OT: World Cup 2018

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Serbia wins and Brazil loses.
EDIT: i'm an idiot. Serbia Win and Swiss win.

Self-recognition is rumored to be a first stage towards recovery

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Does anyone ever wonder about communication between referees and players in these matches? What language is that in? Watching Brazil and Serbia, and it's interesting.

A hybrid of footballese, basic English, hand signals & nods appear to get 'er done. 20-30 year old Serbians most likely speak some English (tiny country); Brazilians not as much

 

[HuskyHawk]

A hybrid of footballese, basic English, hand signals & nods appear to get 'er done. 20-30 year old Serbians most likely speak some English (tiny country); Brazilians not as much

Both the Brazilians and Serbians are covering their mouths (to avoid lip reading cameras) when talking to the referee. So, somehow, they are talking to him in a language at least he understands.

With countries as far removed from each other as Brazil and Serbia, it's hard to see obvious common ground. Many Brazilians do play in Europe.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Both the Brazilians and Serbians are covering their mouths (to avoid lip reading cameras) when talking to the referee. So, somehow, they are talking to him in a language at least he understands.

With countries as far removed from each other as Brazil and Serbia, it's hard to see obvious common ground. Many Brazilians do play in Europe.

Thinking about it more, I recalled FIFA has 4 official languages: English, the traditional standard diplomatic language: French, Spanish, and German. Aside from players from Brazilian playing in Europe, most of them can likely converse in basic Spanish and possibly other Latin languages. For the Serbians, most likely they all speak basic English, likely some German, possibly some Italian, and some of the languages spoken in the nations they play. As for the Brazil game's Iranian ref, English, French ? ? ? ? ?

 

[Mots010]

Switzerland just lost several players for the round of 16 due to yellow cards, in garbage time.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Switzerland just lost several players for the round of 16 due to yellow cards, in garbage time.

Sure, but advancing may still beat return flights home to San Jose and Belgrade.

 

[Phorcys]

Thinking about it more, I recalled FIFA has 4 official languages: English, the traditional standard diplomatic language: French, Spanish, and German. Aside from players from Brazilian playing in Europe, most of them can likely converse in basic Spanish and possibly other Latin languages. For the Serbians, most likely they all speak basic English, likely some German, possibly some Italian, and some of the languages spoken in the nations they play. As for the Brazil game's Iranian ref, English, French ? ? ? ? ?

I have also thought about this issue over the years.

I think players and referees mostly communicate with one another through gestures and “a little bit of English”, as you point out, the current language for diplomacy.

For the first dozen or so World Cups, however, it was probably “a little bit of French”, since that was at the time the widely accepted diplomatic language. (And, after all, FIFA is an acronym for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association.)


Can you imagine how bad the officiating would be if FIFA required referees to be fluent in all four languages? English, Spanish, French, and German?

As fans of the sport, we only want our referees to be fluent in soccer, fútbol, football, and Fußball.

 

[intlzncster]

Welp
back to not caring about soccer for another 4 years

Your other team is on atm. With a chance to go through.

I’ll root for Colombia as well. A good little portion of my heart belongs to Colombia(ns)

 

[intlzncster]

Dangerous free kick. Pulling for James, Cuadrado and crew.

Senegal looking more ready though. Aaaaaannnd a PK...

 

[intlzncster]

No PK!

Should heat up here

 

[intlzncster]

Colombia looks like dog s right now.

 

[intlzncster]

OH god....James is out in the 30th minute. Columbia not playing well and the best player on the pitch is out with the injury.

 

[HuskyHawk]

0-0 both games. Not much excitement. Decided I don't really care who goes through, and doubt than any of the three teams in this group can win another game anyway.

Looking forward to England vs Belgium. True test for both squads.

 

[intlzncster]

0-0 both games. Not much excitement. Decided I don't really care who goes through, and doubt than any of the three teams in this group can win another game anyway.

Looking forward to England vs Belgium. True test for both squads.

Yeah, it's been dull. Columbia has had the only real (very few) chances, but Senegal looks much more solid.

 

[CardiacAndre7]

Wonder why Wague isn’t starting for Senegal at right back, he’s looked great, and only 19 years old.

 

[intlzncster]

Colombia!!

If both games hold they will go through!

 

[CardiacAndre7]

I’m a Liverpool fan and I love Manè, but boy he has been so mediocre in this tournament, he waits so long to play a ball every time and gets tackled or plays the wrong pass, and just looks lackadaisical all the time.

 

[UConnTrumbull]

Japan about to advance on FAIR PLAY. Ironically by time wasting for the last twenty minutes.

 

[superjohn]

Feel badly for Senegal, fun team to watch and the best fans.

 

[Tenspro2002]

For those interested in growing the sport globally, this has been an awful WC.

The only surprise omission from the Round of 16 is Germany.

Of the 16 teams in the knockout round: 10 from Europe, 5 from Latin America.

Africa: zero. Middle East: zero. Asia: only Japan.

 

[Robertelamin]

For those interested in growing the sport globally, this has been an awful WC.

The only surprise omission from the Round of 16 is Germany.

Of the 16 teams in the knockout round: 10 from Europe, 5 from Latin America.

Africa: zero. Middle East: zero. Asia: only Japan.

Growing globally? Lol.

 

[Rocktheworld]

For those interested in growing the sport globally, this has been an awful WC.

The only surprise omission from the Round of 16 is Germany.

Of the 16 teams in the knockout round: 10 from Europe, 5 from Latin America.

Africa: zero. Middle East: zero. Asia: only Japan.

Not gonna pile on because I’m sure plenty others here will kill this post but lol seriously?

 

[Tenspro2002]

Not gonna pile on because I’m sure plenty others here will kill this post but lol seriously?

My point is it's a less compelling outcome when, basically, 2 regions of the world are represented in the knockout stage.