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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Starsky on November 08, 2022, 02:28:06 pm
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World Cup starts in a week and a half
Argentina just lost one of its starters…midfielder Lo Celso…. Heartbroken
But
https://www.espn.com/soccer/blog-the-toe-poke/story/4795953/argentina-lionel-messi-predicted-to-win-big-at-world-cup
I fancy Brazil, Germany, France and Belgium’s chances more….
The US looks like a mess right now but maybe it all comes together in Qatar.
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The US looks like a mess right now but maybe it all comes together in Qatar.
God, I hope not. Insufferable with all the bandwagon fans.
USMNT --> direct to the salt mines for reeducation.
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the world cup takes on a new meaning this time 'round: my kids are finishing up their first season of soccer. hoping that they get into the tourney and learn a little something from the world's best (and the USMNT, too).
i will of course be cheering for Canuckistan (https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2022/11/6/qatar-world-cup-2022-team-preview-canada), in its first appearance at the WC since 1986. we might even score a goal this time!!! with croatia and belgium in the group the chances of making it out of the round-robin are very, very low.
any drop in my productivity during the WC will - i mean, would - be purely coincidental.
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Senegal’s Mane -one of worlds best- out of Cup due to injury
Oh oh why oh why do they insist on playing club soccer until a week before WC? $ but what a tragedy for WC. Players either get injured or arrive tired and prone to injuries.
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I hate bandwagon fans. Let's Go Wrexham!!
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The horror
World Cup organizers to ban alcoholic beer sales at stadiums
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The horror
World Cup organizers to ban alcoholic beer sales at stadiums
Two days from the start!
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The horror
World Cup organizers to ban alcoholic beer sales at stadiums
Hopefully they'll cancel the soccer next.
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any drop in my productivity during the WC will - i mean, would - be purely coincidental.
I took the week off. 2AM-11AM start times on the west coast are just not copacetic to working.
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The horror
World Cup organizers to ban alcoholic beer sales at stadiums
Two days from the start!
talk about a bait-n-switch... from the outset, organizers were concerned about alcohol sales yet the Qataris assured - guaranteed - that it wouldn't be a problem, that they would work something out, just give the tournament to them and everything will be fiiiiiiiiiiine... woops.
i'd love to be a fly on the wall at AB InBev. they must be having an absolute cow. they have boatloads of kegs and cases that are either in-country or in transit. not like there is another local destination they can offload those on... to not even talk of the lost revenue. methinks they're going to have a word with FIFA about the $75 million they paid to be the exclusive beer vendor at the WC.
i'm surprised that riots haven't broken out in germany and england yet.
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The new plan could create friction with Budweiser, which has sponsored the tournament since 1986 and pays tens of millions of dollars each World Cup cycle.
Between the lines: Beer will still be available in suites for FIFA officials and wealthy guests, the New York Times reports.
Other fans can purchase nonalcoholic beer in stadiums, soccer's governing body said.
So Jules will be able to get beer, it's just the regular fans who can't
I love how they act like nonalcoholic beer is a viable option if they don't have alcoholic beer
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So Jules will be able to get beer, it's just the regular fans who can't
How dare you imply I would go see soccer. How dare you.
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So Jules will be able to get beer, it's just the regular fans who can't
How dare you imply I would go see soccer. How dare you.
I mean when you are a guest in the Fifa suite, you don't have to face the field and can put a Moz concert on the insuite TV
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The big question is who will score more? Canuckistan or USMNT? I'd go with Canuckistan, USMNT has looked terrible as of late, they'll be lucky to score 3 goals.
Pulling for Ecuador, personally. The bars on Conn Ave south of Dupont Circle are where all the Latin American fans hang out and they are a blast. I'm sure World Cup 2022 will be no exception.
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Canada looks good!! The US looks disastrous
FIFA boss is a disgrace
https://www.espn.com/soccer/fifa-world-cup/story/4806508/world-cup-fifa-president-infantino-slams-europe-hypocrisy-in-astonishing-speech
Anyways less than 24 hours to kickoff
The worst thing is how the European leagues played until a few days ago! No break for players so many are injured. All about $
Benz Ema is hurt. Mane missing cup and dozens of other examples. Sad. Teams usually have a month to get ready for WC and in this case a week or less.
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Pulling for Ecuador, personally. The bars on Conn Ave south of Dupont Circle are where all the Latin American fans hang out and they are a blast. I'm sure World Cup 2022 will be no exception.
Lucky Bar is where I saw Argentina defeat England in pks in 1998. A great memory. Also where I saw Messi for the first time!
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ENG vs POR in 2006 at the Lucky Bar is one of, if not the, best soccer memory I have... Epic vibe.
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https://twitter.com/TrollFootball/status/1593993764720312322?s=20
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Harsh but they deserve it!
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Benzema- reigning Balón d’or- out of WC
Huge loss for France and those that like to watch the sport.
Thank you UEFA and FIFA: let’s run the players into the ground and then a few days later ask them to play WC
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First baloney call at four minutes.
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First baloney call at four minutes.
Why does soccer have to be so complicated?
