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Soccer/Football

VWolf

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9. This is Brazil we're talking about

Reply to T_i_B (Reply #7)

Tue Jul 8, 2014, 09:21 AM

Jul 2014

I'd be surprised if the team falters without Neymar (and the idiot Thiago Silva). I also expect a small amount of home-cooking by the officials. The match is a toss-up IMHO.

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Neymar fractures vertebrae, out of World Cup [View all] jakeXT Jul 2014 OP

It was a brutal knee to the spine. The refs let the game get out of control. nt SunSeeker Jul 2014 #1

The referee didn't call much... Aquavit Jul 2014 #2

54 fouls, a record. FIFA doesn't want too many cards and Webb was praised for it in another game jakeXT Jul 2014 #4

I take that back! Aquavit Jul 2014 #6

Yep T_i_B Jul 2014 #7

This is Brazil we're talking about VWolf Jul 2014 #9

Are you sure this is the Brazillian national team? T_i_B Jul 2014 #10

LOL Yeah that was embarassing! VWolf Jul 2014 #11

With this kind of injury he could be out of more than World Cup. mackerel Jul 2014 #3

I'm surprised that you don't need surgery jakeXT Jul 2014 #5

He broke his neck. BKH70041 Jul 2014 #8