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Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Hopefully the Aussies can do something to embarrass France.

fat chance, but anything is possible i guess. just please don't injure any french stars because we're going to need them later in the tournament.

[Diesel]

Saudi Arabia going full Jihad on the Christian scum

[Diesel]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

in the second half i was annoyed at how yedlin would just .. raffle the ball into the welsh area. i mean, he would just kick any which way, like a primitive defender trying to clear a ball. why do that, on the attack? so terrible, lol. 'merica!

I still don't understand how he managed to play for Newcastle for 5 years. I guess it's the pace, has zero intelligence.

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Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Fucking my sleep schedule while I have this temp job. Hopefully the Aussies can do something to embarrass France.

part 2:

okay so you didn't lose 7-1 which is good! and you had a respectable first half... or first half of the first half?

but anyway, france is champion and a favorite to reach the final so... count your blessings?

Originally Posted by Diesel

I still don't understand how he managed to play for Newcastle for 5 years. I guess it's the pace, has zero intelligence.

i almost threw a shoe at the tv

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hooooleeeee sheeeeeettt japanz!!!

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courtois hell yeah


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earlier on i watched half of costa rica's butchering at the hands of spain. skipped the second half because goddamn, the abuse got boring. 7-0 lol.

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26' into the current game, surprised at canada's threats against belgium. how? why? weird...


eta: belgium's carelessness with possession and reliance on long balls to attack is giving tactical advantage to canada's youth and speed i think.

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well, finally! michy batshuayi does the deed. still, not a good game from belgium regarding general gameplay. very puzzling tactics.

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i don't see belgium gelling as a team. have they practiced together enough? it's like they're set to serve up to lukaku but batshuayi is no lukaku.

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what a crap game and disappointment

[_tunic_]

I'm watching the match on Belgian TV, but the Canadians would deserve it if they win it. But if you don't score you won't win.


if you're bored, read this :-)
Quotes by Johan Cruyff

[choc e-Claire]

Graham Arnold is an incredibly unadventurous manager, tactics are basically identical regardless of the state of the game. France was obviously the better team and I'd have taken a 4-1 result at the start of the day, but if we could've gone into half time at least tied things would've been more interesting.

Canada is a pretty solid team! Belgium probably were underprepared but the Canadians have nothing to be ashamed of.

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Originally Posted by choc e-Claire

Canada is a pretty solid team! Belgium probably were underprepared but the Canadians have nothing to be ashamed of.

canada are good runners. the one that has plenty to be ashamed of is belgium. roberto martínez must be in hot water today. now i'm curious about the belgian news....

Originally Posted by _tunic_

if you're bored, read this :-)
Quotes by Johan Cruyff

hahahaha yes i've seen some of those quotes before. thanks!

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i don't feel like watching anything today but i guess keeping an eye on brazil is mandatory this year...

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ps found some hilarious news re:belgium: https://news.yahoo.com/don-t-know-wh...095331861.html

plus some local headlines:

https://www.lesoir.be/478938/article...-un-entraineur

https://www.lalibre.be/sports/footba...C7EFFY45KOWBI/

[The Soup Nazi]

Well this sucks. I was rooting for John Cale, Cate Le Bon, Dave Edmunds...

 

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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

Well this sucks. I was rooting for John Cale, Cate Le Bon, Dave Edmunds...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJrQlti_qT8

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The Oranges are playing as old farts, so here's a nice news paper article to keep you awake

OneLove tapes are flying over the counter, just after FIFA ban: 'Total explosion!'


"And then Black Friday, Sinterklaas and Christmas still have to come.", sighs the boss of the Utrecht company that produces the OneLove captain's armbands. Since FIFA thwarted the OneLove campaign at the World Cup, the demand for the colored belts has increased massively.

 

OneLove tapes are flying over the counter, just after FIFA ban: 'Total explosion!'


Roland Heerkens oversees the production of the tires and now has to work hard to meet the enormous demand. His company has been supplying the OneLove tapes for years, but never in such huge numbers as this week.

"They cannot be dragged on, literally and figuratively. There are 500 more per day: a total boom, it is an explosion. Because it is forbidden, it has become a political statement."


European parliament

Heerkens received a special order from Brussels this week. The European Parliament needed some OneLove tapes. In a plenary session, the band then graced the arm of a member of parliament.

The band also featured prominently for the Belgium-Canada match. The Belgian sports minister demonstratively showed a copy to FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

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and another one

 

Harry 'Tieten' Goudsblom: 'I still had to take off the OneLove band and my tits and off the grounds'

Orange fan Harry Goudsblom, known for his inflatable breasts with which he encourages the Dutch national team, has nevertheless run into problems with the authorities in Qatar. After the match against Senegal, he had to take off his OneLove bracelet and his tits and was removed from the field, he says.

