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      <![CDATA[in hindsight, it does kind of look like Brian was right.
        
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      <![CDATA[No, in fact Cristiano Ronaldo did *not* get a yellow card for diving. Check the game report (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_World_Cup_Group_G#Portugal_vs_Brazil" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_FIFA_Wor&hellip;</a>)<br>
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What my stadium seats did let me see, though, was that both Juan (25th minute) and Felipe Melo (43rd minute) picked up yellow cards for persistent fouling of Portuguese players on breaks, mostly Ronaldo.<br>
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More broadly, though, after the display against Holland -which I basically predicted- you don't really have a leg to stand on.
        
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      <![CDATA[Oh, Mr. Fobi, I do not understand you. The stadium view did not do you any good, because if you had been watching a television then you would have seen that Cristiano Ronaldo dove without being touched.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Spite Club]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[People who cannot stand criticism of their team, especially tongue-in-cheek criticism, should probably stay away from the internet. But if you can't stay away, here's a hint: if you're going to call a post "ignorant", you really ought to try to understand the post in the first place.
        
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      <![CDATA[As I understand it, the reaction to my noting that Brazilian fans have a propensity towards smugness is to call me an idiot who doesn’t know anything about soccer. That makes sense, and completely demonstrates that my point was wrong.
        
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      <![CDATA[Two more points:<br>
Your note about Brasil's media idolizing Brasil is idiotic. What country doesn't post positive news about their own national soccer team?!
        
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      <![CDATA[You, Mr. Fobi, clearly do not understand Brasil. Overly smug?
        
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      <![CDATA[Mr. Fobi is absolutely correct on every point. When you add into the mix the total corruption of the CBF and FIFA, as begun by the cancer that is João Havelange, there is no other logical option.
        
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      <![CDATA[Brian Fobi your perspective reeks of hippies hatred to me. Do not deny the freedom of speech of anyone at anytime, this is the world stage and your little county laws don't apply.<br>
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I bet you wouldn't be so frustrated if an athlete took off his jersey with a 'save the whales' slogan.<br>
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Doesn't Yale teach tolerance anymore>?
        
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      <![CDATA[Is it just  me, or does anyone else think it is hilarious that this article is generating these responses here in the heart of NC? Awesome.
        
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      <![CDATA[Yeah, Chris, I get that you live in Brazil, you've made that clear through your own crappy reporting. Thanks for updating your bonafides, though.
        
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      <![CDATA[msali...my commentary smacks of ignorance? I'm afraid it is you who are ignorant.
        
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      <![CDATA[Chris Gaffney, I think that you are missing the point of what JMM said about Brazilian football. If I'm not mistaken, his comment was not about World Cup, but about the sport more generally in the country.
        
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      <![CDATA[Woah. Touch the sacred cow of Brazil and people get a bit angry!
        
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      <![CDATA[This is the most inane world cup article I've read in my life! "Don't root for Brazil because they win a lot...
        
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      <![CDATA[Wrong, wrong, wrong. Sorry, but way too many incorrect comparisons.
        
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      <![CDATA[Cannot agree more with you. Hats off to someone who finally spoke of the reasons why we should NOT root for the Brazil team rather than the 'why we should'.
        
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