World Cup 2018 LIVE thread (85 Viewers)

[Jethro]

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So what. Ronaldo misses more direct freekicks per season than most teams even get to take.

Was not talking about Ronaldo, bro. And penalty kicks are just a little easier to score than free kicks. Just a little though. By the way, Ronaldo scored a free kick yesterday.

Messi shouldn't be taking penalties. Aguero is a better spot-kick taker. Especially recently.

 

[Cerval]

Childish

Football is all about banter

 

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And then scored when it really mattered

Doesn't Cristiano hold the record for free kick goals in CL too?

 

[Hængebøffer]

lol

You serious? We were nothing but lucky tonight and also with the refs. I never understood the national hype about this team, only based on a qualifying gam against freaking Ireland, and fucking friendly games. We looked below meh in the qualifying rounds.

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Was not talking about Ronaldo, bro. And penalty kicks are just a little easier to score than free kicks. Just a little though. By the way, Ronaldo scored a free kick yesterday.

Messi shouldn't be taking penalties. Aguero is a better spot-kick taker. Especially recently.

Just stop. The only thing more annoying than Ronaldo scoring “zero” goals is Messi missing a penalty. Too many immature idiots always have to turn every football related discussion into a retarded discussion about Ronaldo vs. Messi.

I can’t wait till they retire.

 

[Bianconero_Aus]

Expected a better football in WC in general, so far the level is poor.


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Because the level of elite club football (Top 5 leagues/CL etc) is way higher than NT football these days.

 

[Cerval]

Because the level of elite club football (Top 5 leagues/CL etc) is way higher than NT football these days.

The general level of football has gone down

 

[CrimsonianKing]

The general level of football has gone down

This.

 

[Hængebøffer]

Because the level of elite club football (Top 5 leagues/CL etc) is way higher than NT football these days.

But that dosen’t explain how normally great players look so average. Conte showed otherwise, when he coached Italy. He took the job seriously. Todays national football is nothing but a gimmick.

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This.

You know a agree with you here, but this world cup simply has too many shit teams playing the tournamemt. The same thing happened to The Euro’s.

 

[lgorTudor]

This.

too many athletes, too few football players

 

[Cerval]

This.

I'll also add that one of the main shortcoming of modern football is that too much emphasis is on athleticism and fitness, and not enough on technique

 

[Hængebøffer]

too many athletes, too few football players

Btw. Yesterday I heard a commenator (during a game) casually explain what a set piece is
I never heard them do that. Just shows how commercialized this game has become.

 

[CrimsonianKing]

I'll also add that one of the main shortcoming of modern football is that too much emphasis is on athleticism and fitness, and not enough on technique

This is exactly what I was gonna say. The day we turned our attention to producing horses, skills went out the window. It’s 80% physicality 20% technique and it should be the other way around.

So what happens nowadays is every single fucker that shows just a glimpse of talent he’s hyped up to the sky. Pogba is a good example, he’s good but never really was that good. Pretty much every new “promising” player now is only good enough for today’s standard.

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too many athletes, too few football players

 

[Seven]

Btw. Yesterday I heard a commenator (during a game) casually explain what a set piece is
I never heard them do that. Just shows how commercialized this game has become.

Lol. What? I've never heard a commentator do that.

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[Seven]

You serious? We were nothing but lucky tonight and also with the refs. I never understood the national hype about this team, only based on a qualifying gam against freaking Ireland, and fucking friendly games. We looked below meh in the qualifying rounds.

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Just stop. The only thing more annoying than Ronaldo scoring “zero” goals is Messi missing a penalty. Too many immature idiots always have to turn every football related discussion into a retarded discussion about Ronaldo vs. Messi.

I can’t wait till they retire.

Messi is a poor penalty taker though. He misses one in four. That's a lot. That doesn't really make him less of a genius, but it does mean it would be smarter to let someone else take them.

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[Hængebøffer]

Messi is a poor penalty taker though. He misses one in four. That's a lot. That doesn't really make him less of a genius, but it does mean it would be smarter to let someone else take them.

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He might be, but that’s not my point. I simply hate all the Ronaldo vs. Messi debate and how every football related topic is easily turned into something about these two.

 

[Badass J Elkann]

Messi is a poor penalty taker though. He misses one in four. That's a lot. That doesn't really make him less of a genius, but it does mean it would be smarter to let someone else take them.

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It's not like Argentina's alternatives are that much better

 

[DAiDEViL]

I won't be surprised if Croatia beat Argentina and send them packing early. Messi and his cronies are a truly disgusting team. Zero heart or grinta, lacking talent in midfield, and their defense is suspect. They look so disjointed and dysfunctional.

 

[Hængebøffer]

Nah, but it was close.

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He kicked the Argie player and was nowhere near the ball. That was a penalty and a really dumb one.

 

[Jethro]

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