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Netherlands vs Mexico - ITV 5pm KO
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irishguy
29-06-2014
Originally Posted by Bosox:
“People can't even sit in the stands in this heat yet FIFA expect players to play football. Absolutely nuts, no surprise at all that this has been a poor game so far.”

At this rate the Quater matches will resemble a Sunday league game
BigFoot87
29-06-2014
Plenty of empty seats.........heh, ITV beat me to it.
ACU
29-06-2014
Can't believe half the stadium is empty
Dix
29-06-2014
I hope it doesn't go to extra time either....
g0ldenballs
29-06-2014
Poor pass by the RVP there.
Peter Venkman
29-06-2014
Originally Posted by Thomas007:
“People keep blaming the heat for this match, but there has been far hotter games than this at WC.

Ireland vs Mexico in 94' was over 110F/42C (the temperature was recorded live on the pitch). Still an ok game. F*cked Ireland though.”

Was that the one where John Aldridge went bezerk
Bosox
29-06-2014
Originally Posted by ACU:
“Can't believe half the stadium is empty”

It isn't. Look at the back of the stands. People cannot sit out in the sun.
Jason C
29-06-2014
That's a penalty kick.

Unfortunately Arjen Robben's reputation now precedes him when it comes to things like this.
InTheLoop
29-06-2014
Penalties not given 1-1 then
FrankieFixer
29-06-2014
Originally Posted by Dix:
“It's easy to blame the heat for not scoring”

If people can't sit in the heat how do you expect a good game full of goals? It's garbage.
Thomas007
29-06-2014
Hot Mexican chicks alert.

Stick on babe cam!
2+2=5
29-06-2014
It has been a great World Cup, definitely, but the refereeing has been sub-par I think. Especially when it comes to decisions to make inside the box.
Lisa.B
29-06-2014
Well at least they're evens in the penalty stakes.
Ænima
29-06-2014
Cameraman not struggling at all to find good looking Mexican women it seems
g0ldenballs
29-06-2014
Originally Posted by Peter Venkman:
“Was that the one where John Aldridge went bezerk ”


Yeah and Jack Charlton was stopped from getting water bottles to his players!
Sattrega
29-06-2014
Originally Posted by Thomas007:
“People keep blaming the heat for this match, but there has been far hotter games than this at WC.”

I was about to say the same thing. This isn't the first time a WC has been held on an American continent. I recall searing temperatures throughout Mexico '86, and I'm sure it was the same in previous tournaments held in Central or South America.
2+2=5
29-06-2014
I can't decide who I dislike more as a co-commentator: Clarke Carlisle or Robbie Savage. At least for me, both are frustrating in their own ways.
Dix
29-06-2014
Oh dear, but he'll be ok out of the sun.

1/2 time...and hoping the 2nd half won't be as boring as the first.
Goodwin
29-06-2014
Switches over to Dolly Parton for the half time break
Jason C
29-06-2014
End of a first half rendered awful by the heat.

Mexico had the best of it but that's merely a reflection of Dutch having to play an ill-suited low tempo, conservative game purely to pace themselves in the dreadfully oppressive conditions.

Any potential flow to the game was also killed stone dead by the necessity of the cooling break.

Originally Posted by Sattrega:
“I was about to say the same thing. This isn't the first time a WC has been held on an American continent. I recall searing temperatures throughout Mexico '86, and I'm sure it was the same in previous tournaments held in Central or South America.”

Indeed, but that largely had a detrimental affect on the quality of the football and the matches played in those tournaments - particularly involving countries not used to such conditions.
Ænima
29-06-2014
Originally Posted by Goodwin:
“Switches over to Dolly Parton for the half time break ”

Each to their own
NiteOwl12
29-06-2014
Watching Holland really struggle in these conditions, reminds me no European side has ever won the world cup in America.
crofter
29-06-2014
Originally Posted by Goodwin:
“Switches over to Dolly Parton for the half time break ”

Does she still play with the 2 big un's up top??

This heat is going to give Fifa all the ammo they need to rip up that contract with Qatar (and not return all that money in the brown envelopes).
Dix
29-06-2014
Originally Posted by FrankieFixer:
“If people can't sit in the heat how do you expect a good game full of goals? It's garbage.”

I do understand all that, but these guys are playing in it, and if they can't manage it, then why not play, and leave it for another time when it's cooler. I don't want to see players flaking out after a few runs around the pitch, then acting playing which makes the game boring to watch. I don't expect lots of goals, but one or 2 wouldn't go amiss. After that they can leave the pitch early.
Thomas007
29-06-2014
Back in the studio now. The beach idea has been put aside. Did they all get changed, they must have missed parts of the game.
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