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Author:  denisdman [ Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:41 pm ]
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She brought her own futbols.
Author:  FavreFan [ Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:41 pm ]
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I just looked at the FIFA world rankings. Are they just complete bullshit or what?

USA is ranked 25th. Didn't make it.

Russia is ranked 70th and is kicking the shit out of 45th ranked Egypt.

8th ranked Poland got beat fairly handily by 27th ranked Senegal.

15th ranked Mexico beat 1st ranked Germany.

Etc.
Author:  Furious Styles [ Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:46 pm ]
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flop like an e-gyptian
Author:  good dolphin [ Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:47 pm ]
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FavreFan wrote:
I just looked at the FIFA world rankings. Are they just complete bullshit or what?

USA is ranked 25th. Didn't make it.

Russia is ranked 70th and is kicking the shit out of 45th ranked Egypt.

8th ranked Poland got beat fairly handily by 27th ranked Senegal.

15th ranked Mexico beat 1st ranked Germany.

Etc.


June Madness!
Author:  Hockey Gay [ Tue Jun 19, 2018 3:41 pm ]
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FavreFan wrote:
I just looked at the FIFA world rankings. Are they just complete bullshit or what?

USA is ranked 25th. Didn't make it.

Russia is ranked 70th and is kicking the shit out of 45th ranked Egypt.

8th ranked Poland got beat fairly handily by 27th ranked Senegal.

15th ranked Mexico beat 1st ranked Germany.

Etc.

Yea, they're bullshit. They have Spain somewhere like 10th when they're easily top 3.
Author:  Seacrest [ Tue Jun 19, 2018 4:41 pm ]
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FavreFan wrote:
I just looked at the FIFA world rankings. Are they just complete bullshit or what?

USA is ranked 25th. Didn't make it.

Russia is ranked 70th and is kicking the shit out of 45th ranked Egypt.

8th ranked Poland got beat fairly handily by 27th ranked Senegal.

15th ranked Mexico beat 1st ranked Germany.

Etc.


Today?

Did you watch the game.
Author:  FavreFan [ Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:06 pm ]
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Seacrest wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
I just looked at the FIFA world rankings. Are they just complete bullshit or what?

USA is ranked 25th. Didn't make it.

Russia is ranked 70th and is kicking the shit out of 45th ranked Egypt.

8th ranked Poland got beat fairly handily by 27th ranked Senegal.

15th ranked Mexico beat 1st ranked Germany.

Etc.


Today?

Did you watch the game.

I did. Senegal was the better team.
Author:  Seacrest [ Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:49 pm ]
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FavreFan wrote:
Seacrest wrote:
FavreFan wrote:
I just looked at the FIFA world rankings. Are they just complete bullshit or what?

USA is ranked 25th. Didn't make it.

Russia is ranked 70th and is kicking the shit out of 45th ranked Egypt.

8th ranked Poland got beat fairly handily by 27th ranked Senegal.

15th ranked Mexico beat 1st ranked Germany.

Etc.


Today?

Did you watch the game.

I did. Senegal was the better team.


I just watched the two goals.

What was that guy doing on the second goal. It looked like a trick play from a high school game.
Author:  KDdidit [ Tue Jun 19, 2018 8:22 pm ]
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Prior to the goal someone from Sengal was injured and came off the field. The Assistant Ref waved him back onto the field and the Polish midfielder didn’t see it. As he made the back pass the Senegal player was running onto the field in the Polish half, which may or may not have freaked out the keeper, resulting in an easy goal for the guy running on.
Author:  sinicalypse [ Wed Jun 20, 2018 2:06 pm ]
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the proverbial chalk (portugal, uruguay) has progressed via 1-nil results today (ronaldo with his 4th goal in the 4th minute!), but at halftime of the third game iran's sandbagging the fuck out of spain... not just parking the bus (sitting back on defense in a fit of veritable anti-football) but actively killing time in the first 20mins of the game. it reminds me of that time moyes was at real sociedad and they nicked a cheeky go-ahead goal in the first 3-4mins of the game and he admitted to thinking "why can't they blow the [full-time] whistle now?" -- literally anti-football =D

that said, diego costa might be a Caller Bob but he's a Caller Bob who can ball.... and he could play for my team. i figure he's got another goal in him. iran only had 33% in their victory against morocco and it can't be much/any better than that tonight.

i mean hey, it's not like there's an iranian cristiano ronaldo or robin van persie, is there?

edit: and here's diego costa being hugged to celebrate his goal that put spain up 1-0 appx 10mins into the second half =D

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Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Thu Jun 21, 2018 2:43 pm ]
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Damn...it would seem Argentina is close to basically fucked.
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Thu Jun 21, 2018 3:00 pm ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
Damn...it would seem Argentina is close to basically fucked.


