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Tender Branson
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« on: June 15, 2013, 08:48:58 AM »
Brazil vs. Japan

2-1

Mexico vs. Italy

0-2

Spain vs. Uruguay

1-1
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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Political Matrix
E: -6.06, S: -4.84
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2013, 04:23:23 AM »
I watched the Italy/Mexico game.

Italy was solid and always seems to be strong in these competitions where it matters.
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2013, 11:23:59 AM »
Anyone want to guess the correct end score for Spain vs. Tahiti today ?

I say 13-1.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2013, 02:37:47 PM »
Spain now up 4:0 ...
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2013, 02:42:45 PM »
The Spanish have no mercy ... see -> Mayas, Aztekes ... and now Tahiti.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2013, 06:57:30 AM »
My predictions for today:

2 Italy vs. Brazil 2
3 Japan vs. Mexico 2
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2013, 01:53:50 AM »
Italy wasn't bad, but the Brazilians had the better finishers.

Ballotelli often missed good chances and other Italians as well.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2013, 08:56:43 AM »
4 Spain
1 Nigeria

6 Uruguay
1 Tahiti
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2013, 01:41:03 AM »
My predictions:

3-1 Brazil vs. Uruguay
4-1 Spain vs. Italy (sorry Phil, but I think they will re-destroy them ...Tongue)
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2013, 03:13:22 PM »
Rob Stark Fred scores the 1:0 for Brazil and Cavani equalizes for the Urus.
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2013, 12:41:18 AM »
Another reason why Phil hates the Spanish even more now ... Tongue
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2013, 12:24:21 AM »
Predictions for the last 2 games:

2-1 Italy/Uruguay

1-0 Brazil/Spain (Neymar Júnior acts as the king-slayer in the 83rd minute)
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2013, 12:15:10 PM »
Can anyone tell me if this is watchable abroad ?

http://tvthek.orf.at/live/6206759
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2013, 12:20:37 PM »
Cavani with the 1:1 for Uruguay.
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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Political Matrix
E: -6.06, S: -4.84
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2013, 12:37:17 PM »
Ok, it would be good if there's no more goal ... Wink
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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E: -6.06, S: -4.84
« Reply #15 on: June 30, 2013, 12:40:15 PM »
OHHHHHHHH ... wowow.
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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« Reply #16 on: June 30, 2013, 12:42:46 PM »
Anyway, who made that stupid decision to start the final at midnight ?

Europe is a bigger football market than Brazil.

We need the final at the prime-time and therefore the Brazilians have to adjust to us ... Tongue
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Tender Branson
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« Reply #17 on: July 02, 2013, 01:05:51 AM »
Quote from: batmacumba on July 01, 2013, 11:18:47 PM
Sunday games at 16:00 is the norm. I found really odd this final was scheduled to 19:00. That's unusual for weekends. At least, no game will be played at the usual 21:00 on weekdays, and only a few will be at 19:00.
Anyway, UTC -3 shouldn't be that bad for Europeans - just 1h ahead South Africa. Don't be spoiled folks!

IMO, the games should start between 7pm and 9pm here during the Brazil WC.

Which means 2pm to 4pm in Brazil.

Only a tiny fraction would stay up until midnight or 1am to watch WC games ...
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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Political Matrix
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« Reply #18 on: July 02, 2013, 02:57:32 AM »
Quote from: Хahar on July 02, 2013, 01:44:14 AM
Quote from: Tender Branson on July 02, 2013, 01:05:51 AM
Only a tiny fraction would stay up until midnight or 1am to watch WC games ...

I find this hard to believe. The 2002 World Cup Final was at 4 AM here on the West Coast, but my family and I woke up to watch it, as did dozens of other people I knew, even though soccer is obviously not very popular here. That the vast people in a country where soccer is the most important sport would refuse to stay awake until midnight to watch World Cup matches strikes me as preposterous.

In North America, it is common for people in the east to stay up past midnight watching sports; most sporting events in the west start at 7:00 local time, which is 10:00 in the east, meaning that it is generally around 1 AM in the east by the time the game ends. When I am at school on the East Coast, I watch baseball until around 1 AM almost every night.

Really ?

I know not many people here who stay up past midnight to watch sports here ...

Must be more popular in the US I think.

If we take a look at the ORF TV ratings from Sunday, then the Confed Cup final which went from Midnight to 2am was only watched by an average of 120.000 people, compared with the 1 million watchers of the evening news at 7pm to 8pm.

Even the Formula One GP in Silverstone had 500.000 watchers at 3pm.
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Tender Branson
Mark Warner 08
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Political Matrix
E: -6.06, S: -4.84
« Reply #19 on: July 02, 2013, 08:49:19 AM »
Quote from: Franknburger on July 02, 2013, 08:38:37 AM
In Germany, the final was watched by some 2 million people, which is quite a lot considering the timing.
I don't think staying up until midnight is much of an issue here. A Champions League match with ET and penalty shoot-out will not finish much before midnight. Even a standard CL/EL group stage transmission will, after the live match, have reports on other interesting games and run until midnight. And, IIRC, the 2002 WC in Japan and South Korea had pretty weird transmission times for Europeans, which did not keep myself or most other people I know from watching.

Of course, it is making a difference whether your country has a team in the competition or not (and Austria is often occasionally on the 'not' side ..)

Yeah, maybe we are not as football crazy as you Germans ... Tongue

Maybe it has just to do with different sports and the affection for it.

I remember that during the Winter Games in Nagano 1998, an incredible amount of people here watched the Alpine Skiing events at 4am (when Hermann Maier had his famous take-off) ...
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