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OT: World Cup 2018

Croatia really packed back there. Messi bracketed by 3 guys.
 
Evidently I should be watching this instead of keeping up with the Ollie threads
 
HuskyHawk said:
Evidently I should be watching this instead of keeping up with the Ollie threads
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Unless you are a fan of Argentina. Tough to watch them struggle at times...

Croatia is pretty solid though
 
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intlzncster said:
Unless you are a fan of Argentina. Tough to watch them struggle at times...

Croatia is pretty solid though
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I'm not, although I don't dislike them. Seems like they are toast now. 2-0.
 
HuskyHawk said:
Former Yugoslavia countries looking strong. I'd love to see Iceland advance in place of Argentina.
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Only guy I feel for is Messi. Sampaoli doesn't seem like he has any idea what he's doing.
 
Stick a fork in them. They are killing themselves on possible goal differential tie breaker now.
 
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Ha, Argentina just had their 'duke crying kid moment'.
 
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UConNick said:
Oh my the howler from Caballero :eek:
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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.
 
intlzncster said:
Only guy I feel for is Messi. Sampaoli doesn't seem like he has any idea what he's doing.
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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.
 
HooperScooper said:
I guess Messi was right 4 years ago. He should have retired from the national team.
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And you know, I don't even feel all that bad for him. He doesn't seem to be all in.
 
Waquoit said:
And you know, I don't even feel all that bad for him. He doesn't seem to be all in.
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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.
 
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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.
 
Mots010 said:
Clearly something is off with this Argentina team.
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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.
 
Da_Aisijimo_Gou said:
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.
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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.
 
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