3-0 loss to Croatia...they're fucked.
Author:  sinicalypse [ Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:36 pm ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
Damn...it would seem Argentina is close to basically fucked.


3-0 loss to Croatia...they're fucked.

you know, during my years of arsenal fandom i've found myself all too often muttering "just don't go out like bitches" and today i can confirm that argentina indeed went out like bitches. this was punctuated by that one dude basically kicking a croatian player on the ground (with the excuse of "half-missing the ball" =) right after they gave up that deplorable third goal.

you know it's bad when a goal gives you mikel arteta flashbacks. during his final few years @ arsenal i noticed that arteta was way too often that guy who'd trot into frame in slo-mo at the end of opponent's goal replays; argentina had a few guys guilty of this on that horrible third goal where it was basically a 3 on 1 (or 2 if you count the goalie) and after the initial save that kicked the ball out wide it was like "where's the rest of the team? *raises fist to the sky* ARTETAAAAAA!!!!!" and sure enough, yeap, it's hard to miss from that range 2/+ times when you've got a 2 man advantage with the goalie off of his line.

so yeah i think the group has croatia sitting atop with 6pts, iceland with 1pt and 0GD (i figure they play nigeria tomorrow) argentina with 1pt and -3GD, and then nigeria taking up the flank with 0pts but that 1 game with iceland in hand. the funniest scenario would be if croatia remembers the argentine player kicking their teammate and there's a draw between iceland and nigeria to clinch first place for croatia; so then when they go into their final game with iceland it doesnt matter if they lose so they can essentially go out there and toss the game to iceland to knock out argentina. that'd be hilarious.

otherwise, sheeeeit, if iceland doesn't lose tomorrow things get awfully dicey for argentina. that -3GD kills them cuz now they've gotta get their win by at least 2-3 goals... and if you've watched argentina it sure seems like they're gonna have a hard time getting 2-3 goals in a game... let alone winning by that amount!

i heard something like argentina hasn't failed to advance past the WC group stages since 1958.... i also heard that on the cusp of blowing the qualifying for this WC argentina changed their dumbass system to one where the manager assembled a team around messi to "let him do his thing" and thus they got the win, got in the WC, and of course promptly reverted back to the retarded system that nearly had them choke away qualifying for this WC.... and the results? welp, let's just say that cristiano ronaldo is the GOAT because it's beyond official now. it's a far cry from the 2014 WC tournament where it felt like FIFA was doing everything to sell you on messi's exceptionalism cuz we're living in cristiano ronaldo's world now. there's a reason the dude sends his own personal hairstylist over to madame gireaud's to do the hair on his wax statue, you know =D

btw if you wanna see the classiest of class goals check out luka modric's goal from today that put croatia up 2-0 on argentina. there's not much you can do when a guy goes HAM like this.
Author:  ZephMarshack [ Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:41 pm ]
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On the one hand I kind of wish that Chile made it over Argentina if only because I think they'd have put up more of a fight. On the other hand, South America has been looking close to CONCACAF status across board so far.

I kind of just want Iran to beat Portugal now just to be spared the onslaught of Ronaldo-Messi hot takes.
Author:  sinicalypse [ Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:48 pm ]
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ZephMarshack wrote:
I kind of just want Iran to beat Portugal now just to be spared the onslaught of Ronaldo-Messi hot takes.

good luck with that.... like trump takes you literally cannot escape the CR7/messi GOAT discussion these days!

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not only does CR7 send his own personal hairstylist over to do the hair on his wax statue, he buys babys mamas out of a catalogue in florida. some say that his son is his clone. the dude is either more human or less human than us plebs. he is a star who takes offense at the word/letter "a" because in that context it should be "the" =P
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:52 am ]
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Almost time for kickoff to see if Iceland can officially eliminate Argentina.
Author:  sinicalypse [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 9:59 am ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
Almost time for kickoff to see if Iceland can officially eliminate Argentina.

If Iceland wins they'd be at 4pts with a positive GD so in theory couldn't they lose to Croatia by a goal or two while Argentina beats Nigeria by 3 or 4 and Argentina would advance? Yeah it's not gonna happen but it theoretically could!

