You say all this yet fail to mention that Ghana have not fielded one white player in their starting 11……
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You say all this yet fail to mention that Ghana have not fielded one white player in their starting 11……
Brazil look very good, and they have strength and depth. Richarlison goal was brilliant shame he does not do the same for Spurs.
The US managed a tie against heavily favored England.
Alas... I didn't stop to count how many black and white players are on each side.
That was awful. Like watching a Cappello side. And as for his substitutions....don't get foden staying on the bench. We were so flat there and seemed to just play not to lose.
Kane doesn't look right either.
But we got the point, we're in control and we'll be through barring a disastrous hammering by Wales.
Disappointed but no disaster.
Hoping the US gets by Iran.
Wonder what the black-white ratio is on both teams....
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I'm sure we'll find out....
England were playing not to lose which is a shame considering the attacking talent we have. In Southgate we trust.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark TKO
Give the white players a chance. Honestly watching Southgate England is worse than any human rights abuse in Qatar.
Get Foden in. Does Southgate realize that Foden is English ?
Here he is
https://static.independent.co.uk/202...=726&auto=webp
How Mason Mount stayed on the Pitch, whilst Phil Foden remained on the Bench, Gareth Southgate needs a Court Hearing to answer for his crimes against football. Southgate teaches England Anti-Football and got outcoached by USA Ted Lasso.
Play Grealish in from the start and play Trent to.
Gareth Southgate is a Criminal.
How the fk can England get outplayed by the USA ? A country that doesn't even take the sport seriously. Utter disgrace
How does a game this expansive and long wind up at 0-0 "well, we tried" draw. Asking as a guy who will always call it "soccer" ;). Make bigger nets!
Anyone who complains about 0-0 needs to concentrate on their kiss cams and other big screen nonsense like the bongos....
America looked pretty good, better than against Wales, sure england weren't great but pulisic and co were pretty lively, don't think america will be close to being contenders by 2026 but it's inevitable they will be before long..
Two pretty good goals by the argies, great hit by Fernandez for the second...also some great fouls in this game, central and south americans really know how to hurt players :S
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Yeah, as far as ties go... 0-0 sucks. 1-1 is still a tie... but at least the backs of the nets are used. :cool:
So anyway... the Groups are going as I would expect and/or like.
Don't want Germany to advance, so I'm thinking Spain and likely Japan out of that Group.
Brazil's in good shape, which is good... and Argentina saved their chances today... which is even better.
The US needs to beat Iran on Tuesday, and it's a good chance they advance with England.
Wales took the lead but Bale knotted it at ones with a pk goal.Quote:
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To be fair most Americans don't know the relative merits of the two countries as far as football goes. A lot of them probably think Saudi Arabia can just afford to buy the best players like Real Madrid.
It's like asking English fans their opinion if Akron beat Alabama. Note I'm not talking about Akron beating some garbage team like LSU, I'm talking Alabama. English sports fans aren't going to have a clue that that would be a massive upset.
America did well against England and should have won. They're only all young lads and will be a lot better in four years. England were unimpressive. Bellingham who was outstanding against Iran and scored with a headkick did nothing against America and the whole team was a massive letdown. They're not at the level of the top teams. I haven't seen Spain play but from reading the match report I think they'll be hard to beat. I saw some of the Brazil game and was not impressed.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/28/f...ntl/index.html
"Mexican boxer Canelo Álvarez sends warning to Lionel Messi: ‘He better pray to God that I don’t find him’"
I didn't know whether to put this in the World Cup thread, or the Boxing board. :D
I saw the YouTube. Didn't seem like Messi did anything intentional.
But hey... I'm pretty sure Canelo can take him.
Make it at some catchweight... pay off the usual Las Vegas judges... and load up on "Mexican special beef" before the fight.
Canelo could also "marinate" the fight... seeing as to how Messi is 3 years his senior.
Then again, make it UFC rules.
