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OT: World Cup 2018

UConNick said:
Now Morocco/Iran as a nice appetizer to the main entre of Spain/Portugal. This will be a defensive struggle, not the game to show someone if you're trying to get them into the sport. I can't see Morocco with that back line conceding anything to Iran. We'll see if the attack can get a goal or two.
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Well, turns out Morocco can concede to Morocco. Tough way to drop a game.
 
Jaker said:
Suerez had multiple chances to score.
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That game should have been 3-0 or something. Egypt going with the risky strategy of essentially conceding the group, in hopes of picking off the lesser opponents with Salah back to 100%. Dunno about that. They might have poached one this game with him on the pitch.
 
With the US out and India still figuring out what cleats are, VIVE LA FRANCE!

Also I met Gareth Bale at the Orlando airport on my flight to London on Tuesday night. That was an amazing moment. If Wales was in it, I’d say Wales.
 
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Just an incredible show put on by both Portugal and Spain. Similar to the Lebron and Jordan debate, Messi and Ronaldo (don't forget pele) both have their claims of being the best ever, but I just want to enjoy both players while they are both still competing at a high level. Today was Ronaldo's day and let's see what Messi can do tomorrow.
 
That was a dirty finish. So freakin precise. No chance.

What a game. Great showcase.
 
I really don't want to get up for the 6am match to watch Australia get curb stomped by France. But I'm obliged.
 
Kemba'sYogurt said:
Just an incredible show put on by both Portugal and Spain. Similar to the Lebron and Jordan debate, Messi and Ronaldo (don't forget pele) both have their claims of being the best ever, but I just want to enjoy both players while they are both still competing at a high level. Today was Ronaldo's day and let's see what Messi can do tomorrow.
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Saw the second half. Great soccer. Was rooting for Portugal. The tie sets things up nicely. Both teams should get through but now goal differential will determine the group winner.
 
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One of the work sites I manage is in Costa Rica....am giving them all the morning off to watch Los Ticos next Friday...they're psyched. Of course, if I didn't give them the morning off, they might have all called in sick...:D
 
Yardigan said:
One of the work sites I manage is in Costa Rica....am giving them all the morning off to watch Los Ticos next Friday...they're psyched.
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Kudos on the morning offer @Yardigan, but win or loss Los Ticos won't show up or do any work if they do next Friday afternoon. Just call it a week Thursday; they'll be even more psyched!
 
I will be cheering for ColOmbia (not to be confused with ColUmbia please) since my wife is from there. Iceland too because they are underdogs and Iran too.
Pulling for Sweden to do well.

Cheering against Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Brazil and Germany because who wants to see the same ol' same ol'... Uruguay too because I can't stand Suarez. Cheering against Russia and Saudi Arabia too.
 
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Great game plan by Iceland. Well deserved. The entire Argentina team doesn’t just play. They always look to Messi. Messi has multiple chances himself to seal it but didn’t. How many times did an Argentina player get near the box but dribble backwards or pass square? They needed to shoot. The coach kept 3-4 players on the bench that should’ve started. Also, how much does having a good-great goalkeeper matter? Argentina’s main goalie was injured before the cup. Now they have some guy who looks as if he’s never played before. Iceland’s keep will be getting some big names calling for him if he keeps this up if he hasn’t already
 
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UConnSwag11 said:
Great game plan by Iceland. Well deserved. The entire Argentina team doesn’t just play. They always look to Messi. Messi has multiple chances himself to seal it but didn’t. How many times did an Argentina player get near the box but dribble backwards or pass square? They needed to shoot. The coach kept 3-4 players on the bench that should’ve started. Also, how much does having a good-great goalkeeper matter? Argentina’s main goalie was injured before the cup. Now they have some guy who looks as if he’s never played before. Iceland’s keep will be getting some big names calling for him if he keeps this up if he hasn’t already
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Man of the match in my opinion. The GK was the difference.
 
I am already sick of the narrative by the Fox commentators on who is better Messi vs. Ronaldo. Both players are amazing, but I would rather play with Messi, Ronaldo is a floppingfag for his size. Messi constantly gets manhandled.
 
I love the nationalism of soccer....everyone in/from a country supporting that team...the 'Cubes' (my name for Iceland)...Costa Rica, from having been there, seen their national stadium and heard first hand about the fervor surrounding the team... but, one thing I'm kind of sick of...anytime two players bump into each other, one of them goes down like he's either been shot, or suffered the same injury as Gordon Hayward. Then, 10 seconds later...he's running around like nothing happened. I've joked about soccer being the only sport where the refs are tougher than the players, but was watching a game today (may have been Iceland), where a guy bumped into a ref and went down like a sack of potatoes.... I'm glad these guys aren't really getting hurt, but good grief, sometimes it looks like they're popping a dozen acl's per game...
 
RayIsTheGOAT said:
I never understood the narrative that soccer is boring. Especially pro soccer at the highest level.
There are no commercial breaks, except half time, and it's constant action for 90 min. So you get more action, and the game takes far less time than football and baseball.

Talk about wanting to watch paint dry, how about we talk about baseball. I used to love baseball, now I prefer Basketball first, soccer 2nd, and everything else after that. Baseball is 30 seconds of watching a pitcher walk around the mound adjusting his crotch, then 3 seconds of action. Rinse, repeat. And the product is so diluted with 162 games a year, rendering each individual game seemingly meaningless.

Similar deal with football in that there is minimal time of actual action and a lot of standing around and commercials. But football is still far more entertaining than baseball.

For me, and for many of my younger generation-
Soccer>Baseball, hockey, football. Too many stoppages for our attention spans in baseball and football.
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The NBA runs the same play 90% of the time, pick and roll, exciting, every 24 seconds over and over. There’s 45 seconds between football plays which is more than baseball pitches. Someone catches a screen pass, gains a first down and acts like he just won something, infact a routine tackle is worthy of a celebration dance. Each to their own.
 
To each their own is right...in baseball...there's barely enough time between pitches (and sometimes there isn't)...to think of what the pitcher could/should throw/where, and all the possibilities of what could happen. Although...even that has changed some, with nearly every play being a home run, strikeout, or walk. The ginormous increase in strikeouts is not helping anything...
 
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