Like I said b4 a draw would be hilarious cuz then Croatia could toss a game to Iceland and formally eliminate Argentina, which Argentina might have coming via karma after their guy kicked the Croatian player on the ground after going down 0-3.
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:02 am ]
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sinicalypse wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
Almost time for kickoff to see if Iceland can officially eliminate Argentina.

If Iceland wins they'd be at 4pts with a positive GD so in theory couldn't they lose to Croatia by a goal or two while Argentina beats Nigeria by 3 or 4 and Argentina would advance? Yeah it's not gonna happen but it theoretically could!

Like I said b4 a draw would be hilarious cuz then Croatia could toss a game to Iceland and formally eliminate Argentina, which Argentina might have coming via karma after their guy kicked the Croatian player on the ground after going down 0-3.


1. Iceland ties or loses to Nigeria tomorrow (today).
2. Croatia then needs to beat or tie Iceland.
3. Argentina needs to beat Nigeria.
All three of those things happening will allow Argentina to advance.

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/6/21/1749 ... roup-stage
Author:  W_Z [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 10:13 am ]
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i feel bad for costa rica. they had a great 2014 but this campaign's just been flat. but it looks like brazil woke up.
Author:  sinicalypse [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:25 am ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote:
sinicalypse wrote:
sjboyd0137 wrote:
Almost time for kickoff to see if Iceland can officially eliminate Argentina.

If Iceland wins they'd be at 4pts with a positive GD so in theory couldn't they lose to Croatia by a goal or two while Argentina beats Nigeria by 3 or 4 and Argentina would advance? Yeah it's not gonna happen but it theoretically could!

Like I said b4 a draw would be hilarious cuz then Croatia could toss a game to Iceland and formally eliminate Argentina, which Argentina might have coming via karma after their guy kicked the Croatian player on the ground after going down 0-3.


1. Iceland ties or loses to Nigeria tomorrow (today).
2. Croatia then needs to beat or tie Iceland.
3. Argentina needs to beat Nigeria.
All three of those things happening will allow Argentina to advance.

https://www.sbnation.com/2018/6/21/1749 ... roup-stage


yeah but

If Iceland beats Nigeria tomorrow, there is still an outside chance that Argentina could sneak in, but for that to happen it would rely on them beating Nigeria and then Iceland losing to Croatia, and then it would come down to a tiebreaker, since both teams would be on four points.

and of course, iceland is down 0-1 to nigeria @ 66' right now. let's see if iwobi and the boys can hold off the might of the part-time assassins!
Author:  rogers park bryan [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:30 am ]
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Bye, Argentina
Author:  sjboyd0137 [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:33 am ]
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rogers park bryan wrote:
Bye, Argentina


Just don't cry for them.
Author:  Drunk Squirrel [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:34 am ]
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Nice goal by Nigeria there.
Author:  shakes [ Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:47 am ]
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The biggest thing I've learned from this WC is that soccer is the only sport that has successfully implemented instant replay. talk about a game changer for the better.
Author:  FavreFan [ Sat Jun 23, 2018 10:35 am ]
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"And still no homophobic chants we heard in the last three."

I love this mexican soccer announcer.
Author:  HawaiiYou [ Sat Jun 23, 2018 1:10 pm ]
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i liked those 2 mexican guys doing english boardcast. it was much better than the shit vanilla regular fox annoucers they have. even w/ their broken english you can feel the passion they had for the game and team. there's one guy on fox who is absolutely terrible. he's the color guy but his voice is so mundane it just doesn't work.
Author:  badrogue17 [ Sat Jun 23, 2018 1:12 pm ]
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Krauts coming out with fire n passion . Swedes are in for a beat down
Author:  FavreFan [ Sat Jun 23, 2018 1:14 pm ]
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badrogue17 wrote:
Krauts coming out with fire n passion . Swedes are in for a beat down

Fuck no. I'm like 20% or Swedish or some shit so we got this. Fuck the Nazis
Author:  sinicalypse [ Sat Jun 23, 2018 1:38 pm ]
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badrogue17 wrote:
Krauts coming out with fire n passion . Swedes are in for a beat down

sweden just went up 1-0 circa 30'... and they had a near-penalty earlier so it's akin to karma.

things are looking arrrghhh for die mannschaft.
Author:  badrogue17 [ Sat Jun 23, 2018 2:53 pm ]
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ICH BIN EIN BERLINER !!
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