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Re: The New Football Thread

#2061 Post by 4mastacker » Thu Dec 01, 2022 11:40 pm

Well, that's a relief! We won't have to endure a penalty shoot-out between England and Germany.
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Re: The New Football Thread

#2062 Post by Woody » Sat Dec 03, 2022 4:14 pm

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Re: The New Football Thread

#2064 Post by Karearea » Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:07 pm

Sorry to learn that Pele is so unwell.
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#2065 Post by tango15 » Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:32 pm

Karearea wrote:
Sat Dec 03, 2022 9:07 pm
Sorry to learn that Pele is so unwell.
Yes, he's knocking on a bit now - 82. That's old for a footballer. Somehow, they don't seem to live very long, compared to the rest of us.

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Re: The New Football Thread

#2066 Post by reddo » Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:44 pm

Well, Australia's out now. Personally, I thought they did well to contain Argentina. A few missed opportunities and a glaring error by the Aussie goalie. One which he'll rue for a long time.
Some pundits were predicting a 4-0 defeat by the Argentinians, so 2-1 isn't so bad.

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#2067 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Dec 04, 2022 12:48 pm

I thought they played like the Germans in the first half. Just passing the ball and making the Arg do all the running. I thought the Arg were actually outplayed in the first half.

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#2068 Post by Woody » Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:21 pm

I see the soap dodging surrender monkeys are playing this afternoon!
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#2069 Post by tango15 » Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:23 pm

Pontius Navigator wrote:
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I thought they played like the Germans in the first half. Just passing the ball and making the Arg do all the running. I thought the Arg were actually outplayed in the first half.
A bit like the Falklands, then! :)

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Re: The New Football Thread

#2070 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Dec 04, 2022 5:16 pm

Woody wrote:
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I see the soap dodging surrender monkeys are playing this afternoon!
I see Stirling in Rogue Warriors got in a soap dodging reference

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Re: The New Football Thread

#2071 Post by Karearea » Sun Dec 04, 2022 6:52 pm

About to follow the England/Senegal game.

edit as it begins: from Guardian
...the Senegalese national anthem Le Lion rouge, and the English equivalent God Save The [Mumbled Confusion]. Everyone still getting used to it, you see. ...
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#2072 Post by ricardian » Mon Dec 05, 2022 1:37 pm

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#2073 Post by llondel » Mon Dec 05, 2022 7:20 pm

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Re: The New Football Thread

#2074 Post by OFSO » Tue Dec 06, 2022 5:03 pm

Just wasted 95 minutes of my life watching D**** from North of the Med attacking W*** from South of the Med. Result nil nil and five minutes of (fake) injury time. What a fiasco.

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#2075 Post by Karearea » Tue Dec 06, 2022 5:04 pm

^ I got up at 3:30am to follow this!

edit at 6:50am - such a disappointing way to conclude a game. Oh well. C'est la guerre.

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Re: The New Football Thread

#2076 Post by Opsboi » Tue Dec 06, 2022 6:20 pm

Interesting

I thought it was one of best 0-0s I've ever seen, and all credit to the Madrid-born Moroccan kid who nicked all Spain's cojones for his decisive penalty

Great game

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Re: The New Football Thread

#2077 Post by llondel » Tue Dec 06, 2022 11:21 pm

The team that train for Spain are mainly on the plane.

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Re: The New Football Thread

#2078 Post by OFSO » Wed Dec 07, 2022 7:14 am

It's always been the opinion among Catalan footballistas that if Catalunia was declared an independent country with its own national football team, it would wipe the floor with everyone else.

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Re: The New Football Thread

#2079 Post by Karearea » Fri Dec 09, 2022 5:50 pm

Well! Very good of Brazil and Croatia to confine all the scoring to extra time et cetera seeing as I didn't get up to follow the earlier part.
Intense last few minutes.
Well done the winners.
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Re: The New Football Thread

#2080 Post by Karearea » Fri Dec 09, 2022 9:07 pm

Oo-er, Netherlands/Argentina is a bit thrilling, so far...
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