Close enough. I'm in Skopje and it's just as hot as it's up there in Kosovo, with lots of humidity, just like it is in my country on the Adriatic. Folks from West or North Europe find our summers pretty tough to handle. But it's not even close to how we'll feel in the Persian gulf or Brazil. I was in Ukraine for the euros two years ago and I couldn't handle the air in Kiyv. It felt like I'm breathing the Dnieper river, even if the temperature showed only 19 C. It felt like 40 over here. I can only imagine how it's like in Manaus. But the experts here think there is no difference and Marchisio was lying about the hallucinations.
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Oh, and you can stop arguing with me, folks, and start arguing with Pirlo.
"These factors are definitely important especially when you come to these countries with great heat and humidity and players more used to these conditions," Pirlo said.
"There are two World Cups. One in the north and one in the south."
Isn't Pirlo from a Mediterranean country? Why would he complain about the conditions in Brazil?
So what exactly are you trying to convey in all of this? What do you want FIFA to do?
Today in Miami it was 94 degrees and 90% humidity. In Washington DC it was 88 degrees and 60% humidity. In Chicago it was 90 degrees and 80% humidity. DC is on the same longitude as Barcelona, Napoli, and parts of the Balkans, Chicago is on the same longitude as Monaco and Florence. Do you want FIFA to restrict certain areas if they happen to lie on certain areas of longitude and latitude?
The only thing your post proved is that perhaps Pirlo should have retired.
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But all that matters is citizenship, right?
That's all I care about, but people here defend Rossi because they think he is 100% pure Italian olive oil, then say someone like Camoranesi is probably less Italian. From what I have seen, Camo is definitely more Italian. Look at this fool:
But all the Italians I've seen look like this:
Oh wait, no. That's guidos!
Look at this clown. He is indeed straight from Jersey, no doubt about it. He's so Jersey he probably has radioactive waste ear wax.
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Wait so let's make this clear, Robben said sorry for his first dive, don't confuse it with the penalty one which was a clear PK, just like the one where he nearly got sandwiched, Mexico did a great job and let us try and dictate the game after Dos Santos scored. You could clearly see that Mexico got confused when Depay came in and we played 4-3-3 and later 4-4-2.
Herrera can suck it, let him watch the replays of those fouls and see if he will say sorry about his earlier comments. It's not like the ref didn't gave them FK's for his players diving and faking fouls.
If Mexico had a quality striker they would have won this. They were one of the most entertaining teams ive seen on this World Cup, props for them.
Quater final! Hopefully with Nigel de Jong!
Robben can apologize all he wants, he's still a disgraceful diver who should receive a lengthy ban for that.