***Official 2022 World Cup Thread*** (2 Viewers)

[Zow]

This Poland teams looks and feels a lot like the Wales team. I assume they press more on offense in the second half?

I agree with Donovan - after the Saudi result you gotta try to win this game.

The last time in 1994 when the Saudis advanced in a group with Belgium, Holland and Morocco there was a 3-way today among the first 3 - all had 6 points (but that was the 24-team format so they all advanced). Could very well happen again.

-QG

Right. I think a draw here hurts both Poland and Mexico.

 

[B Maverick]

Did Lewandowski just miss a PK?

It was saved.

Technically true, but most of the time its a bad take that results in a save. PKs favor the kicker. Saved and missed is usually the same thing

 

[QuizGuy66]

This Poland teams looks and feels a lot like the Wales team. I assume they press more on offense in the second half?

I agree with Donovan - after the Saudi result you gotta try to win this game.

The last time in 1994 when the Saudis advanced in a group with Belgium, Holland and Morocco there was a 3-way today among the first 3 - all had 6 points (but that was the 24-team format so they all advanced). Could very well happen again.

-QG

Nevah mind
-QG

 

[Desert_Power]

Did Lewandowski just miss a PK?

It was saved.

Technically true, but most of the time its a bad take that results in a save. PKs favor the kicker. Saved and missed is usually the same thing

OK. Wasn't sure if you were watching.

 

[QuizGuy66]

The point disappearing generally is good news to the teams not playing in the game, this true



-QG

 

[QuizGuy66]

Poland hurt a little more than Mexico based on how the schedule falls

Saudi Arabia can now clinch a spot in the knock out rounds with a win against Poland. And if that happens the winner of Mexico vs Argentina controls their own fate. A tie in that game would mean Mexico controls its own fate.

But Saudis very well could be 1st or 2nd to book their knock out spot (England can do so too with a win)

-QG

 

[titusbramble]

Sounds about right

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Paul Carr
@PaulCarr


#USMNTnow has a 45% chance to advance, per ⁦@FiveThirtyEight⁩ projections. It was 53% pre-tournament. In six previous World Cups under this format, 52% of teams with exactly four points advanced.

Yet the market still says they are more likely to advance than not

I think these two things do not conflict.

The US has a 45% chance of advancing but that number is HIGHER than either Wales or Iran's chance at advancing (after the first game is complete for all 3 teams).

Well, it is higher than the other two, which is to be expected, but that it says USA advances 45% of the time implies they don't advance 55% of the time, and I can get even money on that compared to slightly odds on for them to make the last sixteen. The market has the projection effectively the other way around, can't do vig-free line calcs in my head but that line is implying USA qualify 53% maybe?

Edit - rounds up to 54%, close enough

 

[NewlyRetired]

god bless the sport

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Saudi Arabia have declared tomorrow a national holiday after beating Argentina.

 

[General Malaise]

whoa

 

[titusbramble]

welp, there goes the France over 3.5 and clean sheet bet

 

[CGRdrJoe]

vegamite

 

[Desert_Power]

Brutal for Hernandez there.

 

[NewlyRetired]

ok enough of the upsets....there are only so many to go around and we may need some help by the gods on Friday

 

[QuizGuy66]

I heard if USA beats England offices will be closed the following day.
-QG

 

[CGRdrJoe]

poor give aways like that are what worry me for friday

 

[RCon]

ok enough of the upsets....there are only so many to go around and we may need some help by the gods on Friday

Would you like to wish for anything else while you're at it? Super model girlfriend falling from the sky? Powerball numbers for the weekend?

 

[Desert_Power]

So close

 

[McBokonon]

Hoping Australia bring on Garang Kuol in the second half for a run. He joins Newcastle in January (though will likely get loaned out immediately somewhere in Europe). 18 year-old who still is raw but has some incredible highlights (albeit mostly in the crappy A-League).

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Late to the party. My b.

 

[Moe.]

France is so stinkin good

 

[NewlyRetired]

France is so stinkin good

I think all the French players who are not here could make up a team that gets to the quarter finals. I think they have surpassed Brazil now in terms of endless depth.

 

[NewlyRetired]

The difference between the accuracy of the French crossing today and the US crossing yesterday is as big as you can imagine.

 

[titusbramble]

France is so stinkin good

This is true, but at the same time Australia are garbage

 

[NewlyRetired]

France is so stinkin good

This is true, but at the same time Australia are garbage

I always have to catch myself when I think "why can't the US get an Australia in our group ever?" and then I remember, we are the Australia

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

I think they have surpassed Brazil now in terms of endless depth.

I told my family I was pretty sure France's 2nd team was the best 2nd team in the world.

 

[AAABatteries]

These French kits are

 

[Ramsay Hunt Experience]

It’s actually illegal for me to watch Olivier Giroud play soccer in Qatar.

 

[Dinsy Ejotuz]

Per (English) oddsmakers...

