Small boys in the park, jumpers for goalposts, rush goalie. World cup thread.

Did Ramos hit De Hea on the head????

This VAR thing, should make the games flow better eh? Ref could have given that costa arm thing before the goal, (shouldn’t have but could have). Gives refs a bit more confidence just to let some things go and leave it to the VAR to flag up, guess they are always in his ear?

Who is going to get the first hat trick then?

Omg….hopefully Ronnie will get his third

This really is a cracker.

Thought this game might fizzle out in the second half, sometimes it is good to be wrong.

as perfect a strike as i’ve ever seen! outstanding!

Even the most try hard football hater would enjoy this. Absolutely brilliant stuff

Anybody watching this in 4K on BBC iPlayer?

Looks great!

Nice comeback for Spain!

Portugal can’t rely on one player.

Portugal can’t rely on one player.

erm they won the euros, just 2 years ago! 😆

Aye and ‘him’ went of injured after 10 minutes!

so mixed. I love Portugal, the people, my parents have a place out there that I love going to, but as long as they have Ronaldo, the petulant show pony, I can’t bring myself to love their team.

Spain have too many stars.

wot a goooool!

WTF!!!! A face you would so love to slap but he does have the skills there

….. and yet, he is just a brilliant player, and I tip my hat when he does something like that

Total genius!!

Fabulous, the guys a legend.

That goal was amazing…..truly amazing!  To dip that over the wall wall unbelievable. The commentators were saying it wasn’t possible and he did it easily!

Well this game still keeps delivering.

I still see a Spain and France final if they don’t meet before,  but just imagine how good spain could be if they sorted out the goalkeeping problem 😉

What. A. Game. Simply outstanding and demonstrates how good football can be.

It’s OK, we’ve got Kane

We roar when Harry scores!

(don’t pass to Vardy)

What. A. Game. Simply outstanding and demonstrates how good football can be.

Exactly. Watching this is a reminder that I actually like watching football. I just know the English variation is going to bore me rigid in comparison.

So Iran top the group, and on the last day of Ramadan. Bet there is some late night partying going on in Tehran tonight. I’m sure they don’t get many bragging rights in International football 🙂

Why does he hitch one leg of his shorts up? Weapons grade bell end but one of the true GOATS

As above – he had no right to score that third goal from there directly. I didn’t give him a chance but he floated it in. Glorious stuff, gotta accept players like that and just enjoy it. If we play at 50% of that level on Monday I’ll be happy.

Ronaldo – over to you. (Messi and Neymar)

I wouldn’t have fancied being Iranian or Moroccan watching that tonight.

Belting match! Some blinding goals. I had a couple of quid on Ronnie getting a hat trick too

I had a couple of quid on Ronnie getting a hat trick too

Against Spain. You really have no idea on how to bet sensibly do you?

(how much did you get for that…….?)

It was a great free kick but a cheap hat trick. He mugged the ref into the penalty and the free kick and the other one was lucky. Also he’s a right weapon.

Nacho’s strike has to be a contender for goal of the tournament though, incredible.

all that skill and he still feels the need to cheat, it’s really quite depressing!

Where did he cheat?

he goes down easier than a $2 whore

The penalty shouldn’t have been a penalty in a “sporting fair play its not cricket old chap” way, there is no doubt that he bought the contact and went down far to easily. But IMO it would have been given in 90%+ matches.

The funny thing is, if that is judged a penalty then the foul before Spain’s first goal should also be given if the incidents are judged on merit, they are both similar levels of contact and equally players going down easy to exaggerate the contact. So if the ref is consistent and both are given advantage Portugal, if the ref lets both slide then advantage Spain. I think for the actual match and spectacle justice was probably done, but it is inconsistent refereeing.

I’m going to go against the Ronnie haters here.if you’ve not seen the documentary on him then give it a watch. It’s the same people who made Senna, so not some puff-piece blowing smoke up his srse.

You’ll come out of it with a grudging respect for him. He had a shit childhood but was driven to escape it by becoming ‘the best player in the world’

his dedication and commitment is unbelievable. That’s why he scored that free kick. Relentlessly practicing doing it, time after time

Is he a preening dick? Yes.

But you can’t dispute his ability

And complaining that he cheated? Against a team containing Sergio Ramos and Diego Costa? Do me  a favour….. 😂

Oh FFS this forum is still a complete ****!

Twice I typed stuff out to be asked “are you sure you wanted to do that,instead of posting it.

And complaining that he cheated? Against a team containing Sergio Ramos and Diego Costa? Do me a favour…..

ah they’re all it so it’s alright defense…

I expect Pogba is about to do what Rashford did last week and show what he can do when he’s actually allowed to play

3rd time lucky maybe.

On to todays games, looking forward to seeing the French young guns, Mbappe and Dembele today, and if Messi can respond to Ronaldo’s challenge in the later game. Both France and Argentina should brush aside these opponents though.

Klunk – basically, yes. It’s one of the reasons England will never win owt. With the exception of Sterling, they’re just too naive.

You have to play the game as it is, rather than how you’d like it to be. So you stick to the rules against a side containing players who’ll pull every trick in the book, then you’re going to get whooped every time.

You can moan about it all you like, but players like Ramos, Costa and Ronnie? It’s just part of their game.

Costa’s goal maybe wouldn’t have stood if Bepe hadn’t have gone down like he’d been shot