***Official*** 2018 World Cup thread (and Drinking Guide) (2 Viewers)

[Charlie Steiner]

French uniforms (okay, kits) are subtly wonderful.  

Dual purpose. Soccer and surrendering.

 

[Kafka]

French uniforms (okay, kits) are subtly wonderful.  

How apropos, white; the color of surrender.

 

[Charlie Steiner]

How apropos, white; the color of surrender.

JINX! You owe me a drink.

 

[rockaction]

I'm liking both of those because you guys were right with each other.  But seriously the splashes of blue and red running through it impressionist style is really nice. (Before the grass stains.)

 

[Tom Hagen]

I'm liking both of those because you guys were right with each other.  But seriously the splashes of blue and red running through it impressionist style is really nice. (Before the grass stains.)

I also liked the Bleu shirt, blanc shorts et rouge socks kit they wore against Argentina.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

 James D‏ @jiggybulko

World Cup Quarter Finals:

France: 6 letters Uruguay: 7 letters

Brazil: 6 letters Belgium: 7 letters

Sweden: 6 letters England: 7 letters

Russia: 6 letters Croatia: 7 letters

Games to be played on 6 & 7 July

6+7 =13

13 letters in It’s coming home

 

[Slapdash]

31 yr old striker Cristhian Stuani managed 11 goals for Middlesbrough over 2 seasons, one in the PL, then moved to Girona and found a fountain of youth in La Liga last season, scoring 21 goals. 

Scored a goal with Espanyol against Real Madrid in 2013 to secure the league title for Barcelona  

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Good back and forth in this match.  Neither side has come out to play negatively it seems.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Lovely finish

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Cabezazo Francia!

 

[Slapdash]

WHAT A SAVE!

 

[The Kansas Comet]

What a save!

 

[otello]

Monster save 

 

[Sinn Fein]

Spurs using up all their Mojo this summer - concentrating on the World Cuptm

 

[Ned]

Spurs using up all their Mojo this summer - concentrating on the World Cuptm

Planting the excuses already. 

 

[shader]

Torreira looks like a Kante-clone.  Arsenal may have themselves a steal if they can finally land him. 

 

[Slapdash]

France lucky that they didn't call a penalty on Pogba, who would have been sent off for a 2nd yellow.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Torreira looks like a Kante-clone.  Arsenal may have themselves a steal if they can finally land him. 

Because we all know how often Arsenal land their long-rumored targets.... #Draxler

 

[Sinn Fein]

Planting the excuses already. 

Pre-season training starts on Monday.  Its never too early to start making excuses.

 

[Kafka]

Uruguay's Nandez(#8) looks like Mata's little brother.

 

[Slapdash]

Such a damn shame that Cavani is out

 

[otello]

Oof 

 

[The Kansas Comet]

The definition of a howler there.

 

[rockaction]

Hoo boy. 

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Griezmann has good late movement on his slider. 

 

[Zow]

Listening on the radio. Should have been an easy save?

 

[The Gator]

 

[Charlie Steiner]

Uruguay sure is quick on the counter though.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Uruguay's Nandez(#8) looks like Mata's little brother.

Maybe his buff little brother. 

 

[shader]

That goal brought back my PTSD

 

[Slapdash]

Listening on the radio. Should have been an easy save?

Yes

 

[Slapdash]

That goal brought back my PTSD

Ramos is just going around Russia giving people concussions 

 

[Waingro]

We haven't seen a 2-0 comeback since..... Monday!

Let's see it happen

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Listening on the radio. Should have been an easy save?

Easy is relative. It swerved really late but you expect a world class keeper to handle it. 

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

####housery!

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

We haven't seen a 2-0 comeback since..... Monday!

Let's see it happen

Let’s not.  Vive Le France

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Glad to see Mbappe get that card.  

 

[Sinn Fein]

Not a fan of a few of the French players - Giroud earlier and now Mbappe - trying to make a meal out of minimal contact.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

Not a fan of a few of the French players - Giroud earlier and now Mbappe - trying to make a meal out of minimal contact.

Also Lucas - did a Neymar role in the first half after being brushed by Nandez.

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Not a fan of a few of the French players - Giroud earlier and now Mbappe - trying to make a meal out of minimal contact.

Giroud looks like he should be preparing $10 lattes in some coffee shop in Portland.

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

Arsenal look to be getting a good one in Torreira. 

 

[Sinn Fein]

France is currently the bookies favorite at 5/2

I expect the winner of the later match to be the favorite heading into the semi-finals.

 

[The Kansas Comet]

Uruguay has gotten plenty of crosses into the box today - really missing Cavani there.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

N'zoni, Mbappe, N'golo

Umtiti, Kimpembe, Dembele

Fekir, Pogba, Sidibe

Mandanda, Mendy, Tolisso

We should have colonized North Africa rather than setting up military bases in Germany.

 

[grateful zed]

tour de france starts tomorrow. 

 

[Jaysus]

Not a fan of a few of the French players - Giroud earlier and now Mbappe - trying to make a meal out of minimal contact.

I did not see a good replay, but I thought he took a nut shot

 

[rockaction]

I did not see a good replay, but I thought he took a nut shot

That's where he grabbed, unlike most athletes.  

 

[Steve Tasker]

N'zoni, Mbappe, N'golo

Umtiti, Kimpembe, Dembele

Fekir, Pogba, Sidibe

Mandanda, Mendy, Tolisso

We should have colonized North Africa rather than setting up military bases in Germany.

But then we wouldn't have this, or this, or this....come to think of it, what would've become of that 2014 team without the Germans?  Probably just a lot of this instead.

(I still love you, Wondo)

 

[Charlie Steiner]

France's bunker working better than the Maginot line ever did.

 

[shader]

That game wasn't very good.