I think a change would be good. The only thing it could possibly hurt is slowing the game down, but we already spend that time rolling around doing prayer face. Some traditions, their reasoning removed by technology, can die.


France vs Ecuador is the one I want to see today.

Argentine Nigeria has a lot of potential.... we'll see.

And then the people are blocking all the streets, huge traffic jams for 3 hours, with constant honking, people shouting and jumping on the roof and hood of the cars...

Yup, that's what happened in Liege on Sunday, just at the foot of our building.

Man, I'll be glad when "our" team will be out, for that only!

LOL! What a start. Argentina takes the lead via Messi after 3 minutes, 90 seconds later Nigeria strikes back!

1:1

What a fun game. Nigeria was outskilled, but you can't fault their work ethic. Arg couldn't have the ball for a second with a Green man all over them.

Could not see the second half unfortunately. Got home just in time for the France game.

It worries me to no end that Argentinian players seem to be out of shape. 20 minutes to go and they were already tired to death. If we have to go to extra time we are done.

Ecuador is playing as though they are already beat. What's taking France so long to convert?

Scary, we got this very "nice" red card, and we still played sloppy with no accuracy and with no finishing brain... If we play like this on Monday, we will come home much earlier than expected... I know it was mostly a B-team but it is still worrisome.

B-team and conserving stamina for the rest of the tournament.

If some of those teams believe they can keep up the fast pace they have been playing at - in these temperatures in the north - their players will start dropping like flies in the next games.

Nice comeback by Switzerland thanks to Shaqiri.

Should be an interesting game against Argentina.

It's raining so hard right now in Recife, the Germany - USA game might turn into a Naval battle.

Suarez suspended for 9 games and banned for 4 months:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footbal...onths-live.html

Question for you. Are soccer matches postponed if the rain is heavy enough?

Depends on the officials: sometimes they are, especially if conditions are such as to make playing on the pitch impossible (like for example the ball does no longer roll on the field.)

So far FIFA's communication efforts indicate that the game will be on as planned.

Of course conditions like these will increase the chances of the game being the "coveted" tie.

Ref is scheduled to inspect the field at 11am ET, we will know after that.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-QiPW-.../germans_go.jpg

I see the smack talk has begun.

Disgusting, should have been much more.

2 minutes til showtime!!!!

Foul by referee vs. Johnson???