There will be new blood in the royal lineage of World Cup winners. That, to me, is a fitting end to what I think was a terrific World Cup. There have been so many intriguing matches, controversies, and wonder goals. I can't wait to see what the final has in store for us.
While I'll be watching from the comfort of my living room, I've heard of two specific groups getting together to watch the match at Knucklehead's and The Stations 2. Where are you watching the game?
Getting Excited for 2014
This World Cup isn't even over and I'm already excited for the 2014 World Cup to be held in Brazil. I've already hit my Brazilian friends up for places to crash while I take in the matches down in the land of samba.
World Cup Refereeing
I have one last comment to make about the refereeing at this World Cup. You would think that with the amount of high profile gaffes committed by multiple referees in this year's tournament, FIFA would be low-key about the quality of the "men in the middle." But no, that's not their style. FIFA's head of refereeing Jose Maria Garcia-Aranda held a press conference to tell us that after analysis of the matches in the world cup 96% of the "decisions" were correct. Hmm, that just leaves 4% where the screwed up royally! :)
I sympathize greatly with the referees, and that's why I fully support goal line technology, the addition of goal mouth referees, and the video review of every goal scored in big-time first division leagues and tournaments. This is big business and big entertainment. These changes can only help the guys with the whistles get it right.
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What would really be interesting would be to evaluate the percentages where the goal line technology and video review was theoretically in place. What would those numbers be if the calls were overruled? Goals that should have been scored, goals that shouldn't have been scored... What would that 4% be if the technologies were in place?
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