The World Cup thread

[skybluegary]

I thought USA were the better team for large parts of the game, England on top at the end.

USA have to beat Iran to qualify for the next round.

[RyanDistortion]

Yeah. USA looked great. I never really felt that England was being dangerous. Few scary crosses in the box. Shocking result.

[GuitarBilly]

Yeah team USA honestly deserved a victory today, they played way better than I expected.

[skybluegary]

Argentina v Mexico is pretty dull, hard to see where a goal will come from. Argentina have been very disappointing so far, i doubt a point will be enough for them.

[skybluegary]

Class from messi

[Marc G]

Argentina had finally showed up to the tournament

[skybluegary]

Great goal by fernandez, flattering score though, Mexico fought hard.

There's been some great goals already in this tournament.

[RyanDistortion]

Another under dog win. Costa Rica comes through against Japan.

[GuitarBilly]

Another under dog win. Costa Rica comes through against Japan.

Finally a bet that worked out for me. Made $175 from a $20 bet.


Now if Morocco beats Belgium that would pay off the new Mesa

[2tallmusic]

Another under dog win. Costa Rica comes through against Japan.

as of today and from a German perspective Costa Rica is probably the most liked and most popular country in the world

[Marc G]

Another under dog win. Costa Rica comes through against Japan.

as of today and from a German perspective Costa Rica is probably the most liked and most popular country in the world

I just hope Germany has their shit together against Spain later.....

[RyanDistortion]

And Belgium gets rocked by Morocco!

[skybluegary]

Belgium result is quite a shock, Billy's quids in!

[GuitarBilly]

Oh damn!!

[2tallmusic]

I just hope Germany has their shit together against Spain later.....

same here - though I typically root for Spain as long as they are not playing against Germany. At the end of the day a good performance of the German team is the minimum expectation regardless of the result.

Oh damn!!

Your unique gear funding strategy is pretty entertaining

[Marc G]

I just hope Germany has their shit together against Spain later.....

same here - though I typically root for Spain as long as they are not playing against Germany. At the end of the day a good performance of the German team is the minimum expectation regardless of the result.

The German team got off to a bad start against Japan and Spain came sprinting out of the box against Costa Rica.... I hope Germany is prepared for this game because I don't think it's going to be easy... they've shown they can get the ball in to the box just not put it in the goal and the reality is they need to win this game if they really want a chance of moving in to the Round of 16

[Marc G]

oooof.... Canada just got spanked

[2tallmusic]

that equaliser goal for GER came at the right time

[Marc G]

that equaliser goal for GER came at the right time

yup.... now the only way they can make it to the next stage is if Spain beats Japan and then they beat Costa Rica.... while I think Spain will beat Japan, Costa Rica isn't a going to be an easy team to beat, even though Spain absolutely mopped the floor with them.... Thursday is going to be spicy for sure!

[GuitarBilly]

Decent game for Brazil today but I was honestly expecting a bit better. But that is good enough to qualify us to the knockout round so the next 2 games will be an opportunity to try out different lineups and strategies.

[skybluegary]

Pretty pissed off that i couldn't watch the brazil game, 3pts though so my mrs is happy. I'll catch up on all the highlights later.

[skybluegary]

The Cameroon and Ghana games looked exciting (only saw the highlights).

[skybluegary]

Congrats to USA on making through to the last 16, tough game coming up against Netherlands

[GuitarBilly]

Really happy that team USA advanced to the 16s, I think it's their first time ever?

They are growing fast and played a great game against Iran today, this could have easily been a higher score, they created so many goal opportunities. Their inexperience still shows and sometimes they were too eager to finish where they could have worked the play a bit more. But they're making solid progress nonetheless.

[_ej_]

This is the first world cup I've really engaged with. Its been cool to watch team USA hold their own.

I might end up a soccer fan after this