*** The Official 2022 World Cup Thread ***

[Herman 7,537]

That's got to be that. Terrible defending.

[Capt. Pants 2,568]

 Cool finish from Lewandowski, a Saudi player would have missed that.

[TheGunnShow 3,917]

Hopefully the Mexicans stuff the Saudis and send that corrupt set of backward fekkers home early too. Poland should have put the coffin lid on this match now.

EDIT: Some of the sycophantic comments re. how good the Saudi play are moronic. If you don't take your chances, you do not deserve to win. The Saudis do not deserve to win for that reason alone. End. Of. Story.

Edited November 26, 2022 by TheGunnShow

[kick it off 1,871]

Lewa was so emotional after that. Scoring in the world cup was one thing he desperately wanted to do in his career and it just hadn't happened. He talked about it in a pre tournament interview. Rough backstory too, His dad was the driving force behind his football development as a kid, and he died when lewa was 16.

635 career goals and to see him get emotional like that was quite something. He's in the top 10 international goalscorers in history now. Level with Pele on 77.

Edited November 26, 2022 by kick it off

[WD40 645]

23 minutes ago, kick it off said:

Lewa was so emotional after that. Scoring in the world cup was one thing he desperately wanted to do in his career and it just hadn't happened. He talked about it in a pre tournament interview. Rough backstory too, His dad was the driving force behind his football development as a kid, and he died when lewa was 16.

635 career goals and to see him get emotional like that was quite something. He's in the top 10 international goalscorers in history now. Level with Pele on 77.

Class in every sense of the word

[keelansgrandad 5,387]

FIFA official says Ronaldo was a genius for getting his penalty. He waited until there was a touch and then went over he said.

I call it cheating.

[TheGunnShow 3,917]

8 minutes ago, keelansgrandad said:

FIFA official says Ronaldo was a genius for getting his penalty. He waited until there was a touch and then went over he said.

I call it cheating.

Sunday Oliseh said it. Now there was a stroppy bar-steward.

Thought both the Ronaldo and the Saudi penalties were really good reasons why penalty kicks should be abolished, personally.

[TheBaldOne66 355]

Interesting article in the Mirror that reckons our 2 refs, Taylor and Oliver, and the Dutch guy Makkalele, have been deliberately overlooked for games due to the way we have been over the One Love issue. I wonder if they will get a game soon or just come home, especially as the guy in the Saudi match from Brazil was on his second game. Also mentioned it was strange to pick 2 women officials on the list and they haven’t had a game yet either other than as 4th officials 

[Capt. Pants 2,568]

Could and should have been red. Mbappe would have skinned those last 2 defenders.

[ricardo 5,570]

The Denmark, France game looks like completely different sport compared to the tedious slow motion rubbish we endured last night.

[KiwiScot 954]

57 minutes ago, keelansgrandad said:

FIFA official says Ronaldo was a genius for getting his penalty. He waited until there was a touch and then went over he said.

I call it cheating.

Fifa official admires cheating you say.

[Capt. Pants 2,568]

Not the best 45 mins of the tournament. Bits and pieces but nothing special.

[Hook's-Walk-Canary 72]

Denmark equalise against the froggies 

Good game.

[cambridgeshire canary 4,724]

Come on Denmark, God knows the world doesn't need another France world cup win..

[WD40 645]

15 minutes ago, Hook's-Walk-Canary said:

Denmark equalise against the froggies 

Good game.

The last man that hauled down Mbappe no less - christenson

[cambridgeshire canary 4,724]

Christ imagine Southgates England up against France and Mbabababbababababpe..

 

5 nill down at half time?

Edited November 26, 2022 by cambridgeshire canary

[Richard Richard 124]

1 minute ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Christ imagine Southgates England up against France and Mbabababbababababpe..

 

5 nill down at half time?

I agree. The thought of us playing the likes of France or Denmark is frightening.

[Capt. Pants 2,568]

20 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Come on Denmark, God knows the world doesn't need another France world cup win..

Unless Mbappe gets injured that's exactly what we are going to get.

[Midlands Yellow 2,727]

Southgate would play for penalties against Brazil, Spain or France. We do seem to be flat track bullies but are very nervous against any real quality. 

[cambridgeshire canary 4,724]

Whats worse is Mbappe has ony just turned 23 years old and he's already breaking all the records. We still have another decade of him if not longer to deal with. God help us all

Edited November 26, 2022 by cambridgeshire canary

[Foxy2600 211]

Argies up to their good old ITV Wrestling Bout Night best…. I mean that must be missing teeth and broken neck at the very least!

[CANARYKING 531]

This is more like it, some crunching tackles

[Branston Pickle 2,378]

The ref is going to have a big old role in this one - think this guy is usually pretty strong.

[Foxy2600 211]

3 minutes ago, CANARYKING said:

This is more like it, some crunching tackles

You watching the same game - this is theatrics? 

[keelansgrandad 5,387]

2 hours ago, KiwiScot said:

Fifa official admires cheating you say.

Overtly now.

[Foxy2600 211]

Stand Corrected! 

[CANARYKING 531]

4 minutes ago, Foxy2600 said:

Stand Corrected! 

How is that not a red

[wcorkcanary 3,780]

3 minutes ago, Foxy2600 said:

Stand Corrected! 

No one is getting hurt in that tackle unless they land badly, with everyone's feet up like that , it's a glorified trip. 

[Capt. Pants 2,568]

Great noise from the crowd drowning out the commentators, which isn't a bad thing.

We'll see if FIFA are happy with an early Argentina exit tonight. 

[Branston Pickle 2,378]

It’s one of those games where a bit of football is getting in the way of the fouls and theatrics…a rather weird watch (but still better than last night by a country mile!)