Samba... Ili ne? Ili ipak da? / Samba... Or not? Or yes, still?

(English version at the bottom)

Samba... Ili ne? Ili ipak da?

Dan 1

Brazil - Hrvatska 3:1 (1:1)

    Iako domaćin dugo očekivanog prvenstva u prvoj utakmici i nije baš zaplesao kako su možda mnogi očekivali, nekako su dobili ovu partiju "šaha". Doduše, većina figura Hrvata su popadale nakon što ih je japanski sudija pokosio zviždukom koji je označavao najstrožu kaznu. Time, japanski sudija koji je, statistika kaže, zbunjive prirode, jer osim što svira nepostojeće penale, daje pogrešnim igračima kartone, pa čak i one boje koje je centar zastave njegovog Japana, otvorio je seriju grešaka kolega sudija, koji su, čini se, i pored mnogo debitanata fudbalera, ušli sa najvećom tremom u ovo prvenstvo.

"Oni su mi rekli da sviram."
"They told me to whistle for a penalty kick!"

    Podeljena su mišljenja o tome da li je i koliko je ova odluka uticala na konačnu raspodelu bodova u meču koji je otvorio letnje ludilo. Ova odluka jeste svakako uticala direktno na rezultat, ali pitanje je koliko bi komšije izdržale i da sudija nije pokazao na belu tačku, jer Brazil je bio taj koji je vodio igru (nije baš bilo efikasno to "vođenje igre", ali kad imaš loptu u nogama malo je veća šansa da je ubaciš i u mrežu, zar ne?) . Goleada na ovom svetskom prvenstvu je započeta lošom reakcijom Marsela čiji autogol je i prvi gol postignut na ovakav način koji otvara največu fudbalsku smotru. Sve u svemu, bledo izdanje Brazila koje je i bilo najavljeno u meču sa našom reprezentacijom neposredno pre prvenstva koji je mogao da se završi i ovako i onako. Ali realno je očekivati da Karioke obezbede plasman najmanje do četvrt finala, a Hrvatima predstoji velika borba za ulazak u sledeći krug takmičenja.

Dan 2

Meksiko - Kamerun 1:0 (0:0)

    Nije se dugo čekalo na grešku ni sledećeg dana. Već u 11-om minutu Dos Santos, kome sudija a ma baš nikako nije želeo da računa golove tog dana, daje regularan pogodak, koji je jelte poništen. Nije dugo čekao Giovani da postigne i sledeći gol. Naravno, rezultat 0:0. U 61-om minutu se desila čudna situacija. Naime igrači Meksika postigli su gol, tačnije Peralta, koji je iskoristio odbitak, a rezultat je bio promenjen. Čudno, ali eto, rezultat je bio 1:0, koliko je i ostalo do kraja. Momci sa najzanimljivijim frizurama na prvenstvu su se trudili koliko su mogli, mada ipak nisu pružili preterano veliki otpor Meksiku. Bilo je tu nekoliko šansi, ali "Eto ('o)" nisu ih iskoristili.

"Pokisli" Giovani dos Santos, u svakom smislu
"Sopping" Giovani dos Santos, in every way

Španija -Holandija 1:5 (1:1)

    Možda i najveće  iznenađenje na dosadašnjem turniru dogodilo se na stadionu Arena Fonte Nova u Salvadoru gde se vicešampion sa prethodnog šampionata osvetio svetskim šampionima. Krenulo je onako kako se i očekivalo, malo tika-taka, malo se Busquets bacaka. Prvi gol, nakon penala koji je dosudio prilično naivno sudija Rizzoli. Diego Costa, već dovoljno omražen igrač od strane domaće publike, fino se uklopio u milu mu Španiju i svakako je vrlo brzo savladao gradivo o simuliranju penala. Meni lično nikada neće biti jasno zašto bi neko odabrao pre da igra za bilo koju drugu zemlju osim za svoju, ali ovo što je uradio Diego Costa... Odbiti Brazil... Nikada.

    Mislim da ne vredi opisivati nastavak ove utakmice, jer ako niste gledali uživo, mogli biste se zavaliti i odgledati ovu utakmicu. Naravno, posle ponoći, da se uklopite u priču. Klasično iživljavanje nad jednim od glavnih favorita za osvajanje titule od strane Letećeg Holanđanina (Robin van Persie), brzog Holanđanina (Arjen Robben), sve u svemu, vrlo rešenih Holanđana (svi).

The Flying Dutchman (Leteci Holanđanin)

    I još jednom dakle, svakako najveće iznenađenje do tog trenutka (doduše, tada je tek počelo, ali u svakom slučaju, jedno od većih iznenađenja u ovoj deceniji), mada ne toliko zbog toga što su "Oranje" uspeli da pobede "Crvenu furiju", već više zbog toga što su ih rašnirali i potpuno uništili. 

