Russia 2018 World Cup
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kingsskier
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13927509:JoeF2661 said:
France couldnt beat the young US team.
I saw one odds maker had Italy at a 1.7% chance to win it... I hope someone was supid enough to take that bet
arnie_grape
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13927536:GORILLAWALLACE said:
Why are we surprised that Russia harbours racist elements? Russia is one of the most racist countries in the world, having derogatory expressions for Muslim persons for decades and little tolerance for others of non-Russian origin. It is nothing new for Russia-long a xenophobic country in cultural thought and in acceptance of foreign persons. FIFA as an organization has a history of corruption, poor judgement and a total focus on the organization making money. It is a sad commentary on international football that Russia is going to host the games for 2018. According to data fromhttp://yourhomeworkhelp.org/do-my-statistics-homework/ this may be the last FIFA outing before the world recognizes that countries do not need a FIFA for their football activities-certainly not a corrupt entity.
**This post was edited on Jun 11th 2018 at 3:10:04am
purplegreen
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France has too much talent to not be a contender, but if you can't beat a young US side, you can't win the World Cup. Gotta root for the Egyptian King Salah and Iceland tho
TheDoughAbides
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fuck russia and fuck fifa im gonna completely ignore it and keep living my awesome life
mattybaums
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13927752:jack.schill.12 said:
Salah is out thanks to Ramos
purplegreen
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13927838:mattybaums said:
people say he will likely be back for Russia game if not for Uruguay
Holy shit.
Stopped watching the Russia match in like the 88th minute when it was all wrapped up at 3-0 and then all of a sudden it ends 5-0?
Saudis legit must have just given up at that point. wow.
Stopped watching the Russia match in like the 88th minute when it was all wrapped up at 3-0 and then all of a sudden it ends 5-0?
Saudis legit must have just given up at that point. wow.
kingsskier
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13928085:DingoSean said:
I did the same and those goals could matter in goal differential in the group stage too.
SofaKingSick
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13928085:DingoSean said:
13928086:kingsskier said:
KSA was pretty lousy the whole game and really broke down at the end, yeah
5th goal was a nasty free kick though
OregonDead
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They should have planned ahead and grown bigger mustaches.
Argentina, Brazil, and Germany all drop points in the first matchup. Would not have expected.
LukeTheWaffle
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Switzerland ftw
I feel like there has been just awful, or at the very least, unlucky finishing in this world cup so far...
A team will have seemingly ALL the shots, and ALL the possess, and then still flame out. Germany is a prime example. Over 20 shots, still lost to Mexico. Brazil, same thing.
Argentina made a ton of chances as well, and couldn't find enough space around Icelands back 4, so I'll give that one up to good defense taking away shooting lanes. Iceland played remarkably, but the others had clinical chances that should have been gimmies.
Hell, Iran was gifted 3 points from an own goal after being on their back heels to Morocco pretty much the whole match. Russia and Spain are the only teams to show routine ability to finish (Portugal not so much... they were an iffy penalty given, and a goalkeeper mistake away from getting absolutely humped by Spain's tiki taka in that match)
A team will have seemingly ALL the shots, and ALL the possess, and then still flame out. Germany is a prime example. Over 20 shots, still lost to Mexico. Brazil, same thing.
Argentina made a ton of chances as well, and couldn't find enough space around Icelands back 4, so I'll give that one up to good defense taking away shooting lanes. Iceland played remarkably, but the others had clinical chances that should have been gimmies.
Hell, Iran was gifted 3 points from an own goal after being on their back heels to Morocco pretty much the whole match. Russia and Spain are the only teams to show routine ability to finish (Portugal not so much... they were an iffy penalty given, and a goalkeeper mistake away from getting absolutely humped by Spain's tiki taka in that match)
a_pla5tic_bag
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I mean Mexico's counterattacks were vicious and they had a lot of energy compared to the Germans. When Mexico had a chance they brought it hard, they deserved that win.
13928085:DingoSean said:
I blame ramadan
TheHamburglar
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13928859:JoeF2661 said:
Hell of a movie. Rodchenkov is still making big moves inside the USA. Real shit.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/12/sports/american-doping-criminal-law.html
Also I just ran across this, kinda makes you think about who's making these decisions
https://weather.com/science/environ...-stadium-russia-fifa-world-cup-october-island
SofaKingSick
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13928861:TheHamburglar said:
Bleh. Pretty depressing, but definitely not shocking considering it was planned by some combination of FIFA and the russian government... not exactly the most stand-up folks
that said, im enjoying the russian's style of play. not that theyve had particularly tough opponents so far but still
RIP SALAH
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topic:paul.may said:
I don't think germany is that good this year, Brazil isn't really playing as one team, but more each for his own so maybe it's gonna be someone unexpected
It would be dope if Iceland wins
**This post was edited on Jun 20th 2018 at 3:21:06am
SofaKingSick
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13929023:paul.may said:
i love upsets but i wanna see messi play more so i don't want them out too early
SofaKingSick
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13929045:cornholio said:
fox sports app has 1:30 highlight reels for each game. do you have a tv subscription that would let you use that app?
cornholio
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13929047:SofaKingSick said:
no subscription or anything but i had been able to watch those online anyways
13929061:paul.may said:
i might have to do that, i was just hoping for an all in one recap that spoon feeds you the matchups so i dont even really have to look up who was playing that day. yes, i know im being super lazy about this.
SofaKingSick
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oooooh man suck on that argentina
SofaKingSick
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13929332:.lencon said:
i haven't so much as clicked this link cause i have cable this time around for once lol, but this might be worth a try
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccerstreams/
twin-tip-hero
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Pretty upset with Germany's performance against Mexico, even though we did dominate the pitch and had 20+ shots on goal. Just could never finish. Hopefully that Mexico match was a huge wakeup call to the Germans and they get back on their game. Löwe im sure is deep in their asses for a showing that they gave last week. I see us making it out of group, but taking second, and then if i read the brackets correctly that would put us against Brazil in round of 16. Going to be a tough battle for the Germans to make it to the finals. If Germany doesn't make it to atleast semi's there will be hell to pay from the people.
kingsskier
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13929520:JoeF2661 said:
They should have won by 4 or 5 realistically. Sweden had some good counters but Germany was just better.
That free kick was nasty.
twin-tip-hero
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13929527:kingsskier said:
I agree. I dont know what the hell is going on in the minds of the Germans so far. That second half they DOMINATED the field and again had a ridiculous amount of shots on goal but stll pulled out about a 20 something shot on goal percentage. That free kick was nasty not going to lie, and it Sweden had some good defense. South Korea should be an easy win for the Germans but its going to be a very tough road ahead of us to get to the finals again.
How did no one mention Belgium to win the wc so far? Belgium seriously was the only big team to perform proper in both matches. They have an incredible team which has well developed over the past years. Pretty stoked to see them play against England tomorrow., since imo they're the two strongest team at the wc so far