Pretty sure a well-placed kick to the gonads will end the hostilities immediately. ;D :cool:
Belgium is imploding, Germany just about survives, Brazil are strong and France look unstoppable.
https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sp...up-2022-11-29/
"Fans brace for politically charged U.S.-Iran match at World Cup"
DOHA, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Longtime adversaries the United States and Iran face off on the pitch at the World Cup on Tuesday in a match that some Iranians fear may see further run-ins with stadium security or clashes with pro-government fans over raging protests back home.
The contest between the two nations that severed ties over 40 years ago will be held with increased security to prevent a flare-up of tensions over the unrest that has gripped Iran since the death in custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16.
In a show of solidarity ahead of the match, which starts at 1900 GMT, the U.S. Soccer Federation temporarily displayed Iran's national flag without the emblem of the Islamic Republic, leading Tehran to complain to FIFA, according to state media.
Qatar, which has strong ties with Washington and friendly relations with Tehran, has staked its reputation on delivering a smooth World Cup, beefing up security at Iran games and banning some items deemed inflammatory, like Iran's pre-Revolution flag.
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrived in Doha on Tuesday on an invitation from Qatar, state news agency IRNA reported without mentioning if he would attend the match.
U.S.-Iranian tensions have worsened since 2018 when then-President Donald Trump abandoned Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers. Efforts to salvage the pact under President Joe Biden's administration have stalled.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking in Romania, played down any link between the match and political tensions and said he hoped the game would "speak for itself", adding that he would be watching and cheering on his country.
Still, politics have spilled into the World Cup, the first to be held in a Middle East country.
Security teams deployed on Friday, when Iran beat Wales, to "break up a small number of altercations" between Iranian fans outside the stadium, a Qatari official said, adding the incidents were handled "swiftly" to contain tensions.
"I will not attend the game on Tuesday since I do not feel safe in Qatar," said Iranian-Canadian Azi, who declined to give her last name and was wearing a T-shirt declaring "Women, Life, Freedom" - a slogan of the anti-government protests in Iran.
Shame that these players can't just enjoy a good ol' fashioned sporting contest. It's not like the US and Iran have ever been BFFs or anything, but for crying out loud... let the players play and put off the political nonsense for some other time and place. Have also seen reports of Iranian authorities threatening the families of players who decide to show support for causes deemed against the Iranian government. This smacks of the days of Saddam Hussein and his evil son, who reportedly used to torture Iranian Olympic athletes who had lost in Olympic competition. It's horrible to add this pressure to the already existent pressure of wanting to win and move on to the next stage of the Cup.
Team America are through to the Sweet Sixteen in the World Soccerball Cup after Christian Pulisic bundled the ball past the Iranian goaltender in the first quarter. They showed Saddam and the rest of those fuckheads who the boss is.Quote:
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I didn't think Pulisic would be available for the next game, the way he was helped off the field. He's got a pelvic contusion... good thing it wasn't a broken rib.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/fif...e10befa7c0b575
"Even Andres Guardado, Mexico's captain, has called out Canelo for his Lionel Messi comments"
So even Mexico's own players admit Canelo is an insufferable ass. :cool:
That was a decent performance. Bit of a sore head after drinking to 4:30am (Well out of practice). Everyone loves to slag off Southgate, and he can be a bit hyper cautious, but the fellas man management is class. That team look very dangerous when they gel, and Senegal will be no walk in the park, but I think we can progress if we don't rely on just not conceding. Even nicer to hammer a team more obsessed with us losing against anyone than beating teams themselves.
TERRIFIC offensive performance by Argentina. Only Poland's huge (and good) goalkeeper kept it from being 10-0, it seems like.
On the other hand... Poland's offense was anemic or non-existent. They got through to the next round (thanks to a late goal from KSA against Mexico)... but I figure they'll get knocked right out.
Meanwhile, Argentina looks good after their surprise defeat against the Saudis.
The penalty given for the "foul" on Messi was pathetic and they do not know how to use VAR properly.
They ruined the world cup final 2018 when they gave the penalty to France against Croatia and they will do the same for this world cup.
They are ruining football.
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The foul WAS pathetic... I agree with you.
However, the writing was on the wall. Poland looked like a bunch of minor-leaguers in there against Argentina. 2-0 says nothing about how utter the dominance really was.
hahaha what a piece of shit
Estos últimos días me dejé llevar por la pasión y el amor que siento por mi país e hice comentarios que estuvieron fuera de lugar por lo que quiero disculparme con Messi y la gente de Argentina. Todos los días aprendemos algo nuevo y esta vez me tocó a mí.
