World Cup Crashers

Disrupting the men's football World Cup - in a friendly fashion - since June 12th 2014 #footballglitch * ABOUT * ** HOW-TO GUIDE **

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After the World Cup final, this is how to stop Fifa from being such a parasite

Jules Boykoff and Alan Tomlinson: Countries like Brazil deserve more support from football's immensely profitable non-profit overseer. The tax breaks for Fifa and its partners must end today

OUR MUST READ OF THE DAY FOLKS : "(...) After sucking one too many countries dry, the para-state parasite that is Fifa should surrender its tax breaks in Brazil before it packs up and leaves. Indeed, this should be the last tax-exempt World Cup.(...)"

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The Guardian view on the blots and the glories of this World Cup

Editorial: For all the ugly business around the beautiful game, the $11bn spent on this tournament has not been in vain

2(...) A country where the inhabitants take both football and politics seriously will be more than capable of separating the two. Nor must the thrill of the final blot out the weeks before the World Cup dominated by allegations of bribery and corruption at Fifa. Even as the players captivated on the pitch,a $100m ticket touting scandal was being uncovered in the hotel where all the top Fifa executives were staying. The stifling corporatism of Fifa's world, the bubble in which it operates, and the culture of entitlement and pork-barrel politics that runs in its veins all point to the need for urgent reform.(...)"

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Soccer is seen ambivalently in Brazil both as a model of possible achievements, since the nation succeeded with its own winning style of play, and as an emblem for all that the country fails to accomplish in education, health, distribution of wealth and political transparency. We could say soccer achieves in the playing field a racial democracy that Brazilian society does not. It showcases the proliferation of talent as well as the inability, the irresponsibility and the narrowness of the private interests that manage them.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/06/15/sports/worldcup/how-we-play.html?_r=0

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Le manque de mixité dans les stades brésiliens s'explique de manière assez simple: les places sont chères, et les noirs du Brésil sont en majorité pauvres. Les prix officiels des places pour le match entre le Brésil et le Chili variaient entre 25 et 200 dollars, mais les places les moins chères ne représentaient que 5% du stade. Le salaire minimum dans le pays est de 330 dollars par mois.

http://m.slate.fr/story/89495/blancs-noirs-stades-bresil

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Brazil prepares for World Cup as criticism mounts over cost

Taxpayers bearing brunt of projects such as mega-stadium in Manaus, which will struggle to justify running costs after 2014

"Building a venue in this remote island city [Manaus] of 2.3 million residents was always going to be a stretch. Located in one of the planet's last great wildernesses, Manaus is doubly isolated: first by the confluence of the Rio Negro and Rio Solimões, then by a sea of green forest that stretches close to 600 miles on all sides. The electric storms that buffet Manaus sometimes overload the local grid and burn out computers, air conditioners and fridges. Rainy-season downpours can turn a building site into a swimming pool. The equatorial sunlight is so intense that it can bleach coloured plastic seating. (...) The authorities admit they face a challenge to meet running costs after 2014 through tourism, hosting exhibitions, conferences and the wildly popular annual paladão (scratch football) tournaments. "We'll have to be creative to attract people. Only time will tell how often we can fill it. We will find a use for it, but the question is whether we can generate enough revenue to maintain it," said Miguel Capobiango Neto, the head of the local organising committee. (...) The football star turned politician Romário said the venues at Manaus, Brasília, Cuiabá and Natal were unlikely to survive beyond the World Cup. "Maybe they'll stage concerts at those stadiums a few times a month, but that aside, they're a joke," he said.(...)"

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World Cup 2014: Investigation into ticket sales could embarrass Fifa

Football’s governing body faces unwelcome scrutiny after arrests arising from a Brazilian police operation targeting ticket touts

ANOTHER GOOD REASON TO GLITCH THESE FUUUFA GAMES "(...) Just as the World Cup began under the shadow of an avalanche of claims of Fifa corruption, so it may end with the focus being not on the football but on the deals that take place in the shadows of the luxury hotels block booked by the world governing body for the cup’s duration.

The determined undercover investigation, which involved 50,000 tapped phone calls, had already last week led to 11 arrests, (...)

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Comment les Allemands prendront les « blagues nazies » de ce soir - Rue89

A Rue89, nous ne sommes pas madame Irma, mais nous sommes sûrs que ce dimanche soir, à l'occasion de la finale Allemagne-Argentine, nos voisins teutons vont encore se faire insulter. Toujours sur le même registre subtil : le nazisme.Dans les médias français on a vu s’enchaîner les clichés sur la froideur germanique. Tandis que sur les réseaux sociaux, les internautes s'en sont aussi donné à cœur joie. Même le fils de Nicolas Sakozy y est allé de sa petite blague (il l'a supprimée entre temps) --...

Contre les clichés à deux balles, on peut aussi éteindre la télé.

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Deux crashs consécutifs pour ce bar de Nancy méritent bien un "Putaiiiiiin !" d'anthologie.

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"Ouais c’est quoi c’bordel !!!!" “Nan mais sérieux ?!?!”

Quartier Jaurès-Ourcq à Paris 19ème.

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Now it’s London’s turn ! Let’s switch the tv off !

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Apagando el televisor en la playica de la Barceloneta... 

Et hop, on coupe la télé pendant le match Argentine-Pays-Bas sur la plage de Barceloneta...

Switching off tv in Barcelona

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Nike Doesn’t Want You Pissing Off Brazil’s Government

You can say anything you want on a soccer jersey, as long as it's not about El Presidente

well...

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48 heures de violence Salvador - SO FOOT.com

"Pendant la Coupe du monde, comme partout au Brésil, aucun problème majeur n'a pourtant été signalé à Salvador de Bahia, qui a préféré crouler sous les buts plutôt que sous les balles. Pas de quoi rassurer Bruno, pour qui la vie reprendra après la finale. « Nous ne sommes pas loin du stade donc tout ça appartient au périmètre de la FIFA, explique-t-il. Tout a été nettoyé, la violence comme la misère. Ce qui va se passer après ? Je n'en sais rien. Mais ça ne va pas bien se passer. »" via le magazine SOFOOT

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Coupe coupe la télé pendant France Nigeria. Rejoignez-nous !

Switching off the tv during France Nigeria. Join us !

Apagale el televisor a un bar durante un match de la copa del mundo. Unete !

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Un collectif de «glitcheurs» munis de télécommandes DIY fait le tour des bars parisiens pour éteindre l...[Video Vendredi 11 Juillet 2014]

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Coupe, coupe la télé pendant le match de foot France Honduras

Double glitch

Apagar el televisor en los bares con el remote universal ! Ayudanos ! Hazle tu mismo ! Switch off the telly and help us glitch this World Cup ! Yes you can !

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#Brazil ...

A funny Vine we want to share. What an unexpected match it was, Brasil-Germany !