 13.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    June 14, 2014 at 12:33 pm

    @? Martin: Well as the great German Manager, Sepp Herberger once said

    The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes, everything else is pure theory

    Oh BTW I would have loved to listen to some Spanish Sports radio last night.

  14. 14.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    June 14, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    @humboldtblue: I am glad to see Colombia back, after watching that poignant documentary from ESPN, “The Two Escobars”.

  15. 15.

    shelley

    June 14, 2014 at 12:39 pm

    I am glad to see Colombia back,

    After five straight days of rain, I’m glad to finally see the sun back.

  16. 16.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 12:41 pm

    The Greeks have applied pressure they can’t finish, however

  17. 17.

    Amir Khalid

    June 14, 2014 at 12:41 pm

    @Mr Stagger Lee:
    He must be the same Germany manager who said the object of the game was to put the round thing in the rectangular thing.

  18. 18.

    ronin122

    June 14, 2014 at 12:42 pm

    These games sound weird without the vuvuzelas……..(so glad they banned them in Brazil)

  19. 19.

    Amir Khalid

    June 14, 2014 at 12:43 pm

    @humboldtblue:
    Let’s hope they manage to put the round thing in the rectangular thing early enough in the second half to make a real game of it.

  20. 20.

    Steeplejack

    June 14, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    The Greeks seem to be really dithering and dawdling over the ball.

  21. 21.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 12:48 pm

    @Amir Khalid: They’ve had some pressure ad good looks but only one dangerous chance

  22. 22.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 14, 2014 at 12:50 pm

    @Steeplejack: Maybe they will have a Eureka moment.

  23. 23.

    Morzer

    June 14, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    @NotMax:

    And the other two will be taken by Germany!

  24. 24.

    Morzer

    June 14, 2014 at 12:55 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    The Greek bus was repossessed by the Bundesbank, which is why they can’t park it any longer.

  25. 25.

    Steeplejack

    June 14, 2014 at 1:00 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):

    Heh, I’d forgotten about that. Nobby Hegel and “Beckenbauer obviously a bit of surprise there” in the lineup.

  26. 26.

    SRW1

    June 14, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    You are correct, Sir. Source of that pearl is wisdom is selfsame Sepp Herberger.

    I can’t believe Gekas is playing for Greece. They still seem a bit short of attacking options.

  27. 27.

    Onkel Fritze

    June 14, 2014 at 1:03 pm

    @Amir Khalid: Nope, that was actually Beckenbauer.

  28. 28.

    Onkel Fritze

    June 14, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    @SRW1: I correct myself. The internet is smarter than me.

  29. 29.

    raven

    June 14, 2014 at 1:08 pm

    Well, I started it on the DVR on Univision but the insights that are brought here make it worth it to go back to real time.

  30. 30.

    SRW1

    June 14, 2014 at 1:09 pm

    @Onkel Fritze:

    Der Spegel had a list of football axioms recently, among them the round/rectanguar (in the original: rund/eckig) and they attributed it to Herberger. Beckenbauer is famous for his tactical nous when he was coach of the national team: “Go out and play ball” (Geht’s and spuits Fuassboi)

  31. 31.

    raven

    June 14, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    @SRW1: What’s the axiom for putting your hands behind your neck?

  32. 32.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    Colombia’s defense has shown itself to be vulnerable, they may need another goal to keep the Trojans at bay

  33. 33.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    @raven: Executioners song

  34. 34.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 1:12 pm

    That should be a red card, this Ibarbo is fantastic

  35. 35.

    raven

    June 14, 2014 at 1:12 pm

    @humboldtblue: They play it an awful lot.

  36. 36.

    Alex S.

    June 14, 2014 at 1:13 pm

    @humboldtblue:

    This reference could open Pandora’s box.

  37. 37.

    MomSense

    June 14, 2014 at 1:14 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name):

    All time favorite Monty Python.

    I’ve been watching with my boys and all I can say is that I have never seen so much testosterone in a sporting match in all my life.

