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France x Nigeria Ref: Mark GEIGER (USA) AR1: Sean Mark HURD (USA) AR2: Joe FLETCHER (CAN) 4th: Alireza FAGHANI (IRN) RAR: Hassan KAMRANIFAR (IRN) Mark "MLS" Geiger will have his eyes set on being part of American team in a World Cup semi-final for the first time since 1930 when he goes to do work today. Geiger has taken charge of Colombia x Greece and Spain x Chile and has looked excellent. Obviously I'd love to see him get the Final, but I don't think FIFA is going to be putting an American on that any time soon. Still, I think a semi-final is a realistic assignment if he performs well here. There are a handful of referees that haven't had a bad game yet (and then Irmatov, who Argentina told FIFA to take off their game tomorrow allegedly, will be in the mix for some unknown reason) so this could also be his final match at this World Cup. If so, he will have shown that he is, in fact, A Good Referee. And then he will probably bottle a big decision in his first MLS match after this which will erase all of the goodwill he has built for himself. The circle of life for referees. Also USA + Iran crew is pretty cool imo Germany x Algeria Referee: Sandro RICCI (BRA) AR1: Emerson DE CARVALHO (BRA) AR2: Marcelo VAN GASSE (BRA) 4th: Walter LOPEZ (GUA) RAR: Leonel LEAL (CRC) Ricci has been in charge of France x Honduras and Germany x Ghana so far. Seeing Germany in back to back games for him is a little weird. All the same, I think Ricci is in the above pool of guys who have had fine World Cups from what FIFA wants out of the games (for instance, while I personally think Eriksson was garbage in USA x Ghana, I'd bet that performance is exactly what FIFA wanted and was pleased with), so if Brazil go out to Colombia then Ricci will probably end up on a semi-final.
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vyelkin posted:YEAH JOE FLETCHER YOU RAISE THAT FLAG Very good mechanics imo
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GreenLight posted:Thats why FIFA changed Nigerias tag to NGA two days ago... Nigeria has always been NGA. Niger is NIG.
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"I think Neuer is overrated. He's an insane shot stopper and distributes well, but gets too cute at least once a game. He's been punished for it before." -a text I sent before kickoff.
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I feel like this match is just setting up for a late Klose tap in
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Neuer has left his box 18 times now according to ESPN [/stats]
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Should have been Klose on the field to score that
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Toplowtech posted:"Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win." I think you'll find they played for 120 minutes.
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