Iako ubija pedesetu (makar po izgledu), Arjen fino trči po Brazilskoj farbano zelenoj travici.
Even though he's entering fifties (at least by his looks), Arjen still runs beautifully across Brazilian painted grass

 

Leteo je i Costa, ali ne treba se ponositi ovim kratkim letom
Costa took a flight too, but flight he couldn't be very proud of

    Naravno, ne treba zaboraviti još jednu bitnu stvar koje je zacementirana nakon ove utakmice. Izraz "torres" - označava promašaj praznog gola u fudbalu.

(torres (n.) - to miss an open net in footbal). Sve je bilo lepo dok nisi "poplaveo", Fernando.

Jer je davanje gola previše mainstream, Torres u elementu
'Cause scoring goals are too mainstream, Torres at his best

Čile - Australija 3:1 (2:1)

    Iako se na prvi pogled čini da se nisu previše mučili, igrači Čilea nisu imali baš lak posao protiv "Kengura" koji su skakutali i borili se vrlo, vrlo dugo, zapravo do samog kraja, kada je Beausejour zapečatio sudbinu Australijanaca i verovatno ih poslao na dalek put kući. Nedostaje kvalitet srčanim kengurima. Mada, nisu samo fudbaleri Čilea imali težak posao. Jedna Čileanska porno glumica obećala je fanovima 12 sati seksa ukoliko Čile zabeleži pobedu na ovoj utakmici. Verujemo, nije bilo lako. 

Jedan od fanova hrabre Čileanke.

One of many fans of brave Chilean actress.

Samba... Or not? Or yes, still?

Day 1

Brazil - Croatia 3:1 (1:1)

    Although the host of FIFA World Cup 2014 didn't dance Samba quite well as it was expected, they've managed to pass through tough Croatians. With big help from Nishimura, who obviosly can't see very well (not just because of this mistake, he had funny accident when he gave red card to the wrong player in the match South Korea - China) helped Brazil a lot when whistling for penalty kick in 70' min. He opened this WC finals with a mistake and after his mistake almost every ref makes one or two very big mistakes per match. Although there are a lot of footballer debutants in the WC finals, my humble opinion is that referees has the most stage fright of all participants.

    Opinions aren't the same in every corner of the world about how much this decision had an influence on this game but it's sure that it had. But still, Brazil had the posession and if you got the ball in your feet you also have better chance for putting the ball in the back of the net. First goal of this WC was the first of it's kind. First own goal that have opened the biggest football stage on Earth. All in all, poor game from the best Samba dancers. Poor game that could be expected after their game versus Serbia where they also didn't show us why they are one of main candidates for taking the crown for the best national team. Well, they will get through the next round that's for sure and for the Croats it will be tough days. Still, they are looking pretty relaxed chilling naked at the pool and having fun.

Day 2

Mexico - Cameroon 1:0 (0:0)

    It hasn't been long and another big mistake was made at WC finals day 2. In 11' min Dos Santos, player who just keeps scoring and goals just keeps being disallowed. One strange thing happened in 61' min. Videlycet, Mexican players, more precisely it was Peralta who scored regular goal and the result has been changed. Strange but true. Mexico was in lead by one. That score was also the final score. Deserved win for the Mexicans.

Spain - Netherlands 1:5 (1:1)

    Maybe the biggest surprise of all at this tournament by that time (just two games were played before this one but still... this is one of the biggest surprises in this decade), not so much because Netherlands won (they are surely one of the best national teams) but it was the way that they've done it, that surprised almost everyone. At Arena Fonte Nova at Salvador first goal was fine act of Diego Costa who simulated this penalty quite well. Well, ref Rizzoly bought that.  Xabi Alonso was confident about this oportunity and has scored a goal perfectly.

    I think there's no way to describe this game so you just have to watch it again if you missed it. Of course, remember to watch this in midnight term since this was... Well, yeah it was pretty rough. Flying Dutchman (Robin van Persie), faaaast Dutchman (old man Robben), determined Dutchmen at general. Determined to have a revenge for a much more devastating loss against the same rival 4 years ago.

    One more important thing needs to be said. "torres (n.) - to miss an open net in football", from urban dictionary. Everything was fine while you were "Red", Fernando and until you've gone "Blue", that's all.

Chile - Australia 3:1 (2:1)

    Although on the first sight it seems that Chile beat Australia pretty easy, that was not the case.  They had pretty tough game with great "Kangaroos". Australians fought well and 'till the very end when Beausejour sealed their destiny and probably sent them on the long way home after first round. Even though, not only Chilean footballers had tough work. One Chilean porn actress had promissed her fans that she will be waiting for them for 12 hours of sex i Chile win their game with Australia. We all know the score of the game but nobody knows her "score". Surely, brave Chilean girl had long working day.