OT: Association Football

[the phantom menace]

About time they're admitting flares are a problem in our domestic league.

FA vows to ‘weed out’ game’s flare issue before women’s World Cup

Concerning scenes from the Melbourne derby have raised security issues ahead of Australia hosting the best women’s players in the world in 2023.

www.smh.com.au

Anything short of zero tolerance imo (backed by fines, charges, and one year bans) is not a serious attempt to get football to where it needs to be as a tolerable live sport entertainment in this country.

 

[TheParraboy]

Argentina 2-0'
before HT

 

[Poupou Escobar]

2-0. How f**king good is this!

 

[TheParraboy]

France seem flat

The Croats softened em up in the 2018 final

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Gee there's some old merkins in both starting sides. Five of them 34 or older:

36 Giroud
35 Lloris
35 Messi
34 Di Maria
34 Otamendi

 

[TheParraboy]

2-2

extra time here we come

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Penalties! What a f**king ripper of a game.

 

[TheParraboy]

France came from behind twice

They win the penalty shoot out for mine..

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Has anyone already mentioned we played both these teams?

 

[TheParraboy]

and Argentia are the WC CHAMPS

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Messi finally won it.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

For a game with so many penalties it's appropriate it was decided on penalties.

 

[Eelementary]

The GOAT debate between Messi, and CR7, is finally over (though the true GOAT is Ronaldo Nazario, imo, but that is for another time).

I'm so stoked!

 

[King-Gutho94]

Well its a bit of Deja vu.

Both times Socceroos have made the round of 16 they have been knocked out by the side that goes on to win the World Cup & both times took them to the final minute.

Ironically both Italy 2006 & Argentina 2022 have beaten France in the final as well.

 

[Twizzle]

 

[Angry_eel]

The GOAT debate between Messi, and CR7, is finally over (though the true GOAT is Ronaldo Nazario, imo, but that is for another time).

I'm so stoked!

Who's Ronaldo Nazario? The fat Ronaldo from 1998 and 2002 world cups?

 

[Eelementary]

Who's Ronaldo Nazario? The fat Ronaldo from 1998 and 2002 world cups?

Indeed.

Revolutionised modern striker play.

It's a shame his career was curtailed by injuries - he was unstoppable.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Indeed.

Revolutionised modern striker play.

It's a shame his career was curtailed by injuries - he was unstoppable.

Like Messi but not a midget. I reckon he would’ve played at close to 90kg. Would’ve been the biggest player who could ever do shit like this:

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

The GOAT debate between Messi, and CR7, is finally over (though the true GOAT is Ronaldo Nazario, imo, but that is for another time).

I'm so stoked!

Never heard of the merkin.

 

[I'm a loser baby...]

Oh that Ronaldo. I thought injuries killed him