OT: World Cup 2018

[intlzncster]

Former Yugoslavia countries looking strong. I'd love to see Iceland advance in place of Argentina.

Only guy I feel for is Messi. Sampaoli doesn't seem like he has any idea what he's doing.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Stick a fork in them. They are killing themselves on possible goal differential tie breaker now.

 

[UConNick]

3-0.

 

[intlzncster]

Ha, Argentina just had their 'duke crying kid moment'.

 

[The X Man]

 

[HooperScooper]

I guess Messi was right 4 years ago. He should have retired from the national team.

 

[The X Man]

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Evidently I should be watching this instead of keeping up with the Ollie threads

Work, view, multitask ... unless you're a La Albiceleste supporter, Gaucho, or whatever.

 

[Yardigan]

Oh my the howler from Caballero

The Cup has been good for vocab growth... howler (always thought it stood for half-sized, 32 oz growler) and cap (which...I guess really is a hat), set piece, and clean sheet. Good times.

I don't know jack about soccer, but enjoying watching this...I have four basic exhortations:
-chuck it! (for throw ins)
-kick it!
-steal it!
-shoot!

...think I'm pretty much set with those.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

The Cup has been good for vocab growth...

Carry on expanding your vocabulary; some suggest it may help stave off dementia

 

[Waquoit]

Peru is out before I received my Peru t-shirt in the mail.

 

[UConnSwag11]

Only guy I feel for is Messi. Sampaoli doesn't seem like he has any idea what he's doing.

I didn’t think I’d see anything worse than the past three years here at uconn but the way the Argentina coaching staff has totally screwed it up has me amazed and pissed.

 

[Waquoit]

I guess Messi was right 4 years ago. He should have retired from the national team.

And you know, I don't even feel all that bad for him. He doesn't seem to be all in.

 

[intlzncster]

And you know, I don't even feel all that bad for him. He doesn't seem to be all in.

How do you figure? Because he missed a PK last match?

Today, Croatia's entire defensive game plan was to limit Messi's touches. They blanketed him with multiple players, while having Rakitic do much of the work on him. He only received 10 passes in the final third. And only touched it twice inside the penalty area. That was brilliant work on Croatia's part.

Croatia's plan was very good. Argentina's was....I don't even know.

 

[Jaker]

God must hate AFA football.

 

[superjohn]

And you know, I don't even feel all that bad for him. He doesn't seem to be all in.

His body language is terrible, his rep is taking a huge hit.

 

[Mots010]

Messi looks like he doesn’t want to be there, and Argentina appear to have zero game plan. Clearly something is off with this Argentina team.

 

[Jaker]

Sampaoli has been in over his head for years. No Di Maria?? WTF

I feel bad for Messi, he has had an amazing club career, but his record in the WC will stain his legacy.

 

[Da_Aisijimo_Gou]

Clearly something is off with this Argentina team.

Off? So, more or less off than the Argentina team which struggled during CONMEBOL qualifying for the World Cup before rallying to finish with a .500 record and 3rd place finish just ahead of Columbia and Peru which will head home only after qualifying via a FIFA inter-federation playoff win over Oceania Football Federation minnows New Zealand? Maybe Argentina's just not as good as some people wish and others like to believe.

 

[intlzncster]

Off? So, more or less off than the Argentina team which struggled during CONMEBOL qualifying for the World Cup before rallying to finish with a .500 record and 3rd place finish just ahead of Columbia and Peru which will head home only after qualifying via a FIFA inter-federation playoff win over Oceania Football Federation minnows New Zealand? Maybe Argentina's just not as good as some people wish and others like to believe.

They are suffering from England syndrome. A great collection of talent but a terrible team. In this case, I think a fair bit of it had to do with the manager.

 

[outlaw]

What do you guys think about the state of the US mens team?

Soccer

 

[Jaker]

Soccer

Its
Its shart!

 

[UConnSwag11]

COOOOOOLLtinho

 

[UConnSwag11]

Danny Alves is missed terribly

 

[intlzncster]

Brazil had a number of chances throughout the match, but they barely tested Navas. They missed high/wide or put it right at him. Neymar in particular had one or two he should have put home.