World Cup 2018 LIVE thread (50 Viewers)

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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Nothing to do with being nice, it just sounds like you're complaining that "it's so unfair!" that you lost.

It's ugly, it's annoying, but it's not unfair. That's the game, unfortunately.
It is. It's not just you.

And it's nothing but misdirection, because it's not like Thierry Henri got away with a handball to get them through.
No wait. No one is saying France cheated. They're not even saying it's unfair.

They are saying that it is ugly.

There's hardly anything wrong with that. But even if they would be saying it, my sympathy is with them, not a team deliberately trying to make games unwatchable.



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Alen

Ѕenior Аdmin
Apr 2, 2007
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Despite reported injuries for Vrsaljko, Rebic and Lovren, Croatia starts all of them. It looks like those were only mind games, but we'll see during the match if those three are risked, or there is nothing wrong with them.

Subašić - Strinić, Vida, Lovren, Vrsaljko - Brozović, Rakitić, Modrić - Perišić, Rebić - Mandžukić (4-3-2-1)

Pickford - Walker, Stones, Maguire - Trippier, Alli, Henderson, Lingard, Young - Sterling, Kane (3-5-2)
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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It's unfortunate we live in a world in which teams that want to be play football are constantly ridiculed and teams that want to destroy are praised.

It shows what kind of backwards mentality still reigns supreme in football.

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Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
66,765
It's unfortunate we live in a world in which teams that want to be play football are constantly ridiculed and teams that want to destroy are praised.

It shows what kind of backwards mentality still reigns supreme in football.

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Everyone just wants to win, Seven. And they'll do in the way they know how. You should know this as a Juve fan - we certainly know how to win playing ugly. Then there are Napoli and Arsenal who place more importance in playing fancy football.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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Everyone just wants to win, Seven. And they'll do in the way they know how. You should know this as a Juve fan - we certainly know how to win playing ugly. Then there are Napoli and Arsenal who place more importance in playing fancy football.
That's not really what I have an issue with though. It's that we actively support people who break stuff down over people who build stuff up.

It's not just in football either.

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Quetzalcoatl

It ain't hard to tell
Aug 22, 2007
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That's not really what I have an issue with though. It's that we actively support people who break stuff down over people who build stuff up.

It's not just in football either.

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That's not what I'm seeing happening here. I'm sure everyone would prefer to watch a World Cup full of flair and fancy. But we understand, it's kinda naive to expect to win nowadays playing open attacking football for 90 minutes, unless you're Barca of a few years ago.
 

Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
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That's not what I'm seeing happening here. I'm sure everyone would prefer to watch a World Cup full of flair and fancy. But we understand, it's kinda naive to expect to win nowadays playing open attacking football for 90 minutes, unless you're Barca of a few years ago.
Look at the comments regarding Belgium before the tournament started.

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PhRoZeN

Livin with Mediocre
Mar 29, 2006
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Despite reported injuries for Vrsaljko, Rebic and Lovren, Croatia starts all of them. It looks like those were only mind games, but we'll see during the match if those three are risked, or there is nothing wrong with them.

Subašić - Strinić, Vida, Lovren, Vrsaljko - Brozović, Rakitić, Modrić - Perišić, Rebić - Mandžukić (4-3-2-1)

Pickford - Walker, Stones, Maguire - Trippier, Alli, Henderson, Lingard, Young - Sterling, Kane (3-5-2)
Good luck, you're gonna need plenty of it.

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