Qatar played pretty dirty today, lots of elbows to the head on jump balls. I hope they get rolled in all their matches.
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First baloney call at four minutes.
Why does soccer have to be so complicated?
Qatar played pretty dirty today, lots of elbows to the head on jump balls. I hope they get rolled in all their matches.
The guy who stepped on Valencia should have gotten red.
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for anyone not aware of the horror that was required to make the Qatar WC happen, some required watching: John Oliver absolutely ripped into the tournament organizers - FIFA and Qatar - last night.
Qatar World Cup: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMqLDhl8PXw)
i mean, i was aware that the stadiums were built with slave labor, but holy hell... just fucking inhuman. definitely changed how i'm viewing this WC.
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African teams success in the WC so often comes down to their goalkeepers.
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Nice to see Edgar Davids on Netherlands bench as Assistant Coach. What a tremendous player he was…
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wow! USA
Pullsic is doing some serious ball handeling
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They need to keep up the pressure this 2nd half. Seems like they let the control of the game go to Wales.
wow! USA
Pullsic is doing some serious ball handeling
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USA living very dangerously…
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Oh no. Definitely a penalty
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There was absolutely no need for that foul in the box.
Predictable though….
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bale finds the back of the net :(
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ugh...tie
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Pulisic actually looked bad…. Always overkicking the set pieces
Zimmerman blew it…no need to come charging in like that in the fricking penalty box!!
Disappointing
Advancing will probably come down to who beats Iran by more goals: US orWales
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Pulisic actually looked bad….
well he looked really good assisting that one goal
had some other impressive stuff, but you are not wrong
there was a lot of danger in front of the welsh box, but US could rarely deliver the kill shot needed, but there were many opportunities
only one shot on goal, that's the problem
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Does anyone have suggestions on a good app to follow the action?
— queue some snarky Jules comment with suggestions of the proctologist cam site
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What do you mean app to follow it?
I am watching the games via YouTube tv
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Does anyone have suggestions on a good app to follow the action?
Why would I suggest anyone follow it? You’re all uniformly against the sportswashing that is a Qatar World Cup, yeah? Why would I suggest you be giant hypocrites and watch it?
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What do you mean app to follow it?
I am watching the games via YouTube tv
Like following it without video and tracking the tournament
Was just going to install the fifa app, just not sure I will be able to remove the stink after it’s over
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There’s a bunch of folks on Twitter like men in blazers.
I don’t get what I am doing wrong watching some of the games. It’s not like I speak wonders about Qatar or any of these Middle East countries. I am fully aware who they are. The WC has made me think less of them not sportswashed! Hell I ain’t even paying for YouTube TV.
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Hutch, when was the last time you saw 4:30 AM
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They are comparing the fan village to Frye fest
https://twitter.com/alvinfoo/status/1594656275924627457
As one commenter said: looks like a refugee camp
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Hutch, when was the last time you saw 4:30 AM
Yeah….been a while
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Hutch, when was the last time you saw 4:30 AM
Yeah….been a while
Although after seeing that score, I bet you wish you slept in
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Yeah that sucked ass…
Feeling in shock and incredibly low…
No way I could have slept in
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The game always has to be played and nothing is foreordained.
Credit to the Saudis who played their game. They were particularly disciplined applying the offside trap in the first half when the game should have been decided. Their second goal was fantastic.
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Someone score
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Anyone
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Landon Donovan is so much better than the other color analysts like Taylor Twerpman. First of all he knows the most important thing: when to STFU
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My Julian’s Saudi friends I met in Cannes this summer are going nuts. Really great to see their joy! They deserve it!
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Absolutely!! There are not a better people than the Saudis!
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Absolutely!! There are not a better people than the Saudis!
They owned a McLaren!
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They owned a McLaren!
nice! do you know if they got it from the dealer, or did they slaughter a political opponent and take their car? (AKA was it new or used?)
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They owned a McLaren!
nice! do you know if they got it from the dealer, or did they slaughter a political opponent and take their car? (AKA was it new or used?)
Honest to God, thru told us they bought it for the month they were in town. They had no intention of even trying to get it home. I knew then, these were my guys.
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i realize that it is de rigueur (some even claim it's avant-garde) to sabotage the savoir-faire of the Fronche, but zut alors did they look good today. yes, it was just their opening match and there is a lot more soccer to be played... we haven't even seen most of the teams yet (it would be both risqué and a faux-pas to bid bon voyage to the pot-pourri of talent yet to be seen)... but if they keep that up, they'll be the team to beat. they definitely had that je ne sais quoi... déjà vu cul-de-sac façade ricochet!
vinaigrette, à la mode!!!
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Today in conservative outrage.. the men’s head coach wearing a black Nike shirt that simply says STATES
Grab the pearls people it’s unpatriotic and making some sort of Woke statement
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i realize that it is de rigueur (some even claim it's avant-garde) to sabotage the savoir-faire of the Fronche, but zut alors did they look good today. yes, it was just their opening match and there is a lot more soccer to be played... we haven't even seen most of the teams yet (it would be both risqué and a faux-pas to bid bon voyage to the pot-pourri of talent yet to be seen)... but if they keep that up, they'll be the team to beat. they definitely had that je ne sais quoi... déjà vu cul-de-sac façade ricochet!
vinaigrette, à la mode!!!
