Suarez "Lost His Balance" Uruguay And Chile Lost Their Games

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Luis Suarez wrote his appeal to FIFA for his four-month, nine-match ban. It said in part:

"After the impact ... I lost my balance, making my body unstable and falling on top of my opponent," Suarez wrote in his submission to the panel which met Wednesday, one day after Uruguay beat Italy 1-0 in a decisive group-stage match.

"At that moment I hit my face against the player leaving a small bruise on my cheek and a strong pain in my teeth."

Well okay, then...
FIFA has seven days to hear the appeal from the Uruguayan Football Federation.

Without Suarez, the lack of offense showed in a 2-0 loss where James Rodriguez scored both goals- and, for the record, it's pronounced "Hah-mez..." and he's scored in six straight matches for Colombia...

And James' golazo sent Colombia on their way


And Colombia get Brazil in the next round as they survived their match with Chile- and it took PK's to get there.
The post became Julio Cesar's bet friend in extra time and the shootout...

And American audiences got to hear Ian and Macca call a great one...

Spain Eliminated In Brazil, Netherlands Advance

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Group B is all figured out, but not the way everyone thought...

First, the Socceroos gave the Netherlands all they could handle including a Tim Cahill volley that could be the goal of the tournament. But, the Dutch came through in their dress blues for the wild 3-2 win to advance.


van Persie is out for the next match, but it won't matter in the grand scheme.

Interesting set-up for the second match of the day. Chilean fans stormed the stadium saying that they were having to pay $1,100 dollars for a ticket that didn't have an entry point to the stadium.

Here's Yahoo!Sports Graham Watson's viewpoint of the storming of the Media Center
((HT: Graham Watson's Instagram))


But, the questions now will come from all over the place on Spain- THE DEFENDING CHAMP!!!

The Champ Is Here, The Champ Is Gone...

Chile got a 2-0 lead and sat on it for the win and the knockout...