2018 FIFA World Cup

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 7:41 pm

In Mexico City fans made the South Korean ambassador come outside and do tequila shots with the crowd.

UALoco · Post by **UALoco** » Wed Jun 27, 2018 8:04 pm

Any Korean in Mexico doesn't have to pay for a drink or meal until next Monday. Viva South Korea, Gangam Style!!

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 12:55 pm

One day into the knockout stage and Messi and Ronaldo are gone.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 1:33 pm

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 6:22 pm

Great games today

France uraguay is gonna be a lights out match up

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Sat Jun 30, 2018 7:49 pm

CalStateTempe wrote:Great games today

France uraguay is gonna be a lights out match up

Yeah two fun games

Hopefully tomorrow is more of the same, but I kinda wonder if we might get two significantly more lopsided games

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 8:53 am

SCCats wrote:
CalStateTempe wrote:Great games today

France uraguay is gonna be a lights out match up
Yeah two fun games

Hopefully tomorrow is more of the same, but I kinda wonder if we might get two significantly more lopsided games

I think the only thing worse than this game...is having to see more of it with extra time.

Perhaps I've got some dishes to do or something.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 8:55 am

How much did Putin give Spain's players?

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:16 am

ASUHATER! wrote:How much did Putin give Spain's players?

You take 11 doped up players and stand them all in the last third of the field and you get 74-26 possession, 700 more completed passes by Spain than Russia

Just so fucking boring

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:41 am

I fucking hate oligarchs

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:43 am

Oil money for the corrupt cup.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 9:54 am

SCCats wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:How much did Putin give Spain's players?
You take 11 doped up players and stand them all in the last third of the field and you get 74-26 possession, 700 more completed passes by Spain than Russia

Just so fucking boring

I do love me some Spain with this generation, but this is/was always its downfall with the tiki taka against a low rent team that bunkers.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:04 am

Since I don't really get soccer, did Russia just like sit back and play defense all game and wimp out just to try to get to extra time and penalty kicks?

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:04 am

ASUHATER! wrote:Since I don't really get soccer, did Russia just like sit back and play defense all game and wimp out just to try to get to extra time and penalty kicks?

Yes

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 10:13 am

SCCats wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:Since I don't really get soccer, did Russia just like sit back and play defense all game and wimp out just to try to get to extra time and penalty kicks?
Yes

Yes.

And hater don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m starting to maintain that people dont like soccer are the same people that don’t like foreplay. At least that’s what I’m telling friends when we start the “soccer is awesome/soccer is boring” banter.

Merkin · Post by **Merkin** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:02 am

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:05 am

If nothing happened for the next 116 minutes of this Croatian/Denmark game, this game would still have been better than Russia/Spain

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:07 am

SCCats wrote:If nothing happened for the next 116 minutes of this Croatian/Denmark game, this game would still have been better than Russia/Spain

We are off to the races!

Coders gonna see some weird phrases in my clinic notes for last week. Don’t know what the dictaphone is picking up from the tv!

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:18 am

Croatia is a country of about 4.2M people.

Their midfield is Perisic, Modric and Rakitic.

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:35 am

CalStateTempe wrote:
SCCats wrote:
ASUHATER! wrote:Since I don't really get soccer, did Russia just like sit back and play defense all game and wimp out just to try to get to extra time and penalty kicks?
Yes
Yes.

And hater don’t take this the wrong way, but I’m starting to maintain that people dont like soccer are the same people that don’t like foreplay. At least that’s what I’m telling friends when we start the “soccer is awesome/soccer is boring” banter.

Not true lol, soccer is exciting for about 8 of the 90+ minutes but the rest is painful to watch.

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Sun Jul 01, 2018 1:34 pm

Going to penalty kicks again today!

Alieberman · Post by **Alieberman** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 9:31 am

I thought Mexico played very well today. Brazil is very good.

shimdic · Post by **shimdic** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:13 am

Bye Mexico. I hope the US caps Dempsey until he has the goal record just to spite that traitor Donovan and his support of Mexico.

UALoco · Post by **UALoco** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:20 am

shimdic wrote:Bye Mexico. I hope the US caps Dempsey until he has the goal record just to spite that traitor Donovan and his support of Mexico.

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:45 am

Watching each of these knock out games I keep having the same thought: boy that Russia game sucked.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:30 pm

This game is fun.

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 12:52 pm

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 1:36 pm

Japan, as we say in the pac12, coug’d it.

77HoyaCat4Ever · Post by **77HoyaCat4Ever** » Mon Jul 02, 2018 3:35 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:Since I don't really get soccer, did Russia just like sit back and play defense all game and wimp out just to try to get to extra time and penalty kicks?

And they fouled whenever they got beat. 19 called fouls to 5 for Spain. BS in my book.

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:01 pm

This is the best World Cup I've watched. What Columbia did was incredible. Their defense in the box was extremely good, although a little risky. After seeing what Belgium did yesterday and the Columbia/England game today I am enjoying this immensely. I am now officially converted to loving soccer. In this sport execution is everything.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:13 pm

Thumbs up CITH!!

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Wed Jul 04, 2018 6:03 pm

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/spor ... &smtyp=cur" target="_blank

Nigeria Captain Played Key World Cup Match Hours After Learning His Father Was Kidnapped

John Obi Mikel, the captain of Nigeria’s World Cup soccer team, played in his team’s final, crucial match against Argentina last week hours after finding out kidnappers were holding his father hostage, he revealed on Tuesday.

Mikel didn’t tell his teammates or coaches before the game, looping in just a small group of friends outside the team, he said in a statement sent to several news organizations. He said he had been told his father would be shot immediately if he reported it to the authorities or told anyone else.

The Nigerian police rescued his father, Michael Obi, on Monday from a remote area in southeastern Nigeria, six days after Mikel received a phone call as he was headed to the stadium in St. Petersburg, Russia.

I would not have played. Wow!

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Fri Jul 06, 2018 11:33 am

Brazil is in trouble! Belgium came to play. Of course scoring a goal for the opponent doesn't help.

legallykenny · Post by **legallykenny** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 11:03 am

If Russia can’t fix a game against Croatia, I’ll lose a lot of respect for Putin.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:11 pm

ASUHATER! · Post by **ASUHATER!** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:24 pm

I want a France England final. Renew the old wars.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:30 pm

Damnit

legallykenny · Post by **legallykenny** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:37 pm

ASUHATER! wrote:I want a France England final. Renew the old wars.

This England team isn’t very good.
France-Belgium should be the championship game.

UAEebs86 · Post by **UAEebs86** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:50 pm

Peace out election meddlers

SCCats · Post by **SCCats** » Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:04 pm

UAEebs86 wrote:Peace out election meddlers

Dopers and bribers, too.

It’s a shame they didn’t go out the way they deserved: with a 6-0 thrashing.

Catintheheat · Post by **Catintheheat** » Wed Jul 11, 2018 12:42 pm

England’s defense is really sloppy. I’m surprised they made it this far.

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:30 pm

England hasn’t been tested till today

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:30 pm

They’ve had a candy cane road to this point

CalStateTempe · Post by **CalStateTempe** » Wed Jul 11, 2018 1:45 pm

France Croatia is gonna be a fun match

TucsonClip · Post by **TucsonClip** » Wed Jul 11, 2018 3:03 pm

Can we pick up Pulisic on loan for the final? Glad hes on the USMNT, but he has to be like "WTF" right now. What a freaking match. Perisic was a mad man in the second half. Dude was all over every ball, creating nearly every chance.

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