2014 World Cup: Day 13

3rd & 7 37yd

guaranteed CONMEBOL team in the semis with the way the bracket looks now

by MacShea via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:03:15 PM
YEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!! Required subs from our loser coach made us more competitive. But IC were very poor at times.

by Greekfreak via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:04:20 PM
wish greece couldve won it in open play, but it was a pen

by Matt LFC via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:04:24 PM
CIV brought this to themselves... they could have played to the corner flag and wasted time but they wanted to score 1 more! I really don't understand...

by Heartbroken via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:04:28 PM
officiating in football always ruins it. too many judgement calls, you don't give a penalty in that situation, that's ridiculous, cost a team a well earned spot to advance.

by DJK via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:04:32 PM
Officially. Emotionally. Exhausted.

by JB via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:04:32 PM
JB, I second that.

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:04:40 PM
soccer ... a cruel cruel game...US watch out!

by james buddy via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:04:40 PM
feel sorry for ivory coast boys.

by what a dumb foul given by... via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:04:44 PM
It was a penalty, people. Devastating call I know but call it for what it is. Ivorian defender should have kept his composure.

by Mi Pana via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:04:48 PM
Thank you Tom! All the best to all!

by nocalmatt via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:05:28 PM
Absolute joy for Greece.

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:05:28 PM
great world cup, until tommrow boot room!

by Bob The Builder via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:05:28 PM
Tom, Iain and Alex thanks as ever. sorry Couldn't comment much. internet spotty

by blytzus via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:05:32 PM
Cheers regulars!

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:05:36 PM
in that situation, it needs to be stonewall and that wasn't stonewall, Ivory Coast got hosed but it their own fault for not getting out of this group especially after winning the first match.

by Nick via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:06:24 PM
Greece deserved to win. Must've hit the post like 4 times. Costa Rica or Greece will be in the quarterfinals. Who would've thought that

by Jeffrei via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:06:28 PM
its a penalty...hard one to swallow, but he took him out as he swung to shoot...

by union via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:06:44 PM
Another weak call that alters the tournament...

by Drew via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:06:48 PM
Thanks Alex, thanks Tom! It's been a great day. Till next time!

by Zach via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:06:48 PM
Cheers Zach!

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:06:56 PM
Football fan wins £540 betting on Suarez bite

by Tom Doyle 6/24/2014 10:07:01 PM
adios!! "Life doesn't end here"

by union via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:07:40 PM
Sickening calls today.. One is a bite and one is a horriBLY called PENALTY that was no PK! It was no PK and it was no way to treat a player.

by blytzus via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:08:08 PM
looked like a penalty to me, although I guess you could argue that he was positioning for the ball. crazy game, so glad we have drama related to the game again

by Mac via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:08:16 PM
At first glance, I believed it was a pen, I admit. But upon further review, he tripped himself to make it look like Sio clipped him. Should not have been a pen, but we have replay.

by JLS via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:08:20 PM
I would take note if I was on the team, but as a spectator those numbers mean nothing to me, I want a win over Germany.

by DJK via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:08:28 PM
Brazil, Holland and Argentina with an easy path to semis. Germany-France to battle it for last spot. That's all you need to know now.

by Jordan E via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:08:28 PM
Thanks to the World Cup, I've yet to read anything on LeBron today. I'm either continuing this experiment or binging so much I'm gonna barf

by Pablo S. Torre via twitter 6/24/2014 10:08:36 PM
Giorgos Samaras (Greece) Penalty - Scored at 93'
ESPNFC.comGoal! Greece 2, Côte d'Ivoire 1. Georgios Samaras (Greece) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:09:52 PM
Jordan, you're kidding yourself if you think Brazil has an easy path. Chile, then Colombia? I'd call that a challenge

by Jeffrei via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:10:00 PM
Anyway, it's all good. Cheers all and see you all on the flip side... until then Good evening/morning/afternoon/night

by blytzus via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:10:04 PM
Thanks blytzus!

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:10:12 PM
So they put Sio on for Grevinho and he gets called for a penalty.

by FBT via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:10:16 PM
Side note about Scandinavian teams: This is the sixth WC without one: 2014, 1982, 1966, 1962, 1954, 1930

by Gooner, Esq. via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:10:17 PM
From controversy in the first round of games to a plethora of goals (and it seems some more controversy)! What a day this has been for the Boot Room!

by Rugger via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:10:20 PM
Rugger, agreed!

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:10:24 PM
wy - Samaras fouled Samaras

by RMF via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:11:05 PM
can we really be counting teams like Costa Rica, Belgium, Uruguay and Colombia out?

by Joel via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:11:09 PM
Turns out you can spell bingeing either way. But I will also be Binging everything RT @marshall_clay : @PabloTorre what's a bing?

by Pablo S. Torre via twitter 6/24/2014 10:11:36 PM
how in all that's right for futbol could he call a penalty on that?!! Greek player TRIPPED OVER HIS OWN FOOT!!! So wrong.

by John McAllister via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:11:37 PM
NO Sio's knee hit Samaras as he was lining up to take it which is what caused his foot to catch his heel. Ref had no choice defient Penalty

by Jake via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:11:37 PM
That was a harsh penalty. The defender is behind and makes no contact, Samaras just clipped the ground. But the official was terrible all game.

by Jiggy via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:11:41 PM
how do you not call that a pk? he was swinging through and the ivorian clipped his foot as he swung

by union via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:11:45 PM
He didn't trip. The slow-mo showed that the Ivorian clearly clipped his shooting leg as he was about to pull the trigger.

by Sean via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:11:49 PM
Despite all the controversy today, 43-year-old Faryd Mondragon broke the record for the oldest player to ever feature at a World Cup - a touching moment for the Colombia goalkeeper, who was also in his nation's 1994 WC squad.

by Tom Doyle 6/24/2014 10:13:51 PM
no choice? There are dozens of identical incidents in that area that could be called a PK, it wouldn't have been anything had he not called it because it wasn't egregious or intentional or anything like that. It's a ticky tack call and he directly changed the outcome of that game.

by DJK via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:15:01 PM
in the final minutes, you don't make calls that will affect the outcome, that's officiating 101. Unless it's blatant, and malicious, you don't call the borderline plays.

by DJK via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:15:05 PM
@Jiggy, He was clipped. Penalty was fair, though harsh.

by Dieter via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:15:05 PM
Who saw that finish coming?

by Tom Doyle 6/24/2014 10:16:17 PM
I don't care if the PK was legit or not... Greece deserved to win that game

by Stav via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:17:14 PM
Right, that is it for a quite astonishing day of World Cup action with the Gillette Boot Room! It's a great day for Costa Rica, Paraguay, Greece and Colombia as they all progress to the last-16. You've all been quite superb, and I need a lie-down. Be back for more tomorrow! And don't let the bed bugs bite...

by Tom Doyle via ESPN 6/24/2014 10:18:46 PM
Luis Luis Luis...

by Tom Doyle 6/24/2014 10:19:46 PM

2014 World Cup: Day 13

Giorgos Samaras (Greece) Penalty - Scored at 93'