Fuck it, I gotta get back to Reims for harvest season this year.
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Fuck it, I gotta get back to Reims for harvest season this year.
well, you're a little late for this year's vendage... but 2023 awaits!
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Fuck it, I gotta get back to Reims for harvest season this year.
well, you're a little late for this year's vendage... but 2023 awaits!
Pardonne-moi! You are correct. That is what I meant.
Tu es un sacré pédant!
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The horror
World Cup organizers to ban alcoholic beer sales at stadiums
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/budweiser-says-it-will-give-unused-qatar-world-cup-beer-to-tournament-winner-11669137576
Would be funny if a Muslim nation won
In other beer news
Ecuador fans also drew global attention to their chants in Spanish of “we want beer” during the team’s 2-0 win at Al Bayt Stadium
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is japan going to beat Germany!
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is japan going to beat Germany!
man a day for the upsets!
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Man Japan has come a long way…
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is there hope the USMT will beat those limeys with this run of colossal upsets
at least own goal isn't the leading story this time around
are their odds on own goals?
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That second Japanese goal…man the first touch…sick skill
I remember being in Japan in 1982 and Boca Juniors came with Maradona and did a tour beating Japanese teams without breaking a sweat including the national team..
Now look at them!
That group is a killer …Spain, Germany and Japan
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Costa Rica goalie Navas having an unusually bad day.
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Ahhh…an old fashioned ass kicking
Refreshing
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Iran just did the US a huge favor by beating Wales 2-0.
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Iran just did the US a huge favor
That’s a phrase you rarely hear
So to make it to the next round they can lose to eng and need to tie or beat iran
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Well I wouldn’t go into it assuming anything but for example if England beat the US then the US would have to beat Iran cause Iran now has three points and the US would have one
If Wales surprised England they would have four points.
Remember if England has six points after today and everyone else has one they may rest a lot of starters against Wales (if their goal differential is good vs Iran going into third game)
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Iran just did the US a huge favor
That’s a phrase you rarely hear
So to make it to the next round they can lose to eng and need to tie or beat iran
If the US loses to England and then ties Iran, wouldn’t Iran advance? (US two ties, Iran 1 win and 1 tie.) AKA the greatest outcome imaginable.
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That’s right
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Math… weird how tied it is to the manly game of sports
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It is sad that these are the only two good things about USMT *
It’s a young team
England have never beaten USA in a World Cup match
*of course there are a few good things
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US played better than England.
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Agreed - expected them to lose
but boring as shit
In a bar with a few dozen Americans chanting USA and it would have been fuckin nice to have scored a goal with all that enthusiasm
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TIL the etymology of soccer - cockney slang for "association" (i.e., association football).
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Agreed - expected them to lose
but boring as shit
In a bar with a few dozen Americans chanting USA and it would have been fuckin nice to have scored a goal with all that enthusiasm
That was actually a decent game.
Unfortunately World Cup soccer is often boring now
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Hopefully Iran can eliminate the great Satan that is US soccer fans this week and our national nightmare can end.
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I mean, wutthafuggahyagonnado?
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I believe I remember watching Iran defeat the US at the 1998 World Cup.
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If the US loses to England and then ties Iran, wouldn’t Iran advance? (US two ties, Iran 1 win and 1 tie.) AKA the greatest outcome imaginable.
a moment to let that post sink in.
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Phew, Martinez protecting the net from that free kick was impressive
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Both of the Argentina goals were insane
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Glad Argentina won but they still looked mediocre. Maybe they can grow into the tournament.
Happy about Enzo’s goal and play. Hope they start him against Poland. The American commentators for the game did their homework as they seemed to know about his meteoric rise. He was the last player on the original list of 26.
Much like Germany has Argentina’s number in WC so Argentina always seems to beat Mexico even though games are difficult.
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ANYONE WATCH ANY REAL FOOTBALL THIS WEEKEND!?
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The Germany-Spain game was great.
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(https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/11/28/multimedia/28worldcup-qatarfans-1-ef82/28worldcup-qatarfans-1-ef82-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp)
The Fans Screamed for Qatar. Their Passion Hid a Secret. (https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/sports/soccer/world-cup-fans-qatar-ultras.html)
Through word of mouth, young Lebanese fans were offered an extraordinary deal: free flights, accommodations, match tickets and food, plus a small stipend, to bring some ultra culture to Qatar’s World Cup games. The fans arrived in mid-October to rehearse their choreographed actions and to practice their newly written chants.
And to learn Qatar’s national anthem.
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Of course that stuff is going on…they only have 300,000 native people and absolutely no soccer culture.
But where was the outrage from liberals when the WC was awarded to Qatar? American liberals seem to have woken up to Qatari corruption, repression and worse last week? The time to take a stand was years ago when Qatar was awarded the cup after buying it! You didn’t know they literally buy everything and have millions of immigrants in their country whose job it is to serve them? You thought they treated homosexuals well?? now it’s just too late and I will concentrate on the games themselves.