USA 16%-61% England (23% draw)

 

[titusbramble]

France is so stinkin good

This is true, but at the same time Australia are garbage

I always have to catch myself when I think "why can't the US get an Australia in our group ever?" and then I remember, we are the Australia

We put six past a team in your group literally yesterday

 

[massraider]

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The two fans from England who showed up to games in the Middle East dressed as Crusaders.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Steven Goff
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@SoccerInsider

World Cup opener Sunday between Qatar and Ecuador on Telemundo / Peacock drew 4 million viewers, a 164 percent increase over 2018 opener on a June weekday. FS1 drew almost 3.1 million viewers, up from 1.7 million four years ago

 

[NewlyRetired]

11.7 million viewers for US - Wales across all platforms.

That is really good for a Monday afternoon game.

 

[dickey moe]

Argentina vs SA was on way too early to watch live, but I caught the highlights and the number of saves by SA in the final 30 minutes was incredible.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

The fox halftime show has been spectacularly bad. At the POL-MEX halftime, They showed one goal from the KSA-ARG game. That’s it. Nothing else. One of tHe biggest upsets in WC history. Aaaaannndd nothing.

 

[leftcoastguy7]

Qatar builds 8 new stadiums for soccer. (Al Bayt Stadium, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, etc.

They run out of names and call the last one Stadium 974.

 

[The Z Machine]

Qatar builds 8 new stadiums for soccer. (Al Bayt Stadium, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, etc.

They run out of names and call the last one Stadium 974.

The number 974 has huge significance there.










Probably....

 

[NewlyRetired]

Qatar builds 8 new stadiums for soccer. (Al Bayt Stadium, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, etc.

They run out of names and call the last one Stadium 974.

The number 974 has huge significance there.










Probably....

Not "huge", but the name is also not out of the blue either.

The stadium is a temporary stadium that was built using 974 shipping containers. The international dialing code for Qatar is also, conveniently, 974

It will be dismantled as soon as the WC is over.

 

[Sand]

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The two fans from England who showed up to games in the Middle East dressed as Crusaders.

I'd buy those guys a beer. If they actually had any there.

 

[AAABatteries]

I always have a soft spot for Morocco as the only World Cup match I’ve been to was Netherlands-Morocco back in ‘94.

 

[The Z Machine]

I always have a soft spot for Morocco as the only World Cup match I’ve been to was Netherlands-Morocco back in ‘94.

Their team is full of players playing for clubs in big leagues.

 

[AAABatteries]

I always have a soft spot for Morocco as the only World Cup match I’ve been to was Netherlands-Morocco back in ‘94.

Their team is full of players playing for clubs in big leagues.

They played well this morning I thought.

 

[The Z Machine]

I always have a soft spot for Morocco as the only World Cup match I’ve been to was Netherlands-Morocco back in ‘94.

Their team is full of players playing for clubs in big leagues.

They played well this morning I thought.

Croatia is no slouch. They have talent up and down the pitch.

 

[Mjolnirs]

Here's hoping for a better showing from Germany this time around.

 

[The Z Machine]

Here's hoping for a better showing from Germany this time around.

Usually I'd disagree with you, but a resurgent Germany would be good for the game IMO.

 

[Ted Lange as your Bartender]

That’s even a penalty in American football

 

[Mjolnirs]

Tor!

 

[heckmanm]

Qatar builds 8 new stadiums for soccer. (Al Bayt Stadium, Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, etc.

They run out of names and call the last one Stadium 974.

Stadium McStadiumFace doesn't translate well into Arabic

 

[RCon]

They showed the replay of Germany's second goal a bunch of times right after, but didn't go back far enough to the long pass to midfield and the subsequent knockdown pass. I'm not a soccer expert by any stretch, but that knockdown/pass in stride looked absolutely brilliant to me and seemed to set up the rest of that attack.

 

[RCon]

They showed the replay of Germany's second goal a bunch of times right after, but didn't go back far enough to the long pass to midfield and the subsequent knockdown pass. I'm not a soccer expert by any stretch, but that knockdown/pass in stride looked absolutely brilliant to me and seemed to set up the rest of that attack.

So now I'm confused (I'm watching the game in Spanish and can't understand a word of it). Was the second goal disallowed for some reason? I saw it go in and I could have sworn I saw it get recorded on the score display on TV, but now I came back after some chores and see it's 1-0.

 

[encaitar]

They showed the replay of Germany's second goal a bunch of times right after, but didn't go back far enough to the long pass to midfield and the subsequent knockdown pass. I'm not a soccer expert by any stretch, but that knockdown/pass in stride looked absolutely brilliant to me and seemed to set up the rest of that attack.

So now I'm confused (I'm watching the game in Spanish and can't understand a word of it). Was the second goal disallowed for some reason? I saw it go in and I could have sworn I saw it get recorded on the score display on TV, but now I came back after some chores and see it's 1-0.

Havertz was offsides. VAR reviewed it and ruled it out.