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[Hideous Snake]

I guess this is what the bloke meant earlier by "the world coming together" for bread and circus.

She made an incredibly racist remark toward Mbappe

For fuck sake that's uncalled for

 

[Varteras]

Fully expecting this to be one of the best games this Cup

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

that damn Portuguese goalie has wings in his back

 

[DeepEnigma]

Almost took his head off

 

[Agave]

OOOOH IM SSCCCCCCcccccaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrreeeddda

 

[StabbyStabStabStabStab]

I guess this is what the bloke meant earlier by "the world coming together" for bread and circus.

Not the world, but individual nations - we sheath our pitchforks and the right and left embrace for this brief moment.

Other countries can all fuck off as they're all cunts.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Not the world, but individual nations - we sheath our pitchforks and the right and left embrace for this brief moment.

Other countries can all fuck off as they're all cunts.

We're all cunts, that I can agree on.

 

[Hideous Snake]

What a double save by Costa!

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Time for the rhythm breaking ad-break for american broadcasters

 

[Paasei]

Ad revenue time.

 

[DKehoe]

Good to get an update from Danny Murphy on Bob the cat.

 

[clarky]

Just tuning in what have I missed?

 

[LiquidMetal14]

 

[diffusionx]

"That's very unfair," he said. "How do you penalize them for a game that hasn't been played?"

He said the red card, issued after a VAR review, was a "horrible" call, arguing that the slowed-down replay made it look worse than it was.

"I didn't think it was a foul," Trump said. "I thought it was two great athletes that crashed each other and got entangled.

"I saw the play, and I'm a person that loves sports ... that wasn't a foul. That wasn't even an infraction ... this referee, who is a little bit suspect if you check his past. He made a call that nobody could believe ... he's our best player, or one of our best players. And he gave him a red card. I didn't know what that meant ... yes, I asked for a review by FIFA. [Balogun] didn't do anything wrong, and he's our best player or one of our best players."

How can one man be so based

 

[kevboard]

 

[Hideous Snake]

Just tuning in what have I missed?

Costa made mental double save and Spain dominating unfortunately

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Seeing a huge cultural difference this morning between the USA and EU sporting philosophies. In the US, we honestly want your best. No fan would speak out over a shortened suspension in the vast majority of cases unless it was for some serious, off-the-field evil.

Doesn't Belgium care to see if they're better than us at Soccer without resorting to alerting the hall monitors? What's even the point? Is this sport or a bureaucracy contest?

Get out of here with the "we want to play the best". Your guy stamped another player, he shouldn't get silver gloves because you are afraid to play without him. You guys are such primadonnas. If it was up to you guys there would be commercial breaks every 10 minutes.

FIFA is bending over, a halftime show at the final, mandatory hydration, removing cards from americans. And now, an endless supply of americans who dont get the sport but pretends to be experts.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Costa made mental double save and Spain dominating unfortunately

CR7 is, so far, being a net negative...

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

great save

 

[EviLore]

Beautiful save

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

UNAI!

 

[Dr.Morris79]

 

[near]

This game could go either way.

 

[Hideous Snake]

CR7 is, so far, being a net negative...

Cristiano should stop playing like he's 25

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Wow

 

[simpatico]

Get out of here with the "we want to play the best". Your guy stamped another player, he shouldn't get silver gloves because you are afraid to play without him. You guys are such primadonnas. If it was up to you guys there would be commercial breaks every 10 minutes.

FIFA is bending over, a halftime show at the final, mandatory hydration, removing cards from americans. And now, an endless supply of americans who dont get the sport but pretends to be experts.

Fans of any sport in the US hate the asterisk. No NBA fans count the covid NBA championship as legit. If you're team is playing in the finals, and the team you beat is missing their best, that genuinely takes the some shine off the victory here.

We want to win, it seems like Euros just care about advancing.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Fans of any sport in the US hate the asterisk. No NBA fans count the covid NBA championship as legit. If you're team is playing in the finals, and the team you beat is missing their best, that genuinely takes the some shine off the victory here.

We want to win, it seems like Euros just care about advancing.

We care about the game, if this was UEFA champions cup he wouldn't get that waiver. It only happened because US is host and FIFA is corrupt, no matter how you spin it.

 

[simpatico]

We care about the game, if this was UEFA champions cup he wouldn't get that waiver. It only happened because US is host and FIFA is corrupt, no matter how you spin it.

Well tonight we get to find out who's better at soccer.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

Well tonight we get to find out who's better at soccer.

*While one party is being boosted by the organization.

 

[DeepEnigma]

We care about the game, if this was UEFA champions cup he wouldn't get that waiver. It only happened because US is host and FIFA is corrupt, no matter how you spin it.

And if he were a favorite footy child of the sport, he would not have received the card.

 

[DKehoe]

Close so far. Spain has been better overall but could still go either way.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

 

[DeepEnigma]

 

[StabbyStabStabStabStab]

Fans of any sport in the US hate the asterisk. No NBA fans count the covid NBA championship as legit. If you're team is playing in the finals, and the team you beat is missing their best, that genuinely takes the some shine off the victory here.

We want to win, it seems like Euros just care about advancing.

Tournament football is about team management - injuries, yellow card infringements dictate how the team is set up for the next game. Red cards are impossible to foresee of course, however they will occur and you need to find a workaround. And then there's form - the best team selection at the start is rarely the team that starts a final.

Tournament football innum - it ain't an exhibition

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

And if he were a favorite footy child of the sport, he would not have received the card.

