World Cup 2022

[excitableboy]

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I want to root for Senegal but on the other hand I would love for England to have to play France and get crushed.  Mbappe for SOTY.

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Mbappe dropped some heavy shit today.

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for those who missed it.....dude scored 16 goals in his last 14 games with France!

http://www.youtube.com/shorts/QeJTo8A29nQ

Also Giroud became best all-time scorer for les Bleus. Underappreciated player IMO..... Not celebrated as much as Zidane, Platini, Henry or other French greats for some reason. I don't get it honestly....

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Could it be it's harder to appreciate a talent during their own time or something?  Zidane, Henry etc have also had all the bonus years of looking back fondly

Maybe he's comparable to the current alien workshop team or something

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IDK, I feel Zidane and the others were regarded as heros in their own time, whereas Giroud lacks that star quality that Mbappe or Benzema have for some reason....

->Scholesey
Your explanation makes sense! I'm more of a rugby guy so a lot of the technical subtleties of football escape me I'm afraid 

Giroud is outstanding but Zidane and Henry are at a different level. Also doesn't help that he was with Arsenal all those years not winning anything.

[Atiba Applebum]

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I want to root for Senegal but on the other hand I would love for England to have to play France and get crushed.  Mbappe for SOTY.

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Mbappe dropped some heavy shit today.

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for those who missed it.....dude scored 16 goals in his last 14 games with France!

http://www.youtube.com/shorts/QeJTo8A29nQ

Also Giroud became best all-time scorer for les Bleus. Underappreciated player IMO..... Not celebrated as much as Zidane, Platini, Henry or other French greats for some reason. I don't get it honestly....

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Could it be it's harder to appreciate a talent during their own time or something?  Zidane, Henry etc have also had all the bonus years of looking back fondly

Maybe he's comparable to the current alien workshop team or something

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IDK, I feel Zidane and the others were regarded as heros in their own time, whereas Giroud lacks that star quality that Mbappe or Benzema have for some reason....

->Scholesey
Your explanation makes sense! I'm more of a rugby guy so a lot of the technical subtleties of football escape me I'm afraid 

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Giroud is outstanding but Zidane and Henry are at a different level. Also doesn't help that he was with Arsenal all those years not winning anything.

Yeah I think he had a reputation at club level as contributing goals but never changing games, if that makes any sense, so he was never really given his due despite big clubs always being in the running to sign him

[Mean salto]

Fuuuuck. Now I'm down to my last backup teams Korea and Croatia. I like Morrocco too but can't pretend I picked them before the cup started.

Last time I'll bring it up unless something outlandish happens but I swear the ball sucks lol. Nobody really took a great penalty shot. Maybe apart from the last they only went in because the goalie gambled wrong. You watch penalties from the 90s and the balls almost pulling the net out the ground

[Síota]

Gutted for Japan.

[jorge]

Gutted for Japan.

Same.  They get better every cup though.

Let's go Korea you got this. 

[Scholesey]

Gutted for Japan.

[Lenny the Fatface]

Yo Brazil fucking S. Korea up lol

[jorge]

Yo Brazil fucking S. Korea up lol

Yeah, poor Korea.  Rooting hard for em they are just outclassed.
That said Brazil flops significantly more than any other team in the cup this year and it isn't close.  Fuck that team I don't care how great they are.

[Scholesey]

What a shot!

[rothdigga]

Gutted for Japan.

On a plane for Tokyo right now to judge a contest and was really hoping Japan would make it past Croatia just to see how nuts it would be over there in the next round. Bummer to go out like that.  Those PK’s were pretty soft. Being in country when a team is doing good is so epic.  Was in the Netherlands the year they made the final and it was awesome. 

[Atiba Applebum]

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Gutted for Japan.

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On a plane for Tokyo right now to judge a contest and was really hoping Japan would make it past Croatia just to see how nuts it would be over there in the next round. Bummer to go out like that.  Those PK’s were pretty soft. Being in country when a team is doing good is so epic.  Was in the Netherlands the year they made the final and it was awesome.

