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Post by flasuss on Dec 16, 2022 0:09:15 GMT
I’m predicting Argentina because they’ve been looking better and better every game, while France has looked sort of sluggish the last couple … er, I mean, because it’s rigged for Messi of course. Yeah, it's looking more and more like Saudi Arabia's win was the best thing that could have happened to Argentina, removed the pressure of staying undefeated for so long and also allowed Scaloni to make changes in the team that won the Copa América and done well in qualifiers.
Meanwhile, this was a problem for Brazil in each of the last five World Cups- choosing between keep players that performed well before in qualifiers and other tournaments (in the 2006 case, it was the 2002 winners that were the biggest cause of the problem) or make changes in players and tactics to adapt to the current situation. Every single time, Brazil's coaches choose the former and got screwed. Every fucking time.
Brazil managed to win in 2002 exactly because it had done very poorly in qualifiers, so change was required.
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Post by cherry68 on Dec 17, 2022 17:29:16 GMT
Both Croatia and Morocco put a big effort in the 3rd place final. An entertaining game.
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 18, 2022 11:12:26 GMT
OK, Look why should I not be pulling for Argentina today? Underdog, right? Messi doesn't have one, right? France won already last time? Argentina's fans have waited longer? AND they've gone to the trouble to fix this tournament obviously (kidding people. jeez).....oh AND you know I'm religious and the Hand of God is not something to bet against ....... How is pulling for France NOT like pulling for Brady or the Lakers? Pfffft........
Like that's how you decide who to root for in sports unless you are FROM the country, right? Is there some nuance I'm missing here? Explain this to me - I don't know this game as well as I do (American) football, tennis and hockey (oh shut up)......I mean I stopped watching this gane when Beckenbauer retired ffs.......... although that is not going to score me a lot of support from people who think I'm a Republican (same people who think posting a picture of Sidney Poitier playing a Dr. is "disrepectful", um, fnck off you 3 wackadoodles). I mean when you admit to liking a guy they called "Der Kaiser" - that does NOT tend to go over well really tbh......
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Post by cherry68 on Dec 18, 2022 11:30:52 GMT
pacinoyesWell, I remember when Beckenbauer started playing 🙄... In lack of Italy, I root for Switzerland. In this final, I truly hope the winner will be who'll play better.
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Post by Joaquim on Dec 18, 2022 12:49:37 GMT
Southgate is staying for Euro ‘24
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Post by Pasquale on Dec 18, 2022 14:50:33 GMT
Does anyone have a live streaming link?
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Post by ibbi on Dec 18, 2022 15:23:42 GMT
That one isn't going to help the conspiracy theorists
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 18, 2022 15:24:45 GMT
Mbappé..........!!!!What, not funny ?
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 18, 2022 15:36:30 GMT
Oh that was just lovely......
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Post by urbanpatrician on Dec 18, 2022 15:36:34 GMT
WOW. That open space.
I saw that one from the start.
It's gonna take a seismic collapse for Argentina to lose this one. Has never happened before since 1930.
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Post by ibbi on Dec 18, 2022 15:54:33 GMT
France look today like Brazil looked in 98. Karma has come around at last. Mwah.
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Post by cherry68 on Dec 18, 2022 15:54:52 GMT
I'm afraid that virus is destroying another team.
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Post by dazed on Dec 18, 2022 15:56:54 GMT
argentina is outplaying france so bad, feels like there’s 20 of their players out there compared to frances 11 lmao with the way they’ve been pressing. they’ve had no quality possession time, can’t get my MBAPPEEEE moment smh
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Post by ibbi on Dec 18, 2022 15:59:20 GMT
I'm afraid that virus is destroying another team. YOU'RE NOT AFRAID! YOU HOPED THE TEAM THAT PLAYED BETTER WOULD WIN, AND SO FAR THEY ARE!
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Post by flasuss on Dec 18, 2022 15:59:33 GMT
Di Maria is a legend.
