2018 Football World Cup
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11 July 2018
Croatia – England
Referee: Cüneyt Cakir (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Reserve AR: Sander van Roekel (NED)I note that Conger is one of the 12 referees retained for the last round of games.
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Poohs. Would have preferred Belgium.
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Best nil-all half of footy you could watch.
Hazard and Mm-bop are the two best players at this tournament, and were given rhe freedom to show it.
France really are very good, and will be very hard to beat in the final
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@rapido 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
I think you mean the Duke of Wellington , Nelson was Trafalgar.
Oops, sorry. Getting my historical references all askew. I originally thought about the Battle of Hastings, then realised the poms lost that one!!!
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@bovidae said in 2018 Football World Cup:
11 July 2018
Croatia – England
Referee: Cüneyt Cakir (TUR)
Assistant Referee 1: Bahattin Duran (TUR)
Assistant Referee 2: Tarik Ongun (TUR)
Fourth Official: Björn Kuipers (NED)
Reserve AR: Sander van Roekel (NED)I note that Conger is one of the 12 referees retained for the last round of games.
Anagram of ref's christian name is "Ye Cünt"
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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
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@canefan well we had a shorter period of pain and anguish
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@taniwharugby said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@canefan well we had a shorter period of pain and anguish
I guess it was different for England as they weren't clearly the best (or among the better) team between world cups. Tyranny of low expectations.
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Lukaku produced another stunning Heskey performance.
Lazy good for nothing.
Combined with rubbish crossing it was never going to be easy to beat France with 10 men.
And Mbuti (sp) can get fucked with his Neymars
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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).
