Qatar Shitshow 2022 thread

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Serbia 2-1 Switzerland, Vlahovic! What a finish.

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One of the physios showing his crack to the world.

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Serbia 2-2 Switzerland, Embolo!

Serbia don't bother with defending. :lol:

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Great save from Ederson!

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Serbia 2-3 Switzerland, Freuhler!!

What a game

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Martinelli shot, saved!

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What a miss from Embolo.

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Gabriel Jesus off, Pedro on.

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Martinelli gets the full 90. :bow:

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Cameroon 1-0 Brazil, Aboubakar!

And now he is sent off for the celebration, 2nd yellow. :haha:

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Xhaka fighting.

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Cameroon 1-0 Brazil, FT! However they are out.

Martinelli MotM. :bow:

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Switzerland are through also.

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South Korea v Brazil
Portugal v Switzerland

[Mac76]

Xhaka fighting.

I hear the Pope is Catholic

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Saturday 3rd December 2022
Netherlands v USA, 15:00 BBC One
Argentina v Australia, 19:00 BBC One

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Gabriel Jesus is out of the tournament apparently.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Gabriel Jesus is out of the tournament apparently.

Good if he’s out for two weeks only

Bad if he’s out for any longer

[Marc Overmars]

Yeah we’re fucked if he’s not fit for January’s games with Spurs, United and Newcastle.

[Mac76]

This is what Sky say:

"Gabriel Jesus will miss the rest of Brazil's World Cup campaign with a knee injury and is a doubt for the Premier League restart with Arsenal later this month"

Doesn't sound good ...

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Only a doubt because he currently has an injury. I don't think it's commenting on the severity as that isn't really known.

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Pele is receiving palliative care. :(

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Netherlands: Noppert, Timber, van Dijk, Ake, Dumfries, de Roon, Frenkie de Jong, Blind, Klaassen, Gakpo, Depay
Subs: Pasveer, de Ligt, de Vrij, Bergwijn, Luuk de Jong, Berghuis, Lang, Bijlow, Malacia, Janssen, Weghorst, Koopmeiners, Taylor, Simons, Frimpong

USA: Turner, Dest, Zimmerman, Ream, Robinson, Musah, Adams, McKennie, Ferreira, Weah, Pulisic
Subs: Reyna, Aaronson, Horvath, de la Torre, Long, Morris, Roldan, Moore, Wright, Carter-Vickers, Yedlin, Acosta, Johnson, Scally

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Noppert saves from Pulisic!

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Netherlands 1-0 USA, Depay!

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Van Gaal-ball is so dull when they have the lead.

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Pulisic. :haha:

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Save from Noppert to deny Weah!

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2-0 Blind, same as the first, cut back then first time finish!

[HCZ_Reborn]

2-0 Blind, same as the first, cut back then first time finish!

US had been growing into the game prior to second goal, US better on the ball. Dutch more firepower in them

[Mac76]

Only a doubt because he currently has an injury. I don't think it's commenting on the severity as that isn't really known.

But knee injuries can often put people out for a while, let's hope not though

[Mac76]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8S0aD6QLTxQ (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8S0aD6QLTxQ)

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Cleared off the line to deny Ream, bit of a scuffer though!

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Save from Turner off Depay. :bow:

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Double save from Turner. :bow:

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Calamity from Netherlands at the back but get away with it.

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Netherlands 2-1 USA, Wright bundles it in!

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Netherlands 3-1 USA, Dumfries.

:rose:

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Netherlands 3-1 USA, FT! Netherlands v Australia or Argentina.

[Mac76]

Yanks go home :wave:

MAGA :pal:

[HCZ_Reborn]

USA didn’t play badly, went for the game and weren’t negative so fair play to them…just the Dutch bit more experienced and clinical in front of goal. Pretty decent game

[Letters]

THERE IS BEAR CUM!

[GP]

USA leaving the middle east in record time.