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11:41 AM · Nov 30, 2022
--The Ginger Boy
Alvarez tweeted that he got carried away and apologised to Messi and the people of Argentina.
"These last few days I got carried away by the passion and love I feel for my country and I made comments that were out of place," Alvarez said. "So I want to apologise to Messi and the people of Argentina."
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/fifa...e687c99941e794
https://nypost.com/2022/11/29/mexico...-messi-threat/
"Mexico’s Andres Guardado rips Canelo Alvarez for ‘silly’ Lionel Messi threat"
Guardado can certainly offer Canelo a few lessons on CLASS.
(I doubt it'll do any good, though).
Canelo undoubtedly had his public relations team scrambling to put an apology together that Ginger could mumble to the press and cut/paste on social media, in order to do some damage control. Fucking clown...
I feel for Lukaku. That will hurt forever. Belgium out.
one of our rare agreements The Ging' consumed too many tainted steaks and roided out on ol' MessiQuote:
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Japan doing things hard mode.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fi66uVZV...jpg&name=small
Beating Costa Rica? Nah fam
Beating Spain AND Germany? Now that's my shit
HADOUKEN !!!!!!
https://media2.giphy.com/media/U9gXd...giphy.gif&ct=g
I'll always remember the 2 minutes Costa Rica and Japan were going through over Spain and Germany on December 1st 2022
https://media1.giphy.com/media/29HRe...giphy.gif&ct=g
I wish everyone would STFU. The ball was in. Yes it may have been a millimetre but it was in.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fi6_o9PX...jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Fi68OiBW...jpg&name=small
It’s really weird how they’re going on like it’s a conspiracy when the evidence is being shown in front of them.
The whole of the ball has to be over the line and it wasn't
I couldn't give less of a shit in what order Japan and Spain went through. All I care about is that Germany is OUT... and that's just fine by me. ;D
Feel bad for Costa Rica, though. Still... you can't get a shellacking like it got from Spain... lose to Germany... and expect to go anywhere.
In the end I was rooting for Japan to hold on to the lead against Spain. Why? 'Cause I knew it meant Germany would say bye-bye.
So far so good.
Brazil in.
USA in.
Argentina in.
Germany out.
Not a bad group stage at all. :cool:
The knockout stage bracket is set... and it looks like a World Cup bracket should look. ;D
Going through the Round of 16...
Netherlands vs USA -
I'd love for USA to win, but I understand they're the underdogs. Still... they have a good team and this win would be huge.
Argentina vs Australia -
I know there's excitement for the Aussies... but I'm a Messi fan and would like for him to say goodbye to the World Cup in style. Rooting for the Argentines.
Japan vs Croatia -
Japan caught my fancy by getting out of their group and are kind of a Cinderella-ish team. I guess it would be nice if they won.
Brazil vs Korea Republic -
No-brainer. Brazil has always been my favorite team. Go Brazil!!
England vs Senegal -
Looking forward to an England-France showdown... so it's England in this one.
France vs Poland -
(see above). Besides... Poland looked like shit out there in their last Group match. They were lucky to just make it. France in this one.
Morocco vs Spain -
Also looking forward to the battle of the Iberian Peninsula. Spain in this one.
Portugal vs Switzerland -
(see above). The possibility of a Messi vs Ronaldo final is tantalizing... but that probably won't happen. Portugal takes this one, though.
South Korea beating Spain to knock out Uruguay was the highlight today. That was an exciting result which left Suarez in tears.
South Korea beat Portugal mate.
That's how excited I got I thought it was Spain.:DQuote:
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Messi knocks out Australia he had a great 2nd half.
Great save by Martinez at the end, good shot and Martinez doesn't have time to register where it's going but he spreads his body( ohmyyy) extremely well, Neuer like, covers as much as he can saves it, great goal keeping...
Messi was pretty good, lautaro though looked like he was on a mission not to score. He's on bad form and that could hurt the argies v dutch.