The official FIFA World Cup 2018 thread

[Wesley Crusher]

Just listen to the fans. I love it!

[GerardoG]

Originally Posted by Wesley Crusher

Just listen to the fans. I love it!

...those Mexicans...

[Star Ferry]

Did the koreans hurt themselves with the frequent fouls?

[GerardoG]

Originally Posted by superstarmar

Welp, Mexico looked great today !!!!

[superstarmar]

Originally Posted by GerardoG

2nd goal was just brilliant!
A work of art you just don’t see too much of !!!

[watchtabs]

Ay ay ayayayyyyy canta y no llores!

[GerardoG]

Really enjoyed the game!

[City74]

I hate when they have a homer calling the game

[dmash]

Lets GOOOOOO

[KBM]

Wow, Sweden was just ROBBED. That penalty was clear as day.

[KBM]

There needs to be a serious review of the VAR system. They either need to review all controversial plays or the system simply doesn't make any sense. That or the teams should have a number or challenges, like we see in other sports.

[OmegaJJH]

WOW!!!

Could the unthinkable happen?


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[dmash]

Am I dreaming? 70-30 possession and Sweden winning 1-0? This is unreal

[OmegaJJH]

Why does Joachim Löw and his assistant always wear matching outfits???


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[dmash]

Hahahaahahahahaha

that is the best ending to a game ive ever seen in my life


and we were with 10 men


WE ARE STILL ALIVE

[tudorbaja27]

Originally Posted by dmash

Hahahaahahahahaha

that is the best ending to a game ive ever seen in my life


and we were with 10 men


WE ARE STILL ALIVE

haha. Great game. lucky Germany (though better chances etc.) in the end. Boateng is a disgrace (as the german defence was). It'll be an interesting Matchday 3

[cvera]

Can't believe the ending to that Germany Sweden game

[dmash]

Originally Posted by cvera

Can't believe the ending to that Germany Sweden game

[AK797]

Well done to Germany, fully deserved to win, but man did they make it hard for themselves. And how did Sweden get this far? They were so poor, couldn't control the ball or make simple passes, only their goal was a good bit of quality. Their defence played so deep and closed down so slowly, and the one time they needed to stand their ground and show the winger the outside, the fool goes and fouls him and Kroos finishes the game off in style.

[dmash]

Did anybody ever think Germany wouldn't win??? You guys are aware, that the Hoff had already spoken?

https://www.instagram.com/p/BkYB0_1l...avidhasselhoff

[superstarmar]

Originally Posted by dmash

Am I dreaming? 70-30 possession and Sweden winning 1-0? This is unreal

It ain’t over till it’s over !!!!
Relieved Germany pulled through with the win !!!
I would’ve been very sad to see the World Champs go home
early ...

[dmash]

Originally Posted by superstarmar

It ain’t over till it’s over !!!!
Relieved Germany pulled through with the win !!!
I would’ve been very sad to see the World Champs go home
early ...

We’re dead even with Sweden on points and GD. However, they’re playing a MUCH better 2-0 Mexican squad, whereas we have So Korea. I straight up think Sweden is losing 2-0, so we’d only need to pull off a win, draw or even a 0-1 loss. Mexico is playing fantastic. Feeling pretty good to be honest, as I see SoKorea as weaker than Sweden and us taking the win anyways. Boateng being out isn't a huge deal, rather him miss the final group stage game than our first in the Round of 16.

I know on paper, tonight was just a 2-1 victory with a last minute goal, but anybody who watched it knows that it was absolute domination with Sweden just having a few breakaways. I don't know what the heck that breakdown in our defense was, some revamp needs to happen. OTOH, we had 71%-29% possession and 16 shots taken, with quite a few that were within centimeters of going in.

[AK797]

Originally Posted by dmash

We’re dead even with Sweden on points and GD. However, they’re playing a MUCH better 2-0 Mexican squad, whereas we have So Korea. I straight up think Sweden is losing 2-0, so we’d only need to pull off a win, draw or even a 0-1 loss. Mexico is playing fantastic. Feeling pretty good to be honest, as I see SoKorea as weaker than Sweden and us taking the win anyways. Boateng being out isn't a huge deal, rather him miss the final group stage game than our first in the Round of 16.

