2018 Football World Cup
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@kiwipie said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@bovidae said in 2018 Football World Cup:
It would be great if Mexico can upset Brazil because then the media's favourites to win (Germany, Spain and Brazil) will all be out.
I only saw the ET of the Croatia-Denmark game but that had plenty of drama. Subašić saves Modric's blushes.
Nooooo - I have Brazil in the sweepstake! I was watching the end of the game on Skygo at work with the sound down. Any idea why the Danish defender wasn't red carded when he gave away the penalty a few minutes from the end? Tackle from behind when the striker is about to roll the ball into an empty net is surely a red card unless something has changed in interpretations recently.
Despite having no attachment to either team other than Carlsberg, I supported Croatia in the shootout because of that incident.
CAn't blame the Dane though, he did the right thing.
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Fuck Neymar
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@chris-b said in 2018 Football World Cup:
The Japanese look like midgets, but suddenly they're up 1-0!
cough 2-0.
Choking happens in all sports.
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@chris-b said in 2018 Football World Cup:
The Japanese look like midgets, but suddenly they're up 1-0!
2-0.
Belgium sucks ass.
I just want anyone to win but Brazil, so I'm hoping Belgium get their shit together, Brazil will massacre Japan. Fuck you Neymar you diving cuntfuck -
Two cracking goals
Great to see they didn't sit on their lead -
@tordah said in 2018 Football World Cup:
what a weird goal
Kind of looked like he meant it.
Keep attacking Nippon
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Cracking goal.
Game on
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This is how it should be played.
Best game by a mile
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Bastards.
Tremendous comeback.
Japan give us the best games at Football and Rugby WC
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@mikethesnow said in 2018 Football World Cup:
This is how it should be played.
Best game by a mile
Ah now. Croatia Denmark was a classic for the ages.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in 2018 Football World Cup:
fucken COCKBREAKER for the sons of Yamato
now that's how you run a 94th minute fast break. Holy shit.
man that 2nd half was a doozy. JPN 2-0 up with 35 to play? They HAD those motherfuckers. Then it's sniper fire in Rangoon and hello, the Imperial Army's push through Burma has been DELAYED MOTHERFUCKERS
Just like the bridge over the river Kwai. The Japs just could get over the finish line
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What a dull 1st half, what a fantastic 2nd half!
Both goalkeepers made crucial saves in the dying minutes to keep their teams alive but in the end Japan paid for their desire to push players forward in search of the winning goal. I do feel desperately sorry for them to exit like that.
This Belgian team has more resolve and steel than previous iterations as in the past they would have collapsed after being 2-0 behind.
Brazil-Belgium, can't wait. In fact both QFs on that side of the draw would be worthy SFs.
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@jk said in 2018 Football World Cup:
Tremendous 2nd half of footy.
First half wasnt actually that bad. Sure it was nil - nil but there was a fair bit of action at both ends.
Had a multi finish on it too that I thought was dead in the water went 0-2 down!
Agree - first half was absorbing, second half was a rollercoaster. Lukaku showed he is a really good player but not a natural finisher - shocking missed header in front of goal, took the big haired one to show him how to do it. Vertonghen a shocking piece of defending for the 1st goal, cracking finish for the 2nd - but then he made up for it with the looping header that always looked like it was going in.
I thought Japan needed to keep pressing - no way they wanted the last 15 minutes of crosses into their box with so many big players they couldn't cope with. But had a feeling once that last corner was caught cleanly that the break was on - cynical it may be but they needed to take out de Bruyne before he got moving.
And Brazil v Belgium will be a cracker of a Q final - as will France v Uruguay. It is the Euro v Euro games that have been tedious so far. Which means England's game should be good - and Sw v Sw is probably best avoided!
