2014 FIFA World Cup 3rd Place Game: Live Updates

3rd & 7 37yd

Oh no David Luiz AGAIN!

by kill21 via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:08:25 PM
Brazil :(

by Raj via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:08:29 PM
Scolari's most ridiculous decision is the insistence on playing with a striker when he has NO good strikers to choose from.

In this situation you adapt and play a False 9 or convert Hulk into a striker or something.

by taka tiki via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:08:33 PM
man its too hard for brazil to win

by aisha via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:08:33 PM
50' - Ron Vlaar makes a great challenge on Paulinho here, but Robben should have had a free kick before that break. The referee was about 50 yards away, which suggests he just isn't that bothered.

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:09:42 PM
Why cant Brazil give David a break and substitute him away

by Papa Smurf via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:09:46 PM
Lol.paulinho forgot where the goal was.

by azeus via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:09:50 PM
People question calls because reds are not consistent call to call game to game

by CJ via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:09:54 PM
I think Jo is better, at least he doesnt have a funny mustache

by boon via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:09:54 PM
Robben could fall while ice skating and would still throw his hand up out of sheer habit.

by Jim via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:09:58 PM
there are so many brazil fans i can hardly see any ned fans

by aisha via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:10:02 PM
What will Scolari say after this?

He clearly fancies himself a mastermind and a Godsend for the Brazilian nation based on past statements. Can anything make him confront reality?

Maybe another goal from Holland?

by taka tiki via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:10:06 PM
@Heard and the "no Thiago Silva" excuse will be null if this result stays or gets worse

by Raul via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:10:10 PM
Scolari would have not won in 2002 if Ballack wasn't suspended

by CJ via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:10:22 PM
@taka and @johansson.. cleverly laughs at you talking about mediocre players... and not mentioning him

by Anon via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:10:26 PM
Lot of empty seats in the stadium.

by raisinghell via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:11:06 PM
i wish neymar was playing

by aisha via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:11:10 PM
What next for Brazil?

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:11:30 PM
- Yellow Card
Fernandinho tries to kill Robin van Persie's knees, absolutely clattering him. A really horrid challenge, and a deserved caution.

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:12:22 PM
brazil has a chance to win

by aisha via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:12:26 PM
Be scared PSG ..... be very scared !!! #Luiz.

by mavR via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:12:30 PM
PSG can as well forget both cheque and player if they plan to play Luiz in CB position!!!

by George James via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:12:38 PM
I don't think Luiz is necessarily terrible. He just isn't a central defender.

by Jeff Ba via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:12:42 PM
Value of 50M drop to 5M after this 2 matches

by Papa Smurf via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:12:46 PM
The good thing about Paulinho is that he will pop up in the box to score goals. No way are you getting that from Gustavo.

by Drewbueno via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:12:50 PM
The real tragedy with David Luiz is that he hasn't learned a drop of discipline after playing with John Terry and Thiago Silva. You can't ask for better teachers. He must have the brain of a squirrel or the stubbornness of a mule, or both. Watching the old Monday Night Football clip with Carragher and Neville discussing Luiz is very poignant right now.

by Bashel via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:13:02 PM
david luiz is awesome

by aisha via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:13:26 PM
@Jeff Ba..the question is,does David Luiz know he is not a CB?

by Mo via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:14:02 PM
55' - this is not the Brazil we know and love. They are really struggling to break down the Dutch. The last two games have shown what a big miss Courinho and Lucas Moura are.

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:14:38 PM
SUB: Hernanes is on for Paulinho - release the skills!

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:14:50 PM
Hernanes finally.

by remydat via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:14:54 PM
Lol at Luiz is awesome. He's so overhyped it's not even funny.

by Go Home Brazil.. Oh Wait... via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:15:06 PM
David Luiz is one of those naive guys who thinks that if you just run a lot, clatter into tackles, and attempt spectacular passes and shots you will do well.

He clearly can't be bothered with such things as tactics, positioning, etc.

by taka tiki via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:15:10 PM
Hernanes was requested by someone here, right? Scolari heard you?

by Drewbueno via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:15:14 PM
Love him or hate him but you just can't ignore him!

by Mark via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:15:15 PM
brazil just has no situational awareness, every player wants to join in the attack, defending is a team effort and is not just the back 4's job, they leave spaces everywhere on the counter and are lucky the Dutch hasn't put 5 in yet.

by Nick via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:15:22 PM
Fernandinho enjoys kicking player more than the ball.

by Exastris via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:15:22 PM
Yess! Hernanes (who IMO should have started).

Let's see if he can breathe some life into this downright moribund game.

by taka tiki via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:15:30 PM
Neymar have had escaped a big disgrace...German could have put 7 past them with him in. Who knows?

by RMF via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:15:35 PM
The sad truth is that Joga Bonito alone cannot win in modern football, it has to be tempered with a combative ball winning midfield even Spain's tiki-taka relies on keeping possession and not losing the ball in dangerous areas, it's why Mourinho as much as I dislike him is a great manager and realizes that even if you are the second coming of Pele, if you don't track back to defend, i will bench you.

by Nick via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:15:46 PM
Hernanes is mad, and he clatters through Robben with a needless slide. Lucky to avoid a booking.

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:16:19 PM
Are the splits normally part of his skill set? That's one of my favorite tackles yet.

by Drewbueno via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:16:27 PM
Robben sure has a lot of trouble with this whole gravity thing, how is he a professional athlete with such poor basic motor skills?

by DJK via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:16:31 PM
DJK, be fair - Hernanes just slid through him at speed - where is he meant to go?!

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:16:51 PM
All the bashing of David Luiz, we have Sideshow Bob back Boot Room!!!!

by CJ via ESPN 7/12/2014 9:16:55 PM