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Argentina: Martinez, Romero, Otamendi, Molina, De Paul, Acuna, Mac Allister, Fernandez, Gomez, Alvarez, Messi.
Subs: Armani, Foyth, Tagliafico, Montiel, Paredes, Pezzella, Di Maria, Rulli, Palacios, Correa, Almada, Rodriguez, Dybala, Martinez, Martinez.

Australia: Ryan, Degenek, Rowles, Souttar, Behich, Mooy, McGree, Irvine, Baccus, Leckie, Duke.
Subs: Atkinson, Karacic, Tilio, Wright, Maclaren, Hrustic, Mabil, Redmayne, Devlin, Vukovic, Deng, Kuol, Goodwin, King, Cummings.

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Gomez. :haha:

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Messi!

1-0

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MESSI!!!

[Letters]

789 goals in 1,000 appearances :wacky:

He’s nearly as good as Bendtner.

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1-0 HT.

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First World Cup knockout goal either of Messi or C. Ronaldo have scored :blink:

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Messi slip and scuffer. :lol:

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First World Cup knockout goal either of Messi or C. Ronaldo have scored :blink:

Funnily enough Ronaldo scored this one also.

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2-0 :lol:

What a mess from Australia

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2-0 Alvarez.

Ryan. :haha:

[GP]

Arsenal legend Matt Ryan

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Oh Messi.

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2-1! Ponting

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That was going miles wide. :lol:

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Oh my god what a goal that would have been :wacko:

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Bonkers run.

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Lautaro Martinez. :haha:

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Messi has been sensational in the last 10 minutes.

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Martinez saves right at the end!

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2-1 FT. Argentina through!

Messi. :bow:

Soccer. :haha:

Took a battering today.

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Netherlands v Argentina. :popcorn:

[Letters]

Netherlands v Argentina. :popcorn:

Won’t be the same without bear cum.

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Grisly.

[Letters]

Messi is bloody brilliant. I mean, obviously his goals scoring record is insane, but his awareness of what’s around him and his decision making is incredible

[GP]

GOAT

[Mac76]

Messi has been sensational in the last 10 minutes.

Just watched some short highlights, the Messi goal is great, the control he shows when he gets the ball back is really something and a great move after that

I might actually watch Holland v Argentina

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Sunday 4th December 2022
France v Poland, 15:00 BBC One
England v Senegal, 19:00 ITV/STV

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France: Lloris, Kounde, Varane, Upamecano, Theo Hernandez, Griezmann, Tchouameni, Rabiot, Dembele, Giroud, Mbappe.
Subs: Pavard, Disasi, Guendouzi, Muani, Fofana, Veretout, Mandanda, Saliba, Coman, Areola, Konate, Camavinga, Thuram.

Poland: Szczesny, Bereszynski, Kiwior, Glik, Cash, Frankowski, S. Szymanski, Krychowiak, Zielinski, Kaminski, Lewandowski.
Subs: Jedrzejczyk, Wieteska, Bednarek, Bielik, Milik, Damian Szymanski, Grosicki, Skorupski, Swiderski, Zurkowski, Zalewski, Grabara, Piatek, Gumny, Skoras.

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Dembele strike but easy enough for Szczesny.

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Good strike, technically from Lewandowski but wide it goes.

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Bif. :haha:

What a miss.

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Lloris and then off the line!

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Kounde getting his jewelry removed. :lol:

[Marc Overmars]

1-0 Giroud

Now France’s all time leading goal scorer. I imagine Mbappe will take that record by the next World Cup.

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1-0 Giroud!

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He scuffed it.

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Lloris teases chucking it in.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Lloris teases chucking it in.

There seems to be a history of French goalkeepers being ostensibly decent but prone to buffoonery

Joel Bats, Fabian Barthez and Hugo Lloris (on the whole he’s been solid for Spurs but he’s still capable of bizarre mistakes)

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Disallowed goal for Bif.

[Marc Overmars]

2-0

Mbappe smashes it in

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2-0 Mbappe!!

What a finish.

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Clever (none) run and then casually banging it in. Brilliant.

[Marc Overmars]

Mbappe smashes another one in :lol:

Absolute beast.

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Mbappe. :blink:

He's so good.