Oh, so you're blaming the referees. Switcheroo. No one's getting referee decisions reversed by head of FIFA.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

That's how you finish

 

[Hideous Snake]

Fans of any sport in the US hate the asterisk. No NBA fans count the covid NBA championship as legit. If you're team is playing in the finals, and the team you beat is missing their best, that genuinely takes the some shine off the victory here.

We want to win, it seems like Euros just care about advancing.

What a retarded logic. If you don't know how to manage team load that's on you. If a player gets injured that's not my issue. Well, sorry to tell you but your championship doesn't count because our best player got injured

Like I care. I got this championship because I'm the best. End of story

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

That's how you finish

That's good striking!

 

[simpatico]

Tournament football is about team management - injuries, yellow card infringements dictate how the team is set up for the next game. Red cards are impossible to foresee of course, however they will occur and you need to find a workaround. And then there's form - the best team selection at the start is rarely the team that starts a final.

Tournament football innum - it ain't an exhibition

There isn't any drive for just the glory of competition? I can appreciate what you're saying and that does get factored in here a bit. Look no further than the last Super Bowl. Denver lost the QB in the previous game, and it just completely took the wind out of the game for most people. If Seahawks fans weren't from Seattle, I think you'd have seen more of them grousing about it.

I don't know any fans who lobby for rules to lessen contact in the games that have it. So seeing Euro fans celebrate, defend and cling to "soft" rules, it reminds me of why Belgium was called the Chocolate Army at one point.

 

[Melfice7]

Diogo Costa being the only portuguese player performing at his usual level in the world cup is a result of the terrorist tactics of martinez, every other player are asked to do things that dont fit their playstyle, cant wait for him to gtfo

 

[DeepEnigma]

Oh, so you're blaming the referees. Switcheroo. No one's getting referee decisions reversed by head of FIFA.

I blame the entire sport, in which this happens in all sports.

They're not some perfect infallible sacred entity, never have been and never will be.

Again, if he were one of the golden child's, the BS card (which the entire world was in consensus of 2 days ago) would not've been called.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Diogo Costa being the only portuguese player performing at his usual level in the world cup is a result of the terrorist tactics of martinez, every other player are asked to do things that dont fit their playstyle, cant wait for him to gtfo

On paper Portugal got a mental team but humpty dumpty is trash,. Tough luck mate

 

[SirTerry-T]

Explain how you would have a clear line for offsides you lunatic. A line every inch up the pitch?

Bit late to this but I've been giving some serious thought.

Each player is given a FIFA certified slide rule that has been stretched out to the width of the football pitch.... obviously under strict FIFA's honest, true and good stewardship.

This is then attached to the front of the boot on the foot they tend to lead with. Then each players' very own "personal offside line" would be with them and visible to all throughout the duration of the match.

Fucking hell, I think that would do it, you know.
Imagine the advertising potential too.

Infantino..... DM me on here, mate.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

I blame the entire sport, in which this happens in all sports.

They're not some perfect infallible sacred entity, never have been and never will be.

Again, if he were one of the golden child's, the BS card (which the entire world was in consensus of 2 days ago) would not've been called.

These are excuses to try to justify that the head of FIFA changed a referee decision because it affected a star player on the host. Arguments if it was justified or not, are meaningless - everyone plays and accepts the referees decision. Unless you are host, then you bitch and get things changed. It's just corruption mate, and you applaud it because it benefits your team.

 

[DeepEnigma]

These are excuses to try to justify that the head of FIFA changed a referee decision because it affected a star player on the host. Arguments if it was justified or not, are meaningless - everyone plays and accepts the referees decision. Unless you are host, then you bitch and get things changed. It's just corruption mate, and you applaud it because it benefits your team.

You should be used to FIFA and the sports fuckery is what I'm telling you. There are decades of it.

But every time something happens, people are born yesterday.

 

[Avid Reading Horse]

Honestly, the only thing that would save the USA teams face would be if Balogun refused to play.

USMNT just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Football culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in Soccer where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Football, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the football public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FIFA World Cup Tickets for any stadium, nor will they watch any of USMNT's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but USMNT has alienated an entire market with this move.

Balogun, publicly apologize and cancel playing against Belgium or you can kiss your World Cup goodbye.

 

[DKehoe]

Diogo Costa being the only portuguese player performing at his usual level in the world cup is a result of the terrorist tactics of martinez, every other player are asked to do things that dont fit their playstyle, cant wait for him to gtfo

Doing fuck all with Belgium's golden generation was apparently good enough for his home country to have him manage them.

 

[Bitmap Frogs]

You should be used to FIFA and the sports fuckery is what I'm telling you. There are decades of it.

But every time something happens, people are born yesterday.

Oh and we're supposed to applaud it? Bull. You're arguing in favor of corruption because it benefits you.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Oh and we're supposed to applaud it? Bull. You're arguing in favor of corruption because it benefits you.

You can bitch about it, just like we all bitched about the bogus red card.

 

[Hideous Snake]

USMNT just shot themselves in the foot.

I don't know how much the rest of you know about Football culture (I'm an expert), but honor and shame are huge parts of it. It's not like it is in Soccer where you can become successful by being an asshole. If you screw someone over in Football, you bring shame to yourself, and the only way to get rid of that shame is repentance.

What this means is the football public, after hearing about this, is not going to want to purchase FIFA World Cup Tickets for any stadium, nor will they watch any of USMNT's games. This is HUGE. You can laugh all you want, but USMNT has alienated an entire market with this move.

Balogun, publicly apologize and cancel playing against Belgium or you can kiss your World Cup goodbye.

Yeah relax with the copy pasta. Not that deep