2014 World Cup

[alfred russel]

I suppose an interesting stat will be how many questionable calls Brazil will need to overcome the German side.

FIFA loves a major soccer powerhouse like Brazil, also playing at home, so they may get lots of close calls.

On the other hand, everyone is talking about this. They may try to salvage credibility by throwing a bunch of calls Germany's way.

But then this is such a high profile game, they may try to call it even to cover up its actions in all the other games.

I'm interested to see which way FIFA goes. The first option will be the most brazen, while the latter two will perhaps be the most nefarious, and lots more corruption is in our future.

[Jacob]

No chance of officiating being done by the rules of the game with no attempts at favouring either side?

[Liep]

No chance of officiating being done by the rules of the game with no attempts at favouring either side?

Of course. I really doubt FIFA has the balls or the inclination to buy a referee so the home team wins.

[derspiess]

Home team always gets at least a slight advantage on calls, whether it's a FIFA conspiracy or not.

[Valmy]

Home team always gets at least a slight advantage on calls, whether it's a FIFA conspiracy or not.

There is a FIFA conspiracy behind everything.  They basically run the sports world.  They are responsible for all of Cleveland's teams being bad at the same time for decades on end.

[Zanza]

Brazil hasn't lost a competitive home game since 1975.

[derspiess]

Getting ready to sneak out to The Pub (yeah, that's what it's called) to see the first half.  Go Krauts.

[Liep]

I had to change my avatar. I can't support a Brazil team whose greatest hope is a defender.

[Zanza]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IynteMtSBxo

[Maladict]

They may try to salvage credibility

That's a good one 

[Admiral Yi]

SQUAREHEADS, SQUAREHEADS, UBER ALLES, UBER ALLES.

[Hansmeister]

I want to have Mueller's love child.

[Zanza]

You would think that defenders nowadays know who Thomas Müller is, but they left him quite alone there...

[crazy canuck]

Woot

[Liep]

It wasn't for long that David Luiz got to be the darling. What a blunder.