That was in 2010.   I was in Frankfurt then and I was expecting to be having that feeling, but alas.   Then I was in South Africa literally the day after the final and you wouldn’t have known anything was there

[ChuckRamone]

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Yo Brazil fucking S. Korea up lol

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Yeah, poor Korea.  Rooting hard for em they are just outclassed.
That said Brazil flops significantly more than any other team in the cup this year and it isn't close.  Fuck that team I don't care how great they are.

Korea would have lost either way but that second point off a BS penalty for Richarlison's dive really changed the loss into a rout. I was glad Korea scored at least once though and it was a really nice shot.

[brycickle]

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Yo Brazil fucking S. Korea up lol

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Yeah, poor Korea.  Rooting hard for em they are just outclassed.
That said Brazil flops significantly more than any other team in the cup this year and it isn't close.  Fuck that team I don't care how great they are.

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Korea would have lost either way but that second point off a BS penalty for Richarlison's dive really changed the loss into a rout. I was glad Korea scored at least once though and it was a really nice shot.

Yeah, but that Richarlison goal was probably one of the best of the tournament so far. That and both of Mbappe's goals from yesterday.

[OldieButFrenchie]

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Yo Brazil fucking S. Korea up lol

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Yeah, poor Korea.  Rooting hard for em they are just outclassed.
That said Brazil flops significantly more than any other team in the cup this year and it isn't close.  Fuck that team I don't care how great they are.

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Korea would have lost either way but that second point off a BS penalty for Richarlison's dive really changed the loss into a rout. I was glad Korea scored at least once though and it was a really nice shot.

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Yeah, but that Richarlison goal was probably one of the best of the tournament so far. That and both of Mbappe's goals from yesterday.

yup those mbappe goals clearly showed there's no problem with the ball, you can absolutely shake the net....

anyways, OK that's it now I want a France-Brazil final!
(totally agree about the Richarlison penalty though. Just plain BS, just like the Poland penalty vs France btw....)

Finally, about being in a country when a team is doing good....man I'll never forget that night of july 98 in Paris. It was insane. Just to give you guys an idea, I watched the final on a giant screen at Jean Bouin stadium, there were over 20 000 people there and it was packed 2 hours before kick-off, people singing non-stop and shit. Each time les Bleus scored the place went nuts and when the game ended... man I can't even describe it. City-wide pandemonium. Pretty sure I'll never feel that again.

[Atiba Applebum]

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Yo Brazil fucking S. Korea up lol

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Yeah, poor Korea.  Rooting hard for em they are just outclassed.
That said Brazil flops significantly more than any other team in the cup this year and it isn't close.  Fuck that team I don't care how great they are.

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Korea would have lost either way but that second point off a BS penalty for Richarlison's dive really changed the loss into a rout. I was glad Korea scored at least once though and it was a really nice shot.

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Yeah, but that Richarlison goal was probably one of the best of the tournament so far. That and both of Mbappe's goals from yesterday.

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yup those mbappe goals clearly showed there's no problem with the ball, you can absolutely shake the net....

anyways, OK that's it now I want a France-Brazil final!
(totally agree about the Richarlison penalty though. Just plain BS, just like the Poland penalty vs France btw....)

Finally, about being in a country when a team is doing good....man I'll never forget that night of july 98 in Paris. It was insane. Just to give you guys an idea, I watched the final on a giant screen at Jean Bouin stadium, there were over 20 000 people there and it was packed 2 hours before kick-off, people singing non-stop and shit. Each time les Bleus scored the place went nuts and when the game ended... man I can't even describe it. City-wide pandemonium. Pretty sure I'll never feel that again.

Ah I’d love that.  Closest I got was when Boston finally won the World Series but that felt kinda muted since a girl died after being shot in the eye with a rubber bullet when the city folk were celebrating reverse sweeping the Yankees. 