[Marc Overmars]

Lewandowski with an atrocious penalty but it’s getting retaken

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Wouldn't have happened with Saliba there.

[Marc Overmars]

Same silly run up but this time he scores

3-1 FT

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Lewandowski treated that like it was the winner. :lol:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Lewandowski treated that like it was the winner. :lol:

Dunno if he quite did that, he smiled because he knows that he won’t be at a World Cup again and finally managed to bag two during a tournament

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Dunno if he quite did that, he smiled because he knows that he won’t be at a World Cup again and finally managed to bag two during a tournament

I'm not talking about the celebration, I mean the build-up to the re-take.

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ITV's programme is on now.

Jill Scott. :bow:

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England: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Henderson, Rice, Bellingham; Saka, Kane, Foden.
Subs: Grealish, Rashford, Trippier, Pope, Phillips, Dier, Coady, Alexander-Arnold, Mount, Ramsdale, Wilson, Maddison, Gallagher.

Senegal: Mendy; Sabaly, Koulibaly, Diallo, Jakobs; Ciss, Mendy; Diatta, I. Ndiaye, I. Sarr; Dia.
Subs: Seny, Gomis, Formose, Cisse, M. Ndiaye, Toure, P. Gueye, P.M. Sarr, Name, Loum, Bamba, Famara, Jackson.

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Saka. :bow:

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Gary Neville is literally describing what Saka does.

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Shit start from England.

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Dia nearly in there.

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Puncture on the ball. :lol:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Bellingham looking impressive again

[HCZ_Reborn]

Harry Maguire you bell end

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What a miss from Sarr.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Gadge from This is England in the crowd

[Letters]

Shit start from England.

I thought we started ok but we’ve gone off the boil a bit.

[Letters]

The stadium sounds quite…African.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Diouf is a fat fuck now

[GP]

The stadium sounds quite…African.

That's racist

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Saka :doh:

Sell him, he’s shit.
Good save from Pickford.

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1-0! Great goal.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Lovely midfield work by Bellingham

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1-0 Henderson!

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Lovely midfield work by Bellingham

He's gonna be unreal for Madrid City

[HCZ_Reborn]

How is Ismailia Sarr still playing for Watford.

Should be playing in the top flight

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Kane. :haha:

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Shaw took too long. :doh:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Dixon blaming Bellingham for Luke Shaw’s poor first touch :shrug:

[HCZ_Reborn]

2-0 Kane!!

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Kane! :bow: :sick:

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2-0 Kane!

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Bellingham brilliant again.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Half time Nike advert :haha:

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Roy Keane. :lol:

[Mac76]

Roy Keane. :lol:

Literally looks like a tramp

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SAKA!

3-0

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SAKA!!!!

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Saka and Foden off, Rashford and Grealish on.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Saka and Foden off, Rashford and Grealish on.

I’m good with that, game is won

[Marc Overmars]

I think France will beat us but I definitely think we’ve got enough to cause them problems too. Should be a good game.

[Mac76]

I think France will beat us but I definitely think we’ve got enough to cause them problems too. Should be a good game.

Same

[Letters]

I think France will beat us but I definitely think we’ve got enough to cause them problems too. Should be a good game.

Agreed. They’re definitely favourites but we can give them a game and you never know.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I think France will beat us but I definitely think we’ve got enough to cause them problems too. Should be a good game.

French have same issue as us, good going forward…suspect defensively

Where they have an advantage is we don’t have a player like Kylian Mbappe

In truth I don’t think any team in this tournament does, as genius as Messi is he’s still an ageing talent

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Rashford and Grealish really did finish this game off.

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Saka will show up Mbappe. :bow:

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3-0 FT.

Saka MotM. :bow:

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Guaranteed Arsenal player there until the end of the tournament now (accounting for 3rd Place play-off).

Also means at least one guaranteed coming back fairly early, obviously.

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Foden has herpes.

