2018 FIFA World Cup

Post by **Ketraar** » Sun, 17. Jun 18, 19:33

Good game though, even if Germany seemed a bit lost and Mexico would go and mess up many times in the last 3rd (so many chances).

Looking forward to Brazil's game in half an hour.

MFG

Ketraar

Morkonan · Post by **Morkonan** » Sun, 17. Jun 18, 20:05

RegisterMe wrote:"'tender"? I think you mean goalkeeper?

EDIT: Believe it or not De Gea is one of the best goalies in the world, that was a real howler.

Yeah, I should have written "keeper."

I am sure any armchair criticisms I would offer would likely be, at best, "unstudied." I played a little in Junior High. (Halfback) But, the manufacturer didn't build this particular model for running around all day.

Soccer/Football is becoming more popular in the US, but it's not yet up to the point where it's going to really support a vibrant national league. We do have one, though, and its growing in popularity. We'll have to figure out how to fit it into our Football/Baseball schedule.

Just a note for someone that doesn't watch a lot of soccer - Even a novice can, if they're paying attention, see how plays develop, overdevelop, or judge a team's ability to respond on defense or attack, all very easily. The game is a constant source of input for the fans/viewers. That's one advantage, I suppose - Constant stimulation. With little in the way of pauses in the action, fans are steadily fed a diet of input.

Mightysword · Post by **Mightysword** » Sun, 17. Jun 18, 22:05

Morkonan wrote: The game is a constant source of input for the fans/viewers. That's one advantage, I suppose - Constant stimulation. With little in the way of pauses in the action, fans are steadily fed a diet of input.

That's one reason I can not watch American football after I got here, so much interruption. In soccer a 45min half at worst will be dragged to 50min if there is a lot of pause. 48min tend to be the norm. Then you get a 15min break, than another 45 of games. In the knock out stage the two extra halfs go for 15min each with a 5min break in between.

Rapier · Post by **Rapier** » Sun, 17. Jun 18, 23:27

And now Brazil can't beat Switzerland. Maybe there's hope for us!

(Whoever 'us' might be

)

RegisterMe · Post by **RegisterMe** » Mon, 18. Jun 18, 01:11

Whoever or whichever? Interesting question!

Mightysword · Post by **Mightysword** » Mon, 18. Jun 18, 02:24

There is a running joke right now that it's a good thing for England that Germany is the first European team to lose today, because England gonna play tomorrow.

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Mon, 18. Jun 18, 10:34

Ketraar wrote:Good game though, even if Germany seemed a bit lost and Mexico would go and mess up many times in the last 3rd (so many chances).

Not the best game to watch as a German fan. Not sure what the German team played there. Except for 10 or 15 minutes near the end of the second half, they showed a certain lack of commitment, as they always made the same mistakes. Mexico was certainly the deserved winner. If they played their counter situations a bit better, they may have even be able to score a second goal.
This is quite the new situation for the German team. Usually, we win the first match of the group phase, lose the second, and win the third. We'll see how this works out for us this time.

Mightysword wrote:There is a running joke right now that it's a good thing for England that Germany is the first European team to lose today, because England gonna play tomorrow.

I think the English team is in a good situation anyhow. They have a young team, which played a very good qualification, but are not among the favourites. Also after the disappointing last tournaments, expectactions are rather low. That means they can play without that much pressure. If they do not manage to reach the round of the last 16, then they at least won some experience for the next tournaments. Once the reach the round of the last 16, they are already better than the team at the World Cup 2014.

Post by **Ketraar** » Mon, 18. Jun 18, 10:59

X2-Illuminatus wrote:This is quite the new situation for the German team. Usually, we win the first match of the group phase, lose the second, and win the third. We'll see how this works out for us this time.

Its Germany, so I expect them to get their act together and somehow find themselves at least in quarter-finals. If anything else, someone has to take Italy's place in stumbling to the finals, we did it in 2016, dont think we'll be doing it this time.

