OT: 2022 World Cup Thread

[MadRU]

And Morocco moves on

 

[leftoright]

Ronaldo crying. Wow.

 

[NickRU714]

Sad ! Every friggen kid in this country plays soccer !!

Not even close.
You think Wimsatt played soccer growing up?

Or every NBA or NFL player?
Our best potential soccer players aren't close to playing soccer growing up.

Jacob Young would have been the biggest and fastest player on this team.

We'll never truly take the next step in international soccer until kids start thinking potentially making the USMNT is better than being a low level CBB or CFB player.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Great shot from distance for France. Nice placement.

 

[krup]

Great shot from distance for France. Nice placement.

It was a great shot, but I don’t think Pickford should be getting beat from that far out.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Didn't end up in a goal but nice setup off the free kick for France.

 

[leftoright]

Lloris getting challenged more than any other game. Harry's in top form.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Lloris getting challenged more than any other game. Harry's in top form.

Well it’s France so that’s expected. I think they actually came alive after they got scored on.

 

[MadRU]

Hugo is one of the best shot stoppers in the world. But when put under pressure his distribution is poor.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Not even close.
You think Wimsatt played soccer growing up?

Or every NBA or NFL player?
Our best potential soccer players aren't close to playing soccer growing up.

Jacob Young would have been the biggest and fastest player on this team.

We'll never truly take the next step in international soccer until kids start thinking potentially making the USMNT is better than being a low level CBB or CFB player.

I’ve heard that before and I don’t know that I agree with it. I think we have more than enough athleticism to be good in soccer. Do we ask football or basketball players to be gymnasts or skiers or swimmers etc but we are generally competitive in those kind of events and others. America is often the one of the top medal accumulators in the Olympics.

I don’t follow soccer to be an expert but imo what’s lacking is the skill or intuitiveness or vision that you’ll see from players in other sports. I do think it’s improved over the years but still not there for the top level.

 

[RU848789]

Just caught up. Amazing win by Morocco (well deserved - man can they defend or what?) and France England has been very good so far. Great French goal and great saves by Lloris.

And now a PK for England!

 

[RU848789]

Fascinating to watch Kane vs. Lloris, teammates for the past 10 years with Spurs.

 

[MadRU]

Harry!!!

 

[leftoright]

Wild about Harry!

 

[RU848789]

Match is really heating up now. Strap in folks...

 

[knight_ru]

Some rumors of Fernando Santos being fired by Portugal. If we decide to move on from Greg B I think Santos should be on our short list.

 

[leftoright]

France fearing Saka

 

[RU848789]

Nice save by Pickford. Such an entertaining game.

Spoke to soon lol - what a great ball by Griezemann and good header by Giroud, but he did get a break on the small deflection off MaGuire - otherwise I think Pickford saves that.

 

[MadRU]

Great save by Pickford

 

[rutgersguy1]

England has been controlling the game but great save by Pickford

 

[MadRU]

And then France score.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Oh and they come again for another, not this time. Nice header for the goal.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Even though they’ve trailed, England was in control of the game but France comes up with two shots and connects on one of them. It can be cruel.

 

[RU848789]

That's a foul

 

[RU848789]

Kane - Lloris #2...

 

[RU848789]

The only unforgivable sin on a PK is to not hit the target...

 

[mdk01]

Not an expert but it seems to be me the ref is letting them play and calling equally for the 2 sides. Comment?

 

[MadRU]

Worse PK I have ever seen Kane take. But I have seen others do it too, including Messi.

 

[RU848789]

delete

 

[MadRU]

Surprised Rashford/Sterling haven't come on with England down a goal.

They have

 

[MadRU]

Not an expert but it seems to be me the ref is letting them play and calling equally for the 2 sides. Comment?

Ref has been terrible

 

[rutgersguy1]

This French goalie isn’t that good imo. What the heck was that.

 

[MadRU]

This French goalie isn’t that good imo. What the heck was that.

Hugo is one of the best shot stoppers in the world, bad in distribution and shaky coming off his line

 

[rutgersguy1]

Hugo is one of the best shot stoppers in the world, bad in distribution and shaky coming off his line

Maybe but in this game I think he’s been unsure at times creating more danger than there needed to be.

I agree with your shaky coming off the line comment.

 

[rutgersguy1]

Oh my goodness that was close and that’s it.

 

[leftoright]

In all sports the better team doesn't win every game.

 

[RU848789]

They have

Yeah, I realized that right after I posted it, lol. Really wish Kane had hit that PK, mostly so we could've seen 30 minutes more of that...

 

[CERU00]

Not an expert but it seems to be me the ref is letting them play and calling equally for the 2 sides. Comment?

Not in my eyes. I can count at least 4 or 5 very obvious fouls (including multiple near the box) by French defense not called. Awful. England was the better team all over the field.

 

[RU848789]

No offense to Croatia and Morocco, but I really want to see France - Argentina in the final.

 

[MadRU]

Probably the best match of the tournament as far as both teams going for it from the starting whistle to the end.