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Uruguay’s loss hurts me.
Comical watching Ronaldo trying to take credit for a teammate’s goal. What an a-hole.
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I mean this shit is the same in any Arab country. People have no rights…there is no democracy and women and gay people are treated like shit. The US does business with them regardless cause it has no choice.
Liberals remind me of the French inspector in Casablanca “I am shocked to find gambling is going on here.”
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Obligatory 9:30 club appearance
https://twitter.com/930Club/status/1597610776776564736?t=8KYwBIE2lkMDAtfZihsDWQ&s=19
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That is awesome!!
Obligatory 9:30 club appearance
https://twitter.com/930Club/status/1597610776776564736?t=8KYwBIE2lkMDAtfZihsDWQ&s=19
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Comical watching Ronaldo trying to take credit for a teammate’s goal. What an a-hole.
FIFA confirms Cristiano Ronaldo did not score Portugal's opener via match-ball technology (https://www.espn.com/soccer/portugal-por/story/4818955/fifa-tech-confirms-ronaldo-didnt-score-portugal-opener)
lol
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Was offline all day, but glad to hear the US advance
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Was offline all day, but glad to hear the US advance
You were missed.
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Comical watching Ronaldo trying to take credit for a teammate’s goal. What an a-hole.
At least he didn't rape anyone in the process.
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Very nice.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11485763/World-Cup-fan-shot-dead-Islamic-Regime-security-forces-celebrated-Irans-defeat-USA.html
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Stolen from Twitter:
Problem with the USMNT is that everything that surrounds them from the vocal former players, fans, all the way to the songs and the whole “it’s called soccer” shtick is so unbearably dorky
American nationalism is already for dweebs but then you put it through a sport where they have an inferiority complex, you get shit like Lalas being a prominent personality and “I believe that we will win” as a chant
This articulates this better than I ever could. Want to like EPL? Not my thing but more power to you. Stan-ing the USMNT and dressing up like a founding father whose at the forefront of a revolution of a small plucky nation? Enormous loser.
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a founding father whose at the forefront of a revolution of a small plucky nation? Enormous loser.
agreed. who'd want to associate themselves with those upstart colonialists? TOTAL LOSERS. so embarrassing.
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a founding father whose at the forefront of a revolution of a small plucky nation? Enormous loser.
agreed. who'd want to associate themselves with those upstart colonialists? TOTAL LOSERS. so embarrassing.
I mean, you're being sarcastic but yes, actually? This country mostly sucks. Its creation narrative is lame and made up. People who collect American Revolution memorabilia are giant dorky losers.
People who then try to copy this iconography like it tells some story about how Christian Pusilic is the second coming of Jesus Christ (as opposed to maybe the 80th best soccer player on Earth?) brought here to lead a plucky bunch of upstart soccer players -- who have one of the wealthiest federations in the sport, by the way, but prattle on -- to a victory for overlooked edgelords everywhere are dorky losers squared. Like this is all very stupid. Flag waving and draping yourself in the stars and stripes is fuckboi behavior; doing it for Landon Donovan and the perception of the MLS is incredibly cuck behavior.
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The Brit dudes who dress up like its the Crusades and yell "ITS COMING HOME" are also losers; this is not US specific. I mean, yes, the USMNT fanhood is a particularly toxic set of dweebs who no reasonable person could wish a second of joy in their miserable dork lives, but they're not alone.
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jules, show us on the doll where the bad, bad soccer coach touched you when you were a child...
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Mexico 🇲🇽 O U T out
I feel like if the US plays well they have a chance with Netherlands. I wonder how many of the eight round of 16 games will be decided by penalty kicks. Hoping no more than two.
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Wow Belgium….
What a shame for Kevin DeBruyne
No way you can convince me Morocco is more than Belgium…really helped by Canada keeper’s gift of a goal
Shows how pointless FIFA rankings are…
Belgium 2
Italy 6
Denmark 10
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just watching some highlights...I can't believe that Polish Keeper stopped that Messi penalty kick
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That was an amazing save. Messi was angry at himself post-game but he kicked it well!
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No way you can convince me Morocco is more than Belgium…
The JA set has always been going to Brussels and its fine but Marrakesh and Tangier is so hot right now.
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The JA set typically gets seats in this box
(https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/317e04b593324d3ba14b6d3db7fed3c9/p2g1d2.jpg)
caption this
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Japan was so impressive. Those minutes at the beginning of the second half were bonkers!!
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The JA set typically gets seats in this box
(https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/9/317e04b593324d3ba14b6d3db7fed3c9/p2g1d2.jpg)
caption this
If this is what you are focusing on today you are doing the World Cup wrong.
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If this is what you are focusing on today you are doing the World Cup wrong.
it was more a jab at julian than anything
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One would say Japan’s win was a fluke but they did the exact same to Germany. At a given point with their backs against it they put in some subs and attack attack attack and overrun you. It’s admirable. In a game where so many teams prefer to sit back and hope for a chance here or there the Japanese just go for it. Pardon the reference but it’s not meant as a put down: they went for it like kamikaze pilots… to just throw everything you got at offensive juggernauts like Spain and Germany is almost so insane that both teams got rattled and just lost their shit.
