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World Cup Round of 16 - Dec 5 (Japan/Croatia, Brazil/S. Korea) & 6 (Morocco/Spain, Portugal/Switzerland)

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Wow. Was not expecting that at all. I work for a Spanish company. Trying to not rub it in colleagues faces. Lulz.

Awful penalties.  Portugal with a massive opportunity now that they benched Ronaldo

Just now, Macklemore said:

Pathetic end for Spain. 

maybe time for their team to start practicing scoring instead of passing

Why do they allow these games to end with penalties versus continuing sudden death?  Seems like you might as well flip a coin to pick a winner if you're going to allow penalties to decide.

3 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Wow. Was not expecting that at all. I work for a Spanish company. Trying to not rub it in colleagues faces. Lulz.

National day of mourning incoming

I want Morocco to knock out Portugal next! Ya know, the Moops are back! 

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3 minutes ago, Patricio Swayze said:

Wow. Was not expecting that at all. I work for a Spanish company. Trying to not rub it in colleagues faces. Lulz.

If there is one country that was going to blow it - it was Spain, only because Italy failed to qualify.

This game was ripe for Spain to blow it.

Just now, Starfleet Command said:

Why do they allow these games to end with penalties versus continuing sudden death?  Seems like you might as well flip a coin to pick a winner if you're going to allow penalties to decide.

You want another 90 minutes of Spain passing the ball around?

2 minutes ago, Starfleet Command said:

Why do they allow these games to end with penalties versus continuing sudden death?  Seems like you might as well flip a coin to pick a winner if you're going to allow penalties to decide.

Sudden death? There is no golden goal rule in extra time 

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2 minutes ago, Starfleet Command said:

Why do they allow these games to end with penalties versus continuing sudden death?  Seems like you might as well flip a coin to pick a winner if you're going to allow penalties to decide.

You don't watch much soccer. Lol

8 minutes ago, GopherRock said:

That Moroccan goalie is kicking ass and taking names

Born in Canada 🇨🇦, as you would expect. 

this Beckham/Manning ad is soooo bad

2 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

Sudden death? There is no golden goal rule in extra time 

Well then, additional periods of extratime with the winner being the team leading at the end of the given extratime period.  Beyond being dumb and injecting a ton of luck into the outcome, it seems the current rules would to some extent incentivize underdogs to play as conservatively as possible in the hopes that you can reach penalties.  

4 minutes ago, Blotto said:

this Beckham/Manning ad is soooo bad

I like the whole ad campaign. 
 

3 minutes ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

Morocco goalie is world class lockdown defender (better guesser?). Is he that way on regular goal attempts?

England France will last 100 years. 

Morocco keeper has played in Spain for a decade. 
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11 minutes ago, Starfleet Command said:

Why do they allow these games to end with penalties versus continuing sudden death?  Seems like you might as well flip a coin to pick a winner if you're going to allow penalties to decide.

Personally, I don't like 0-0 games being decided by PK's at the end but they can't play forever. Soccer prides itself on games being under three hours long, most are simply two-hour affairs.

I was only half-watching today's match from the house while working (sort of). Spain out-possessed Morocco 77-23, outshot them 13-6 (1-2 on goal) and he eight corner kicks to zero. Spain had several near-misses in the second half and ET. Morocco had one or two chances that I recall but spent most of the time just packing their end with 10 defenders and mucking up the match. I don't like seeing that rewarded with a flukey win in PK's but Spain absolutely blew all three of their tries there.

22 hours ago, Firemans4Horn said:

This is one of the most incredible halves of football I’ve seen on the international level. 

 

We can change the rules of Soccer when the NFL gets rid of its crappy overtime rules. 

I have no issues with PK's. The Moroccans did better, that's all. 

Spain has reverted back to classic Spain.  
 

I think this goes to show just how awesome Iniesta really was - in that he could overcome the traditional Spanish implosion at least once.  Of course, it could just be that the Dutch (late round only)implosion tradition is even stronger.

my top 10 list i guess so far

mbappe
kane
messi
richar
mordic
bruno
grioud
hakimi
embolo
bounou
 

1 hour ago, Starfleet Command said:

Why do they allow these games to end with penalties versus continuing sudden death?  Seems like you might as well flip a coin to pick a winner if you're going to allow penalties to decide.

Because after 120 minutes, a lot of these guys have basically sprinted 5 to 8 miles.  They will barely be ready in 4 or 5 days as it is.  If you keep going until a golden goal, the level of play goes down, people get hurt, and no one will be ready for the next match.

not sure ive ever seen subs get video time during the national anthem.

that was a first. haha

shows what I know...

 

I was literally typing that the Portugal team attack seemed like it was really missing an attacking spark.... and the guy who replaces CR7 houses the ball on his first chance

12 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

and the guy who replaces CR7 houses the ball on his first chance

record rights GIF

Portugal-Argentina Final with Ronaldo on the bench while Messi scores the winner

2 minutes ago, alincoln said:

Portugal-Argentina Final with Ronaldo on the bench while Messi scores the winner

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2 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Switzerland lets a 50 year old dude score.

Doubled up on his centrum silver this morning

1 hour ago, Blotto said:

this Beckham/Manning ad is soooo bad

the next time it runs, close your eyes, and visualize the geico gekko

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