canuckgbp Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 How did Pepe miss that dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckgbp Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Tough group eh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Makes the CMNT look a bit better I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 8 minutes ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: 8 minutes Despite wanting to Morocco to win this, still glad they are not rewarding time-wasting. I didn't see much time-wasting from Morocco. Two injury stoppages that were actual injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 5 minutes ago, Free kick said: These announcers sure know how to over dramatize No idea who you got - though I can guess - or what they are saying but we keep saying its a global game, having a new continent represented in the semis is a pretty huge deal. red card and BearcatSA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Welp I'm team Morocco now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Makes the CMNT look a bit better I guess. yes, I guess. two teams from group F make it to Semis. But you can look at it another way. Games like this or stories like this years Morocco team occur at every WC. You play mistake free and capitalize, advance out of your group, end up in favourable side of the bracket, sit back waiting for chances, get to face a team that is unsettled, win a few PK shoot out...ect. Next thing you know, you are in semis. it doesnt imply anything about a change in the game or change in African or Arab nations soccer. But world feed broadcast announcers are making sound more profound than it really is. Morrocco are a good team, yes. But there is nothing new here nor in the way they won. They could just as well go into the next continental tournament and get eliminated early and nobody would be surprised. Unlike when a Germany or Brazil is eliminated early Edited December 10, 2022 by Free kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miche Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 So were we in, like, the group of the death...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I'm at the top of the Ramblas now, packed with Christmas as hoppers....after Quarter finals there were 5-6000 Moroccans celebrating with fireworks...this time it'll be even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 3 minutes ago, Miche said: So were we in, like, the group of the death...? Belgium didn't live up to expectations and Croatia and Morocco are getting through with a counter-attaching style so no don't think that can sensibly be argued. Allez les Rouges and Free kick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pessimist Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Nice to see an underdog go through. Too bad it means we're are going to have to listen to another game with Moroccan fans constantly whistling. Very irritating. Japan fans were the same. Repeating the same chant over and over throughout the entire game. Don't know how a monotonous chant like that was supposed inspire their team. lamptern 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Just now, Ozzie_the_parrot said: Belgium didn't live up to expectations and Croatia and Morocco are getting through with a counter-attaching style so no don't think that can sensibly be argued. Either there's no Group of Death or it was ours. None of the others really can make the claim. Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 0 for 2 day yesterday, setting up a 2-0 today. New team, new continent in the semis great to see- Shame I will hopefully need to cheer against them. Cowtown Kyle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treppy2 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) On 12/6/2022 at 12:37 PM, Treppy2 said: Canada scored more goals against Morocco than Belgium, Spain and Croatia combined. ETA: Including Spain's shootout attempts! Updating my earlier post: Canada has now scored more goals against Morocco than Belgium, Spain, Croatia and Portugal combined. What a crazy tournament. Edited December 10, 2022 by Treppy2 WestHamCanadianinOxford and Unnamed Trialist 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowtown Kyle Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Imagine somebody telling you prior to the World Cup that two teams from F would make the semis, and Belgium wouldn’t be one of them. What a wild tournament! rkomar, JamboAl and Free kick 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 (edited) 5 minutes ago, The Pessimist said: ...Japan fans were the same. Repeating the same chant over and over throughout the entire game. Don't know how a monotonous chant like that was supposed inspire their team. It did leave me wondering what the Danny Dichio angle was. It's the kind of stuff baseball fans have traditionally done in Japan would be my take having lived there for seven years. I remember there being more variety on the songs at Vegalta Sendai games I occasionally used to go to, so surprised it got that monotonous in a soccer context. Edited December 10, 2022 by Ozzie_the_parrot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 minute ago, Treppy2 said: Updating my earlier post: Canada scored now more goals against Morocco than Belgium, Spain, Croatia and Portugal combined. What a crazy tournament. Why you play the games and why, even when the games are called boring, sport is high entertainment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I was going to make the post that France-Morocco would be an interesting matchup as I was under the impression that one-third of the Morocco team was France-born and eligible. But their Europe born contingent (more than half the team) is fairly evenly spread between Spain, France, Netherlands, and Belgium. Still the matchup I'm hoping to see, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I know Ronaldo can be a bit polarizing but I find the panel’s treatment of him is pretty unfair. He came on today, had a great opportunity to tie the game, set up Joao Felix for a golden chance, was inches away from multiple headers where the cross were just a bit off, etc. They gush over Messi yet never seem to give Ronaldo the benefit of the doubt. Interesting to see. 74 Whitecap and rkomar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: I know Ronaldo can be a bit polarizing but I find the panel’s treatment of him is pretty unfair. He came on today, had a great opportunity to tie the game, set up Joao Felix for a golden chance, was inches away from multiple headers where the cross were just a bit off, etc. They gush over Messi yet never seem to give Ronaldo the benefit of the doubt. Interesting to see. I think his attitude for club and country, recently, contribute to it. Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 minute ago, WestHamCanadianinOxford said: I think his attitude for club and country, recently, contribute to it. I get it. But that doesn’t change the facts about how he played today. He was effective in the push for an equalizer. No need to pretend otherwise just because he is a primadonna. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Just now, dyslexic nam said: I get it. But that doesn’t change the facts about how he played today. He was effective in the push for an equalizer. No need to pretend otherwise just because he is a primadonna. Was he among the 3 or 4 biggest difference makers for Portugal in the second half today? Not for me. He got close to a few headers but some of those were chances that a younger Ronaldo, a great header of the ball, would have finished. They had a segment acknowledging his many achievements, but it's not wrong to also point out that he is a diminished force (in a way that Messi, in this tournament at least, is not). WestHamCanadianinOxford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearcatSA Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 He was that big bald guy in the defensive midfield role for Morocco? He was great vs Spain, as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestHamCanadianinOxford Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 2 minutes ago, jonovision said: Was he among the 3 or 4 biggest difference makers for Portugal in the second half today? Not for me. He got close to a few headers but some of those were chances that a younger Ronaldo, a great header of the ball, would have finished. They had a segment acknowledging his many achievements, but it's not wrong to also point out that he is a diminished force (in a way that Messi, in this tournament at least, is not). This as well, if you compare Messi's contribution in an eventual win yesterday to his in a loss - whatever the circumstances - they are found lacking. jonovision 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Just now, BearcatSA said: He was that big bald guy in the defensive midfield role for Morocco? He was great vs Spain, as well. Amrabat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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