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This pitch invader during the Portugal-Uruguay match was holding a rainbow flag.
The front of his shirt read 'Save Ukraine' and the back read 'Respect For Iranian Women.'
(https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/317463142_6453802821333086_8192735870173281794_n.jpg?_nc_cat=110&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=9267fe&_nc_ohc=oRuAY5WHWbMAX-ClWAd&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-1.xx&oh=00_AfBrH7VJ9L9cpHvfzBdyU6VjrFlXTJJuSLvad_pFN-9-1Q&oe=638E16DF)
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No 9:30 logo? Pffffft
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Gorgeous second goal by Uruguay with great finish by Arrascaeta
One of the fun things is seeing players you know from club soccer triumph on the world stage… I remember seeing Arrascaeta play great in the Copa Libertadores (South American equivalent of champions) for a Brazil side and thinking damn my kind of player: a classic “10” of which there are fewer every day… Argentina, for example, doesn’t have one!
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Although truth be told they have him playing on the right…
Teams seem to have given up on the “10”
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Hoe about those kamikaze Koreans?
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Well that sucked. Did the ref screw them over? Sure, he seemed to have it in for them from the get go. But you just can’t stop attacking trusting Portugal will beat Korea.
Rightly punished for being stingy.
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Christian Pulisic has been cleared to play in tomorrow’s match versus Netherlands.
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Praise the Netherlands! I will be gracing them with my presence this summer in thanks for them ending this insufferable nightmare.
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Praise the Netherlands! I will be gracing them with my presence this summer in thanks for them ending this insufferable nightmare.
I feel like every black guy in Holland is on their soccer team .
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Suriname
That game was embarrassing
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If this announcer says soccer-roos one more time I’m gonna lose it
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Congrats to Argentina but Julian’s America is going to visit Australia and it’s opera houses are wildly superior to anything the third world nation, Argentina has to offer.
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The World Cup is more fun if I just opine on which country I like more out of the two in every game I see fly by on the ESPN ticker.
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Congrats to Argentina but Julian’s America is going to visit Australia and it’s opera houses are wildly superior to anything the third world nation, Argentina has to offer.
You obviously don’t know your opera houses….
Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires is amaze balls
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The Mr Garvey ad made the cup worth it
https://youtu.be/YEdNAzv1LD8
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Mbappe is sick. So so good.
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France is clearly flying high off that “Julian summered in Cannes” energy.
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Mbappe is sick. So so good.
he was insane, best player in this tournament IMO
Him, griezmann, and giroud are a deadly lineup
At first I thought it was a legit call, but that goalie totally faked that foul and Giroud got robbed of a beautiful bicycle kick goal (the whistle was blown, but he still stuck it)
I thought the pols did a decent job against such a formidable opponent
France for sure is the team to beat here
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Praise the Netherlands! I will be gracing them with my presence this summer in thanks for them ending this insufferable nightmare.
I feel like every black guy in Holland is on their soccer team .
i feel like you've never been to holland.
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Praise the Netherlands! I will be gracing them with my presence this summer in thanks for them ending this insufferable nightmare.
I feel like every black guy in Holland is on their soccer team .
i feel like you've never been to holland.
Well let's just say the racial makeup of the team isn't at all representative of the racial makeup of the country.
Afro-Dutch or Black-Dutch are residents of the Netherlands who are of Sub-Saharan African ancestry. The majority of Afro-Dutch in the continental Netherlands hail from the former and present Dutch overseas territories Suriname and the former Netherlands Antilles; now Curaçao, Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius and Saba. Of the approximately 500,000 Afro-Dutch people, about 300,000 people, or 60%, are from these territories. There is also a sizable population of Cape Verdean, Ghanaian, Nigerian, Somali, Angolan and other African communities of more recent immigrants. The majority of Afro-Dutch people migrated to the Netherlands from the 1970s onwards, most of the recent migrants arriving either as political refugees seeking freedom or, more often, to escape regional conflicts, such as from Eritrea
In July 2021, there were 731,444 people reported to be of African ancestry (4.18%, of a total population of 17,475,415 people).
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wut
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wut
What part of that Wikipedia copy and paste did you find confusing?
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wut
What part of that Wikipedia copy and paste did you find confusing?
I think he was responding how Space was using that as the Dutch team should only have 4% of it's team of african decent
Look at the NBA
US population of african decent 13%
the NBA in 2021 was composed of 73.2 percent black players
tho Afro-Dutch is a subgenre in the making
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This is true of increasing numbers of European teams. The Dutch were the first to field a more diverse team. The French followed, the English,then the Germans…. The Belge…When you watch World Cup games from the 1970s these teams fielded almost exclusively white teams.
By the way, the same is true of the United States….
The world has changed and at the same time the soccer federation’s know where the talent is….and they try to take advantage of it.
