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16 minutes ago, Kilcline said:

Was it that game when they were holding up Neymar's shirt during the anthems and David Luiz was in tears or the one before? [emoji38] Think he got injured in the QF, I want to say against Colombia?


Brazil were missing their two best players. Germany’s early goals were relatively simple and Brazil just collapsed. Nobody on the pitch took control of things, but they seemed to be overwhelmed from the beginning.

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3 minutes ago, leffe186 said:


Brazil were missing their two best players. Germany’s early goals were relatively simple and Brazil just collapsed. Nobody on the pitch took control of things, but they seemed to be overwhelmed from the beginning.

Yeah, we have a Brazilian friend who's a lovely lass, I was teasing her in the run up saying Germany were going to batter them. Thought Germany were going to win but obviously not expecting that. Think I avoided her until Christmas! 

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3 minutes ago, Kilcline said:

Yeah, we have a Brazilian friend who's a lovely lass, I was teasing her in the run up saying Germany were going to batter them. Thought Germany were going to win but obviously not expecting that. Think I avoided her until Christmas! 


It was mesmerising. I’m really struggling to think of anything close in terms of a national football humiliation. The fact it was the Germans creating possibly the all-time footballing Schadenfreude is so apt.

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1 hour ago, alexf said:

I'd forgotten how fucking savage that game was. Getting twatted 7-1 in your home tournament in a semi final.

 

There was something like 4 goals in 12 minutes or something and was 5:0 at half time was it and went to 7-0 before the consolation goal. Brutal. 

 

Think that broke Brazil for a very long time. They might still be broken [emoji38]

 

Second response to this, but it just brought back a core memory. Remember watching it in the living room with my da (who has since passed). He'd backed Germany to win the tournament, but still couldn't believe what he was watching.

 

He was gutted when they won the final too as he'd always said if England were out, Messi deserved a World Cup.

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1 minute ago, maybe_next_year said:

I feel like nearly every game I have watched so far, they've timed the hydration break perfectly to break up any momentum at the games' most interesting point. They've been infuriating,  I don't remember them being this annoying in Qatar. 


It’s very clearly having an effect on the flow of the game and reducing that element of tiredness towards the end of each half, although I’m not sure how you’d quantitatively analyze that.

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2 hours ago, maybe_next_year said:

I feel like nearly every game I have watched so far, they've timed the hydration break perfectly to break up any momentum at the games' most interesting point. They've been infuriating,  I don't remember them being this annoying in Qatar. 

 

Also, why are games being played indoors like tonight still having hydration breaks? 

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9 hours ago, maybe_next_year said:

I feel like nearly every game I have watched so far, they've timed the hydration break perfectly to break up any momentum at the games' most interesting point. They've been infuriating,  I don't remember them being this annoying in Qatar. 


I hated in the stadium at Scotland match last night. They blasted music and did a fancam, had cheerleaders, it totally disrupted the momentum of the fan atmosphere as well as the game. 

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3 hours ago, Superior Acuña said:

If Scotland finish third we play the winner of group A, E, or I. I had assumed it was random which, but apparently we’d have a 70% chance of E, 30% chance of A and virtually nil of I. Does anyone know what determines this?

It depends on which third-placed teams qualify. There's just the 495 potential combinations from 12 groups :lol: outlined here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FIFA_World_Cup_knockout_stage#Combinations_of_matches_in_the_round_of_32

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55 minutes ago, mouldy_uk said:

Racism monitor urges Fifa to remove World Cup official over ‘white supremacy’ gesture
 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jun/15/var-official-white-supremacy-gesture-fifa-world-cup-2026

I had no idea of those connotations, when I seen him do it I thought why's the daft fucker doing that thing all the kids were doing 10 year ago [emoji38]

 

 

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4 hours ago, Kilcline said:

I had no idea of those connotations, when I seen him do it I thought why's the daft fucker doing that thing all the kids were doing 10 year ago [emoji38]

 

 

 

 

Aha, so you looked straight at it, did you?

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