Village Idiot

Spanish commentator (former Atlético player Kiko) giving tips about how Gabriel could have made a more convincing dive there

I love Phil. He's going to be massive for us.

Paulinho has been playing non-stop since February 2017, given the schedule of the Chinese league before we bought him. He's either a monster, on drugs, or will lose his legs after this August.

Operation Barbarossa isn't off to a good start. Germans can't do Russia.

3 What's the third? Catalan. My mother tongue actually.

I liked that Etebo-Niddi-Mikel midfield. You should be able to build *something* around that given that you have decent talent to call on.

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You guys should learn Spanish just to read the Argentine twitter implosions when they play badly. It's become an artform.

What? This team is not spirited or likeable. They are just crap. The team is chaotic and feisty, and unlike true turboshit teams like Saudi Arabia there's actual footballing talent on the pitch. That makes it likeable to me. But the whole thing adds up to a big amount of nothing.

So Nigeria is still Nigeria. Likeable, spirited, and crap.

That's probably the worst Argentine defending since the Falklands War.

Pulis will probably sign the guy that just took that throw in for Iceland.

Best part of watching an Argentina game: Argentine twitter users going ballistic when they're shit.

Well, that was beautiful.

Yeah, awfully conservative from Deschamps.

Everyone around here thinks De Gea should have had the freekick. Dude barely moves and covers the goal terribly. I'm surprised it's somehow a minority opinion.

Tbf, not the first time I see a totally needless handball from Umtiti.

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Good use of VAR here. It's winning me over.

France's midfield is pretty poor. Lots of athleticism but little creativity. Australia is playing them smartly on that regard and the guys upfront are just getting really shitty balls.

Fantastic game that was! Despite the so-so result there were lots of positives to take, particularly Costa finally looking dangerous for us. Pity that De Gea went all Karius on us. Nonetheless it was quite the spectacle, made wading through all the previous shit games worthy.

GTFI Trust Atlético to fix what Real Madrid fucks up.

He's just one of those people that luck always falls his way, how he's got two goals here is crazy. What are they saying on Spanish TV about how we are playing ? That we were playing really well after Costa's goal and deserved better.

FFS the Spanish taxman should have refused that plea deal and jailed Ronaldo instead.

Uruguay really poor in midfield. Missing those magnificent cunts Arévalo Ríos and Walter Gargano. But really, they seem to have no clue when building attacking moves.