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wut
What part of that Wikipedia copy and paste did you find confusing?
I think he was responding how Space was using that as the Dutch team should only have 4% of it's team of african decent
Look at the NBA
US population of african decent 13%
the NBA in 2021 was composed of 73.2 percent black players
tho Afro-Dutch is a subgenre in the making
Sh9oldn't we have programs to correct this inequity?
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Sh9oldn't we have programs to correct this inequity?
people who are citizens, who are the most talented should be able to play on their national team
not sure what the inequity is here. It's sports
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I think Space is bitter because he didn't make the cut to play on an NBA team.
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Sh9oldn't we have programs to correct this inequity?
people who are citizens, who are the most talented should be able to play on their national team
not sure what the inequity is here. It's sports
So if nine of the best 11 players are Asian, they'd be on the national sports team. But if most of the highest acheiving students are Asian, we can't have a college population refect that? What's the difference?
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Sh9oldn't we have programs to correct this inequity?
people who are citizens, who are the most talented should be able to play on their national team
not sure what the inequity is here. It's sports
So if nine of the best 11 players are Asian, they'd be on the national sports team. But if most of the highest acheiving students are Asian, we can't have a college population refect that? What's the difference?
umm...it's sports, did I really have to say that again
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Sh9oldn't we have programs to correct this inequity?
people who are citizens, who are the most talented should be able to play on their national team
not sure what the inequity is here. It's sports
So if nine of the best 11 players are Asian, they'd be on the national sports team. But if most of the highest acheiving students are Asian, we can't have a college population refect that? What's the difference?
umm...it's sports, did I really have to say that again
Dusty Baker says African-Americans are underrepresented in MLB. Shouldn't we be doing something about that?
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Arguing for the sake of arguing…
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No way you can convince me Morocco is more than Belgium…
What about Spain
Morocco is having quite the tournament
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Any team can beat any team on any given day….
Did you watch the game?
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(https://i.ibb.co/pXM0p4j/8-A5520-E7-7301-48-B0-B574-E3-DF571-A8-EAD.png) (https://ibb.co/ysZfJgF)
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I told you all Marrakech is so hot right now for my people.
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How we feeling. hutch?
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You mean Netherlands- Argentina?
Nervy and cautious…. I think it’s 50/50
These teams have met in many great games: 78 Final, 98, 2014 for example. The 74 pounding too…
Louis Van Gaal is one of my favorite managers.
It’s a final, really.
In a couple of hours we will know who the referee will be… which can be important
I hope Di Maria is healthy and can play as he is a key part of team (injured against Poland, sat out Australia)
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You mean Netherlands- Argentina?
yep
wasn't sure I'd cast it as a final, but it's up there
likely see brazil next
the eng-fra game looks like it will be a good match. Glad it's on a Saturday
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I hope that the Moroccan goalkeeper gets a big raise
interesting that he was eligible to represent Canada or Morocco
Also, the Spanish players probably knew him since he had played in the Spanish leagues for a decade
Only bad thing is his nickname is Bono
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Well national soccer federations typically give players a fixed sum depending on how far they get in World Cup tournament but there is no salary per se… players get salaries from their clubs…
The World Cup for players really isn’t about the $ but the glory.
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some highlights of a match that I know for sure that Jules will approve of
https://youtu.be/LfduUFF_i1A
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some highlights of a match that I know for sure that Jules will approve of
https://youtu.be/LfduUFF_i1A
"Hegel is arguing that the reality is merely an a priori adjunct of non-naturalistic ethics, Kant via the categorical imperative is holding that ontologically it exists only in the imagination... and Marx is claiming it was offside."
BEST LINE EVER
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I don’t want to sound pretentious here, but Ronaldo and Messi compromise a dramaturgical dyad.
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I don’t want to sound pretentious here, but Ronaldo and Messi compromise a dramaturgical dyad.
whadoya got in mind? sexy broad? Ganster Octopus?
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Brazil Out!
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Brazil Out!
I've been telling people to avoid visiting Trogir for years because I don't want the commoner to know about it!
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yellow card for someone on the bench....didn't even know that was possible?
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yellow card for someone on the bench....didn't even know that was possible?
yes, and if he gets a second one on the bench, he'll have to spend the next game on the bench.
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yellow card for someone on the bench....didn't even know that was possible?
make that two
the first one wasn't even for a player...ast coach
if he gets a red, can he not sit on the bench?
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hand of god makes a reappearance
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Penalty shootout.. that sucks
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Wow that was some game
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Well.. I feel great.
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Well.. I feel great.
Although I’m sure for about 40 minutes are you on the verge of having a heart attack
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(https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2022/12/10085810/GettyImages-1448124269.jpg)
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This is a very misleading picture taken in isolation and without the context which was four Dutch players surrounding Argentina players before they took their kicks and trying to get in their heads.
As we like to say the game was “picante” …both sides played it that way. Heck, the tall Dutch player that came in and scored both goals was still trying to have a go at Messi while Messi was giving a postgame interview.
