***Official 2022 World Cup Thread*** (1 Viewer)

[NewlyRetired]

How long before the European clubs take FIFA on?

Johnny Infinite seems to have a lot of ideas about how players being paid by someone else ought to spend an ever-increasing portion of their time working to line his pockets.

At least FIFA is actually paying the clubs now, even if it is too little, too late.

5 clubs that have received the most money from FIFA from their players competing at the 2022 FIFA World Cup

The 2022 FIFA World Cup has been a crazy rollercoaster ride, with several underdogs trumping some heavyweights of the game.

www.sportskeeda.com

 

[gianmarco]

Neymar..

 

[QuizGuy66]

YESSSSSSS BLATTER BOWL IN 48 MINUTES

-QG

 

[TripleThreat]

The sportswashing is in full effect this morning‘s pre match. Was it always this bad? Haven’t watched a bunch

 

[AAABatteries]

Holy crap - keeper almost fired it in to his own goal.

 

[CletiusMaximus]

How long before the European clubs take FIFA on?

Johnny Infinite seems to have a lot of ideas about how players being paid by someone else ought to spend an ever-increasing portion of their time working to line his pockets.

They just announced the next club World Cup will be in Morocco. Just like Blatter he knows how to keep a stranglehold on power.
Only the SuperLeague can save us.

 

[AAABatteries]

Amazing set piece routine there. Wow.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

82-SF
86-SF
90-DNQ
94-DNQ
98-Champs
02-Group
06-F
10-Group
14-QF
18-Champs
22-???

Not a lot of middle ground here. Hard to deny they are the best team of my lifetime.

I'm not sure. Using the time range you've selected, There's arguments to made for each of the teams below.
Brazil has two titles, a runner up, 4th place and 5 quarter final exits.
Italy has two titles, a runner up, and a 3rd ... the two DNQs hurt though.
Germany has two titles, three runner ups, two 3rds and two quarter final exits.
Argentina has a title, two runner ups, and three quarter final exits, and will either finish 1st or 2nd this time.
I'm not saying France isn't a good team, or they don't belong in the discussion. I'm just saying "hard to deny" isn't accounting for these other runs.
Not meaning to argue or ,just saw your post and thought I would compare with other teams.

    France        Brazil        Italy    Germany    Argentina 
82    4th         2nd Group     1st        2nd        2nd Group
86    3rd            QF         R16        2nd        1st
90    DNQ            R16        3rd        1st        2nd
94    DNQ            1st        2nd        QF         R16
98    1st            2nd        QF         QF         QF
02    Group          1st        R16        2nd        Group
06    2nd            QF         1st        3rd        QF
10    Group          QF         Group      3rd        QF
14    QF             4th        Group      1st        2nd
18    1st            QF         DNQ        Group      R16
22    ???            QF         DNQ        Group      ???

As a French citizen, not gonna lie, I'm super pumped....YEEESSSSS!!!!

I approve of your avatar sir.

Using that chart it looks like Germany by a lot.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Amazing set piece routine there. Wow.

So pretty.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Aha so the teams have decided to make it a fun one.

-QG

 

[AAABatteries]

Hope @General Malaise made it to the bar for the start today.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

remember when we were worried about this being a predictable 0-0 repeat?

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Croatia tried out that "having a lead" thing and decided it felt too weird pretty quickly.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Okay props to the fan who brought a full horse puppet to wear around his waist

-QG

 

[CletiusMaximus]

fantastic

So happy I stayed out until 3 am this morning so wont be getting off the couch until noon.

 

[culdeus]

Is this whrere they play the final? The pitch not looking so hot.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

remember when we were worried about this being a predictable 0-0 repeat?

Without looking at past scores, I think that past 3rd place games have tended to be pretty wide open. Once you're not playing for the whole thing and with no real difference between 3rd and 4th (you lost in the semis) the incentives are gone.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Is this whrere they play the final? The pitch not looking so hot.

No. Final is in Lusail

 

[NewlyRetired]

There is going to be many many 0's in this contract offer
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Fabrizio Romano

@FabrizioRomano

Paris Saint-Germain will make their proposal to Lionel Messi in the next weeks. All the people into the club want Leo to stay and continue at least for one more year. Messi will decide in 2023, PSG will push after Inter Miami approached (but nothing was agreed).

