2018 Fifa World Cup Russia - Topic

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Jul 12 2018 07:12am

Quote (balrog66 @ Jul 12 2018 12:58pm)

All in all a pretty good showing for England, definitely did better than expected. It almost looked like the team thought it was over after the 1-0. They'll definitely be a threat in 2022 though, with all the young talent.

Croatia impressed me, with their smart subs (the amount of pressing that created in ET was insane!), the relentless energy and as a whole the squad was inexhaustable. Modric, Rakitic and Perisic were so dominant in midfield that England had little choice but the long pass over the wings. Hopefully they can recover decently so we'll have a good final.

Would like to see how england would do on the other side of the brackets!

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Jul 12 2018 07:30am

Quote (dro94 @ 12 Jul 2018 08:21)

We didn’t mock ze Germans, Spain etc when they bottled it and got knocked out, and many of their fans expected them to win it for the 2nd time in a row.

Meanwhile England fans were enjoying the team doing relatively well for the first time in decades and it’s coming home memes.

It’s an inferiority complex plain and simple.

well said my friend.

England, with no over-arching expectations for once in like two generations, finally puts in a good tourney run. gets over the pelanty voodoo, and loses in semis in ET to a strong Croatia.

all in all quite a good run. now you can only beat the teams who you play, something many of the bitter, angry mouth breathers here do not realize, as their teams failed to beat the team in front of them many matches ago.

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Jul 12 2018 07:32am

what are people even talking about, england did well and the its coming home hype train was fun, especially after our boys suffered the worst embarrassment in history

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Jul 12 2018 07:49am

I don't think anyone actually thought it was coming home, I was just playing into the memes :lol:

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Jul 12 2018 08:24am

Quote (Edgard @ 12 Jul 2018 14:49)

I don't think anyone actually thought it was coming home, I was just playing into the memes :lol:

well, like i said from the moment we were eliminated: i'm rooting for croatia but i wouldn't mind england winning it either - and to be honest, after spain was eliminated from the easy half of the draw i genuinely thought england were the favourites to make it to the final, their standards were outstanding, and their defense looked quite solid.
obviously whatever team emerged from their side would always be the underdog against the stacked side of the bracket, but in such a final everything can happen - so it was definitely a bit more than a meme, even though that claim would always make for a good (br)excuse...

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Jul 12 2018 08:33am

I'm just mad I have to change my bitmoji now.

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Jul 12 2018 01:08pm

Super Mario tore up his leg pretty good in that challenge with Pickford.

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Jul 12 2018 02:10pm

Quote (balrog66 @ 12 Jul 2018 21:08)

Super Mario tore up his leg pretty good in that challenge with Pickford.

https://i.imgur.com/qmBJ3pVl.jpg

holy fuck

and he plays on to score the winner
super mario

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Jul 12 2018 03:28pm

Clearly looks worse than it actually was as he kept on playing.

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Jul 12 2018 06:25pm

FIFA Ready To Crackdown On Cameramen Picking Out 'Hot' Female Fans In Crowd

For viewers watching at home it has become somewhat of a regular theme in World Cup tournaments, but it looks like broadcasters will stop zooming in on 'attractive women' during TV coverage.

Federico Addiechi, who is the diversity chief at FIFA, has recently spoke about how they want to crackdown on cameramen zooming in on 'hot' women to try and 'step up and tackle sexism in football,' according to a report from The Independent.

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