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I don’t care about the soccer but I’m 100% here for Hutch following my lead from the Ohio State/Michigan game and getting absolutely blotto for the final and calling a bunch of us drunkenly. Put me down on the call recipient list.
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finally created a lead that even they can't screw up
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welp, nice to see Argentina play a good game and progress to the finals
Croatia had some great moments, but just couldn't stop those attacks
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welp, nice to see Argentina play a good game and progress to the finals
Croatia had some great moments, but just couldn't stop those attacks
CBS needs to hore you to replace that guy who dropped dead.
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Yippee 🥳
Finally a comfortable win…..France are the favorites
5th Argentina World Cup Final in my lifetime. We are 2-2.
It’s quite an achievement making the final…
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wow, can't believe how many chances Morrocco is getting
France is not looking like champs here
Mbappé is FAST
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welp, feel like France barely won that
so many times MAR could have scored it was insane
france with only 34% possession too
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Go Argentina!
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vegas is giving even odds on the final, neither team is favored over the other.
goal over/under is 2.5 (i'd take the over).
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goal over/under is 2.5 (i'd take the over).
In 90 minutes? I'm not so sure I would.
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Its a soccer game. The most likely outcome is always 1-0 and the O/U on 98% of the audience just pretending like it was interesting.
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If Julian's commentary on soccer was a drinking game, I'd be blotto
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If Julian's commentary on soccer was a drinking game, I'd be blotto
rules of this drinking game: every time Julian makes a lame dig at soccer, while pretending that his own obsession with college football isn't way more pathetic (we get amped up once every 4 years, he dedicates every saturday to reliving the last time he was relevant), take a shot."
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rules of this drinking game: every time Julian makes a lame dig at soccer, while pretending that his own obsession with college football isn't way more pathetic (we get amped up once every 4 years, he dedicates every saturday to reliving the last time he was relevant), take a shot."
Bro, it's like 30% of all Saturdays AT MOST.
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I’m sitting here waiting for Hutch to drunk dial me.
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Someone better check in on hutch
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What thr hrll? I go downstairs to do one set, and theu score two goals.
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What thr hrll? I go downstairs to do one set, and theu score two goals.
This spelling seems a little alcohol-aided. You can call me and rant in the absence of Hutch.
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I'm not going to argue that soccer is exciting, but that game was exciting.
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I'm not going to argue that soccer is exciting, but that game was exciting.
Very fair.
Was cheering for France as that is more my brand, but hoping Hutch finds some joy in this in what has been a very hard year health-wise. Love it up, big fella.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/CmU0b4oymF5/?igshid=ZmRlMzRkMDU=
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Wow!
What a game….I thought we had it in the bag twice!! I could not believe it when France tied but Mbappe is sick…
Happiest day of my life (other than my kids birth).
Best World Cup final ever
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Ever?
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Happy for you Hutch and for my Argentinian neighbours, assuming they care.
Now all we need is a Trump indictment, and voila perfect ending to the year.
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Perfect?
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wow that was a fun nail biting final
the sky-blue boys sure did some great ball handling and for about 80 mins kept the ball away from Mbappe
that was fun even if it ended in a penalty shoot out
also spotted...Elon hanging with his handlers and 'allies to the US'
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkR2poEXgAAoh9V?format=jpg&name=medium)
surely the JA box at the stadium
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goal over/under is 2.5 (i'd take the over).
In 90 minutes? I'm not so sure I would.
you were saying?
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How’s everyone!? What a beautiful day!
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How’s everyone!? What a beautiful day!
Mazel Tov on the big win.
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goal over/under is 2.5 (i'd take the over).
In 90 minutes? I'm not so sure I would.
you were saying?
For 80 minutes I was spot on. Shockingly brilliant last 10 minutes....
I did win a $1k yesterday and spent it all on Fernet for anybody willing.
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Fernet
I don't get the Fernet thing in SF. If you work in the service industry, it's like the only option for a shot
I like that cough syrup stuff every once in a while. but one shot is enough for a year in my book
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Fernet
I don't get the Fernet thing in SF. If you work in the service industry, it's like the only option for a shot
I like that cough syrup stuff every once in a while. but one shot is enough for a year in my book
it's the new Jägermeister for hipsters.
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goal over/under is 2.5 (i'd take the over).
In 90 minutes? I'm not so sure I would.
you were saying?
For 80 minutes I was spot on.
horseshoes and hand grenades...
Shockingly brilliant last 10 minutes....
had me on the edge of my seat. i disagree with messi getting the MVP award. mbappe kept a stoic face when he came out to get his golden boot, but it clearly meant very little to him (not sure the MVP would have been any more meaningful...)
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Fernet
I don't get the Fernet thing in SF. If you work in the service industry, it's like the only option for a shot
I like that cough syrup stuff every once in a while. but one shot is enough for a year in my book
it's the new Jägermeister for hipsters.
If by new you mean "was eight years ago".
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Fernet
I don't get the Fernet thing in SF. If you work in the service industry, it's like the only option for a shot
I like that cough syrup stuff every once in a while. but one shot is enough for a year in my book
it's the new Jägermeister for hipsters.
If by new you mean "was eight years ago".