  38. 38.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 1:15 pm

    @Alex S.: As long as there are no own goals

  39. 39.

    SRW1

    June 14, 2014 at 1:15 pm

    @raven:

    ‘Haende hoch’, same as in English, except that that it might also include a derogatory slur referring to some ethnic aspect.

  40. 40.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 1:18 pm

    OK, Ham-ezz, I get you’re not James but J-Rod? Oh no.

  41. 41.

    Amir Khalid

    June 14, 2014 at 1:20 pm

    Alas, and also alack-a-day. Greece are two down. And they’re not a high-scoring team, so it’s hard to see them getting two to equalise let alone three to win.

  42. 42.

    raven

    June 14, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    ouch

  43. 43.

    Steeplejack

    June 14, 2014 at 1:37 pm

    Maybe I haven’t been watching this game closely enough, but it seems like both teams are infested with ball hogs. I look up and find myself yelling, “Pass it! Pass it!”

  44. 44.

    raven

    June 14, 2014 at 1:39 pm

    My Iranian friend just posted this:

    Hi watching the Columbia and Greece match.Not bad at all by the young Columbian team.Greece simply cant defend set pieces though they have had their chances.So far the Star of this match is the American referee who has showed complete control !

  45. 45.

    Lee

    June 14, 2014 at 1:46 pm

    Apparently this is the first American referee since 2002

  46. 46.

    humboldtblue

    June 14, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    For those of you feeling “bitey”, Suarez will not start today for Uruguay

  47. 47.

    ? Martin

    June 14, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    The Kenyan Usurper will be giving the Commencement speech at UC Irvine at 11AM. UC Irvine is also in the Collegiate World Series in Omaha, first game starting at 1PM PST.

    Busy day in the OC.

  48. 48.

    D58826

    June 14, 2014 at 1:57 pm

    From Reuters

    Iran could contemplate cooperating with its old adversary the United States on restoring security to Iraq if it saw Washington confronting “terrorist groups in Iraq and elsewhere”, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday.

    The onion is going to have a hard time topping that one

  49. 49.

    Tommy

    June 14, 2014 at 1:58 pm

    @? Martin: Oh how I love the college world series. When I was at LSU in the early 90s I thought the baseball games were the best ticket in town (free for students). Plus at the time they were a powerhouse so they always hosted the super regional.

  50. 50.

    Alex S.

    June 14, 2014 at 2:00 pm

    @D58826:

    What will the neocons say? Ally with Iran to fight jihadists or ally with jihadists to fight Iran?

  51. 51.

    Helen

    June 14, 2014 at 2:01 pm

    OT -(cuz I know absolutely nothing about this particular form of Sportsball)

    Sadly, No! is back up and running.

  52. 52.

    Tommy

    June 14, 2014 at 2:03 pm

    @D58826: I saw that late last night and assumed more then a few Republicans heads were exploding in anger. Maybe us talking to Iran about their nuclear program wasn’t such a bad idea after all. Look I am not going to come to the defense of the clerics running Iran, but it isn’t a backwards nation. I’d kind of like to have a better relationship with them.

  53. 53.

    pamelabrown53

    June 14, 2014 at 2:03 pm

    @Alex S.: McCain would say: Both.

  54. 54.

    Onkel Fritze

    June 14, 2014 at 2:04 pm

    And it’s a wrap, 3-0 for Colombia. The rest of the day it’s going to be a wild party around here. Although tomorrow are presidential elections, that means ‘ley seca’, so no more alcohol after 6 PM. People just have to get drunk right now.

  55. 55.

    Calouste

    June 14, 2014 at 2:16 pm

    @SRW1:

    I think Gary Lineker said something along the lines of:
    “Football is a game with 22 players that lasts 90 minutes and then the Germans win.”

  56. 56.

    Bob In Portland

    June 14, 2014 at 2:29 pm

    Rumors that the neo-Nazis will attack the Russian embassy again tonight with firebombs. And that the Ukrainian army will use poison gas on the east tonight.

