Deuce

Yeah

He’s always been a twat

Had Schmeichel too, put that on target man

Looked like a slip more than a dive

VAR

Yep, perfect tackle

Tim Vickery has a good write up that touches on this: https://investobet.com/blog/guerrero-s-return-a-timely-boost-but-how-will-peru-line-up-now-their-star-man-is-bacK Basically it’s either Guerrero or Farfán, and Peru has has been in good form lately with Farfán.

Not going to Kaliningrad, too much of a trek. Volgograd for Iceland is possible. St. Petersburg for Argentina is a definite. Wow. Always wanted to go to Russia, but didn't feel like I'd be welcome based on stories from people I know who've gone. Are you white? Unless you a different colour, I don't see why you would feel unwelcome. I get a good number of odd or interested stares here as a quite large Black person, but nothing I would worry about. Fwiw, I'm quite experienced in Russia. I have been here many times for business and taken my wife and child here a few times. In terms of friendliness and openness, it is not America or UK and this is just something you have to understand. The country is pretty insular (especially in the smaller cities), but most people are decent, as it the case everywhere. I've never had any real problems. It is not the sort of place I would recommend taking a vacation or something like this, but you can make money and enjoy yourself here. Anyway, the charm offensive is clearly on for the World Cup. Random people in the street are yelling "Welcome to Russia" every five minutes, asking for photos, wanting to discuss Ahmed Musa or John Obi Mikel with me in broken English, or asking questions about Nigeria/America There is no way the powers that be would let this go badly. Only when it comes to footwear

gonna be laughs when he goes hog wild on Nigeria

GOAT thread

It’d be great to see Messi win a WC, but I just don’t care for Argentina at all.

I was unreasonably annoyed when Iceland played it back to their keeper and Pavon turned on his little jets running after it. Very gym class hero. But yeah he did look like a bright player unburdened by expectations. Also one of the few actual wide players in their squad.

Fair play to Iceland for that performance, but it’s a game that you would expect a serious contender to ultimately win.

Tbf not much more Messi himself could’ve done (bottled pen aside).

He was fantastic with Chile. Difference being he had a blank canvas there, and with Argentina he doesn’t have the freedom to not run things through Messi.

Get in Iceland

Not sure how it would be undeserved seeing as they look like the only ones trying to win it. As in, they get an ugly goal or a weak pen

Argentina to sneak an undeserved goal in the dying moments

Pay this Iceland keeper

He barely touched him, that was mostly embellishment

Holy shit

Banega coming on

Ah, the old “no one wants to hire me so I’ll ‘retire’ to save face” gambit. Followed by a triumphant return, saying how “retirement just waddnt fa me, av got too much pashun”, when the first offer comes in.