I'm thinking a decade or more, but who's counting
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Fernet
I don't get the Fernet thing in SF. If you work in the service industry, it's like the only option for a shot
I like that cough syrup stuff every once in a while. but one shot is enough for a year in my book
it's the new Jägermeister for hipsters.
If by new you mean "was eight years ago".
I'm thinking a decade or more, but who's counting
I feel like Fernet became big in the cocktail scene nationwide like 5-ish years ago. Hipsters were drinking it a few years before that. Add 3-5 years for SF where it first got a beachhead in the US.
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Fernet has been a San Francisco thing since the 1800's, but really regained popularity in the late 90's. There's a great SF Gate article (https://www.sfgate.com/bars/article/Fernet-Branca-San-Francisco-Antoinette-Cattani-16237024.php) about it. I'm not a fan myself, but it only seemed appropriate after Argentina won.
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Fernet has been a San Francisco thing since the 1800's, but really regained popularity in the late 90's. There's a great SF Gate article (https://www.sfgate.com/bars/article/Fernet-Branca-San-Francisco-Antoinette-Cattani-16237024.php) about it. I'm not a fan myself, but it only seemed appropriate after Argentina won.
Absolutely…it’s the most popular drink in Argentina (after beer and wine)
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goal over/under is 2.5 (i'd take the over).
In 90 minutes? I'm not so sure I would.
you were saying?
For 80 minutes I was spot on.
horseshoes and hand grenades...
Shockingly brilliant last 10 minutes....
had me on the edge of my seat. i disagree with messi getting the MVP award. mbappe kept a stoic face when he came out to get his golden boot, but it clearly meant very little to him (not sure the MVP would have been any more meaningful...)
Of course not. Nobody cares about those awards. I agree with Messi getting it but could care less. I remember when Messi got it in 2014 after losing the final to Germany and was utterly disgusted about it. Mbappe would have been the same I bet….
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The cup is in Buenos Aires! Millions upon millions celebrating in the streets.
I was talking to my sister on Saturday before the final about why it should be that this trophy should mean so much to us. There is no rhyme or reason to it and I don’t have the answers but it just does… For sure Argentina is a hardcore footballing country; it’s fans the most passionate. Our national team may be the one thing that unites us.
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umm, what's going on in this picture
(https://www.reuters.com/resizer/m2Ah1Wau-5WJWKKoTaUMBz0IwWo=/578x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/SEEM5EZK5JMN3GK5JM3ELVNHZM.jpg)
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umm, what's going on in this picture
(https://www.reuters.com/resizer/m2Ah1Wau-5WJWKKoTaUMBz0IwWo=/578x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/SEEM5EZK5JMN3GK5JM3ELVNHZM.jpg)
He's drunk and laying with the trophy?? Fairly common in most sports.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmZg_Mrsbn4/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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He's drunk and laying with the trophy?? Fairly common in most sports.
I get that...just was itching for some snarky commentary about having unprotected sex with the world cup
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I get that...just was itching for some snarky commentary about having unprotected sex with the world cup
We've all fucked worse.
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It's a well established fact that Argentina has a liberal Conjugal Visit policy, there are likely six police watching from behind the camera.
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Don't forget to cancel your youtube tv trial
was about to get a $54 charge
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umm, what's going on in this picture
(https://www.reuters.com/resizer/m2Ah1Wau-5WJWKKoTaUMBz0IwWo=/578x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/SEEM5EZK5JMN3GK5JM3ELVNHZM.jpg)
has messi let anyone else touch the cup yet? during the post-game trophy presentation, dude wouldn't let go of it. i'm used to seeing the captain of the team receiving the trophy, parading around with with it... then letting the others on the team have a chance to hold that. didn't see that in the post-game, haven't seen it since - except for that douchebag "celebrity chef" who snuck his way on to the stage. has, like, di maria gotten his mitts on it yet??
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For sure Argentina is a hardcore footballing country
no question there
it’s fans the most passionate.
big question there... among the top <insert number you like>, sure.
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umm, what's going on in this picture
(https://www.reuters.com/resizer/m2Ah1Wau-5WJWKKoTaUMBz0IwWo=/578x0/filters:quality(80)/cloudfront-us-east-2.images.arcpublishing.com/reuters/SEEM5EZK5JMN3GK5JM3ELVNHZM.jpg)
has messi let anyone else touch the cup yet? during the post-game trophy presentation, dude wouldn't let go of it. i'm used to seeing the captain of the team receiving the trophy, parading around with with it... then letting the others on the team have a chance to hold that. didn't see that in the post-game, haven't seen it since - except for that douchebag "celebrity chef" who snuck his way on to the stage. has, like, di maria gotten his mitts on it yet??
Jeez even salt bae has his fingerprints on it.
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Goes from crying off the field to a $75 mil a year contract
Cristiano Ronaldo signs for Al Nassr in the Saudi Arabian Pro League. The 37-Year Old has signed a reported $75 million a year deal to bring his talent on the field and his 525 Million Instagram followers which will act as a global megaphone for the Saudi brand off it. Remarkable to witness.