Brazil v Switzerland, 2pm EDT. FIFA liveblog at the Google link.
There aren’t as many Brazilian expats in our MA town as there are in Everett or Framingham, but I’m pretty sure every local eating place with a television will be quite busy… even without factoring in Father’s Day.
JCJ
In honor of Alain- go Switzerland!
HumboldtBlue
Can’t be neutral here, go Switzerland!
Gonna have to play better defense than that, however.
eclare
Switzerland just got lucky
HumboldtBlue
Look at that counter. One pass and BOOM! Jesus behind the fullback
Alain the site fixer
@JCJ: thanks!
Fuckk
HumboldtBlue
That little whinging asshole. Goddamn Coutinho.
Watched that little snake do that two dozen time for Liverpool before he cried his way out of town.
B.B.A.
Usually I root for the underdog but these days I’m for whatever team is less white.
Go Seleção!
eclare
Brazil looking strong…
HumboldtBlue
@eclare:
Their quality is truly on display. Switzerland outmanned at every position.
eclare
@HumboldtBlue: And this is Switzerland, not SA or Morocco
germy
Some fresh publicity for the drumpf-supporting band who played at his inauguration.
Platonailedit
Brazil showing why they are the multiple world champs.
HumboldtBlue
@eclare:
Yup. The Swiss are a formidable side. Hell, they’re top 10 in world rankings.
They did respond to Brazil’s pressure, they just haven’t had anything in attack.
HumboldtBlue
Silva blew that one
B.B.A.
@germy: I guess that answers the question – we don’t still call him Superman.
eclare
Yay!!!!
HumboldtBlue
GOOOOAAAALLLLLL
HumboldtBlue
Uh-oh, that’s not good, that’s the defensive midfield coverage on the grass with a bad knee.
eclare
This is another good match
HumboldtBlue
Come on Canton-ese (ba-dum-tssh!) close this match out. The is the most unilkeable Brazil team in my memory.
BruceFromOhio
Total futbol ignorant question, and nothing to do with the match at hand. Neither Pakistan, India, or Malaysia are represented in the groups. Is that by design or due to earlier performance in the sport?
Viva Portugal!
Sab
Alain, on my family’s Canadian side we had Swiss. They were named Wadin or Vadin, and surprisingly they were from Vaud.
HumboldtBlue
@BruceFromOhio:
None of those countries qualified for the tournament.
Yarrow
@BruceFromOhio: There are rankings and qualifying matches done by region. The same reason the US team isn’t there–we didn’t qualify.
HumboldtBlue
Well done, Switzerland.
eclare
That was weird
The Ancient Randonneur
Verklempt
https://mobile.twitter.com/JamesMartinSJ/status/1008336985692532736
Steve in the ATL
Neymar almost pulled it off with that timely flopping at the end
Amir Khalid
@BruceFromOhio:
These three teams didn’t come anywhere near qualifying for the last 32. Indians and Pakistanis, to judge by their expatriate workforce in Malaysia, are huge cricket fans. They flock to the 24-hour eateries we have here during the ricket World Cup. Football, not so much. As for Malaysia, I would expect to see a blizzard in KL before I see us qualify for the World Cup.
raven
@Amir Khalid: Aussies too.
Amir Khalid
@raven: On the Subcontinent, they just don’t give a damn about football.
raven
@Amir Khalid: There is a school that is training Australian Rules footballers to punt American style and colleges here have really taken an interest. Aussie basketball players are really good too.
Yarrow
@raven: Australia cares more about rugby.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yarrow: As do all good-hearted people.
Yarrow
@Omnes Omnibus: Watching it at the moment. No spoilers please because family obligations meant I couldn’t watch last weekend’s summer tour matches and am just getting caught up now.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yarrow: No worries.
Yarrow
@Omnes Omnibus: I know you like rugby. Not sure if you’re aware that the ESPN has the matches via their ESPN+ app. You can watch online but if you have a newer internet connected TV you can download the ESPN app to the TV. Unfortunately they just started charging for it, but it’s about $5/month with a 7 day trial for free so not that expensive. Matches are available for awhile (I think a month) so you don’t have to watch them live.
Omnes Omnibus
@Yarrow: Thanks for letting me know.
Litlebritdifrnt
OT but how ominous is this the immigrant girls are being flown to Miami, what possible purpose could there be for that?