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And they put Greece Costa Rica on the weekend.

I feel as though I've been watching this all day .

The giant fucking turd that won't flush.

I blame you. You. Forever.

Hahaha

I think you'll find Greece went f***ing mental with theirs. Now being bailed out by the Chinese now. The EU bailout should've been contingent on Greece not entering international football competitions. That would be a fair use of tax money.

Boooo. At least Iran Nigeria had Shola. Greece are the Pardew of countries.

Come on Costa Rica. Early goal to get this going please.

Van Nistelrooy defending Robben. Of course.

Horrible.

Fuck off

Gutted for them. But still. More football!

Just wait until Eric Wynalda, Joe Buck and FOX take over for the 2016 Copa America and 2018 World Cup .

There's really nothing wrong with accommodations, there's nothing wrong with the marketing or David f***ing Beckham's involvement in the last bid attempt, there haven't been inordinate hooligan problems in over a decade (they hosted a European Championship in Ukraine/Poland in 2012 for f***'s sake) and the negative stereotypes of English football have more or less dissipated in the Premier League/Sky era. I agree that it has nothing to do with inventing football. It has to do with common sense about where in the world might host a pretty good football tournament. Like the London Olympics, England (or a joint UK bid for that matter) would probably host a friendly, enthusiastic, cost effective, well organized World Cup with a great atmosphere for supporters. It is well overdue another one, seeing as Germany, Italy, France, Spain etc. have all hosted at least once since (plus additional European Championships) and we're seriously entertaining another US bid in the relatively near future. As Disco says, FIFA won't do it because they won't make enough money. Because their corrupt organizing committee hate the FA and English football in general (see Jack Warner), and because FIFA's own practices (FIFA courts, sponsor focused bullshit, profit) will face more difficult public scrutiny from an active press about the way they operate.

Wow

Colombia just isn't fair.

Belgium USA is going to penalties now.

Paula Radcliffe it. Psych out the keeper.

When your goalkeeper is crying before the shoot out begins, it's not a great sign.

Fuck me

There's no need for it. They've been the better side.

Can't imagine that pressure. If they're winning this, it's in the next 15 minutes.

Hulk. lol.

I suppose, but that would take a prolonged period in the Champ or lower to really take effect. More likely he would just spend a little to get us back up. I don't think Ashley is going anywhere until he gets an offer that he considers a substantial profit on the initial purchase price plus these "interest-free" loans in the club. Relegation would diminish the value of the club to prospective buyers and make it less likely that Ashley would sell. Premier League football hasn't been enjoyable for a while, but relegation would do nothing to make it more likely that he leaves. Until he gets this over-the-odds offer, the club is a marketing platform for a sportswear retailer.

Since the previous two are being held in Brazil and Russia then I imagine stupidly long distances between host cities won't be a problem. Also, I've just learned that Fox have US broadcast rights to the World Cup in Russia, not ABC/ESPN. Christ.