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Harry Kane hattrick was hilarious. He didn’t know he was scoring it. But that deflection totally fucked over the keeper.
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Nerves gone!
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Gentlemen, England is going to win it all.
Just as soon as they bench Sterling.
Just as soon as they bench Sterling.
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a very eurocentric world cup. old nations rise again.
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Hey... that's method acting....
He knew what he was doing... but it's Oscar Season...
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PS. Harry Kane... the Keanu Reeves of Football... aka. Expressionless...
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The only true contender so far is Germany.
They grit their teeth and forced a win. Perseverance.
Belgium was good, but I have yet to see how they fare against tougher opponents.
As for England - they won but I wasn't convinced by what I saw.
The rest of the world is shit.
They grit their teeth and forced a win. Perseverance.
Belgium was good, but I have yet to see how they fare against tougher opponents.
As for England - they won but I wasn't convinced by what I saw.
The rest of the world is shit.
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Morocco was this close to winning. that equalizing goal was legit but the defence didn't do their job.
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Exciting game between Portugal and Iran today. But I noticed that football is starting to get a bit too high tech, at least for my standards. I had the impression that every 5 minutes the referee stopped the game in order to watch the video replay of a controversial scene. In the old days, decisions were taken in the moment and were final...
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I hate to sound like a Sore Loser but you call VAR in the 92nd minute on a unintentional handball and ruin a teams victory is bullshit. Iran didn't do shit the entire game and to get a goal on a penalty is horse shit. I'm sorry guys but I have to call a spade a spade.
I'm drunk and emotional right now but everyone saw that shit. Am I wrong by protesting?
I'm drunk and emotional right now but everyone saw that shit. Am I wrong by protesting?
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Just want to say I was joking, I've always felt quite embarrassed about the hand of God, I was 9 at the time of the match, living in England no less, loved my team, but have never been proud of that dirty move.
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I'm not proud of Schumacher's brutal foul on Patrick Battiston in 1982. The fact that it wasn't punished by the referee is just as shameful. That's among other things I'm not proud of, while looking back on German football.
The teams since 2006, aka Sommermärchen (summer dream) are in many regards a great compensation. Finally it felt good to cheer for German players. I like that a lot.
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But you know what's worse is that that handball is something very Argentinean in spirit, win by any means necessary, it's war, enjoy it more if it was dirty. There is a term here - Bilardismo - Bilardo was the manager during 86 and 90 and his motto was something akin to the ends justify the means.
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Trust me you’ll appreciate it when you guys are in the next round playing against Colombia or Japan. And then even more so if you win your group and have to face Brazil/Germany in the second knockout round...
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Oh man, the 80s were rough everywhere. But back to the game and the question at hand:
Will the Argentinian Devils be redeemed today?
Edit: These lines were written, when Leo shot his first goal of this World Cup
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So, what's the consensus after the first half? Tad too much Bilardismo, as for my taste. The Turkish referee is too forgiving. Passing quality on Argentinian side is way off, too.
Edit: The second half was better all around. Congrats Argentina!!!
Edit: The second half was better all around. Congrats Argentina!!!
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Nigeria Fought well but in the end it wasn't enough. Congrats to Argentina. I was really looking forward to Argentina France and now we got it. This VAR shit is driving me insane though. So it's pretty much on the Referee's discretion to call a penalty a penalty. Saw the same kind of hand ball in the Portugal game yesterday and it was called a penalty and in the Argentina game it wasn't called. I don't get it.
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At this moment I just can think in one song...
30 minutes left to watch Argentina trying to do something without doing anything...
And what now bitch?
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The VAR is shaping up to be changing football very profoundly, not since they implemented the offside rule has there been anything with such impact. Not sure how long it will last though. It's too weird
Not that bothered if we beat France to be honest. That in itself was redemption