WCQ: El Salvador vs Canada- Wed, Feb 2, 9pm EST / 6pm Pacific - San Salvador

[JAVIERF]

58 minutes ago, Stryker911 said:

Honestly the whole team wasn't great. Noone was horrible, but Larin and I suppose Borjan was probably the only one that stood out that had a "good" game. There was good plays mixed with bad plays by everyone else.

The pitch horrible and the commentators in Spanish said it is a slow dry pitch to play, grass is left very long in purpose, as a tramp to slow down the faster teams.  The analyst was a former Costa Rican international and gave some insights.  

 

Edited February 3, 2022 by JAVIERF

[Dag Nasty]

23 minutes ago, An Observer said:

It’s actually a racist take and he should be banned for it

Chill. Calling them out is good enough. Head hunting is not helpful. Glad to see people call it out.

 

[JAVIERF]

1 hour ago, vancanman said:

...and well-"watered" around the edges

They said so in the Spanish broadcast.  That's why some players are done by an hour.  Hoilett was drained and he was super in 1 st half 

[red card]

Hutch goal via CBS/Concacaf feed & US Spanish feed. Other than crediting David first, Wheeler was probably the least confused.

https://streamable.com/s7ve74

https://mixture.gg/v/61fb4b65a666a

 

 

[JAVIERF]

15 minutes ago, scullion44 said:

Can someone explain to a smooth brain like me how Atiba isn’t offside on the first goal?

Because it hit the player next to him before the final rebound

[Xavier.]

8 minutes ago, JAVIERF said:

The guy was eating alive by the atmosphere.  Central America is difficult for some people to play.  Ask the bags of urine and the targets.  In which world are you living?   

It is part of snowflake generation well some people tell it like it is, as my friend Trevor Noah says " the context is everything". School boys like Millar are eating alive in some places, he didn't play vs a club in Switzerland.  They were thousands of policemen to protect you.  Didn't you see the final act?  Attendance was attacking the away bench!!!

Yea if you think Millar didn't adapt to the conditions thats fine, but it isn't because he is white. Watch Johnston vs Honduras or when he came on as a sub today. 

[pod818]

59 minutes ago, A.D.I.D.A.S. said:

Add in that Cyle provided the initial cross, Besiktas faithful are gonna go apeshit 🤣

Turkish fans will have to cheer for Canada in Qatar as I don't see Turkey making it

[jonovision]

I don't know why people are inventing complicated explanations for why Atiba was onside. This is no different than any other situation where a player pots their own rebound. Whether the defensive player gets a touch is irrelevant.

[maplebanana]

14 minutes ago, JAVIERF said:

The guy was eating alive by the atmosphere.  Central America is difficult for some people to play.  Ask the bags of urine and the targets.  In which world are you living?   

It is part of snowflake generation well some people tell it like it is, as my friend Trevor Noah says " the context is everything". School boys like Millar are eating alive in some places, he didn't play vs a club in Switzerland.  They were thousands of policemen to protect you.  Didn't you see the final act?  Attendance was attacking the away bench!!!

Nothing you just said has anything to do with his skin colour. How is that difficult to understand? 

[JAVIERF]

Just now, Xavier. said:

Yea if you think Millar didn't adapt to the conditions thats fine, but it isn't because he is white. Watch Johnston vs Honduras or when he came on as a sub today. 

OK I will, Millar wasnt good he was use to at this kind of matches,  the Salvadorians grabbed him from everywhere, kicked him and they tried to intimidate him, in a lot of situations because he was a raw, newbie and they had that in mind.  

[SoccMan]

1 hour ago, jonovision said:

Vitoria made the trip. Cool to see.

People saying he should go back to Portugal and not bother making the trip because he wasn’t playing I wonder if they have ever been involved in a team sport? Sometimes you need guys like Vitoria just to be there in the dressing room with the team . Team sports is not just the game on the field or even just the players on the field . I’m not surprised Vitoria stuck around and I’m sure Herdman just wanted him with the team even if he wasn’t playing. Vitoria has become a key character with this team as a coach I want him there even if he can’t play .

[Bison44]

Didnt Millar play in Scotland?? Have you seen what goes on in that league??  