[HCZ_Reborn]

I don’t want to keep going on about Jude Bellingham but he’s really something else

Reminds me of two completely different players - Patrick Vieira and Paul Scholes

The way Vieira could dispossess a player with a meaty tackle and just accelerate with the ball and he was difficult to outmuscle

And the range of killer passes and the ability to ghost in that Scholes had

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Armed robbery at Sterling's home. :blink:

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Armed robbery at Sterling's home. :blink:

Yeah I heard about that

Unfortunately I think this shit is happening a lot now, happened to Auba in Barcelona…think it’s happened to a few city players as well.

Clearly being targeted by gangs

[Marc Overmars]

Absolute scum, got to feel for him.

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Thursday, 5th December 2022
Japan v Croatia, 15:00 BBC One
Brazil v South Korea, 19:00 ITV/STV

[Mac76]

I don’t want to keep going on about Jude Bellingham but he’s really something else

Reminds me of two completely different players - Patrick Vieira and Paul Scholes

The way Vieira could dispossess a player with a meaty tackle and just accelerate with the ball and he was difficult to outmuscle

And the range of killer passes and the ability to ghost in that Scholes had

Yeah even with my loyalty to Saka, Bellingham's our most important player

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Tomiyasu starts. :bow:

[Mac76]

Tomiyasu starts. :bow:

is he at left back?

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Japan: Gonda, Taniguchi, Endo, Doan, Morita, Nagatomo, Ito, Kamada, Tomiyasu, Yoshida, Maeda.
Subs: Kawashima, Yamane, Shibasaki, Mitoma, Minamino, Tanaka, Asano, Sakai, Machino, Ueda, Schmidt, Soma, Hiroki Ito.

Croatia: Livakovic, Barisic, Perisic, Lovren, Kovacic, Kramaric, Modric, Brozovic, Petkovic, Gvardiol, Juranovic.
Subs: Erlic, Majer, Grbic, Vlasic, Livaja, Pasalic, Budimir, Orsic, Vida, Ivusic, Sutalo, Sucic, Jakic.

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Couple of chances apiece already, been a good start.

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is he at left back?

:lol:

Centreback.

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What a miss from Kamada.

[Letters]

1-0 Japan!

[Letters]

VAR check :rolleyes:

[Letters]

Goal given. Not even sure what they were checking then.

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Lothar Matthaus. :bow:

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Come on Japan, 1-0!

[Letters]

1-0 HT

[Mac76]

This Japan thing is getting silly now

[Letters]

This Japan thing is getting silly now

This Japan thing?! :lol:
This isn’t Strictly with Adams being kept in by Arsenal fans voting for him even though he’s terrible.
They’ve got this far because they’ve got results.

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1-1! Great header.

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What a header.

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Great effort from Endo!

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Game has gone to pub level all of a sudden. :lol:

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What a hit and what a save!

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Maeda off, Arsenal legend Asano on. Mitoma on also for Nagatomo.

[Mac76]

This Japan thing?! :lol:
This isn’t Strictly with Adams being kept in by Arsenal fans voting for him even though he’s terrible.
They’ve got this far because they’ve got results.

sure, just joking :) - all i'm saying is they've exceeded expectations, but good on them

[Mac76]

that Croatia corner :haha:

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Why did the Japan dude try and square that?
The shot was on.

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Tomiyasu. :doh:

Bottled it.

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Why did the Japan dude try and square that?
The shot was on.

It was Tomiyasu. Artetaball. :bow:

[Letters]

It was Tomiyasu. Artetaball. :bow:

Ah :lol:
#theyalllookthesame.

Could be heading to extra time :popcorn:

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Doan off, Minamino on.

[Letters]

Extra Time it is :d

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Felt likely with Croatia involved.

[Letters]

Come on, pels :d

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Feels inevitable.

Croatia love a pelanty shoot out.

[Letters]

Pels it is :d

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Come on Tomiyasu (no idea if he'll take one). :bow:

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Oh Minamino.

[Letters]

That was not a good pel

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0-1 Vlasic.

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Mitoma has his saved too! Wow.

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0-2 Brozovic. :rose:

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Asano makes it 1-2. :bow:

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Livaja. :haha:

WTF was that?

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Yoshida has his saved!

