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0-0 isn’t that bad for Iran, win against the yanks and they are probably through.

Iran deserves a goal here.

Paqueta is really good despite the weirdos being mad at him.

Vlahovic and Kostic on the bench ffs. Really hope the second round means more teams have the balls to give it a go.

Don't think so, but the contact with Ronaldo was miniscule. Stupid rules mean VAR can't intervene due to that miniscule contact.

That's bullshit.

The amount of talent in this Portugal roster is ridiculous considering their population is only 10 million.

Martinez did well in the HT, Onana has really helped in the midfield.

Neither looked old and washed, just got unlucky.

Canada look class.

I don’t think Germany even played poorly, their xG was over 3 and they absolutely dominated the first 70 minutes. Players must have switched off after the domination thinking it’s over. Then Japan raised their press and Germany couldn’t up their tempo anymore. Look dangerous going forward but that back line looks vulnerable. Manager also seemed to have no answer to Japan changing their formation and raising the tempo.

That’s a bit how I feel too. The FA’s of the big European countries should have plenty of leverage in these talks with FIFA but they just obey whatever FIFA tells them to do. Tell FIFA that they are not playing without the armband and let’s see who flinches first.

He really hasn't, one of the few players who really tries to stay on his feet and has been kicked a lot during his career due to that.

The current system doesn't need any lines and automatically tracks every player on the pitch regardless of the camera angle.

He just busted his knee ffs.

Deschamps surrendering possession to fucking Australia.

I don’t think it’s possible for anyone to be much better than Upamecano.

I kept thinking that calling Poland a smaller footballing nation wasn’t right but meant that they are nowhere near the level of the European footballing giants (France, Germany, England, Italy, Holland etc.) Was just in Poland for the past weekend and most people I talked with said the squad is alright but manager is really negative.

Nah, it’s a decent squad for a smaller footballing nation. Just negatively set up and many key players getting older.

Terrible angle on the replays too, complete shitshow.

The main stand was pretty much empty on that replay.

I don't know, he seemed to indicate just no for penalty IMO. Didn't stop the play when the ball hit him earlier either, thought it was a rule that it's a drop ball every time.

Yeah, that confused me. Ref didn’t give a penalty though so not sure how the sequence went.

2x45 minutes with stopped clock would mean every old record would be worthless as games would be effectively 33% longer. 2x30 minutes with a stopped clock would result in a similar play time as it is right now.