Everything Soccer

[ACamp1900]

From last night to that was like a garlic butter ribeye with perfect scallop potatoes and onions to a banquet microwave Salisbury steak,… both got the job done but the quality and enjoyment was wildly different

 

[T-Boone]

Brazil looked disappointing. I would say Australia, Spain and France are now the clear favourites.

 

[calvegas04]

Brazil looked disappointing. I would say Australia, Spain and France are now the clear favourites.

Did you miss the thread we had about italics?

 

[NorthDakota]

Turkey looks better but Austrailia is winning

 

[T-Boone]

Did you miss the thread we had about italics?

What you don't rate Spain?

 

[T-Boone]

I think the USA should still sneak in as the number 2 team from group D.

 

[Jimmy3Putt]

Man that was so much fun to watch. Weird seeing USA be the aggressor but I could get used to it.

I only watch during World Cups, but it was refreshing to see them attack.

 

[notredomer23]

Japan-Netherlands was an awesome match. First half a little boring… second half was 45 minutes of electricity

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Japan deserved that draw. Great match.

I enjoyed Scotland vs Haiti. A lot of back and forth. Scotland looked quite good going forward. I was surprised at how Haiti was committing players forward as frequently as they did.

Germany gave us the first glimpse of why expanding the WC field could be a bad idea competitively.

It would seem that one of the best performances so far has been by a teenager from Morocco who is now at the top of every transfer rumor popping up in the last few days.

 

[stlnd01]

Japan deserved that draw. Great match.

I enjoyed Scotland vs Haiti. A lot of back and forth. Scotland looked quite good going forward. I was surprised at how Haiti was committing players forward as frequently as they did.

Was at the Scotland-Haiti game. What an amazing scene. The Scots obviously turned out but there were a lot of Haitians there too and they don't get to see their team very often. Everyone was having a blast. The only thing I could compare the atmosphere to (of course) was a really really big college football game.
As for the game, Haiti was aggressive and fun (except when they were trying too hard to draw fouls in the second half). Scotland could have played better in the back; also could have scored another goal or two with a couple of breaks. Hard to envision either of those teams beating Brazil or Morocco but maybe Scotland sneaks into the Round of 32 regardless.

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Was at the Scotland-Haiti game. What an amazing scene. The Scots obviously turned out but there were a lot of Haitians there too and they don't get to see their team very often. Everyone was having a blast. The only thing I could compare the atmosphere to (of course) was a really really big college football game.
As for the game, Haiti was aggressive and fun (except when they were trying too hard to draw fouls in the second half). Scotland could have played better in the back; also could have scored another goal or two with a couple of breaks. Hard to envision either of those teams beating Brazil or Morocco but maybe Scotland sneaks into the Round of 32 regardless.

They're taking 3rd place teams now. Scotland definitely has a shot.

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

Japan deserved that draw. Great match.

I enjoyed Scotland vs Haiti. A lot of back and forth. Scotland looked quite good going forward. I was surprised at how Haiti was committing players forward as frequently as they did.

Germany gave us the first glimpse of why expanding the WC field could be a bad idea competitively.

It would seem that one of the best performances so far has been by a teenager from Morocco who is now at the top of every transfer rumor popping up in the last few days.

Is he from Morocco though? Ha, I agree though. He'll garner a hefty transfer fee for Lille.

 

[calvegas04]

 

[calvegas04]

 

[calvegas04]

Man Vegas should have hosted some games

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Is he from Morocco though? Ha, I agree though. He'll garner a hefty transfer fee for Lille.

Good point. We've had a lot of discussions about colonialism this weekend in our house.

 

[notredomer23]

I don’t wanna mush it by posting but we’ve got a situation in Spain - Cabo Verde worth turning into 👀

 

[calvegas04]

 

[thekid33]

Cape Verde! You beauties!

 

[notredomer23]

Cape Verde! You beauties!

Perfect timing as everyone in the media was complaining about teams like Curaçao and Cape Verde being in due to the expanded field. What a defensive effort and they almost stole it at the end

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

I hope the Germany match is an exception and not the rule.

This is awesome. One of the favorites just drew Cape Verde 0-0. The Beautiful Game.

 

[calvegas04]

 

[Jiggafini19Deux]

Cape Verde had more possession against Spain than Arsenal did vs PSG in the Champions League Final.

 

[PolishDomer]

Belgium Egypt is quite a game...i dont have hope for New Zealand-Iran...

 

[T-Boone]

I hate those games where a really crap team parks the bus gets 0-0 and cries on the field like they just won the whole thing,
There should be a rule that if you can't get possession (actual contol of the ball) in the opponent's half for even once in a 5 minute period you lose a player.

 

[PolishDomer]

Forgot who here said Soccer was boring to watch

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

General sentiment so far - South America overpeforming underperforming, Africa overperforming, and Europe still jet-lagged.

 

[Punky]

South American teams are winless so far in 4 matches.....how is that overperforming?

 

[InKellyWeTrust]

South American teams are winless so far in 4 matches.....how is that overperforming?

Mistyped, meant underpeforming

 

[CousinEddy]

This NZ/Iran match is a fun back and fourth