 

[FreeBaGeL]

There is going to be many many 0's in this contract offer
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Fabrizio Romano
@FabrizioRomano

Paris Saint-Germain will make their proposal to Lionel Messi in the next weeks. All the people into the club want Leo to stay and continue at least for one more year. Messi will decide in 2023, PSG will push after Inter Miami approached (but nothing was agreed).

If PSG still want him, why would he got to Miami? I know it's common for these guys to ride out their twilight in the MLS but I can't remember them really doing it when they were still fit as a top player in the world with a major club still wanting them to be a major piece.

Seems like Miami is a few years early on this.

 

[General Malaise]

Hope @General Malaise made it to the bar for the start today.

That's tomorrow. Today's herculean effort included walking down a dozen or so stairs and locating the remote, which isn't as easy as it sounds.

 

[NewlyRetired]

There is going to be many many 0's in this contract offer
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Fabrizio Romano
@FabrizioRomano

Paris Saint-Germain will make their proposal to Lionel Messi in the next weeks. All the people into the club want Leo to stay and continue at least for one more year. Messi will decide in 2023, PSG will push after Inter Miami approached (but nothing was agreed).

If PSG still want him, why would he got to Miami? I know it's common for these guys to ride out their twilight in the MLS but I can't remember them really doing it when they were still fit as a top player in the world with a major club still wanting them to be a major piece.

Seems like Miami is a few years early on this.

Zlatan came to MLS and then went on to play great for Milan. The big name players who come sometimes are still wanted by top teams but they come for different reasons. Miami may be offering an ownership incentive, which is how LA landed Beckham all those years ago.

Busquets right now is deciding between Barca and an unnamed MLS team for example.

 

[General Malaise]

My heavens what a shot.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

My heavens what a shot.

I think it was a pass.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

John Haltiwanger@jchaltiwanger
"I'm not even a Messi fan." -- Alexi Lalas actually just said that out loud.

Did we talk about this and I just missed it? The Skip Bayless of soccer is at it again.

And after this morning's sports washing bit, I bet Lalas is glad the KKK isn't hosting this thing.

 

[General Malaise]

My heavens what a shot.

I think it was a pass.

I'm still learning.

 

[TripleThreat]

What a lovely 2nd… when’s the last time we saw that from the US men?

 

[QuizGuy66]

remember when we were worried about this being a predictable 0-0 repeat?

Without looking at past scores, I think that past 3rd place games have tended to be pretty wide open. Once you're not playing for the whole thing and with no real difference between 3rd and 4th (you lost in the semis) the incentives are gone.

Yeah these tend to play out that way. Sometimes you get a dull effort if a heavy favorite loses in the semis. Morocco probably never sees this big of a stage again. Croatia has proven that that is not as certain with them but surely they want to send off their greatest player in the best possible way.

-QG

 

[NewlyRetired]

My heavens what a shot.

I think it was a pass.

I watched it 4 times now on replay on my computer. I now 100% think it was a shot.

The way he opens his hips and his eyes are locked on the back post and he starts backing off when he hits it, knowing it was hit perfectly.

 

[NewlyRetired]

What a lovely 2nd… when’s the last time we saw that from the US men?

shooting (or basically anything in the final 3rd) is clearly the current version of the teams weak area. This is more concerning because much of our talent is on the wings.

Gio is the only one of the team that can score a goal of this quality. He scored a very similar goal for Dortmund back when he was 17 and just breaking in.

 

[QuizGuy66]

I missed the sports washing this morning but I'm sure Rupert's network gave a top notch effort in that regard. It's nothing new but certainly this has been one of the more egregious examples.

What's the first case of sports washing? The chariot races way back when? I am not sure I would consider Berlin Olympics are an example - covering up misdeeds was not the point to that one (actually might be sort of a backwards sports washing as probably the most cherished Olympic tradition - the torch run and lighting - started with that Olympics - this is not very often mentioned)

-QG

 

[FreeBaGeL]

What a lovely 2nd… when’s the last time we saw that from the US men?

shooting (or basically anything in the final 3rd) is clearly the current version of the teams weak area. This is more concerning because much of our talent is on the wings.

Gio is the only one of the team that can score a goal of this quality. He scored a very similar goal for Dortmund back when he was 17 and just breaking in.

Ironically didn't we have this exact same discussion of "was it a pass or a shot" on almost an identical play in one of the USMNT qualifiers? I think maybe it was Jedi, but can't recall.

If I recall, I was on "team pass" then as well, but most thought it was a shot.

