2018 Football World Cup
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@canefan said in 2018 Football World Cup:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12086946
A Kiwi link to the 3 Lions. Teaching the Kiwis mental toughness?? LOL
Aura knows no bounds and spreads to soccer as well
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@canefan said in 2018 Football World Cup:
One half of the "Battle of Waterloo" WC final in. Now for the team representing the Lord Nelson side to front up
The last time these two met in a big WC match it was the Battle of Agincourt that was referenced.
(Too many on the non-French side at Waterloo weren't English -- all the Scots for a start, but also Dutch, Belgians, Hanoverians.)
Trafalgar would do
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@mikethesnow Lukaku was very poor. Seems to have zero predatory instinct in the box. The time the ball came over and the defender missed it and it hit Romelu and he looked surprised. You're the bloody centre-forward, your job is to be ready to do something with the ball when it arrives.
Very professional performance from the French - lots of hard work by their midfield to crowd the Belgian play-makers and Kante as usual was making a pest of himself.
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@chester-draws said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@canefan said in 2018 Football World Cup:
One half of the "Battle of Waterloo" WC final in. Now for the team representing the Lord Nelson side to front up
The last time these two met in a big WC match it was the Battle of Agincourt that was referenced.
(Too many on the non-French side at Waterloo weren't English -- all the Scots for a start, but also Dutch, Belgians, Hanoverians.)
Trafalgar would do
Significant contigent of Welsh Longbowmen in Henry V's army at Agincourt.
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Regardless of who wins this evening, France remain hot favourites IMHO.
That being said, an England victory in regulation with no injuries and no suspensions is the best scenario for a competitive Final with the outside chance of a startling upset.
Kane will put far more pressure on the French defence than Lukaku did.
Croatia have had a tough road to the SF / F and will have a day less rest than France.
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@kiwipie said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@mikethesnow Lukaku was very poor. Seems to have zero predatory instinct in the box. The time the ball came over and the defender missed it and it hit Romelu and he looked surprised. You're the bloody centre-forward, your job is to be ready to do something with the ball when it arrives.
Very professional performance from the French - lots of hard work by their midfield to crowd the Belgian play-makers and Kante as usual was making a pest of himself.
Starting to see the calls for Kante for Golden Ball. I think Oliver Khan would have been the last non-forward to win, and can't think of too many others.
If he did then the last time the golden ball winner was also a champion looks to have been 1994 (Romario for Brazil).
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@cyclops said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@kiwipie said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@mikethesnow Lukaku was very poor. Seems to have zero predatory instinct in the box. The time the ball came over and the defender missed it and it hit Romelu and he looked surprised. You're the bloody centre-forward, your job is to be ready to do something with the ball when it arrives.
Very professional performance from the French - lots of hard work by their midfield to crowd the Belgian play-makers and Kante as usual was making a pest of himself.
Starting to see the calls for Kante for Golden Ball. I think Oliver Khan would have been the last non-forward to win, and can't think of too many others.
If he did then the last time the golden ball winner was also a champion looks to have been 1994 (Romario for Brazil).
Lloris would be a good shout too
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@chester-draws said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@canefan said in 2018 Football World Cup:
One half of the "Battle of Waterloo" WC final in. Now for the team representing the Lord Nelson side to front up
The last time these two met in a big WC match it was the Battle of Agincourt that was referenced.
(Too many on the non-French side at Waterloo weren't English -- all the Scots for a start, but also Dutch, Belgians, Hanoverians.)
Trafalgar would do
Too many Spaniards
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Good call Catograde.
I'm doubtful of counting the Welsh at Agincourt because they were subjects of the English, not British, crown. However lots of the "English" were French speakers born in France.
It's impressive how few purely England vs France battles there are. Sluys?
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@crucial said in 2018 Football World Cup:
Battle of Hastings?
Both sides ended up being English.
This is getting very complicated.
I'd say we would have to go all the way back to 1992 and the Battle of Parc de Princes and two sent off for the French.
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@catogrande said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@crucial said in 2018 Football World Cup:
Battle of Hastings?
Both sides ended up being English.
That's a fantastically English way of describing having your arses kicked.
"They were absorbed with us"
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@crucial said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@catogrande said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@crucial said in 2018 Football World Cup:
Battle of Hastings?
Both sides ended up being English.
That's a fantastically English way of describing having your arses kicked.
"They were absorbed with us"
Yeah, I was going to say that I saw it the opposite way... ever since 1066, every contest has been "France vs France"
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@crucial said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@catogrande said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@crucial said in 2018 Football World Cup:
Battle of Hastings?
Both sides ended up being English.
That's a fantastically English way of describing having your arses kicked.
"They were absorbed with us"
Well by that time we were a mix of Celts, Saxons and Danes who then got invaded by some more Danes until we were all English. Except for those particular Celts that moved west and never really assimilated.
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Trippier you Leg End. Cracking goal.
One of the finds of the tournament.
Croatia 0 - 1 England
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Please don't sit on this England. Hammer them