  57. 57.

    Botsplainer

    June 14, 2014 at 2:39 pm

    With pest control guy. I have snakes(!) in the attic due to mice, and bats in the walls. The mice disappeared with a good bit of bait in other parts of the house several months ago, but he can’t tell if all the snakeskins are recent or not, so we’re doing the expensive mousey treatment for a year.

    The bats are requiring some extensive sealing, etc. He’s going to walk the roof and then hand me an estimate that’s going to be jaw dropping.

    Joy.

  58. 58.

    SRW1

    June 14, 2014 at 2:43 pm

    @Calouste:

    That Lineker quib also made it onto the list of axiomatic statments about football in Der Spiegel. Probably not surprising, considering who get’s to smile most about it.

  59. 59.

    Alex S.

    June 14, 2014 at 2:45 pm

    @Bob In Portland:

    Hello, St. Petersburg! Make a screenshot of this one, too!

  60. 60.

    gian

    June 14, 2014 at 2:51 pm

    @Bob In Portland:

    rumors that Bob has tattooed “it’s a matter of boxcars” on his forehead
    and “gulags are fun” on his forearm

  61. 61.

    Steeplejack

    June 14, 2014 at 2:56 pm

    @Bob In Portlandgrad:

    I didn’t think Wolfenstein: The New Order was out yet.

  62. 62.

    Omnes Omnibus (the first of his name)

    June 14, 2014 at 3:21 pm

    @Botsplainer: Did you buy the house from the Addams family?

  63. 63.

    ruemara

    June 14, 2014 at 3:22 pm

    @Steeplejack: is it just me, or does that look like a good evening of console gaming?

  64. 64.

    Steeplejack

    June 14, 2014 at 3:31 pm

    @ruemara:

    Oh, yeah. I still have nightmares about the original Wolfenstein, although most of them involve running down interminable halls to get anywhere. Damn, that game had some empty real estate! But at the time it was mind-blowing. Though soon to be replaced by Doom in my affections.

  65. 65.

    Bob In Portland

    June 14, 2014 at 4:08 pm

    Have no idea if these things (firebombing the Russian embassy in Kiev, poison gas deployed by the Ukrainian army in the east) will occur, they are rumors and rumors in a war are notoriously unreliable. And if they do happen they won’t be reported in the New York Times.

    Remember about a month ago when the steel mill oligarch’s took over Mariupol? That was supposed to be a victory for the Kiev government. What took the Ukrainian army a month to get into town?

    There have been reports from the dark, evil side that a unit of the national guard has gone AWOL and returned to the west because they hadn’t been fed or paid. Maybe true, maybe not, but no reporting on it in the Western press, so I guess it doesn’t matter. There is a kerfluffle about Russia supplying tanks to the the rebels. The videos actually showed Ukrainian tanks that aren’t used by the Russians anymore. Yesterday the Russians complained that the Ukrainians crossed the border with several tanks. One apparently broke down and was abandoned there. That would point to a possible false flag op, but who knows? A friend of mine who was over in Ukraine a few years ago said that the borders are unmarked and he inadvertently jogged across the border into Russia on a run, so I imagine that those weapons that the rebels keep “finding” probably wandered over across the border. We can presume that the CIA and NATO are supplying weapons for the Ukrainian army. Heck, if we supplied NATO weapons for our enemies (Iran in the 80s) I would be surprised if we weren’t.

    Anyone examine the “peace offer” from Poroshenko? What is he offering the eastern Ukrainians? If you want peace you stop waging war. I think the US would rather see Ukraine divided, because by continuing this war the east has been lost.

    So we must all divert our attention. Sporting events are useful. If the fascist coup in Kiev had happened during the NFL season I might not have noticed. Our country needs more coordination with foreign interference and sporting events, although the World Cup is good.

  66. 66.

    Gian

    June 14, 2014 at 4:50 pm

    When she was 4 my now 5 year old loved the adele song rumor has it.
    Now she loves let it go from frozen

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