I would NOT like a Brazil/France final.   I would very much like to see Brazil lose as soon as possible.   There’s like a NY Yankees level of arrogance to them and their fans that’s starting to grate on me.   France, I’m only happy for them to make the finals of it keeps Portugal out, but my preference is France loses its next match


(Sorry for all the baseball references)

[Atiba Applebum]

Interesting note about US sports pundits making a meal out of them drawing with England and thus showing the progress of the Men’s team…

In 2006, they drew with eventual cup winners Italy in their group (while losing to Czech Rep and Ghana).   

So basically in 16 years it’s been a lateral bit of progress, probably trending ever so slightly down considering all the attention that is now placed on the sport in America.   

Sorry, just still irritated by that energy from last week

[OldieButFrenchie]

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Yo Brazil fucking S. Korea up lol

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Yeah, poor Korea.  Rooting hard for em they are just outclassed.
That said Brazil flops significantly more than any other team in the cup this year and it isn't close.  Fuck that team I don't care how great they are.

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Korea would have lost either way but that second point off a BS penalty for Richarlison's dive really changed the loss into a rout. I was glad Korea scored at least once though and it was a really nice shot.

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Yeah, but that Richarlison goal was probably one of the best of the tournament so far. That and both of Mbappe's goals from yesterday.

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yup those mbappe goals clearly showed there's no problem with the ball, you can absolutely shake the net....

anyways, OK that's it now I want a France-Brazil final!
(totally agree about the Richarlison penalty though. Just plain BS, just like the Poland penalty vs France btw....)

Finally, about being in a country when a team is doing good....man I'll never forget that night of july 98 in Paris. It was insane. Just to give you guys an idea, I watched the final on a giant screen at Jean Bouin stadium, there were over 20 000 people there and it was packed 2 hours before kick-off, people singing non-stop and shit. Each time les Bleus scored the place went nuts and when the game ended... man I can't even describe it. City-wide pandemonium. Pretty sure I'll never feel that again.

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Ah I’d love that.  Closest I got was when Boston finally won the World Series but that felt kinda muted since a girl died after being shot in the eye with a rubber bullet when the city folk were celebrating reverse sweeping the Yankees. 


I would NOT like a Brazil/France final.   I would very much like to see Brazil lose as soon as possible.   There’s like a NY Yankees level of arrogance to them and their fans that’s starting to grate on me.   France, I’m only happy for them to make the finals of it keeps Portugal out, but my preference is France loses its next match


(Sorry for all the baseball references)

what ?! You mean you want England to win that game?? England ??



 

As for Brazil, I get the arrogance accusation.... But I feel a certain level of arrogance is to be expected when your team is that good for that long. I did enjoy the 2014 7-1 thrashing though..... But they are really looking good this year

[Atiba Applebum]

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Yo Brazil fucking S. Korea up lol

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Yeah, poor Korea.  Rooting hard for em they are just outclassed.
That said Brazil flops significantly more than any other team in the cup this year and it isn't close.  Fuck that team I don't care how great they are.

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Korea would have lost either way but that second point off a BS penalty for Richarlison's dive really changed the loss into a rout. I was glad Korea scored at least once though and it was a really nice shot.

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Yeah, but that Richarlison goal was probably one of the best of the tournament so far. That and both of Mbappe's goals from yesterday.

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yup those mbappe goals clearly showed there's no problem with the ball, you can absolutely shake the net....

anyways, OK that's it now I want a France-Brazil final!
(totally agree about the Richarlison penalty though. Just plain BS, just like the Poland penalty vs France btw....)

Finally, about being in a country when a team is doing good....man I'll never forget that night of july 98 in Paris. It was insane. Just to give you guys an idea, I watched the final on a giant screen at Jean Bouin stadium, there were over 20 000 people there and it was packed 2 hours before kick-off, people singing non-stop and shit. Each time les Bleus scored the place went nuts and when the game ended... man I can't even describe it. City-wide pandemonium. Pretty sure I'll never feel that again.

