2018 Football World Cup
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@jk said in 2018 Football World Cup:
Tremendous 2nd half of footy.
First half wasnt actually that bad. Sure it was nil - nil but there was a fair bit of action at both ends.
Had a multi finish on it too that I thought was dead in the water went 0-2 down!
Agree - first half was absorbing, second half was a rollercoaster. Lukaku showed he is a really good player but not a natural finisher - shocking missed header in front of goal, took the big haired one to show him how to do it. Vertonghen a shocking piece of defending for the 1st goal, cracking finish for the 2nd - but then he made up for it with the looping header that always looked like it was going in.
I thought Japan needed to keep pressing - no way they wanted the last 15 minutes of crosses into their box with so many big players they couldn't cope with. But had a feeling once that last corner was caught cleanly that the break was on - cynical it may be but they needed to take out de Bruyne before he got moving.
And Brazil v Belgium will be a cracker of a Q final - as will France v Uruguay. It is the Euro v Euro games that have been tedious so far. Which means England's game should be good - and Sw v Sw is probably best avoided!
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Japan was compact and organised at the back which meant Belgium struggled to create many chances in the 1st half. Lukaku and Witsel had half-chances but nothing much else. I didn't think that De Bruyne was that prominent in the 1st half either, and Lukaku looked frustrated with his lack of service.
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@bovidae said in 2018 Football World Cup:
Japan was compact and organised at the back which meant Belgium struggled to create many chances in the 1st half. Lukaku and Witsel had half-chances but nothing much else. I didn't think that De Bruyne was that prominent in the 1st half either, and Lukaku looked frustrated with his lack of service.
Lukaku was the Belgian Heskey tonight
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@mikethesnow said in 2018 Football World Cup:
@bovidae said in 2018 Football World Cup:
Japan was compact and organised at the back which meant Belgium struggled to create many chances in the 1st half. Lukaku and Witsel had half-chances but nothing much else. I didn't think that De Bruyne was that prominent in the 1st half either, and Lukaku looked frustrated with his lack of service.
Lukaku was the Belgian Heskey tonight
ouch
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Great to see and sets a great example.
I work for a Japanese company and see this type of article doesn't surprise me but it still makes me happy.
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I liked the story that when they played Colombia fans, the Japanese fans started gathering up all their rubbish from the stands at the end of the game - the Colombian fans asked them what they were doing and when they were told, they did the same thing. Warm fuzzies
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@tordah said in 2018 Football World Cup:
fuck, now I feel bad for the Japanese. No diving, not antics, no theatrics and no time-wasting when they were in front. Hate this world cup!
However they were at least beaten by a side who also played to win by scoring goals in open play, who didn't spend the last half diving like say Brazil would. Japan scored more easily than against other sides because the Belgians played way more up field than most.
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Neymar mistakes hand dryer for deadly tornado
Neymar mistakes hand dryer for deadly tornado
Brazilian superstar Neymar found himself caught in a disaster of epic proportions yesterday, after accidentally using a hand dryer at his hotel.
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T-8 hrs until the start of Engxit
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Neymar keeps rolling...rolling.& rolling | By Juhardy | Facebook
Neymar keeps rolling...rolling.& rolling
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Comedy Gold
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Swedes 1 Turnips nil
(Unfair to the Swiss ... but good to rehash the classic headline. Just caught the last two minutes... why am I awake at 2am?)
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Boring as fuck 1st half in the Colombia v England match.
Penalties at this rate 😭
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@rocky-rockbottom really? You sound like these idiots in the ITV studio. One eyed and can only see one lot niggling. It's quite clearly cutting both ways, they're watching an English player drop his shoulder into a Colombian player who drops his shoulder and moaning about intimidation... When the Colombian is tiny. Fuck the fuck off
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I hate the way the players crowd the ref screaming like petulant children. Such a bad look.
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Agreed.
There's dirty, thick fluffybunnies on both sides
