Yeah

Nice goal Portugal

Quaresmaaaaaaaaa

Good goal yeah, Iran not out of this though.

Is Portugal playing possession

And if so isn’t it too early for that?

Not a pen.

The ref needs to pull the red

**** having those camel ****ers up in your grill

I don't know why they do it. I've never seen a decision reversed because a player shouted at the ref.

Portugal are a horrible side.

They’re letting Iran dictate the style of play. Portugal is distracted. Trying to win the fight instead of the game.

Iran should have won this.

Cristiano Ronaldo is supposed to be able to make a PK

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mir...w-12785398.amp

What kind of dip **** let’s the opposing fans know they’re keeping him up?

pk >>>

american footy slang at it’s finest

What do y’all call them? Just “pens”?

Yeah, pens/penalties.

I guess Portugal was playing so slow because they only needed a tie.

Portugal vs Uruguay round 16, that should be good.

Penny. And Portugal are truly horrific.

Spain vs Russia is the other round of 16 game.

Spain and Uruguay to go through.

part of me feels portugal will pull it together and overcome Uruguay but they haven’t been very convincing...

I will say Portugal manages to win it but it’s not a very convincing win and it’s a very close one. will not be surprised if i’m wrong.

spain through as well ofc

Uruguay better win. Can't be having The Dark Invader spoiling my boys Torreira and Cavani's summer.

I assume everyone will be watching Argentina tonight.

Now or never for Messi.

Win well and they are through. Apparently Messi and Mascherano are picking the team.

Deary me.

Denmark and France both advance with a tie if I’m figuring it right.

Not an especially exciting arrangement

Croatia has pretty much no incentive to beat Iceland

Players picking the team?

That's why they have the last round of games kick off at the same time for each group. It's to stop teams playing for draws if the other two have already played and they know a draw will see them both through.

England Belgium should be :D
I'm OK as long as England don't lose.

Yeah, just weird if true.

This France team is pure ass.

The way this whole thing is set up seems to encourage fans to approach it like bitches who are fine with ties. At least American sports championships don't put up with that ****.

We're not "fine with ties".
Three draws would pretty much guarantee a team is knocked out.

England don't need to win their third game because they won the first two.

Bitch ****. You should be fin to punch a Jew in the throat if they don't win every game. And why the **** even have ties? Why not have overtime like real men?

They do.

In the group stage it's eight groups of four teams, three matches each. 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 if you lose. The two teams with the most points after the three games proceed to knockouts.

In the knockout stage if it's a draw after 90 minutes there is extra time (30 minutes) and if it's a draw after extra time then it's a penalty shoot out.

We aren't in the knockout stage yet. We are in the final round of group games.

Can't believe I'm explaining this.

Dude

NFL teams play half ass when guaranteed home field or eliminated

And the NBA? Have you watched the two or three weeks following the ALL STAR game. It’s the most lackluster bull****. In the NBA half the teams make the playoffs. Popovich openly admits he’s resting healthy players. Teams often just coast for a 4th place regular season finish. NBA teams even play half ass in the playoffs when they figure they can’t win on the road or can’t win at all. You ever heard of “Cancun on 3”?

The Sixers tanked back to back SEASONS for draft picks.

So don’t front like American sports don’t pull this ****.

Read Ball Four. ****ing baseball players who don’t even run to first base. Drunk on the field and on and on. Mathematically eliminated with 30 games left.

****.

Not to mention college teams that don’t even want their bowl game or go to the NIT

Group Stage is just like “regular season” and American sports are organized in a similar way. We have an obsession against ties buy American football overtime boils down to just luck.

Soccer fans understand that one point for a draw in group play is reasonable at that stage in the tournament. And in fact the NFL does accept ties in the regular season after 15 minutes of overtime. And they change the damn rules ever year.

lulz

Thoughts on the Argentina game then? This is the one I've been most excited for other than England/Tunisia.

3-1 Argentina. Can't see them keeping a clean sheet but should finally score a few.
Messi hat trick.

Messi's time to show he is the king of football.



Posted before but if this doesn't get you in the footy mood I don't know what will.

Yeah that's amazing :D