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by **MERIZoC** » Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:27 pm

how do we draw the fucking swiss, jesus

perhaps if the ref had paid more attention to neymar being fouled 10 times....

by **MERIZoC** » Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:29 pm

MERIZoC wrote:how do we draw the fucking swiss, jesus

perhaps if the ref had paid more attention to neymar being fouled 10 times....

It is good to see Mexico doing well though. And that German back line is gonna look a lot worse against Brazil or Spain if they don't get their shit together.

by **Torrocca** » Sun Jun 17, 2018 8:58 pm

MERIZoC wrote:
MERIZoC wrote:how do we draw the fucking swiss, jesus

perhaps if the ref had paid more attention to neymar being fouled 10 times....

It is good to see Mexico doing well though. And that German back line is gonna look a lot worse against Brazil or Spain if they don't get their shit together.

Man, it's gonna suck when the inevitable reverse of BRA71L happens.

Good on Mexico for beating the '14 WC champions though, that was stellar.

by **Geneviev** » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:01 pm

Mexico just played better yesterday. They deserved to win. That being said, Germany had better be better in their next game. I want to see them win.

by **Torrocca** » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:01 pm

Geneviev wrote:Mexico just played better yesterday. They deserved to win. That being said, Germany had better be better in their next game. I want to see them win.

Germany and an overconfidence of their situation in Russia really never pair well together.

by **Geneviev** » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:02 pm

Torrocca wrote:
Geneviev wrote:Mexico just played better yesterday. They deserved to win. That being said, Germany had better be better in their next game. I want to see them win.

Germany and an overconfidence of their situation in Russia really never pair well together.

Good gosh. It really isn't great, though.

by **Infected Mushroom** » Sun Jun 17, 2018 9:48 pm

Mexico prevailed. France is being avenged.

My pro-France incantations are working!

by **The Blaatschapen** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:06 am

Infected Mushroom wrote:Mexico prevailed. France is being avenged.

My pro-France incantations are working!

France was already avenged.

by **Nettunia** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:12 am

I see Germany doesn't care about defense this world cup. Score would have been even wider if Chicharito didn't suck lol.

by **Infected Mushroom** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:19 am

Nettunia wrote:I see Germany doesn't care about defense this world cup. Score would have been even wider if Chicharito didn't suck lol.

Maybe this time France will be able to win vs Germany by exploiting this

by **The Blaatschapen** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:26 am

Infected Mushroom wrote:
Nettunia wrote:I see Germany doesn't care about defense this world cup. Score would have been even wider if Chicharito didn't suck lol.

Maybe this time France will be able to win vs Germany by exploiting this

just like in 2016.

by **Infected Mushroom** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:35 am

The blAAtschApen wrote:
Infected Mushroom wrote:
Maybe this time France will be able to win vs Germany by exploiting this
just like in 2016.

EURO is just a trial run, it’s not as official.

It must happen in FIFA.

Otherwise I shall not be satisfied. So long as Germany remains very strong in FIFA... France can never truly be Number One.

by **Infected Mushroom** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:38 am

MERIZoC wrote:how do we draw the fucking swiss, jesus

perhaps if the ref had paid more attention to neymar being fouled 10 times....

I think Brazil might never truly recover from the Germany game from last worlds. It is most unfortunate.

by **Nettunia** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:38 am

Tbh I wouldn't mind having the world cup more often in place of the continental cups. This is my favourite football event!

by **Geneviev** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:41 am

Nettunia wrote:Tbh I wouldn't mind having the world cup more often in place of the continental cups. This is my favourite football event!

It was mine, until the Germany - Mexico game.

It is fun to watch other people care about football, though.

by **The Blaatschapen** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 4:41 am

Infected Mushroom wrote:
The blAAtschApen wrote:just like in 2016.

EURO is just a trial run, it’s not as official.

It must happen in FIFA.

Otherwise I shall not be satisfied. So long as Germany remains very strong in FIFA... France can never truly be Number One.

They're both official events.

World cups are Europe cups with Brazil and Argentina participating :^)

by **Bombadil** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 5:11 am

Sweden - playing a new game called bargeball..

by **Starblaydia** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:05 am

Nettunia wrote:Tbh I wouldn't mind having the world cup more often in place of the continental cups. This is my favourite football event!

It's only so special because of the 4 year gap. No-one gives a toss about Athletics until the Olympics, after all.

by **Yaana Noore** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:21 am

Clear penalty, well done VAR!

by **Nettunia** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:51 am

Starblaydia wrote:
Nettunia wrote:Tbh I wouldn't mind having the world cup more often in place of the continental cups. This is my favourite football event!

It's only so special because of the 4 year gap. No-one gives a toss about Athletics until the Olympics, after all.

I never do.
I just really like this.

by **Philjia** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:04 am

Sweden and South Korea were both rubbish and violent. Sweden were lucky that they got to take a penalty, because there's no other way they could have scored.

by **San Regada** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:06 am

I'm not terribly happy with the quality of refereeing at this WC. Stopping the play where it was - despite it being a clear penalty that should gave been given instantly (the ref had a clear view, cmon,...) - is such a bad move, since South Korea very well could have equalized right there imo. I think the ref's are too dependant on VAR instead of making calls themselves.

by **Yaana Noore** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:39 am

Philjia wrote:Sweden and South Korea were both rubbish and violent. Sweden were lucky that they got to take a penalty, because there's no other way they could have scored.

I thought if Sweden had someone who could finish they would have won that comfortably, they were definitely better than SK.

San Regada wrote:I'm not terribly happy with the quality of refereeing at this WC. Stopping the play where it was - despite it being a clear penalty that should gave been given instantly (the ref had a clear view, cmon,...) - is such a bad move, since South Korea very well could have equalized right there imo. I think the ref's are too dependant on VAR instead of making calls themselves.

They should have let the ball go out of play to then go back and look at it but thankfully it wasn't needed as it was a penalty. From some of the angles it wasn't as obvious as others so I understand why the ref could have not given it - but thankfully it was was because of VAR. The refereeing standard at this tournament has been pretty good I thought, far better than the previous two and lots of correct penalty decisions - this one was correct too despite the messing about. Only one you can complain about is France's one against Australia but which I felt could have gone either way.

by **Nettunia** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:40 am

San Regada wrote:I think the ref's are too dependant on VAR instead of making calls themselves.

Naw, they're just that bad.

by **Philjia** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 8:53 am

Belgium vs Panama is quite a sedately paced match.

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