06-22-2018, 11:11 AM | #201 |
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Oof. Only thing worse than getting undressed on a brilliant goal is having the goal scorer knee you in the head and split you open like a melon as he wheels away to celebrate.
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06-22-2018, 11:12 AM | #202 |
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That was just incredible control on the run. A wow play for sure.
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06-22-2018, 11:38 AM | #203 |
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Well Argentina still pretty much control their own destiny albeit with loads of pressure.
Should be some good theater watching this group end next week.
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06-22-2018, 11:40 AM | #204 |
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Well maybe I spoke too soon...
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Yeah, Nigeria gave Argentina a lifeline. If they can beat Nigeria and Croatia ties or beats Iceland, Argentina moves on.
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06-22-2018, 01:02 PM | #207 |
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Is it too early to bitch about Serbia?
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06-22-2018, 01:10 PM | #208 |
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Nigeria v. Argentina is going to be such a fun game. Though Argentina may get themselves roasted by the speed of Nigeria.
The interesting thing is for all the Argentina is dead narrative, they actually dominated Iceland and were a Messi penalty from probably approaching the Croatia game entirely differently (still would have lost, I'm sure, but you likely wouldn't have had terrible desperate goalkeeping like on the 2nd goal).
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06-22-2018, 02:25 PM | #209 |
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Serbia - Switzerland has another VAR crew to send home after the group stages.
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06-23-2018, 08:13 AM | #210 |
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Goalfest between Belgium and Tunisia. I turned the tv before the 20th minute and already missed some.
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06-23-2018, 09:07 AM | #211 |
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That's what happens in FM when I think my aggressive tactics can do something against stronger teams. I'm usually wrong.
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06-23-2018, 09:08 AM | #212 |
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anyone else see all the Panama games and think, that should be the US in those games?
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06-23-2018, 10:32 AM | #213 |
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Well that penalty called on South Korea that gave Mexico a freebie goal off a penalty kick was BS. Calls like that make it so I could never follow soccer except every four years in the WC.
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06-23-2018, 10:38 AM | #214 |
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It was clearly a penalty. Just because the defender didn't mean it, doesn't mean that it's not a penalty. The arm was up, it's not like it glanced off his shoulder.
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06-23-2018, 10:43 AM | #215 |
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Easy penalty call, just bad luck. Really hate Mexico, but they usually play an attractive style. Until the last ten minutes of the game
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06-23-2018, 11:17 AM | #216 |
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Throwing the arm up in the air seemingly to try block the shot, that'll give you the result as seen here. Had the ball gone into the left arm that was facing down, it should not have been a penalty kick.
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06-23-2018, 11:26 AM | #217 |
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These pro-mexican announcers really don't have good chemistry do they? They are struggling with the give and take.
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06-23-2018, 11:29 AM | #218 |
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This Mexico team is much different than previous versions. More true skill and tactics vs the teams of the past built on hard work, tenacity and at times outright dirty play.
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06-23-2018, 11:40 AM | #219 |
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SK is playing so much like the US. They just can't get that touch at the end to pull the trigger on the shot. Plus, Mexico is doing a great job at defending today.
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06-23-2018, 11:48 AM | #220 |
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Ozil dropped for today’s match.
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06-23-2018, 01:19 PM | #222 |
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Now that should have been a penalty.
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06-23-2018, 01:22 PM | #223 |
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I don’t blame the ref for not giving it - it didn’t look like a pen in real time. But not sure why VAR didn’t flag it up...
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Pardon my ignorance, but what is VAR and why do people seem to hate it?
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06-23-2018, 01:34 PM | #225 |
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Video Assistant Referee, like the replay booth in the NFL.
Main difference is there are not team challenges, just an associate crew that review incidents in case there is ‘a clear and obvious error’ Problem is the ones they’ve changed have pretty much all been right, but they have missed a notable number of clear and obvious ones too.
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06-23-2018, 01:35 PM | #226 |
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Germany is in trouble now.
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The German defence is someasy to attack: no protection in front of them, the two centre halves are awful and the right back is playing as a right winger.
It makes life fairly easy for the opposition attack
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06-23-2018, 02:05 PM | #228 |
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Does Timo Werner have photos of Low or something?
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Sweden don’t have any great pace anyway, but they look tired now as well. Fresh legs, get the ball to stick up top and if there’s some pace on the bench that would help.
Otherwise it’s a matter of time
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That changes things.
Not sure about this ref. He got it right, but how did he take a whole minute to give a yellow?
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Outstanding call by the match official.
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Yeah, I’m all for consulting with the linesman on a decision that big
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It was a dead cert yellow, shouldn’t need to confer.
He doesn’t come across as confident, but to be fair he hasn’t actually got anything horribly wrong (edit to add: or at least as it looked in real time)
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That was a good card. Dumb tackle, good card. Sweeden caught a big break there.
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Oh My
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Unlucky Sweden. Really enjoyable game, even if not amazing quality
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A knife to the heart!
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Sweden clearly deserved to lose that match. Playing with a man advantage, they actually played worse with no offense whatsoever, not to mention giving up a short-handed goal.
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Wow. Add this as another group where the games next week actually mean something.
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That is a tough, tough way to end for Sweden.
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They were absolutely hosed. Arguably poor strategy to work so hard early, but it wasn’t through poor play or lack of ambition they conceded ground, it was sheer exhaustion. They had no out for most of the second half: they needed more legs/energy once the ball was cleared, it just kept coming back at them, and football is its most tiring when you don’t have the ball. Which made them more tired, less able to stop the flow. It screamed for change, but maybe they don’t have anyone who could have made the ball stick. It was however a poor decison by the sub they did put on to go to ground and give the foul away that led to the free kick. And that wasn’t tiredness, maybe more the reason was why he was a sub
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Are Panama always like this?
Over physical at times, rolling around in pretend agony at others, moaning en masse to the ref every five minutes, delaying the game. Horrible team on today’s evidence.
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That's going way too easy.
England should brush up their goal difference in the second half to get a chance to win the group with a draw against Belgium.
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... or in the first half already. They need only 1 more to go ahead of Belgium.
Impressive how Kane shot it at the same spot as the first one.
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I would be terrified of Panama taking someone out in the 2nd half.
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And I mean taking out an England player.
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Agreed. Main aim is get through without any injuries.
The swinging arm on Maguire should have been a red, and the early tackle on Lingard was arguably a red too. Edit: and I forgot Lingard got elbowed too even before that challenge
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