Goudsblom has been a renowned and well-known Orange fan for many years because of his remarkable attire. He initially thought he would not get any problems in strict Qatar, after he had checked this via the KNVB. But problems did arise. "Initially there were no problems at all, not with the police, not with the security, everyone even wanted to take selfies with me, everything went well," Harry says by phone from Qatar.

,,Until during the match I saw a guard talking to an agent and pointing at me. But that officer made a gesture of 'let go'. Still, I later saw two cops go with an iPad to another fan wearing a OneLove band. I was then able to quickly hide my straps under my sleeves. After that the party just continued, won the game, danced outside on the grounds of the stadium and everything. Also took selfies. Then suddenly an overzealous cop showed up and started acting difficult. I had to take off and hand in my OneLove captain's armbands. I didn't want the latter. Then I had to leave the stadium grounds, accompanied by twenty police officers. And along the way I also had to take off my breasts.”

I want to make sure that I can be myself again in the next match
Harry Goudsblom

Goudsblom is disappointed and has contacted the KNVB. ,,Because I want to know where I stand, if I can just be myself again on Friday at the next game, so to speak.”

KNVB spokesperson Jaap Paulsen confirms that there has been contact with Harry Goudsblom. ,,We are going to ask questions to the race organization,” says Paulsen. “Wales and Denmark have also experienced a number of incidents of fans wearing rainbow symbols and will keep us updated. Tomorrow we will sit around the table with the competition organization. We want this clear. Previously, promises had been made that this should not cause any problems.”

During the Wales game two days ago, sombreros with rainbow colors - a symbol of the LGBT community - were allegedly taken away.


"Just pay to be here"

Harry Goudsblom was in the news at the end of October because he is one of the fifty Dutch supporters who were allowed to go to the World Cup at Qatar's expense, 'in exchange' for 'loud and positive' behaviour. Reports have now come out that the daily allowance for fans who have been brought to the World Cup at Qatar's expense has already been scrapped due to negative reporting. Goudsblom is tired of the discussion about this: ,,I paid 6000 euros to be here for the first fourteen days and if I want to stay longer it will cost me even more,' he says now.

Harry can explain the latter: even before the invitation came from Qatar, he and his comrades had already arranged flight and accommodation themselves. And he will not get that money back. In other words: Harry has two places where he can sleep: the place he paid for himself and the place that Qatar pays for him.

Despite the incident with the straps and the breasts, Goudsblom does not want to lose the organization yet. “If it's not allowed, say so, then I won't put those breasts on. But those cops here just don't know anymore. The instructions are just not clear.”

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In the entire match the Dutch had only 6 touches in the penalty zone of the other team. That's piss poor
In the first half they had like 400 passes, 95% of them were in their own half. That's piss poor


I hope Qatar wins their next match against us!

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Originally Posted by _tunic_

In the entire match the Dutch had only 6 touches in the penalty zone of the other team. That's piss poor
In the first half they had like 400 passes, 95% of them were in their own half. That's piss poor


I hope Qatar wins their next match against us!

i didn't see your game, but ecuador had a very good qualification campaign, and so maybe they neutralized your team? they don't have a long history of world cup success, but they've been doing very well in recent years.

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usa vs england literally put me to sleep. i think that might have been a secret nato military exercise.

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tight germany-spain game so far. i saw a slight spanish advantage but so slight it's barely there, and it was germany who scored first after all--that offside call a bit too bullshit for my taste, "for the slow-motion camera only".

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morata goes in, germany does not respond to the substitution, and paff, ace morata goal

i expect germany to lose their shit now because this is what they do

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well well well i'm glad i was wrong

[The Soup Nazi]

Iran calls for US to be kicked out of 2022 World Cup after it changes Iran flag on social media to show support for protesters

Yeah, not gonna happen. I'm definitely watching that game, though...

[The Soup Nazi]

Originally Posted by Diesel

Saudi Arabia going full Jihad on the Christian scum

The Pope is Argentinian, for starters, so the infidels needed to suffer!

Unless something equally catastrophic happens against Poland, Argentina is going to win the group anyway. They didn't have to do much to defeat an ossified México led by a Martino who seems to have lost all his Bielsa-ish mojo.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

The Pope is Argentinian, for starters, so the infidels needed to suffer!

Unless something equally catastrophic happens against Poland, Argentina is going to win the group anyway. They didn't have to do much to defeat an ossified México led by a Martino who seems to have lost all his Bielsa-ish mojo.

martino es argentino, if he eliminates them in group stage he's never going back home again