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Ah I’d love that.  Closest I got was when Boston finally won the World Series but that felt kinda muted since a girl died after being shot in the eye with a rubber bullet when the city folk were celebrating reverse sweeping the Yankees. 


I would NOT like a Brazil/France final.   I would very much like to see Brazil lose as soon as possible.   There’s like a NY Yankees level of arrogance to them and their fans that’s starting to grate on me.   France, I’m only happy for them to make the finals of it keeps Portugal out, but my preference is France loses its next match


(Sorry for all the baseball references)

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what ?! You mean you want England to win that game?? England ??



 

As for Brazil, I get the arrogance accusation.... But I feel a certain level of arrogance is to be expected when your team is that good for that long. I did enjoy the 2014 7-1 thrashing though..... But they are really looking good this year

Yes, that is and has always been my team.    For some reason it’s harder for people to understand than if I was an Italian-American rooting for Italy, but when I got into it like 20 years ago, the US team was a non-entity and it was easier to follow England games on what was televised

[Scholesey]

Interesting note about US sports pundits making a meal out of them drawing with England and thus showing the progress of the Men’s team…

In 2006, they drew with eventual cup winners Italy in their group (while losing to Czech Rep and Ghana).   

So basically in 16 years it’s been a lateral bit of progress, probably trending ever so slightly down considering all the attention that is now placed on the sport in America.   

Sorry, just still irritated by that energy from last week

Yup, USA in football reminds me of Switzerland in hockey. Big progress.

Meanwhile, here in the Czech republic we just talk about how everyone is thrash and what we have won in the past, but we’ve missed the progress train.

[FrenchSkater]

I find it amazing that this is the first time England and France will play against each other in a knockout round

It's crazy yes .. and the match is going to be incredible and stressful ..  It's going to look a bit like France - Belgium in 2018 .. however, I reassure myself, Belgium was stronger than England!

[OldieButFrenchie]

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Yo Brazil fucking S. Korea up lol

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Yeah, poor Korea.  Rooting hard for em they are just outclassed.
That said Brazil flops significantly more than any other team in the cup this year and it isn't close.  Fuck that team I don't care how great they are.

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Korea would have lost either way but that second point off a BS penalty for Richarlison's dive really changed the loss into a rout. I was glad Korea scored at least once though and it was a really nice shot.

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Yeah, but that Richarlison goal was probably one of the best of the tournament so far. That and both of Mbappe's goals from yesterday.

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yup those mbappe goals clearly showed there's no problem with the ball, you can absolutely shake the net....

anyways, OK that's it now I want a France-Brazil final!
(totally agree about the Richarlison penalty though. Just plain BS, just like the Poland penalty vs France btw....)

Finally, about being in a country when a team is doing good....man I'll never forget that night of july 98 in Paris. It was insane. Just to give you guys an idea, I watched the final on a giant screen at Jean Bouin stadium, there were over 20 000 people there and it was packed 2 hours before kick-off, people singing non-stop and shit. Each time les Bleus scored the place went nuts and when the game ended... man I can't even describe it. City-wide pandemonium. Pretty sure I'll never feel that again.

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Ah I’d love that.  Closest I got was when Boston finally won the World Series but that felt kinda muted since a girl died after being shot in the eye with a rubber bullet when the city folk were celebrating reverse sweeping the Yankees. 


I would NOT like a Brazil/France final.   I would very much like to see Brazil lose as soon as possible.   There’s like a NY Yankees level of arrogance to them and their fans that’s starting to grate on me.   France, I’m only happy for them to make the finals of it keeps Portugal out, but my preference is France loses its next match


(Sorry for all the baseball references)

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what ?! You mean you want England to win that game?? England ??