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Post by Joaquim on Dec 18, 2022 16:00:26 GMT
That fucking rat Di Maria took a dive and he didn’t even get touched until he was like 75% of the way to the ground. Like yea he clipped his leg but that was after Di Maria fucking dived and stuck his leg out And then you got De Paul literally assaulting people on the pitch and the ref refuses to book him God, good riddance to this fucking rigged World Cup. Just send all the refs and FIFA officials to Gitmo and use all sorts of torture methods on them until they confess this shit is rigged. No World Cup has been this blatantly rigged since ‘02 when South Korea made it so the semis
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Post by cherry68 on Dec 18, 2022 16:04:28 GMT
I'm afraid that virus is destroying another team. YOU'RE NOT AFRAID! YOU HOPED THE TEAM THAT PLAYED BETTER WOULD WIN, AND SO FAR THEY ARE! I'm afraid Di Maria, Paredes and Rabiot are coming back to Juventus and infecting us all.
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Post by ibbi on Dec 18, 2022 16:14:26 GMT
That fucking rat Di Maria took a dive and he didn’t even get touched until he was like 75% of the way to the ground. Like yea he clipped his leg but that was after Di Maria fucking dived and stuck his leg out And then you got De Paul literally assaulting people on the pitch and the ref refuses to book him God, good riddance to this fucking rigged World Cup. Just send all the refs and FIFA officials to Gitmo and use all sorts of torture methods on them until they confess this shit is rigged. No World Cup has been this blatantly rigged since ‘02 when South Korea made it so the semis The real question is how come they fixed it all for Messi but not Ronaldo? If it's less a superstar thing and more a PSG thing, then why Messi (and Mbappe?) but not Neymar? Most of all, why couldn't anybody fix it so that Qatar themselves could land one measly point?
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Post by ibbi on Dec 18, 2022 16:24:12 GMT
France might have been absolute dogshit in this game, but aside from that one time in the first half when they got the freekick on the edge of the box, whenever they get into a good position Argentina have defended beautifully.
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Post by flasuss on Dec 18, 2022 16:28:28 GMT
I'm 100% sure PSG's owners, Fifa, broadcasters and sponsors were happier with an Argentina vs Croatia than an Argentina vs Brazil semi.
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Post by Joaquim on Dec 18, 2022 16:30:27 GMT
That fucking rat Di Maria took a dive and he didn’t even get touched until he was like 75% of the way to the ground. Like yea he clipped his leg but that was after Di Maria fucking dived and stuck his leg out And then you got De Paul literally assaulting people on the pitch and the ref refuses to book him God, good riddance to this fucking rigged World Cup. Just send all the refs and FIFA officials to Gitmo and use all sorts of torture methods on them until they confess this shit is rigged. No World Cup has been this blatantly rigged since ‘02 when South Korea made it so the semis The real question is how come they fixed it all for Messi but not Ronaldo? If it's less a superstar thing and more a PSG thing, then why Messi (and Mbappe?) but not Neymar? Most of all, why couldn't anybody fix it so that Qatar themselves could land one measly point? Because in the Messi vs Ronaldo debate, Messi is the “good guy” and Ronaldo is the “villain”. Of course you force this narrative and have the “good guy” win in this infantilized post-MCU world we live in. You would think the obvious fix would be an Argentina vs Portugal final, or even Argentina vs England, but when you think about it today’s matchup makes sense too. The “GOAT” vs the baby GOAT. Helps that both play for PSG like you mentioned, which is owned by the Qataris. Brazil was probably supposed to be in the semis but Croatia ruined those plans They did try fixing it for Qatar. Remember the bad offside call in the Ecuador game? However they weren’t counting on this Qatar team to be so god damn bad that it would be obvious the fix was in if this team so much as picked up 1 solitary point in the group stages. So the focus had to shift to an Arab team that actually has talent - enter Morocco. It helps that you had the added subplot of beating Spain and Portugal back to back to restore Al-Andalus before falling to France akin to the Battle of Tours in 732AD
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Post by hugobolso on Dec 18, 2022 16:39:21 GMT
Dios Patria y Familia
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Post by dazed on Dec 18, 2022 16:44:02 GMT
MBAAAAAPPPPPEEEEEEEE
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Post by pacinoyes on Dec 18, 2022 16:44:35 GMT
Oh man.........wow........talk about momentum running wild.......Viva La France!
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Post by ibbi on Dec 18, 2022 16:45:01 GMT
Woooooooooooooooooow. Pair of glorious goals in this game to go with the penalties.
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