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Pasalic sends Croatia through!

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Japan. :rose:

[Letters]

There is a school of thought which says you should score more than 1 out of 4 penalties :doh:

[Mac76]

dreadful pels from Japan

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1-0 Vinicius!

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Dive from Richarlison. Still results in a pel.

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2-0 Neymar.

[Marc Overmars]

3-0 Richarlison

Brazil have arrived

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3-0 Richarlison, great goal.

[Letters]

They’ve been watching Wilshere vs Norwich

[Marc Overmars]

4-0 Paqueta
Another great goal

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4-0 Paqueta. Stunning goal.

[Mac76]

Just checked the score - what a massacre :lol:

[HCZ_Reborn]

It’s interesting that Brazil have only shown this level of flair now, yes they dominated possession in all three games but they weren’t anywhere near this fluid…I don’t think it’s just South Korean naivety either. Maybe they’ve been instructed to cut loose and go for teams (strange as it sounds sometimes you feel they play within themselves at times)

But to score more goals in one half of football than you have in your previous three games, there’s something there

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Raphinha. :lol:

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Bring on Martinelli for +1's. :bow:

[Letters]

StopStopHesAlreadyDead.gif

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South Korea want to beat the hammering North Korea got by another Portuguese speaking nation I think.

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4-0 HT.

[HCZ_Reborn]

South Korea want to beat the hammering North Korea got by another Portuguese speaking nation I think.

Well if they get a goal you suspect they won’t do what DPRK did and try to claim to their own people that they beat Brazil 1-0, when they lost 2-1

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Bloody hell Rivaldo and Cafu are looking old.

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Rivaldo, Roberto Carlos, Cafu and Ronaldo there!

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Bloody hell Rivaldo and Cafu are looking old.

Rivaldo has fully become Skeletor now.

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Rivaldo has fully become Skeletor now.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjPXzZ6WIAAVtGD?format=jpg

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Raphinha. :lol:

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Militao off, old man Dani Alves on.

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Bloody hell Alisson.

Prevents it being 4-1.

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Good defending from South Korea prevented it being 4-1 also. :lol:

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Martinelli on. :bow:

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Good god a Korean rocket :blink:

Ah it takes a big deflection. And fell in the Sea of Japan.

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4-1. What a strike. :blink:

[Shaqiri Is Boss]

Brazil's second half gameplan of "fuck it we've already won"

Fuck off. Weverton? :haha:

5-4 South Korea then.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Weverton

Do they have another goalkeeper playing in Brazil called Farsenal?

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4-1 FT.

South Korea won the second half 0-1. :bow:

[HCZ_Reborn]

Are people in the uk media honestly complaining about Brazilians dancing?

It’s what they do for fuck sake

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Tuesday, 6th December 2022
Morocco v Spain, 15:00 ITV/STV
Portugal v Switzerland, 19:00 ITV/STV

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Morocco: Yassine Bounou, Achraf Hakimi, Noussair Mazraoui, Nayef Aguerd, Romain Saiss, Sofyan Amrabat, Selim Amallah, Azzedine Ounahi, Hakim Ziyech, Soufiane Boufal, Youssef En-Nesyri.
Subs: Hamdallah, Zaroury, Sabiri, Mohamedi, Chair, Aboukhlal, Ezzalzouli, El Yamiq, Dari, Cheddira, Tagnaouti, El Khannous, Benoun, Attiyat Allah, Jabrane.

Spain: Unai Simon, Marcos Llorente, Aymeric Laporte, Rodri, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Gavi, Pedri, Ferran Torres, Dani Olmo, Marco Asensio.
Subs: Sanchez, Azpilicueta, Garcia, Pau Torres, Morata, Koke, Williams, Raya, Balde, Guillamon, Pino, Carlos Soler, Carvajal, Sarabia, Fati.

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0-0 HT.

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Simon. :lol:

Inspires no confidence whatsoever.

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0-0 FT. On to extra time again!

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Simon saves!

[Letters]

Simon saves!

