The 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia Thread
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Akka
Moody old mage.
Less. Belgium isn't a crappy team like Greece was, and they were among the favourite from the get-go, and Croatia has a hard time but they hardly come from nowhere.
EgonSpengler
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Wait, Thierry Henry is an asst coach for Belgium? Is that a felony in France?
Akka
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The amount of car horns tonight is through the roof, will be a difficult night 
Sofista
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Quick, one-match update. Small, but momentous changes.
There's now a group of three leaders, tied at eleven points: caketastydelish, Ozbenno and Uberfrog. They all picked England for tomorrow, by the way.
At ten points, with three matches to go, are AdrienIer, BirraImperial, ThERat and Turquoiside. It's still open.
Close, but with less chances as the tourney is wrapping up, is the nine-pointers group of red_elk, shadowplay and Sofista.
Next at eight points, Ferocitus, Rik Meleet and Snerk.
Behind them, at seven, is Takhisis. Raen closes the tally at six points.
It's been a good game, decided by a corner. Lukaku did very, very little, not helped by his team. Martinez's changes at one point went too far: once Carrasco came in, Belgium's attacks became more and more scarce. Not because of Carrasco himself, but because the midfield had become barren.
Damn convincing France though, they withstood pressure coolly and attacked effectively. They could have scored more, but got the job done, and look at the 15th confidently.
There's now a group of three leaders, tied at eleven points: caketastydelish, Ozbenno and Uberfrog. They all picked England for tomorrow, by the way.
At ten points, with three matches to go, are AdrienIer, BirraImperial, ThERat and Turquoiside. It's still open.
Close, but with less chances as the tourney is wrapping up, is the nine-pointers group of red_elk, shadowplay and Sofista.
Next at eight points, Ferocitus, Rik Meleet and Snerk.
Behind them, at seven, is Takhisis. Raen closes the tally at six points.
It's been a good game, decided by a corner. Lukaku did very, very little, not helped by his team. Martinez's changes at one point went too far: once Carrasco came in, Belgium's attacks became more and more scarce. Not because of Carrasco himself, but because the midfield had become barren.
Damn convincing France though, they withstood pressure coolly and attacked effectively. They could have scored more, but got the job done, and look at the 15th confidently.
There were good chances on both sides, a very close game with real swings in momentum. But France, with some excellent goalkeeping, proved more dominant.
1-0 was a little disappointing, there were some cracking chances on both sides. I’m sorry to see Belgium miss their shot, but this French side is very worthy indeed.
1-0 was a little disappointing, there were some cracking chances on both sides. I’m sorry to see Belgium miss their shot, but this French side is very worthy indeed.
caketastydelish
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Belgium got robbed of what should have of been a free kick right outside penalty range. Ref totally missed that.
Akka
Moody old mage.
True.
But the good thing is, there were a few bad fouls but overall it was a somewhat clean match. Not the battlefield of England vs Colombia.
But the good thing is, there were a few bad fouls but overall it was a somewhat clean match. Not the battlefield of England vs Colombia.
Yes, but the dull first half was a good setup for the real pratfall that was the second half.
Definitely not political.150000 users from Ukraine crashed FIFA facebook rating
https://www.unian.info/society/1018...-on-facebook-over-vida-incident-reaction.html
To quote the Divine One: when it's about a player the situation is ‘un po piu complessa’.It's comedy gold. The staffer can go, the player who scored, who did the same thing, stays. Si duo faciunt idem, non est idem.
Less, definitely. The peiratikós incident will certainly not be repeated.
I'm losing my touch.
BirraImperial
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I wanted Belgium to win, but I think that France was a bit better overall...It was a great game and as anticipated, it could have gone either way...France are gonna be the World Champions...I don't think England or Croatia can beat this team...
Yes… as I predicted, FIFA's new rule that previous cards are deleted means that ‘stars’ are at liberty to dive and kick and punch and waste time to kill the game as much as they want to. The worst offenders are out but Mbappé should have some dignity.
I didn't think South Korea could beat Germany or Russia could beat Spain. Strange old World Cup
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Went to bed after the 1-0. I wanted Belgium to win as they approached the game a lot more positive. At this point, I don't care who wins and I think, I won't even bother to watch any of the games any longer. Living in Asia doesn't help with kick off times.
Victory celebration, French style:
As I remember, almost all World Cups had games with very unexpected results. Last time the most memorable was Brazil losing 7:1.I didn't think South Korea could beat Germany or Russia could beat Spain. Strange old World Cup
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Hahaha. You are a worse predictor than I am, and I used a photo of the "Hello
Kitty Bullet Train" to choose a result.
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Last-second, totally uninformed prediction: England 2:1 Croatia
Also, I'm officially tired of "Seven Nation Army."
Luka Modric. I've heard of him. He can play, yeah?
Also, I'm officially tired of "Seven Nation Army."
Luka Modric. I've heard of him. He can play, yeah?
Well the time wasting is easy to deal with. Just have the refs tell the players that time-wasting will be dealt with by adding disproportionately more time to the game, and have them follow through.
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