I know on paper, tonight was just a 2-1 victory with a last minute goal, but anybody who watched it knows that it was absolute domination with Sweden just having a few breakaways. We had 71%-29% possession and 16 shots taken, with quite a few that were within centimeters of going in.

So if you come second you probably play Brazil next round, unless they too come second. England have a nice last 16 game if we get past Panama whether we come first or more likely second.

With your defence, you really don't want to play Brazil this early.

[superstarmar]

Originally Posted by dmash

We’re dead even with Sweden on points and GD. However, they’re playing a MUCH better 2-0 Mexican squad, whereas we have So Korea. I straight up think Sweden is losing 2-0, so we’d only need to pull off a win, draw or even a 0-1 loss. Mexico is playing fantastic. Feeling pretty good to be honest, as I see SoKorea as weaker than Sweden and us taking the win anyways. Boateng being out isn't a huge deal, rather him miss the final group stage game than our first in the Round of 16.

I know on paper, tonight was just a 2-1 victory with a last minute goal, but anybody who watched it knows that it was absolute domination with Sweden just having a few breakaways. I don't know what the heck that breakdown in our defense was, some revamp needs to happen. OTOH, we had 71%-29% possession and 16 shots taken, with quite a few that were within centimeters of going in.

Right , Germany dominated the game ... totally agree!
Sweden got lucky with their goal on the break ...
Those fast counter attack’s are a B!T*H....
Kidding aside , Germany’s patience paid off but they
need better defense on the counter attack breaks .

[dmash]

Originally Posted by superstarmar

Right , Germany dominated the game ... totally agree!
Sweden got lucky with their goal on the break ...
Those fast counter attack’s are a B!T*H....
Kidding aside , Germany’s patience paid off but they
need better defense on the counter attack breaks .

It was a domination, there was some ridiculous breakdown on our defense though, like I said, needs to be corrected. What else do you call 71-29% possession? I haven't a clue what they were doing, honestly, it was as if it was amateur hour. Honestly Boateng looked tired. and the entire time doesn't have the fluidity of past years, I'm not worried about next game, but I'm definitely worried about a good tournament finish.

[AK797]

Originally Posted by dmash

It was a domination, there was some ridiculous breakdown on our defense though, like I said, needs to be corrected. What else do you call 71-29% possession? I haven't a clue what they were doing, honestly, it was as if it was amateur hour. Honestly Boateng looked tired. and the entire time doesn't have the fluidity of past years, I'm not worried about next game, but I'm definitely worried about a good tournament finish.

Gary Neville, the top football pundit these days, made a good point that some of your defensive players are playing a Pep Guardiola / Real Madrid system and are too offensive while others are playing in a more traditional tight German way. Roy Keane and he kept saying Boateng thinks he's Beckenbauer, man, they really stuck it to him.

[superstarmar]

Originally Posted by dmash

It was a domination, there was some ridiculous breakdown on our defense though, like I said, needs to be corrected. What else do you call 71-29% possession? I haven't a clue what they were doing, honestly, it was as if it was amateur hour. Honestly Boateng looked tired. and the entire time doesn't have the fluidity of past years, I'm not worried about next game, but I'm definitely worried about a good tournament finish.

Even with Boateng out they looked composed !!!
That’s the beauty of the German line , even in desperate
situations they are still in control with confidence.
Oooooorrraaahhhhh!!!!!

[Zakalwe]

Interested to see how Loftus-Cheek goes. Glad to see Southgate has stuck with Sterling, who is the ultimate confidence player.

Come on England!

[Zakalwe]

Jesse Lingard wearing a RG DD?

[OmegaJJH]

Think you’re right.

I watched a James Corden sketch before the World Cup with Kane, Alli, Lingard, Sterling etc and they were all wearing various AP’s with the exception of Vardy who was wearing a Richard Mille


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