FIFA World Cup qualifiers
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Argentina v Ecuador for the right to play NZ in play-off.
Ecuador 1-3 Argentina: World Cup 2018 qualifier – as it happened
A stunning hat-trick from Lionel Messi ensured Argentina qualified automatically for the World Cup with victory in Quito
I'm hoping for an Argentina win and a Messi visit to Wellington. Although, I think I'll be out of town for the play-off anyway. So maybe I should back Ecuador so I don't get FOMO envy at the 35,000 $&@&s getting to see him and the Argies.
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@kiwimurph said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
Confirmed as Peru. Surely preferable to Argentina or Columbia from an All Whites potential qualifying point of view?
Just not from a marketing sell out the tie game in 8 minutes pov
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My Chilean flatmate will be gutted. His team choked in the home straight. Now he knows what it's like to be a Warriors fan....
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@sneakdefreak do the Warriors even make it to the home straight?
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A bit of carnage regarding the Peru v Columbia match if true. South Americans seem to be level headed regarding their football so I don't expect much outcry.....................................................
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@kiwimurph said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
Italy fail to qualify.
Sweden beat them.
I'd imagine the Italian coach will need some serious security detail.
First time since 1958 they haven't made the finals. They had a tough group - same group as Spain - but they have been pretty poor since Conte left to take over Chelsea.
3 second legs of qualifiers and all of them have finished 0-0. Both NZ and Aus games were 0-0. It's thrilling stuff ...
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@kiwimurph said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
Italy fail to qualify.
Sweden beat them.
I'd imagine the Italian coach will need some serious security detail.
He's gonna have to pray very hard that he doesn't wake up with
- A horse head in his bed or
- The fishes wearing concrete boots
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@virgil said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
Did I hear somewhere the Dutch have failed to qualify as well?
Yep. They and the Fonzie Divers will be missed.... by absolutely no one.
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@rocky-rockbottom said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
haha "Fonzie Divers" what a classic. Did I read the Italian fans screamed their nuts off right thru the Swedish anthem, urged on by the goddamn Italian team captain? STAY CLASSY, WENDYBALL.
Yeah qwhere as we just boo them as they emerge from the tunnel. Rugby fans! Always the classiest.....
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@hooroo said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@rocky-rockbottom said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
haha "Fonzie Divers" what a classic. Did I read the Italian fans screamed their nuts off right thru the Swedish anthem, urged on by the goddamn Italian team captain? STAY CLASSY, WENDYBALL.
Yeah qwhere as we just boo them as they emerge from the tunnel. Rugby fans! Always the classiest.....
Not really the same thing though is it.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel Both are unacceptable to me. I was embarrassed a few years ago at Westpac when the French ran onto the park and the stadium started booing them. It's jsut rubbish.
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@hooroo said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Both are unacceptable to me. I was embarrassed a few years ago at Westpac when the French ran onto the park and the stadium started booing them. It's jsut rubbish.
But if it's in the RWC final all bets are off 😉 I have on occasion engaged in a boo welcome for the visiting team. It's part of home field advantage to let them know they have entered the lion's den
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@hooroo said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Both are unacceptable to me. I was embarrassed a few years ago at Westpac when the French ran onto the park and the stadium started booing them. It's jsut rubbish.
Sure, but there is a huge difference between booing the players running out the tunnel and screaming and yelling during their anthem.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@hooroo said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Both are unacceptable to me. I was embarrassed a few years ago at Westpac when the French ran onto the park and the stadium started booing them. It's jsut rubbish.
Sure, but there is a huge difference between booing the players running out the tunnel and screaming and yelling during their anthem.
Not to me, it's rude for the 'hosts' to do either of those
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@hooroo said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@rancid-schnitzel said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@hooroo said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Both are unacceptable to me. I was embarrassed a few years ago at Westpac when the French ran onto the park and the stadium started booing them. It's jsut rubbish.
Sure, but there is a huge difference between booing the players running out the tunnel and screaming and yelling during their anthem.
Not to me, it's rude for the 'hosts' to do either of those
You don't see a difference between booing opposition players when they run onto the field and disrespecting their anthem? I agree both are rude, but one is far worse than the other. Imagine if NZ fans, led by McCaw, had screamed during La Marsellais during the RWC final.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@hooroo said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Both are unacceptable to me. I was embarrassed a few years ago at Westpac when the French ran onto the park and the stadium started booing them. It's jsut rubbish.
Sure, but there is a huge difference between booing the players running out the tunnel and screaming and yelling during their anthem.
Back during my uni days we felt it was our duty to give the ref and the opposition shit. The so called '16th man'
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@rancid-schnitzel said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@hooroo said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@Rancid-Schnitzel Both are unacceptable to me. I was embarrassed a few years ago at Westpac when the French ran onto the park and the stadium started booing them. It's jsut rubbish.
Sure, but there is a huge difference between booing the players running out the tunnel and screaming and yelling during their anthem.
I agree, general booing is part of the theatre of the match, booing during the anthems is actually disrespectful ... and I hate the anthems.
Hmmm, how did I wind up involved in a soccer thread? Backs.out.slowly.
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@hooroo said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
Both are bad full stop. To say keep it classy football fans is a touch funny to me when rugby fans can as poke
They point is they aren't as poke. I stand corrected if screaming during the anthem together with the team captain is something rugby fans regularly engage in.
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@rancid-schnitzel I didn't say they did.
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@Hooroo Nobody said that rugby fans are never classless. Reference was simply made to an incident of particularly appalling behaviour that is unfortunately all too common in soccer.
Do you believe that rugby fans are just as bad?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in FIFA World Cup qualifiers:
@Hooroo Nobody said that rugby fans are never classless. Reference was simply made to an incident of particularly appalling behaviour that is unfortunately all too common in soccer.
Do you believe that rugby fans are just as bad?
I don't recall ever seeing a rugby game where the fans
- Make monkey sounds at particular players
- Throw food or coins at players on the pitch
- Throw piss at each other in the stands
