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Switzerland v Ecuador Open Thread

by Randinho|  June 15, 201411:50 am| 45 Comments

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Fondue or Ceviche?

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  1. 1.

    jeffreyw

    June 15, 2014 at 11:54 am

    Raw fish fondue sounds great!

  2. 2.

    humboldtblue

    June 15, 2014 at 11:56 am

    The only two teams I have not seen play. Ecuador can’t win away from home and the Swiss are good.

  3. 3.

    raven

    June 15, 2014 at 11:58 am

    @jeffreyw: You need some nuoc mam!

  4. 4.

    Alex S.

    June 15, 2014 at 12:00 pm

    Yesterday, at a different venue, I managed to predict the exact score of a game for the first time during this tournament (2-1 Ivory Coast vs. Japan). It was also the first time I didn’t watch the actual game at all… Sometimes I think that it’s extremely easy to overthink soccer and that makes the predictions worse… anyway, without any deeper thoughts… 1-0 Switzerland.

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    Tokyokie

    June 15, 2014 at 12:05 pm

    Fondue, merci, de ce restaurant.
    prafandaz.ch/

  6. 6.

    scav

    June 15, 2014 at 12:10 pm

    @jeffreyw: Raw fish fondue sounds like Hot Pot

  7. 7.

    humboldtblue

    June 15, 2014 at 12:22 pm

    Guess Balloon-Juice is not a favorite of the mountain climbing set

  8. 8.

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

    June 15, 2014 at 12:23 pm

    Nice goal, Skinny Balotelli!

  9. 9.

    MomSense

    June 15, 2014 at 12:24 pm

    Wow, awesome defense by Switzerland.

  10. 10.

    MomSense

    June 15, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    @humboldtblue:

    Vive la Suisse!!

  11. 11.

    humboldtblue

    June 15, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    I’m surprised both teams aren’t filled with surnames like Montero or Montagne

  12. 12.

    Yatsuno

    June 15, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    SCHWEITZ!!!

  13. 13.

    humboldtblue

    June 15, 2014 at 12:44 pm

    If the Swiss could get even a decent ball into the box they would be ahead

  14. 14.

    Patricia Kayden

    June 15, 2014 at 12:44 pm

    Is anyone watching the match in English? It seems to only be available on Verizon on a Spanish station.

  15. 15.

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

    June 15, 2014 at 12:47 pm

    @Patricia Kayden:

    It’s on ABC.

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    Stan Gable

    June 15, 2014 at 12:49 pm

    So far, it seems like betting on European teams is maybe not the best idea. Today will be interesting because Ecuador and Honduras are pretty bad but I bet at least one of them gets a point.

  17. 17.

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

    June 15, 2014 at 12:51 pm

    I’m shocked. SHOCKED!

    “Qatar World Cup ‘has high terror risk’ ”

  18. 18.

    tsquared2001

    June 15, 2014 at 12:51 pm

    @humboldtblue: Yes. They have been carrying the play and yet still losing

  19. 19.

    humboldtblue

    June 15, 2014 at 12:52 pm

    @Stan Gable: Ecuador and Honduras are far from bad and no European team has ever won the cup in South America

  20. 20.

    humboldtblue

    June 15, 2014 at 12:54 pm

    @tsquared2001: They have connected on one of 16 crosses

  21. 21.

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

    June 15, 2014 at 1:00 pm

    @humboldtblue:

    Or in North America.

  22. 22.

    tsquared2001

    June 15, 2014 at 1:01 pm

    @Stan Gable: Italia paid off for me yesterday and I wouldn’t count out Les Bleus. That said, Losing Ribery was a quest que cest moment for France. I’m agnostic on the result, just want to see good futbal

  23. 23.

    tsquared2001

    June 15, 2014 at 1:05 pm

    @humboldtblue: GOAL! Next gen stats leave me cold. The Swiss have been the better side

  24. 24.

    humboldtblue

    June 15, 2014 at 1:05 pm

    There it is, good cross easy goal

  25. 25.

    humboldtblue

    June 15, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    Here comes the Bundesliga experience in the midfield

  26. 26.

    Amir Khalid

    June 15, 2014 at 1:14 pm

    I suspects this match will be decided by whose defense was careless more times than the other.

  27. 27.

    Patricia Kayden

    June 15, 2014 at 1:21 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Thanks. Should have checked all the channels.

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

    June 15, 2014 at 1:28 pm

    @Patricia Kayden:

    De nada. The next game is on ABC, too, while the 6pm (EDST) game is on ESPN.

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    tsquared2001

    June 15, 2014 at 1:28 pm

    Finishing – the Swiss are the epitome of that lost art

  30. 30.

    tsquared2001

    June 15, 2014 at 1:33 pm

    So not a fan of the fitted shirts. All these guys look like they got some kind of tumors. Those abs gotta breathe

  31. 31.

    Patricia Kayden

    June 15, 2014 at 1:38 pm

    @Temporarily Max McGee (soon enough to be Andy K again): Yes! Will be watching all day.

  32. 32.

    beltane

    June 15, 2014 at 1:44 pm

    @tsquared2001: I think they look fabulous. The men, that is. Whose looking at the shirts.

  33. 33.

    Amir Khalid

    June 15, 2014 at 1:45 pm

    We may be in for the first draw of the 2014 World Cup. (I hope that jinxes it.)

  34. 34.

    tsquared2001

    June 15, 2014 at 1:47 pm

    Lovely save at a desperate time. It is funny how you go into a match without a rooting interest and then pick a side and guess what – I am an honorary Swiss citizen right now

  35. 35.

    tsquared2001

    June 15, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    What a lovely flick on!!!

  36. 36.

    burnspbesq

    June 15, 2014 at 1:51 pm

    This is becoming the Tournament of Egregiously Bad Calls.

  37. 37.

    humboldtblue

    June 15, 2014 at 1:51 pm

    Shocking

  38. 38.

    Amir Khalid

    June 15, 2014 at 1:51 pm

    @Amir Khalid:
    YES!! I jinxed the draw! Switzerland 2-1 Ecuador!
    ETA: Yay me!

  39. 39.

    Alex S.

    June 15, 2014 at 1:52 pm

    Yes! Nice one. Good call from the referee not to interrupt.

  40. 40.

    The Dangerman

    June 15, 2014 at 1:55 pm

    Mon Dieu! Fondue!!

  41. 41.

    tsquared2001

    June 15, 2014 at 1:58 pm

    @beltane: Hahaha. I got into futbol in 1982 since my teenage hormonal ass caught a bad case of lust for Paolo Rossi.

  42. 42.

    Amir Khalid

    June 15, 2014 at 2:30 pm

    Time for the next World Cup open thread.

  43. 43.

    Amir Khalid

    June 15, 2014 at 2:45 pm

    @Amir Khalid:
    Or maybe we’ll just use this one.

  44. 44.

    raven

    June 15, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    @Amir Khalid: It may be on automatic release.

  45. 45.

    Randy Paul aka Randinho

    June 15, 2014 at 3:45 pm

    @raven: it actually is. i have scheduled them all ahead of time through Tuesday to start ten minutes before each game. I’ll finish the rest of the group stage soon.

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