Kom igen Island lets do this!
As much as I’d like to see Argentina go out,that was a good decision by the ref...
go on Iceland !
Is it too much to ask for Argentina to score late and find out Iceland are through?
Like the way the camera panned to maradonna giving the one finger appreciation.
Pish. Good goal though.:-(
Well Nigeria showed the naivety of a young squad there, just not sharp enough at the end and didn't quite chase enough in the opening 20mins. Argentina didn't look anywhere near sorted at the back and I think a better team could carve them up
From what I saw Iceland were playing some good football there and just lacked that finish, if it was Salahson it could have been very different
Stay classy Diego!
Stay classy Diego!
Hmmm he has a long way back to classy
Oh darn. Both Iceland and Nigeria out.
Sad day for the underdogs 🎡🧞♂️
Can you imagine if lineker gave the finger to opposition fans ....ha.
right, Messi's goal. It wasn't THAT good. I understand that he's possibly one of the greatest footballers, but there have been better goals in this World Cup, yet the goal has saturated the online press and social media.
Where's the credit for Banega's pass to him which was sublime? I find all the fawning over Messi and Ronaldo rather sycophantic.
right, Messi’s goal. It wasn’t THAT good. I understand that he’s possibly one of the greatest footballers, but there have been better goals in this World Cup, yet the goal has saturated the online press and social media.
I thought that at first glance, however, the first touch to control it, then the second to push it the exact distance past the player but so he can still reach it before finishing across the keeper into the far corner, it was sublime.
His free kick that hit the post too - just looks works out where he wants it & bang, almost nails it.
You kind of raise a good point tho, despite all the goals in this tournament, there's been no Maradonaesque vs England (no not the hand of god) goal or Bergcamp or Van Basten or even a David Platt vs Belgium (just typing that I've only just realised Holland aren't there!) no goals that stand out that'll be looked at for years to come. Yet.
yeah, he should have hit it on the volley (that's what I would have done), or had one touch maximum - his second touch went a bit too far and he closed the angle to the goal too much. If I was the keeper I would have saved it.
#armchairfootball
So moving onto today's action - having got yesterday so wrong let's see if I can predict the winners with a similar amount of ineptitude....
I think the swiss will beat Costa Rica to win the group & Serbia will draw with Brazil...
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I think Mexico will be beat Sweden to win the group & Germany will beat Korea to also qualify, which would lead to us playing Germany in the quarter finals... (I think both Belgium & England are better than any team in Group H)
That said - I do like the idea of Brazil winning their group & setting up a last 16 tie with Germany, that'd be interesting.
Serbia 0 - Brazil 2
Switzerland 0 - Costa Rica 1
South Korea 1 - Germany 3
Mexico 1 - Sweden 1
Big news is that there will be a new coloured ball for the knock out stages. Definitely going to have to buy one of those. #marketingtwunts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44620577
Does that mean Harry & Ronaldo are going to have score another hatrick each to complete their world cup ball sets?
Serbia 0 – Brazil 2
Switzerland 0 – Costa Rica 1
South Korea 1 – Germany 3
Mexico 1 – Sweden 1
odds of 4355/1 as an accumulator. Got to be worth a quid 🙂
Messi's goal was sublime. The 2 touches at full pace were phenomenal. All without breaking stride.
Pretty much any other player that tried to do that would have overrun the first touch or had to slow.
No, it won't be remembered for years but it's one of the best goals so far in this comp.
Well said Kam....if you’ve played the game to any standard, you’ll know that those two touches were pure genius. At full sprint, in a match where his whole country is looking to him for the win, on the WC stage, it was just sublime. And he scored with his wrong foot!
Just to add my +1
Messi's 'goal' wasn't all that, you'd expect most of the strikers of any repute to finish from there. Even with their other foot (i refuse to accept that a world class striker has a bad foot, they all have one good one and one great one as a minimum 😉 )
The pass and the two touches that got him into the position were however 'worldies'
I f you use that logic then that "goal" by Maradonna in 86 was a bit meh.
(kind of our point)
But if Butcher had just taken him off at the knees like he should have in retaliation for being a cheating crook, we wouldn't even be discussing it. And we'd have gone on to win in 86, and then with the confidence that brought us, won again in 90.
He has much to answer for......
More VAR weirdness... Penalty or no?
I'd say that was a penalty.
Sweden 1- 0 Mexico...
Time for the Germans to sweat a bit...
EDIT 2-0
Getting worse for them, they have to match that result.
1 Nil would do it for the Germans - can't see them not scoring...
Ideal scenario - 1-0 to Germany, finish their game, think they've qualified only for Mexico to score a late, late consolation goal to knock them out.
No doubt about that penalty tho
Stuck. On a train..... At least 5live is hanging in here on the phone. As with last night live to see the Germans win and go home just for shits and giggles
It’s all a bit complicated this table isn’t it.
Listening to the guys on the radio literally anyone can go through even if they lose🤔🤧
20mins to go and Korea have had some great changes, but so have ze Germans. Can’t see Germany not scoring! Mexico 3-0 down ffs!
You just think that the German goal is inevitable, no matter how rubbish they are.
Yup 🙁
Basically Germany win they are runners up.
If Mexico get it to 3-2 I think they hang on
S Korea win very bad day in Germany
Yup +1
but......they are certainly making it interesting! 😀
There's no way Germany aren't going to score is there? They're going to send Mexico packing..
It's Germany.
The roof is being raised here in Sweden. Well, in a lagom swedish way. Please god if there really is a god please put Germany out
My friends and colleagues are going to hate me for my gloating.
Ahhh.... Schadenfreude.
Jeez...Korea not taking their chances!
ooooh what a miss from Hummels!!!
Korea are quick on the attack .. If only they could finish!
FAAARK!
Maybe, just maybe...
Maybe what...?!!!
Six mins.....FFS!
Six? I thought the game had been flowing without too much faffing ...
Maybe what…?!!!
Maybe it's really not their day...
6 minutes though, no idea where they got that from.
Have Korea scored?
