ihatemusic

Goals of the tournament? Off the top of my head in no particular order: 1. Goncalo Ramos roofs the near post strike, no idea how that even went in, looked like it went through the post. 2. Netherlands Rube Goldberg set piece 3. Perisic's header from 16m out 4. Argentina's counterattack in the Final...

One of the best international matches I can remember, but maybe not even the best Fra-Arg match. The 4-3 in '18 was better? Better goals there but higher drama here. Yes Deschamps switch to 4-2-3-1 helped solidify the midfield, as well as move Mbappe more centrally. Also the "divine hand" of illnes...

absolutely well deserved. whatever they did to bring their opponents back into it, ARG simply couldn't lose tonight. as if led by a divine hand.

i needed like a week to properly process serbia's WC campaign but i can say now we're having an awesome WC

they even stopped with the bullshit VAR calls they had at the beginning

CRO is definitely not anti-football.

beside the Neymar goal probably the most breathtaking piece of football was that Petkovic dribble in the first overtime on the counter attack between two Brazillian defenders to set up Brozovic with a opportunity.

CRO simply has everything that it takes

surfer wrote: ↑

Fri Dec 09, 2022 1:04 pm

What can I say they are just the real Mentality Monsters. Amazing what a privilege to be a supporter of this team.

exactly, the mental fortitude of this CRO team is just something else.

congrats surf !

didn't watch the game but i am so happy for longtime Partizan striker Asano to seal the deal for Japan.

always wondered how did our front office managed to nab a guy that good. that first touch, so velvet soft but also direct, functional and opportunistic. criminally underrated player

what a defensive clinic by the Saudis !

ARG all of a sudden looks like they haven't progressed one inch from 2018.

i honestly thought there is going to be an unspoken forum-wide moratorium on Qatar WC 2022 activities on the general tone surf just established - SEN - NL was such a masochistic piece of football to watch. the dismal sight of the Senegalese running down the flanks, launching a counterattack for the ...

so not only brazil serbia switzerland's a repeater but france denmark peru is also !

man, if the macedonians finished the 2022 qualifiers with a tally comprising germany, italy and portugal away wins you could have just easily handed them the WC trophy and proceeded with playing the actual WC tournament like a friendly competition. jeez, what a ridiculous campaign.

WHO'S NEXT BITCH, WHO'S NEXT !?!?!

This might now be a dialogue Lutz between you and I, with Antoine popping in now and again. Havent seen DA in a while and if Serbia's last minute winner to secure their place in Qatar isnt enough to get him to log in, then I dont know if he'll be back. The playoffs look exciting and I like that one...

and in the end a seemingly breezy 3:1 with some modric and perisic individual magic to cover up a very shaky defensive performance at times and the lack of an over-arching attacking strategy (i know that part of it is dalic tactic of swapping players' positions but i still don't get what's the plan ...

i still don't get croatia. for instance, why is brozovic playing so down low and so much off the ball like he is a defensive specialist and not a fucking spindle. modric osculates from majestic in the final third to a liability in the first. vlasic makes so much more sense than kramaric, he's such a...

NED-UKR best game of the tournament so far

as your average glory-hunting Serb i of course switched to Nolo when i saw he was Tsitsipas dominating in the text playbyplay of the 4th set and, of course, missed the largest chunk of the Macedonia game save the last 20 minutes as a consequence. and man, i must say, they didn't look good, especiall...

first of all, england was pretty good, completely deserved it and i'd say croatia are kind of not themselves lately (haven't watched a CRO game in a while but i understand that they are kind of mushy these days). completely toothless in the last third and with no real spark, no one going for heroics...

i was so swamped with work these two days that i literally slept in my office yesterday night.

didn't watch a single game except the very underwhelming first half of the opening match

Mine as well. Kind of bummed no Carlos or Walto this time. I reached out to Walto on FB (as well as Jon) but he never got back to me. thanks for trying surf. i wanted to PM some of the people (Alaister also), but was simply swamped with work and never got to do so. it's sad to kicktipp without carl...