row_33 Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 and this is the hard part, most soccer games are like a boxing title fight where the better fighter knocks down the weaker one easily in the 2nd round, then doesn't bother attacking the last 10 rounds
Canadian Bills Fan Posted June 20, 2018 Author Posted June 20, 2018 Seeing as how lots of soccer games are decided by a goal, it is perfectly normal for lots of people to freak out during games. Yes, Portugal probably would have made it to the next round with a tie today but if they had lost, it would be a much different story 2
row_33 Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 Uruguay up 1-0 on a patsy and will back the bus in for the rest of the game unless they really can't help scoring if i'm up 1-0 you can take 10,000 shots at me as long as you don't score... the nuances of this game, one of the bad parts, you can't force teams to try their best out there, and they gleefully refuse to...
stony Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 8 minutes ago, Canadian Bills Fan said: Didn't even see this. Well seeing as how the Analysts from the World Cup said the same thing as me about the Portuguese defense, maybe they should learn something about the sport. Oh wait, they are former players and coaches Portugal were crap. Your analysis was correct. Ronaldo has a Portuguses passport, that was the only thing they had going for them. Also, f*@k Pepe.
row_33 Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 Portugal scored early and won.... 100% mission accomplished... keep rolling on the floor crying like this was anything but a bogus game the whole time games HOPEFULLY worth watching this set: Argentina/Croatia (loser goes home basically) Germany/Sweden (Germany can no longer flake off the next two games) the rest aren't worth it, an easy 8 for 8 heading into Arg/Cro tomorrow so Porto fans, who do you want in the round of 16???? Russia or Uruguay???
stony Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 1 minute ago, row_33 said: Portugal scored early and won.... 100% mission accomplished... keep rolling on the floor crying like this was anything but a bogus game the whole time games HOPEFULLY worth watching this set: Argentina/Croatia (loser goes home basically) Germany/Sweden (Germany can no longer flake off the next two games) the rest aren't worth it, an easy 8 for 8 heading into Arg/Cro tomorrow Croatia can lose and still comfortably advance.
row_33 Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 Argentina will claw eyes out before it goes home in the first round Iceland will play their ghost-mystery game and somehow stay alive and maybe win Croatia, even with 4 top world players is perhaps the most vulnerable looking forward to a great game tomorrow with Arg/Cro, we sure are owed one after these 8 clunkers heading into it. ---------------------------------------- the last three WC champions dogged games in their group rounds German tied Ghana!!! and laughed to a 1-0 win over the US Spain lost to Switerland the first game Italy goofed around tied the US (the shame of it all) and moved on to glory, while fans were jumping off ledges, they also goofed around when they won it in 1982 it's all about moving on with minimal effort and getting ready for that nutcracker of 4 games in humid weather in a short span of time when it really counts....
Pete Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 Spain is having a hard time against Iran's defense. Sure they have controlled the ball, but they can't get much on net
row_33 Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 (edited) Spain has historically had trouble scoring, they import all their hammers for club glory Messi, Cruyff, Schuster, Puskas, Di Stefano, CR7, Bale, Greizmann can't save them now i predict..... a penalty in Spain's favour in the 88th minute if they need it.... Edited June 20, 2018 by row_33
row_33 Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 the dream has died, now they'll stall out the last 34 minutes
row_33 Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 So all 3 favoured teams today scored and then backed the bus in and didn’t care what happened as long as the other team didn’t score soccer teams do this 90 percent of the time in tournies and I wish the game could find a way to stop this happening shrug....
Pete Posted June 20, 2018 Posted June 20, 2018 Iran-Spain was entertaining. Even though Spain played it safe, Iran had several near goals. And Spain's passing is a thing of beauty. I prefer English attacking style, but Spain controls the match
row_33 Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 10 hours ago, Pete said: Iran-Spain was entertaining. Even though Spain played it safe, Iran had several near goals. And Spain's passing is a thing of beauty. I prefer English attacking style, but Spain controls the match I would hope the trailing team has plenty of chances when the team up 1-0 is doing nothing but full turtle shell playing the odds the weaker team can’t score in the last 60 or so minutes. 3 for 3 yesterday with that jaded strategy of walking away with a 1-0 win and no attack mode the second they took the lead
LeGOATski Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 3 minutes ago, row_33 said: I would hope the trailing team has plenty of chances when the team up 1-0 is doing nothing but full turtle shell playing the odds the weaker team can’t score in the last 60 or so minutes. 3 for 3 yesterday with that jaded strategy of walking away with a 1-0 win and no attack mode the second they took the lead I think pacing themselves has something to do with it. Preserve your energy and don't show all your cards when there's still plenty of tournament left to play. The chess match isn't just this one game.
row_33 Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 14 minutes ago, LeGOATski said: I think pacing themselves has something to do with it. Preserve your energy and don't show all your cards when there's still plenty of tournament left to play. The chess match isn't just this one game. Yup!!! i watch games, rarely taking sides, just hoping to see athletic excellence and not feeling totally ripped off when it’s over. I kinda cheer for England but know they’ll fall apart early in the elimination rounds. All that matters is getting to the marathon of up to 4 grueling games in high humidity and little recovery time in the next round. Argentina and Germany are seriously up against the wall today and tomorrow and hopefully we get to see the best of them on display. And I miss Italy so much already, the fun and fan passion is missing.... the absence is keenly felt in Toronto ————————— so.... if you are down 1–0 and the other team won’t try to score until you do..... your hope is basically a goal from a set piece which you have an expert to take them or you work into a penalty shot, but that takes a high amount of skill to earn one and you can’t even set that up it’s so hard to score normally when a talented opponent is 100 percent set on nothing but playing D
row_33 Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 ------------------ fun listening to the Australian feed for the France game, getting Nick Kyrgios and one-day cricket updates kicking in
GoBills808 Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 Peru played well, just outclassed. You can only make up that difference with so much energy before you wear down. I thought they played the first half perfectly then just ran out of steam in the second, pretty unlucky to concede the first goal...if they go into halftime 0-0 I think they could have made it a contest. Props to France for playing the favorite role as well as they did. Small gripe w/ Mbappe's attitude but then I remembered he's only 19.
row_33 Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) 15 minutes ago, GoBills808 said: Peru played well, just outclassed. You can only make up that difference with so much energy before you wear down. I thought they played the first half perfectly then just ran out of steam in the second, pretty unlucky to concede the first goal...if they go into halftime 0-0 I think they could have made it a contest. Props to France for playing the favorite role as well as they did. Small gripe w/ Mbappe's attitude but then I remembered he's only 19. sounded like a good game France tends to underplay it's dominant talent, makes it hard to judge their overall worth, they always have both eyes on the round of 16. Edited June 21, 2018 by row_33 1
KD in CA Posted June 21, 2018 Posted June 21, 2018 19 hours ago, row_33 said: So all 3 favoured teams today scored and then backed the bus in and didn’t care what happened as long as the other team didn’t score soccer teams do this 90 percent of the time in tournies and I wish the game could find a way to stop this happening shrug.... Outlaw the left wing lock! 1
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