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Warpy

(111,241 posts)
1. I'm not following the World Cup
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 12:02 PM
Jul 2014

so I have no idea what it means even though I do know it relates somehow to Brazil vs. Germany.

PeaceNikki

(27,985 posts)
3. Here you go...
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 12:03 PM
Jul 2014
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/worldcup/brazil-vs-germany-world-cup-2014-google-marks-semifinal-showdown-with-vanishing-spray-doodle-9591819.html

Google has geared up for tonight’s mouth-watering World Cup semi-final clash between Brazil and Germany with a Google Doodle that includes a referee using ‘vanishing spray’ on the players.


Users who land on the page will be greeted with a letter R posing as a World Cup referee spraying his “vanishing spray” in front of a wall made out of Google's letters to ensure they stay the obligatory ten metres away from internet users.

The referee then playfully uses the spray as shaving foam for Team Google’s letter G, who is sporting a rather impressive beard and moustache combo.

The Doodle is in honour of the newly introduced “vanishing spray” that has been a big hit with fans and players alike at this year’s World Cup.

The spray is used to draw a line that ensures players are the required ten metres away from a free kick; however, it miraculously disappears just moments after being sprayed.

The new Google Doodle is number 54 on the list of Google’s World Cup 2014 World Cup Doodles, with others including the Google letters watching a football match in the boardroom and another one showing the Google letters lining up as a wall before running away when they realise the person taking the free kick is Cristiano Ronaldo.



Also: http://gadgets.ndtv.com/others/news/googles-brazil-vs-germany-doodle-on-tuesday-showcases-vanishing-spray-554808

FSogol

(45,473 posts)
5. For penalty kicks in soccer, the ref sprays a line on the field that the blockers
Tue Jul 8, 2014, 12:11 PM
Jul 2014

cannot cross. I suppose they uses shaving cream. In this cartoon, the ref decides that a heavily bearded player could use a shave too. Yuk, yuk, yuk.

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