World Cup Thread?
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Hero
I wouldn't have picked Saudi Arabia to beat Argentina.
I do like an early upset, gives the feeling that anything can happen!
I do like an early upset, gives the feeling that anything can happen!
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That’s not 2022’s groupings, so that comes off as a bit provocative, all things considered.
trappedslider
Legend
oh,i honestly did not know, i grabbed it from a history meme reddit,sorry mr.mod
AnotherGuy
Hero
Well those Argentian offside goals....
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Hero
All part of the dance.
No, I don't imagine anybody would! That was a heck of a surprise!
If they turn on points it goes to goal difference.
delericho
Legend
Quite often these tournaments throw up what would seem strange results in the third set of matches, because everyone is working through permutations.
If in the next matches England beat the US and Wales beat Iran, then going into the third match England would have already qualified and only need a draw or better to top the group, while Wales would need a draw or better to qualify. And both teams would be keen to avoid bookings and, especially, injuries. Under those circumstances, they might well play out an incredibly tedious 0-0 draw for mutual benefit.
(It's also true, as we saw with Scotland at the Euros last year, that the other British nations seem to do disproportionately well against England. So even if they do go for it, it wouldn't be entirely shocking for Wales to get something against an England that is, on paper, considerably stronger. So it could also turn out to be a really exciting 0-0 draw for mutual benefit.
)John R Davis
Hero
Am I allowed to be happy that Argentina and Germany both lost, and the Germans are in great peril of not progressing.
Costa Rica, my sweepstake team were quite poor!!!
Costa Rica, my sweepstake team were quite poor!!!
Forget about great peril, Germany is done for this world cup. No way they can beat Spain.
Winning the cup was out of question from the very beginning, but we at least hoped to see the round of sixteen. Well, maybe in 2026
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
Has anyone else seen that Budweiser has threatened to award the winning nation with pallettes of unsold Buds? I wonder if that counts as an unfair advantage to the USA team - I really cant see any other team in the world wanting to put in the effort required to acquire the proffered brew
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Hero
Another big upset, I’m hoping Japan can continue to do well and move on from the group of death, would love to see them go deep in the tournament. You’ve gotta love the Japanese fans that hang around and help clean up the stadiums.
Same script as the previous upset, favourite gets a penalty in the first, looks to be going on with it. Underdog comes out scores 2 in a 10 minute period in the 2nd half to win the match.
Same script as the previous upset, favourite gets a penalty in the first, looks to be going on with it. Underdog comes out scores 2 in a 10 minute period in the 2nd half to win the match.
That explains why our team wants to go home as quickly as possible. Back in Germany we wouldn't even know what to do with this weird beverage. It's some kind of alcoholic drink we guess? But we rather drink be beer so no need for his budweiser stuff
AnotherGuy
Hero
Interesting, I have a friend here, who is an avid football watcher, who felt (at least before the tournament started) that Germany were the clear favourites.
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
before the tournament Germany had odds of 10/1 to win which put them at 4th after Brazil 3/1, France 5/1 and Spain 8/1
Well, I am only a casual fan but their last few matches didn't leave me with much hope.
After they barely ended up as 3rd (out of 4) in their nations league group, I wrote a 5th world cup off
delericho
Legend
Of course, that could turn out to be a rather big 'if'...
The offsides camera disallowing goals for tiny portions of hands, arms and feet being offsides is pretty annoying. I mean, I played sweeper (back when teams still used them) my entire soccer career, and ran a relentless offsides trap defense, so while I appreciate the exact calls, and I have little pity for strikers, sure seems like the rule needs to be amended to 25% of torso or something if they can be that exact. A waggling hand should not be offsides.
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