The newer footy thread

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Nice save Virgil

 

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Oh man, that was close. Off the woodwork.

 

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We're going to penalties again. Pretty good day of football.

 

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Not the first time Weghorst has scored from a free kick like he did in added time today...

 

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Martinez is coming way off his line.

 

[forty_three]

Martinez is coming way off his line.

But he's dancing first so it's ok?

 

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But he's dancing first so it's ok?

You can dance all you want to, but unless they've changed the rule, you're not allowed to dive forward. It rarely gets called though.

And Argentina advances. Bleh.

 

[esls79]

Not sure how many teams in the WC have had 8 yellows against them and still won.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Not sure how many teams in the WC have had 8 yellows against them and still won.

9 if you count the coach.

/and who got that yellow during the shootout?

 

[puckhead]

boo.

hell of a battle from Orange though.

 

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[Bloody Brian Burke]

Hadn't seen the replay but this was a terrible miss by the ref.

 

[esls79]

Hadn't seen the replay but this was a terrible miss by the ref.

Or an intentional one.

 

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Or an intentional one.

Declan Hill likes this.

 

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This ref is making himself the star of the show.

Gary Lineker apparently agrees with me lol

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

The Dutch love their high card count games. And losing those games.

Battle of Nuremberg (2006 FIFA World Cup) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

/Portuguese had more and won.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

It’s not that I really care about Argentina acting like jackasses both during and after the game but if they were to lose to Croatia next week after all of this I admit I’d find it pretty satisfying.

 

[sbb122]

JFC, these fucking countries and their beliefs

 

[forty_three]

This will forever be his last published piece:

World Cup Daily, Day 25

They just don't care. Qatari World Cup organizers don't even hide their apathy over migrant worker deaths, including the most recent one.

grantwahl.substack.com

That backwards shit hole should never get a major event ever again.

 

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This will forever be his last published piece:

World Cup Daily, Day 25

They just don't care. Qatari World Cup organizers don't even hide their apathy over migrant worker deaths, including the most recent one.

grantwahl.substack.com

That backwards shit hole should never get a major event ever again.

How about we pull that F1 race out of Qatar for starters?