MFG

Ketraar

BugMeister · Post by **BugMeister** » Mon, 18. Jun 18, 18:22

Commentator Mark Lawrenson's awful cynical waffling whinging doesn't exactly help..

..egads, what dreadful, meaningless piffle the man comes out with..!!

RegisterMe · Post by **RegisterMe** » Mon, 18. Jun 18, 22:11

Worthy victory for England, but crikey the Tunisians were cynical. And where was VAR?

Rapier · Post by **Rapier** » Tue, 19. Jun 18, 13:02

RegisterMe wrote:...And where was VAR?

I'm still waiting for those penalties to be awarded.

Mightysword · Post by **Mightysword** » Tue, 19. Jun 18, 17:40

The blue-samurai won their opener. I'm supporting Japan this World Cup

due to both my #1 (USA) and #2(Netherland) are missing from this tournament.

Also it's nice to see the first red of the tournament didn't involve anyone getting injured.

BugMeister · Post by **BugMeister** » Wed, 20. Jun 18, 03:13

Yay, Excellent play by Japan..!!

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Wed, 20. Jun 18, 10:11

Mightysword wrote:Also it's nice to see the first red of the tournament didn't involve anyone getting injured.

Seriously, what was Sanchez thinking? There's not a single reason to jump into an oncoming ball like that. The referee had also a little confused moment when Falcao fell into Hasebe, yet Columbia got a free kick out of it.

Meanwhile Russia won its second match. It's always beneficial to the atmosphere, if the hosting nation remains as long as possible in the tournament.

Mightysword · Post by **Mightysword** » Wed, 20. Jun 18, 10:21

X2-Illuminatus wrote:
Seriously, what was Sanchez thinking?

He's probably bit not thinking, look more like a reflex than anything. A really bad thing to do at the opening minutes of the game though. A manager once said (Ferguson) it's better to chase 1 goal down with 11 men than to chase the whole match down 1 man. This is the best combination, chasing the entire match with 1 man down and 1 goal down.

Meanwhile Russia won its second match. It's always beneficial to the atmosphere, if the hosting nation remains as long as possible in the tournament.

Funny how pretty much everyone, including Russian fans have pretty much write off the team, old-bad-lazy ...etc... kinda like how people thought about Nertherland in the last world cup. Somewhere out there some loyal fans probably making bank with the bookies

BugMeister · Post by **BugMeister** » Wed, 20. Jun 18, 10:30

Senegal looking strong - good teamplay.. sharp moves..

Post by **Ketraar** » Wed, 20. Jun 18, 16:25

Hard fought and suffered victory, below average game by Portugal, lots of uncertainty and disarray in the midfield. Also again Guedes finds a way to miss goals with just a keeper to beat, making it unnecessary complicated to handle a only 1 goal lead. Hope for a better grip to the game when facing Iran.

MFG

Ketraar

Post by **radcapricorn** » Wed, 20. Jun 18, 16:39

Mightysword wrote:
Meanwhile Russia won its second match...
Funny how pretty much everyone, including Russian fans have pretty much write off the team, old-bad-lazy ...etc...

32 years of not making it into play-offs tends to do that to expectations. Here's hoping that game with Egypt was Russia's worst so far.

Post by **X2-Illuminatus** » Wed, 20. Jun 18, 17:48

Ketraar wrote:Hard fought and suffered victory, below average game by Portugal, lots of uncertainty and disarray in the midfield. Also again Guedes finds a way to miss goals with just a keeper to beat, making it unnecessary complicated to handle a only 1 goal lead. Hope for a better grip to the game when facing Iran.

MFG

Ketraar

But Ronaldo scored his fourth goal already, which is one more than during all of the previous three world cups combined.

Post by **Ketraar** » Wed, 20. Jun 18, 18:12

X2-Illuminatus wrote:But Ronaldo scored his fourth goal already, which is one more than during all of the previous three world cups combined.

Indeed. Sure having the best player of the world is great and all, but overly relying on him is going to bite us in the bastu in the long run. Still pretty sure he'll be breaking a few records yet.

MFG

Ketraar

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