[Gian-Luca]

https://www.tsn.ca/soccer/video/de-guzman-on-canada-s-men-s-national-team-these-guys-are-ready-for-qatar~2372189

[JAVIERF]

33 minutes ago, Metro said:

They'll probably wave their bonuses in front of the Salvadorans.

Too soon? 😄

Brilliant !!!  Those Salvadorians are nasty, I watched the local broadcast in Spanish.  Commentator an analyst were making fun of how the public at the end was throwing stuff to the Canadians.  

And specially when Millar and Kennedy were attacked.  There is one particular in the first half in a set piece on the corner flag.  They threw everything to Kennedy and the Spanish commentators said something like " watch out Kennedy you are targeted " and they laughed.

Edited February 3, 2022 by JAVIERF

[JAVIERF]

4 minutes ago, Bison44 said:

Didnt Millar play in Scotland?? Have you seen what goes on in that league??  

Scotland is tough but did you see the final moments????  they washed with bags of something to you.  They threw bottles to Millar at one point.  Don't blame the messenger.  

 

[Joe Keeper]

What strikes me the most about this window (besides a dream amount of points) is that Honduras and Jamaica would have been so, so undeservedly gifted automatic qualification to  Concacrap's original final round format.

We were fighting for ranking points to overtake El Salvador for the final spot and just eliminated an overall underwhelming La Selecta. The long route originally proposed for the bulk of the confederation teams was beyond crooked.

We might not have made it at all which would have made it the biggest most corrupt CONCACAFing we ever received.

Now here we are with this quality of team.

We should be playing for as many points as possible in the last window for both ranking points to improve our draw but also to try to keep a high standard.

Lots to clean up but just go one level at a time, enjoy everything, keep trying to improve and finish the job.

That was the best set of games in my near 25 years.

One smile doesn't express my happiness.

 

Edited February 3, 2022 by Joe Keeper

[SpursFlu]

25 minutes ago, Dag Nasty said:

Chill. Calling them out is good enough. Head hunting is not helpful. Glad to see people call it out.

 

I agree but for the record I was banned for a month for basically predicting the future by 3 days

[JAVIERF]

1 minute ago, Joe Keeper said:

What strikes me the most about this window (besides a dream amount of points) is that Honduras and Jamaica would have been so, so undeservedly gifted automatic qualification to  Concacrap's original final round format.

We were fighting for ranking points to overtake El Salvador for the final spot and just eliminated an overall underwhelming La Selecta. We might not have made it at all which would have made it the biggest mist corrupt CONCACAFing we ever received.

Now here we are with this quality of team.

We should be playing for as many points as possible in the last window for both ranking points to improve our draw but also to try to keep a high standard.

Lots to clean up but just go one level at a time, enjoy everything, keep trying to improve and finish the job.

That was the best set of games in my near 25 years.

One smile doesn't express my happiness.

 

Did you see the penalty awarded to Mexico?  Scandalous. The Var mute toooooooo!!!!

[Cblake]

Still can not believe how that goal went it. 

 

[SthMelbRed]

21 minutes ago, jonovision said:

I don't know why people are inventing complicated explanations for why Atiba was onside. This is no different than any other situation where a player pots their own rebound. Whether the defensive player gets a touch is irrelevant.

He was onside when Larin played in the initial cross. Whatever happened from that point onwards, offside was not a consideration.

[Joe Keeper]

Replying to JavierF:

I saw, yes. Bit of embellishment but light contact.

Edited February 3, 2022 by Joe Keeper

[JAVIERF]

1 hour ago, EJsens1 said:

He’s on another level now

Yes but he had a golden chance in the first place, had the time and the place he tried it the silky way, when he should have buried it.   Great run and goal this kid is leaving Lille!!

[SoccMan]

If the US ties or beats Panama we could lose all three games in the next window and still qualify for Qatar , that’s how close we are .

[JAVIERF]

1 minute ago, Joe Keeper said:

Replying to JavierF:

I saw, yes. Bit of embellishment but light contact.

The game had an agenda.   

[JAVIERF]

Give that penalty to Jamaica and then we talk Concacaf,   about Honduras and Jamaica having a free round, that pegged them back because they couldn't develope a team, Jamaica will built for the future but I said it before they need a south american coach badly.