My youngest brother's wife is Mexican and I just blurted out in a sports chat we have that I was soooooo rooting for Brazil.
Oh well...... it's my brother's wife, not mine.![]()
Oh noooo poor Sergio Ramos![]()
Brazil look ominous. Quality 2-0 victory.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
Brasiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllll
Japan beating Belgium two nil. At this rate the final is going to be Japan versus Switzerland.
What a GAME I almost didn't watch!!!!!
Felt a bit sorry for Japan. They overperformed for sure. Belgium just too tough.
Do not let success go to your head and do not let failure get to your heart.
Not to pile on Kirk, but from one of his favorite sources comes this gem....
Russia’s National Team Is Too Russian, Which Is One Reason It Will Bomb out of the World Cup
https://www.motherjones.com/politics...ism-world-cup/
As host of the 2018 World Cup, Russia has the privilege of playing in the first match of the month-long competition. And as Team Russia takes the field on Thursday, soccer fans will see a national team that looks almost nothing like tournament favorites Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, or Belgium.
Russia’s team is almost entirely made up of white players who make their living playing for the country’s domestic league.
I mean granted Russia probably ain't the favorites to win, but they DID just knock out Spain. Also whoever wrote that asinine article apparently doesn't understand the histories of the nations they listed all willy nilly.
Brazil is diverse and shit....yeah they got like 80% of all slaves in the TransAtlantic Slave Trade, Germans went there, the Portuguese went there, American Confederates went there...yeah they're "diverse"
France had an empire and part of that empire included many African nations, but also Asian and Middle Eastern nations.
Germany have been invaded by Turkish immigrants which is why gues like Ilkay Gundongan and Mesut Ozil were so happily pictured with Erdogan
Spain...where is their diversity?
Belgium....yeah not all that great of a colonial history. Lukaku is from Congolese parents....Leopold II anyone remember that guy?
Meanwhile....Russia while the Soviet Union had a great many different folk but also there's that one Brazilian that plays for them.
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