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Maybe Pepe will now be removed from the starting lineup and Portugal will have 9 whites starting against the U.S.
 

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Portuguese meltdown!

Pathetic half of football from Portugal. An obvious penalty for the first German goal caused by the defender getting turned by Mueller. Pepe sent off for a moronic head butt on Mueller. Contrao had a chance to score but for some reason tried to pass it. I think. I'm still not sure what he was trying to do. The Portuguese goalie Rui Patricio inexplicably caught out of position during a pass back, almost an own goal. Then he kicks it straight to Khedira who missed an open net. And then a defensive blunder by Bruno Alves to gift Germany their third goal.

The Germans look good, but any team would look good against the blundering Portuguese.

After scoring early on that gift penalty kick, it was nice to see Thomas Müller score a legitimate goal before the half. The 2010 co-Golden Boot winner now has 7 goals in two World Cup Finals appearances. Up 3-0 and with Portugal playing with 10 men, let’s hope that Klose, Schürrle, and Schweinsteiger sub-in at least.

Hopefully Portugal can regroup and destroy the U.S. and Ghana, finishing 2-1 in group play.
 

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Maybe Pepe will now be removed from the starting lineup and Portugal will have 9 whites starting against the U.S.

Pepe won't be eligible to play against the US as there is usually a two game suspension for a red card.

It's unfortunate for a player of Ronaldo quality to have so little back up on this Portuguese side.
 

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Now two Portuguese players, Nani and Coentrao (I think), bang into one another when they both had a chance to shoot or set something up.:lol: This is a clown show.
 

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I forgot to mention that Hugo Almeida had to be substituted (in part his own fault as he had the ball but was too indecisive with it, got tackled and injured as a result). Now Coentrao has gone off with a hamstring injury. A terrible day for Portugal can't get much worse. Maybe they should take Ronaldo off just in case he ends up getting hurt too.
 

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Andre Schürrle subs for the Turkish Metrosexual, Ozil, and immediately feeds Müller for his 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] goal of the game. Now 8 WC Finals goals for Müller at age 24! He’s the next generation of Klose.
 

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ronaldo doesn't really care
he won the champions league and became the player with most goals in a champions league campain ever
that's where he had to deliver
he finally won that champions league for real madrid
 

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Pepe sent off for a moronic head butt on Mueller.

not the first black or partly black player to be too impulsive in that world cup already
neymar should have been sent off in the opening game
and pogba too against honduras
 
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Nice to see Die Mannschaft and Thomas Muller come to the rescue and de-darken this WC a little bit. This team is clearly our best and strongest hope to prevent a Brazil or France from winning it all.
 

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Did you know Neymar is Black but straightens his hair to look Mestizo?

years ago in an interview he said that he was never insulted racially because he was not black
but yes the first pictures i saw of him he had curly hair like that, i instantanely knew he was black
 
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Andre Schürrle subs for the Turkish Metrosexual, Ozil, and immediately feeds Müller for his 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] goal of the game. Now 8 WC Finals goals for Müller at age 24! He’s the next generation of Klose.

I think so too, Thrashen!! It was awesome to see Muller get his hat trick!!

I know the announcers were surprised when they saw Ozil was starting, but we here all know Loew seems to need to keep 3 non-whites in the starting lineup at all costs it seems. At least Khedira and Ozil look white, and Ozil will likely be subbed off most of the games if he indeed continues to start.
 

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The US has 6 whites and 5 blacks in it's lineup against Ghana: Besler, Cameron, Beckerman, Bedoya, Dempsey, and Bradley

The blacks are: Howard, Beasley, Altidore, and two of Klinsmann's Blermans: Jones and Johnson
 

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The US has 6 whites and 5 blacks in it's lineup against Ghana: Besler, Cameron, Beckerman, Bedoya, Dempsey, and Bradley

The blacks are: Howard, Beasley, Altidore, and two of Klinsmann's Blermans: Jones and Johnson

as bad as france :suspicious:
especially since one of the whites is hispanic
if whitish hispanic = arab, then you have the exact same composition as france
5 whites, 5 blacks and 1 arab/hispanic
 

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So the US has Cameron, Bradley, Besley, and Beckerman as surely white starters. Tim Howard will probably be mistaken as a white, but his brow and nose ridge gave him away instantly.

No way are Bedoya and Dempsey are white.
 

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So the US has Cameron, Bradley, Besley, and Beckerman as surely white starters. Tim Howard will probably be mistaken as a white, but his brow and nose ridge gave him away instantly.

No way are Bedoya and Dempsey are white.

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I'd say Bedoya is pretty white, just as white as a lot of the Argentine players we've been counting as white.

We've been counting Dempsey as white for as long as I've been here... I think he just tans easily.
 

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After Ghana beat the US four years ago Tony Kornheiser said on PTI that he thought the Ghanaians were better athletes. Michael Wilbon laughed in response and said "yaaa think!":icon_rolleyes: If the US lose this time I don't think that will be the narrative. It'll all be about Donovon. I think. With the Caste media you never know.
 

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nigeria, the team that impressed the world at the confederation cup :icon_rolleyes: did the first draw of the competition, and a scoreless draw, against iran
it's embarrassing
they deserve to have something else than chelsea's obscure defensive midfielder obi mikel as a play maker
africans should go back to africa and develop their own players, it would be better than now with their security guards and super-athletes
 

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and yes, he is considered white

I knew he was; I've been counting him as white since before I even joined the site. Even though there's only 6 white starters, I'll be cheering for the USA against all-black Ghana; 6 white starters and a white bench is better than no white players at all.
 

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It looks like Altidore just injured his hamstring; it looks like Johannson is coming on for him.
 

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Klinsmann seriously couldn't find a better LB than DeMarcus Beasley?? Ghana has been attacking him constantly.
 
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