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Well, that's a relief! We won't have to endure a penalty shoot-out between England and Germany.

Sorry to learn that Pele is so unwell.

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.

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.

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.

I see the soap dodging surrender monkeys are playing this afternoon!

Pontius Navigator wrote: ↑

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.

A bit like the Falklands, then!

Woody wrote: ↑

Sun Dec 04, 2022 3:21 pm

I see the soap dodging surrender monkeys are playing this afternoon!

I see Stirling in Rogue Warriors got in a soap dodging reference

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. ...

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.

^ 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.

Next game in just over an hour.

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

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

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.

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.

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