Simon saves what? Put your hands on your head? :unsure:

[HCZ_Reborn]

The elongated commentary thread suggests I’ve missed a real cracker of a match :coffee:

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Sarabia hit the post!

Pelanties again

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Sabiri makes it 1-0 to Morocco.

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Sarabia hits the post again! :haha:

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Ziyech makes it 2-0.

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Soler has his saved by Bono!

[Marc Overmars]

Some seriously shit penalties in this tournament so far.

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Another save, stays 2-0!

[Marc Overmars]

Busquets has it saved now :haha:

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Busquets. :haha:

[Marc Overmars]

Panenka to win it!!!!

Spain out. :haha:

Absolutely shit.

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Morocco are through, Spain are out!!!

:faint:

[Marc Overmars]

Spanish tears. You love to see it.

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I cannot stand the trotting run-up to take a pel. :lol:

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Portugal: Costa, Dalot, Pepe, Dias, Guerreiro, Otavio, William Carvalho, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Goncalo Ramos, Joao Felix.
Subs: Patricio, Palhinha, Ronaldo, Andre Silva, Sa, Leao, Vitinha, Mario, Neves, Cancelo, Horta, Luiz, Antonio Silva.

Switzerland: Sommer, Fernandes, Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez, Freuler, Xhaka, Shaqiri, Sow, Vargas, Embolo.
Subs: Elvedi, Zakaria, Seferovic, Steffen, Omlin, Aebischer, Fassnacht, Comert, Okafor, Frei, Kobel, Kohn, Rieder, Jashari.

Come on Xhaka. :bow:

Ronaldo dropped. :haha:

[HCZ_Reborn]

I’m watching live text update on my phone prior to the shootout, and it’s saying that Luis Enrique has had his players practice penalties 1,000 times.

For all the good it’s done them

Can’t say I’m sad to lose Spain from this tournament, they shot their bolt in the Costa Rica game and gave a rather misleading impression of being a team ready to compete

Don’t get me wrong I think they do genuinely have top young players coming through, and they may be contenders for Euro 2024 and next World Cup. But now they looked naive, even Brazil only started showboating after they were winning

[HCZ_Reborn]

Portugal: Costa, Dalot, Pepe, Dias, Guerreiro, Otavio, William Carvalho, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Goncalo Ramos, Joao Felix.
Subs: Patricio, Palhinha, Ronaldo, Andre Silva, Sa, Leao, Vitinha, Mario, Neves, Cancelo, Horta, Luiz, Antonio Silva.

Switzerland: Sommer, Fernandes, Schar, Akanji, Rodriguez, Freuler, Xhaka, Shaqiri, Sow, Vargas, Embolo.
Subs: Elvedi, Zakaria, Seferovic, Steffen, Omlin, Aebischer, Fassnacht, Comert, Okafor, Frei, Kobel, Kohn, Rieder, Jashari.

Come on Xhaka. :bow:

Ronaldo dropped. :haha:

Weird that Jao Felix gets the nod over Rafael Leao, just because Atletico played silly money for him doesn’t obligate the national side to start him.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Zidane didn't leave the football stage in a gracious way, De Jong...

[Globalgunner]

I’m watching live text update on my phone prior to the shootout, and it’s saying that Luis Enrique has had his players practice penalties 1,000 times.

For all the good it’s done them

Can’t say I’m sad to lose Spain from this tournament, they shot their bolt in the Costa Rica game and gave a rather misleading impression of being a team ready to compete

Don’t get me wrong I think they do genuinely have top young players coming through, and they may be contenders for Euro 2024 and next World Cup. But now they looked naive, even Brazil only started showboating after they were winning

Spain are undone by an uninspiring coach. Anyone who thinks a barely mobile Busquets should still be a mainstay of the team needs his head lopped off. Hopefully that defeat will spell the end of them both.

[Letters]

1-0 Portugal

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Ramos with the goal.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Anyone who thinks a barely mobile Busquets should still be a mainstay of the team needs his head lopped off.


Don’t be giving the hosts ideas

[Marc Overmars]

2-0

Pepe :lol:

[McNamara That Ghost...]

2-0 Pepe!