 

As for Brazil, I get the arrogance accusation.... But I feel a certain level of arrogance is to be expected when your team is that good for that long. I did enjoy the 2014 7-1 thrashing though..... But they are really looking good this year

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Yes, that is and has always been my team.    For some reason it’s harder for people to understand than if I was an Italian-American rooting for Italy, but when I got into it like 20 years ago, the US team was a non-entity and it was easier to follow England games on what was televised

Oh right, I get it...well all I can say is that if England beat us, I'll be rooting for all their opponents!
Very predictable from a Frenchman, I know     

[Atiba Applebum]

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Yo Brazil fucking S. Korea up lol

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Yeah, poor Korea.  Rooting hard for em they are just outclassed.
That said Brazil flops significantly more than any other team in the cup this year and it isn't close.  Fuck that team I don't care how great they are.

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Korea would have lost either way but that second point off a BS penalty for Richarlison's dive really changed the loss into a rout. I was glad Korea scored at least once though and it was a really nice shot.

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Yeah, but that Richarlison goal was probably one of the best of the tournament so far. That and both of Mbappe's goals from yesterday.

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yup those mbappe goals clearly showed there's no problem with the ball, you can absolutely shake the net....

anyways, OK that's it now I want a France-Brazil final!
(totally agree about the Richarlison penalty though. Just plain BS, just like the Poland penalty vs France btw....)

Finally, about being in a country when a team is doing good....man I'll never forget that night of july 98 in Paris. It was insane. Just to give you guys an idea, I watched the final on a giant screen at Jean Bouin stadium, there were over 20 000 people there and it was packed 2 hours before kick-off, people singing non-stop and shit. Each time les Bleus scored the place went nuts and when the game ended... man I can't even describe it. City-wide pandemonium. Pretty sure I'll never feel that again.

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Ah I’d love that.  Closest I got was when Boston finally won the World Series but that felt kinda muted since a girl died after being shot in the eye with a rubber bullet when the city folk were celebrating reverse sweeping the Yankees. 


I would NOT like a Brazil/France final.   I would very much like to see Brazil lose as soon as possible.   There’s like a NY Yankees level of arrogance to them and their fans that’s starting to grate on me.   France, I’m only happy for them to make the finals of it keeps Portugal out, but my preference is France loses its next match


(Sorry for all the baseball references)

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what ?! You mean you want England to win that game?? England ??



 

As for Brazil, I get the arrogance accusation.... But I feel a certain level of arrogance is to be expected when your team is that good for that long. I did enjoy the 2014 7-1 thrashing though..... But they are really looking good this year

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Yes, that is and has always been my team.    For some reason it’s harder for people to understand than if I was an Italian-American rooting for Italy, but when I got into it like 20 years ago, the US team was a non-entity and it was easier to follow England games on what was televised

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Oh right, I get it...well all I can say is that if England beat us, I'll be rooting for all their opponents!
Very predictable from a Frenchman, I know     

Hahaha I’m under no illusions that everyone hates England.   I have a very good friend who’s half Scottish…

[Mean salto]

Fucking hell how do you make it this far in a world cup while being terrified to shoot. Morocco made mad runs into the box just have to basically pass the ball into the net and just stop dead and let themselves be tackled.

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fuxk me that moroccan goalie was wild with it there

[fredgallSOTY]

BRASIL NÚMERO UM CAMPEÕES DO MUNDO

[ChuckRamone]

glad at least morocco made it to the next round in terms of non european/south american teams

[Síota]

Glad Morocco got threw, the Spanish lads at work might actually shut up tomorrow:-) plus my mate is from there so stoked for him.
Gonna break my boycott Saturday French vs les rosbifs is too good to miss and I'll be at a house party were it will be on.

[jorge]

Ronaldo benched for upcoming game vs Switzerland whoa.
Not that he doesn't deserve it but still.

[Síota]

Ronaldo benched for upcoming game vs Switzerland whoa.
Not that he doesn't deserve it but still.

I'm sure he will be substituted on if they go a goal down. Up for the Swiss thou.

[el bong]

fuxk me that moroccan goalie was wild with it there

the guy is amazing. They've actually been at their best the whole cup. Bono saved some amazing shots when playing against Belgium