 

[QuizGuy66]

Third Place Games:
1934 Germany 3 Austria 2
1938 Brazil 4 Sweden 2
1954 Austria 3 Uruguay 1
1958 France 6 West Germany 3
1962 Chile 1 Yugoslavia 0
1966 Portugal 2 Soviet Union 1
1970 West Germany 1 Uruguay 0
1974 Poland 1 Brazil 0
1978 Brazil 2 Italy 1
1982 Poland 3 France 2
1986 France 4 Belgium 2 (a.e.t.)
1990 Italy 2 England 1
1994 Sweden 4 Bulgaria 0
1998 Croatia 2 Nethollutch 1
2002 Turkey 3 South Korea 2
2006 Germany 3 Portugal 1
2010 Germany 3 Uruguay 2
2014 Holutcherlands Brazil 0
2018 Belgium 2 England 0


-QG

 

[NewlyRetired]

This is an eye opening statistical comparison of Messi and MBappe at the same age.

https://i.imgur.com/WZjgG0h.jpg

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Should've been a pk

 

[heckmanm]

I think we know why this ref hasn’t worked in a couple weeks

 

[gianmarco]

This is an eye opening statistical comparison of Messi and MBappe at the same age.

https://i.imgur.com/WZjgG0h.jpg

I still take Haaland over him.

 

[gianmarco]

This is an eye opening statistical comparison of Messi and MBappe at the same age.

https://i.imgur.com/WZjgG0h.jpg

I still take Haaland over him.

There's an actual site to compare these 2

 

[AAABatteries]

These players really need to keep their hands off the ref - no matter how much he sucks.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

These players really need to keep their hands off the ref - no matter how much he sucks.

Yeah that was way out of line. Probably deserved a few yellows in there.

 

[ChiefD]

These players really need to keep their hands off the ref - no matter how much he sucks.

Yeah. It’s just a matter of time until a player strikes or pushes a ref in a bad way.

 

[NewlyRetired]

This is an eye opening statistical comparison of Messi and MBappe at the same age.

https://i.imgur.com/WZjgG0h.jpg

I still take Haaland over him.

I would too but that is comparing different positions to be fair.

It is going to be awful if Haaland never plays in a World Cup.

 

[NewlyRetired]

no one likes the idea of a 3rd place game but it is great to see it still have some meaning, even to a legend with a ton of trophies on his resume (especially when on the surface this is a massive accomplishment for 99% of the countries in the world)

https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1604161976967368704?s=20&t=uvsxlc20m4J8LTK-tzChTQ

 

[prefontaine]

This is an eye opening statistical comparison of Messi and MBappe at the same age.

https://i.imgur.com/WZjgG0h.jpg

I still take Haaland over him.

I would too but that is comparing different positions to be fair.

It is going to be awful if Haaland never plays in a World Cup.

I don't think that's possible now with the 48 teams. Just Haaland and Odergaard should see them qualify

 

[QuizGuy66]

The players and fans cared which was good to see - probably a side benefit to the chalk winning the semis tbh.

-QG

 

[gianmarco]

This is an eye opening statistical comparison of Messi and MBappe at the same age.

https://i.imgur.com/WZjgG0h.jpg

I still take Haaland over him.

I would too but that is comparing different positions to be fair.

It is going to be awful if Haaland never plays in a World Cup.

If we change the name to Harland, any chance he can be cap tied to USMNT?

Can you imagine what we'd be like with a striker like that?

 

[gianmarco]

no one likes the idea of a 3rd place game but it is great to see it still have some meaning, even to a legend with a ton of trophies on his resume (especially when on the surface this is a massive accomplishment for 99% of the countries in the world)

https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1604161976967368704?s=20&t=uvsxlc20m4J8LTK-tzChTQ

I was thinking Morocco would definitely care for FIFA rankings as well.

They have to jump significantly given their wins against top ranked nations this tournament, right?

 

[AAABatteries]

no one likes the idea of a 3rd place game but it is great to see it still have some meaning, even to a legend with a ton of trophies on his resume (especially when on the surface this is a massive accomplishment for 99% of the countries in the world)

https://twitter.com/FOXSoccer/status/1604161976967368704?s=20&t=uvsxlc20m4J8LTK-tzChTQ

Could be his last time playing for his country too - so doubly special for him.

 

[culdeus]

France has the sick or nah

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Being the only player to break the C-Ro and Messi stranglehold on the Ballon d'Or over a period of a dozen years(!) is amazing. What a player.