Official 2018 World Cup Thread

Holy shit, what a strike from France

God damn it, I hate France.

I would love to see Ronaldo V Messi in the quarters.  Have they have met up in international play (not counting friendlies)?  The hot taeks after that game would be delicious. 

Mbappe is too good

Well, fuck. 

Dagger. Gross

posted by like_that

Well, fuck. 

This.

This isn't meant to solely pile on Messi, but has there been a more underachieving team than Argentina the last 20 years? 

posted by SportsAndLady

Lol, good call Laley :)

First good match for them in like 2.5 years 😂. That strike was insane though. 

Mbappe was way too good for Argentina defense, and their midfield is just so bad. Once again, though, Sampaoli with a weird decision. No striker? I mean, wtf? How are you gonna win without a damn striker?!?

posted by like_that

This isn't meant to solely pile on Messi, but has there been a more underachieving team than Argentina the last 20 years? 

Argentina has only had 2 good squads in the last 20 years though. And made the WC Final in one of them. The Dutch would be my pick. They had some amazing teams and never got anything done outside of 2010.

posted by Laley23

Argentina has only had 2 good squads in the last 20 years though. And made the WC Final in one of them. The Dutch would be my pick. They had some amazing teams and never got anything done outside of 2010.

I am factoring in Copa America tourneys too.   No reason they should have lost back to back years to Chile. They had a pretty good squad in 98 and 2002 if I recall correctly.  

After all the Messi vs. Ronaldo talk here the last few days, one is already gone and there's a respectable chance the other will be before the day is over.

Referee in this Uruguay/Portugal match was terrible

posted by Heretic

After all the Messi vs. Ronaldo talk here the last few days, one is already gone and there's a respectable chance the other will be before the day is over.

We were so close to seeing them play each other on an international stage and now are robbed of the hot takes. 

I feel like Vlad made a call to make sure there wasn’t a PK given on that controversial play. 

What a save!!

posted by SportsAndLady

I feel like Vlad made a call to make sure there wasn’t a PK given on that controversial play. 

Ha. It did look like both sides were holding a bit, but def looked like a penalty.

I’m not sure how I feel about replay for a penalty but I get it. If you’re gonna use it for a hand ball you have to use it for other stuff. Def like the review for a goal going over line though. 

Holy shit, what a save to end it.

Holy cow, what a great foul in the Croatia/ Den game. Stopped him from scoring a wide open goal and missed the PK to basically win.  (Goalie def came off his line prematurely but they never seem to call that)

To pks we go

Yeah, that was a great play by that defender. Surprised he wasn’t given a red.