World Cup - Qatar - Knockout rounds to the Final

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 3:27 pm

Have some fucking pride. Those guys have given up

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 3:49 pm

Are you expecting the Swiss to put up a fight?

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 3:51 pm

They started playing hard again but clowning now

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:45 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 1:47 pm Jesus, knee surgery, out 3 months. Sorry Syb.

That’s ok, we have Eddie Nketiahhhh, fuck.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Tue Dec 06, 2022 7:45 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 3:49 pm Are you expecting the Swiss to put up a fight?

Ha!

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:29 am

Casemiro looks like a Kewpie doll.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:35 am

This sure feels like it's going to PKs. This round, teams play super tight.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:46 am

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 10:35 am This sure feels like it's going to PKs. This round, teams play super tight.

Knockout football is super tight yet we want more of it. Round of 32s in 2026!

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:03 pm

I don't know if any of you caught The Captains (maybe just Captains) on Netflix, but it highlighted/chronicled the head guys on a variety of teams, including Modric and Thiago. As ugly as this game has been, it's still compelling to me, having gotten to know both of those guys a bit through the series.

Modric seems like a really good dude. Thiago... So much pressure on the Brazilian team, and exponentially so for the captain.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:13 pm

that was nice

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:16 pm

Keeper needs to stop that

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:25 pm

That was beautiful...

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:27 pm

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:25 pm That was beautiful...

Deserves to win any game

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:27 pm

I’d love to see the stats on what percentage of extra times end up with one goal. With one team having scored and the other pressing, I feel like another goal is likely from someone.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:30 pm

Daaaaaaaaaaaag!

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:30 pm

Or maybe not

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:30 pm

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:30 pm

Vape worthy!

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:30 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:27 pm I’d love to see the stats on what percentage of extra times end up with one goal. With one team having scored and the other pressing, I feel like another goal is likely from someone.

Look at Nostradamus up there!

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:37 pm

Pucker time...

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:41 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:30 pm
Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:27 pm I’d love to see the stats on what percentage of extra times end up with one goal. With one team having scored and the other pressing, I feel like another goal is likely from someone.
Look at Nostradamus up there!

Though I didn’t expect Brazil to be the team caught by a counter-attack …

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:43 pm

First two shots right down the middle of the Dubrovnik version of Broadway.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:48 pm

The 'No-Dancing' crowd is celebrating....

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:48 pm

Knock me over with a feather…

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:49 pm

For some reason I have a little more empathy for sad international fans than I do say US sports fans but I still love a grown man crying crowd shot.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:50 pm

L-Jam3 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:43 pm First two shots right down the middle of the Dubrovnik version of Broadway.

I love smashing it right at the keepers head, especially if I'm an inexperienced penalty taker in a shootout.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:51 pm

The Lead podcast (The Athletic) today is about the psychology of penalty kicks by the way. Pretty fortuitous.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:52 pm

rass wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:49 pm For some reason I have a little more empathy for sad international fans than I do say US sports fans but I still love a grown man crying crowd shot.

The dude with the Green/Blue dyed beard is gonna have a long flight home.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:53 pm

I just got chills on the video of the fans in the tent in Zagreb.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:12 pm

rass wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:30 pmVape worthy!

Buddy i was watching with at the bar for lunch said same thing. Funny.

Tom 1860 · Post by **Tom 1860** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:27 pm

Apologies if I have missed this in the thread, but didn't Brazil beat Croatia involving a totally BS penalty at the 2014 world cup following play acting by Fred?

I love the way Brazil can play, but the cheating, throwing themselves all over the place has ruined it for me. You can't have it both ways with the dancing, happiness and togetherness, while at the same time being cheating, lying cunts.

Watching Neymar cry was schadenfreude, and almost as good at watching Luis Saurez cry, the cunt.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:54 pm

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 12:03 pm I don't know if any of you caught The Captains (maybe just Captains) on Netflix, but it highlighted/chronicled the head guys on a variety of teams, including Modric and Thiago. As ugly as this game has been, it's still compelling to me, having gotten to know both of those guys a bit through the series.

Modric seems like a really good dude. Thiago... So much pressure on the Brazilian team, and exponentially so for the captain.

spoiler alert

If you watch this show, you'll see that the Croatian keeper got sat for the pivotal game against Russia during qualies after some shaky games leading up.

Modric gives him a pep talk, tells him he just needs to steady himself.

Pretty fucking cool to see him step up in PKs this tourney.

HaulCitgo · Post by **HaulCitgo** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:34 pm

Damn work so I missed it but have seen a few episodes of Captains over the kids shoulder. Really good. Basically hard knocks for world cup qualifying. Follow about 4-6 different teams.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 2:36 pm

FFS what a pass.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:02 pm

Tom 1860 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:27 pm Apologies if I have missed this in the thread, but didn't Brazil beat Croatia involving a totally BS penalty at the 2014 world cup following play acting by Fred?

I love the way Brazil can play, but the cheating, throwing themselves all over the place has ruined it for me. You can't have it both ways with the dancing, happiness and togetherness, while at the same time being cheating, lying cunts.

Watching Neymar cry was schadenfreude, and almost as good at watching Luis Saurez cry, the cunt.

It's the way the Brazillian league is reffed that has ruined Brazilian players. That league is unwatchable because EVERYTHING is a foul.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:06 pm

degenerasian wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:02 pm
Tom 1860 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:27 pm Apologies if I have missed this in the thread, but didn't Brazil beat Croatia involving a totally BS penalty at the 2014 world cup following play acting by Fred?

I love the way Brazil can play, but the cheating, throwing themselves all over the place has ruined it for me. You can't have it both ways with the dancing, happiness and togetherness, while at the same time being cheating, lying cunts.

Watching Neymar cry was schadenfreude, and almost as good at watching Luis Saurez cry, the cunt.
It's the way the Brazillian league is reffed that has ruined Brazilian players. That league is unwatchable because EVERYTHING is a foul.

I don't think Fred was in the squad then, though I do get him and Hulk confused for some reason.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:06 pm

Are any brazilians actually playing in brazil?

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:18 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:06 pm Are any brazilians actually playing in brazil?

No but they all started there so it's engrained.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:19 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:06 pm Are any brazilians actually playing in brazil?

Yeah, I assumed that the members of their national team all played in Europe/England.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Dec 09, 2022 3:22 pm

They have three Brazil-based players (And Dani Alves plays in Mexico).