FIFA World Cup 2022
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@MiketheSnow said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
Fucking brilliant
Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia
Massive, massive result
Breaks 36 game win streak
You can always bank on Saudi Arabia to execute well.
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@MiketheSnow said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
Fucking brilliant
Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia
Massive, massive result
Breaks 36 game win streak
Saudis were fucking good. That defensive shape just fucked Argentina, and they had good pace to snuff out any half breaks
VAR has changed how teams defend. They Saudis cut a fine line last night, but VAR bailed them out 3 times. Teams have a higher line and rely on VAR making it very hard to beat the trap.
Both Saudi goals were great
And now Australia have scored first v France
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Was interesting for a while but France are slick & quick
Running the Aussies ragged now
France 2-1 Australia
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Geez after the first Aussie goal, and then that just missed screamer, that really turned in to what it actually was
A team of guys from like 2nd Div England clubs, or the bloody A-League, against a collection of the best players in the world.
Aus tried playing with control which really just played in to France's hands, as they just have better players. And pace everywhere.
Bit of a belting in the end.
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@mariner4life said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
@MiketheSnow said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
Fucking brilliant
Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia
Massive, massive result
Breaks 36 game win streak
Saudis were fucking good. That defensive shape just fucked Argentina, and they had good pace to snuff out any half breaks
VAR has changed how teams defend. They Saudis cut a fine line last night, but VAR bailed them out 3 times. Teams have a higher line and rely on VAR making it very hard to beat the trap.
Both Saudi goals were great
And now Australia have scored first v France
seriously I think Argentina must have thought this was in the bag after 30 minutes, they had found the back of the net multiple times (most not given) and must have thought they had it in the bag.
Not all bad for them though, if they qualify second in that pool and KSA first then I think they end up with better draw.
Mexico and Poland yet to enter the chat of course
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@bayimports said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
@mariner4life said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
@MiketheSnow said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
Fucking brilliant
Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia
Massive, massive result
Breaks 36 game win streak
Saudis were fucking good. That defensive shape just fucked Argentina, and they had good pace to snuff out any half breaks
VAR has changed how teams defend. They Saudis cut a fine line last night, but VAR bailed them out 3 times. Teams have a higher line and rely on VAR making it very hard to beat the trap.
Both Saudi goals were great
And now Australia have scored first v France
seriously I think Argentina must have thought this was in the bag after 30 minutes, they had found the back of the net multiple times (most not given) and must have thought they had it in the bag.
Not all bad for them though, if they qualify second in that pool and KSA first then I think they end up with better draw.
Mexico and Poland yet to enter the chat of course
Mexico and Poland drawing 0-0 made the loss far less drastic.
Argentina just sort of stopped. Saudi gave them their 30m of territory, and were happy to watch Argentina play square balls along their backline. There was no run through the middle, di Maria did fuck all when they did get him out. It was basically like they sat around waiting for Messi to do something cool.
Terrible play.
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@mariner4life said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
@bayimports said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
@mariner4life said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
@MiketheSnow said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
Fucking brilliant
Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia
Massive, massive result
Breaks 36 game win streak
Saudis were fucking good. That defensive shape just fucked Argentina, and they had good pace to snuff out any half breaks
VAR has changed how teams defend. They Saudis cut a fine line last night, but VAR bailed them out 3 times. Teams have a higher line and rely on VAR making it very hard to beat the trap.
Both Saudi goals were great
And now Australia have scored first v France
seriously I think Argentina must have thought this was in the bag after 30 minutes, they had found the back of the net multiple times (most not given) and must have thought they had it in the bag.
Not all bad for them though, if they qualify second in that pool and KSA first then I think they end up with better draw.
Mexico and Poland yet to enter the chat of course
Mexico and Poland drawing 0-0 made the loss far less drastic.
Argentina just sort of stopped. Saudi gave them their 30m of territory, and were happy to watch Argentina play square balls along their backline. There was no run through the middle, di Maria did fuck all when they did get him out. It was basically like they sat around waiting for Messi to do something cool.
Terrible play.
like the strategy out of the Barcelona playbook near the end of his time there.. didn't work for them either (among other problems of course)
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@Stargazer said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
Maybe this is easier:
That commentator
Bet there were a heap more Saudis than Indians dressed as Argentineans in that stadium.
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@Cyclops said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
I forgot how fast the group stage goes in the world cup. The pacing is fantastic, really keeps the tournament moving. I get the reason why rugby, league etc need longer breaks but it's still a selling point for this tournament.
One of the reasons Rugby wants to expand RWCs and possibly split into a plate type comp. You can schedule more midweek games.
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@KiwiMurph said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
Aren't FIFA shifting to a 48 team comp and 3 team groups next World Cup? Seems overkill
But it will make lots of money.
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@sparky said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
@KiwiMurph said in FIFA World Cup 2022 (men):
Aren't FIFA shifting to a 48 team comp and 3 team groups next World Cup? Seems overkill
But it will make lots of money.
need to pay for their Budweiser
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Just telling my son how awesome the 98 World Cup was
So we went through the team lists
Some of the squads were frankly ridiculous. Just amazing players everywhere.
