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Giovani Dos Santos Scores Golazo: Here's How It Sounded In Mexico
Giovani Dos Santos hammered home a tremendous golazo to open the scoring early in the second half for Mexico against the Netherlands. Here's what it sounded like on Mexico's Azteca Deportes TV....
The James Rodríguez Golazo, As Called On Colombian Television
You knew this was coming, didn't you? Here's how the brilliant James Rodríguez goal that put Colombia up 1-0 on Uruguay sounded on Colombian TV broadcaster Caracol. ROCK OUT. Update: here's James's second goal, as aired on the same network:...
Cristiano Ronaldo's Goal Makes It 2-1 Portugal
Thank God for Cristiano Ronaldo! After a poorly cleared cross that the Ghanaian keeper could only punch into the box, the rebound fell right to Ronaldo, who smashed it home. Here's the goal:...
Switzerland's Xherdan Shaqiri Just Scored A Goddamned Banger
Yep, that's a goddamned banger....
Messi Scores Off Free Kick To Give Argentina 2-1 Lead Over Nigeria
Lionel Messi's free kick goal in stoppage time of the first half sent Argentina to the locker room with a 2-1 lead over Nigeria. ¡Golazo!...
Argentina, Nigeria Score In First Five Minutes, Make World Cup History
So, Argentina and Nigeria are off to a good start. They're tied at one goal apiece, and have already made history. This is the first time two World Cup teams have scored within the first five minutes of any match in the tournament....
Here's The Moment Mexico-Croatia Went From Soccer Match To <em>Fiesta</em>
So Mexico stomped Croatia and Brazil stomped Cameroon, which saved us from breaking out our graphing calculators to accurately compute the more esoteric World Cup tiebreakers. Nonetheless, both matches had a lot riding on them even into the final moments....
Eden Hazard And Divock Origi's Combine For Late Winner In Belgium-Russia
While Belgium haven't performed as well as many expected coming in, the Red Devils do look to have some sort of a strategy in these games: Keep the match tight for most of the day, make a couple substitutions, and when things get desperate, wait for one of your super midfielders to craft a winner. I...
Here's What Lionel Messi's Match-Winner Sounded Like In Argentina
We normally wait until the next morning to post these, but by request we're putting up Leo Messi's added-time game-winner as aired on TVP in Argentina. ¡GOL!...
Lionel Messi Scores In Stoppage Time To Give Argentina 1-0 Win
Lionel Messi just ripped out the hearts of Iran, who played Argentina straight-up for 90 minutes. With four minutes of stoppage time just underway, Messi ended a 0-0 draw with a vicious strike that puts Argentina through to the knockout round. ...
Costa Rica Beat Italy And Knocked Out England, All With One Goal
In arguments about whether Group D or Group G was the true Group of Death, the answer mostly rested on how you thought about Costa Rica vs. the US. Italy, Uruguay, and England were probably a stronger top three than Germany, Portugal, and Ghana, but the thinking went that the US had a better shot to...
Luis Suárez Sinks His Teeth Into England's Heart With A Second Goal
SEE?! LUIS SUÁREZ IS A GODDAMN ANIMAL!...
Wayne Rooney's First World Cup Goal Was Sexy As Hell
This goal was pretty dope....
Luis Suárez Is Back On The Field, Is Still Scoring Whenever He Wants
In the least surprising news of the day, Luis Suárez has already gotten back on the scoresheet for Uruguay after missing their first World Cup match due to injury. Uruguay lead 1-0....
Gervinho Rumbles And Stomps Through Colombia's Defense And Scores
After two Colombian goals from James Rodríguez and Juan Quintero looked to put to bed what had been a pretty tight match, Gervinho remembered that he's Gervinho and can tear his way to the goal and score at will. Ivory Coast were back in it! For a few minutes....
Here Are The Two Chile Goals That Ended Spain's Dynasty
Most "end of an era" talk is usually lazy analysis seeking to narrativize the moment when a former Super Team inevitably devolves into just a Really Good Team. But when the reigning World and two-time European Champions get absolutely ran off the pitch while looking old and terrified, you have to ta...
Arjen Robben Gives The Netherlands The Lead Over Spain With Filthy Goal
So, when Robin van Persie scored the goal of the young tournament in the first half against Spain, we didn't think it could get much better. Then, eight minutes into the second half, this happens. ...
Robin van Persie's Rainbow Header Equalizes For Holland
The Netherlands tied things up with Spain just before halftime thanks to this terrific pass to and perfectly-placed header from Robin van Persie. ...
Hulk Scores After Stupid Good Neymar Backheel In World Cup Tune-Up
Yep. Brazil are going to win the whole thing....