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Argentina v Bosnia Open Thread

by Randinho|  June 15, 20145:50 pm| 20 Comments

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  1. 1.

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

    June 15, 2014 at 5:58 pm

    I’m rooting for Bosnia (and Herzegovina), even though I’ve been informed that, as a Juicer, I hate Muslims.

  2. 2.

    ⚽️ Martin

    June 15, 2014 at 6:03 pm

    Well, that was quick. Nothing puts you on the back foot like an own goal in the first 3 minutes.

  3. 3.

    SRW1

    June 15, 2014 at 6:12 pm

    @⚽️ Martin:

    Would have been too easy for BIH otherwise.

  4. 4.

    Tissue Thin Pseudonym (JMN)

    June 15, 2014 at 6:14 pm

    I like Messi. Argentina is probably my least favorite team in international soccer. At least in hockey he’d be given credit for that first goal.

  5. 5.

    Tony J

    June 15, 2014 at 6:20 pm

    Bosnia are showing quite a bit of skill and nous after going behind. They’re proving to have a strong defensive set up (how many times had Messi been dispossessed?) and when they switch to attack they’ve made Argentina very, very nervous.

    Were I a betting man I’d put money on another upset here.

  6. 6.

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

    June 15, 2014 at 6:31 pm

    @Tony J:

    I’ve been hearing/reading nothing but positive things about B-H in the run-up to Brazil. That win over Mexico- in Mexico- in the warm-up friendlies was no fluke.

  7. 7.

    gogol's wife

    June 15, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    I’m rooting for B-H because Yasmin, the Bosnian waiter in our favorite Italian (Montenegrin-Kosovar) restaurant, will be so ecstatic if they win.

  8. 8.

    Long Tooth

    June 15, 2014 at 6:41 pm

    How’s this for a movie screenplay? The host country Brazil loses the Cup because of an egregiously bad call [payoff?]. No foreigner makes it out of the jungle city alive, and Brazil declares its intention to permit the jungle to reclaim it all. The End.

  9. 9.

    SRW1

    June 15, 2014 at 6:47 pm

    Hm, maybe they thought they didn’t need to do more after they were gifted the lead, but what Argentina delivered in the first 45 minutes was’t that impressive. With a bit of luck B-H could be level.

  10. 10.

    Suffern ACE

    June 15, 2014 at 6:47 pm

    @Long Tooth: a good opening 15 minutes. In Act II, 50 years have gone by and a good looking biologist and her linguist new husband are leading a team of good looking grad students through the forest, when they accidentally release the rage that is still within the sap of the trees.

  11. 11.

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

    June 15, 2014 at 6:50 pm

    @Long Tooth:

    Heh. 1978. Argentina-Peru. Argentina wasn’t that good, and Peru wasn’t that bad.

  12. 12.

    burnspbesq

    June 15, 2014 at 7:00 pm

    This is setting up nicely for Dzeko, who has a history of coming up big when it matters most, to be the difference-maker. Argentina needs a second in the first 15 minutes after the break or they could be in some fairly deep doo-doo.

    Also too, it would serve Klinsmann right if Ibisevic, who grew up in St. Louis and never got a sniff from the US, were to come off the bench and be the hero for BIH.

  13. 13.

    Randy Paul aka Randinho

    June 15, 2014 at 7:24 pm

    As much as I would like a Bosnian upset, that was classic Messi.

  14. 14.

    Onkel Fritze

    June 15, 2014 at 7:28 pm

    @burnspbesq: Ibisevic has been playing for Bosnia since 2007, including qualifiers. Klinsmann has been the US manager since 2011. So unless he has a time machine he can sniff at him all he wants, he’s not gonna get him.

  15. 15.

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

    June 15, 2014 at 7:44 pm

    And speaking of Ibisevic…

  16. 16.

    someGuyInAustin

    June 15, 2014 at 7:45 pm

    Well that makes the last 5 minutes more interesting.

  17. 17.

    burnspbesq

    June 15, 2014 at 7:58 pm

    And so, the team with two Manchester City players holds on to beat the team with only one. Truth and justice take it in the shorts.

  18. 18.

    Thlayli

    June 15, 2014 at 8:08 pm

    I’m not sure Ibisevic is a US citizen. I’ve never seen anything definite either way.

    (Neven Subotic is a different story. Someone at US Soccer fucked up big-time there.)

  19. 19.

    pseudonymous in nc

    June 15, 2014 at 8:12 pm

    Once again, a team with decent counterattacking skills raises its game against a team that focuses on possession. And in this group, it’s Argentina and your-guess-is-as-good-as-mine, and I can see Bosnia-Herz getting through.

  20. 20.

    Bill Murray

    June 15, 2014 at 9:10 pm

    @Thlayli: That is generally thought to be Thomas “Wrong Again” Rongen, who chose not to take Subotic to the 2007 U-20 World Championship, after publicly criticizing Subotic for something or other related to playing in Germany

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