Futbol thread.

[Mark Goldbridge]

It's a lot like pitching in baseball, it's not that hard to throw a strike if the only thing you care about is throwing a strike, but if you want to throw a strike that also beats the batter then you have to try to put mustard on it and then you get it slightly wrong and throw it over the umpire.

Plus you have to keep in mind that penalty shootouts are a rare occurrence overall, and most teams have one dude that takes all their penalties. Once you get to #4 in a shootout it's basically a bunch of guys stepping up to the spot who basically never take serious penalties outside of this one moment

Also, usually players do score penalties it's just this is a new match ball so you've got the quirk of never taking penalties in your career AND using an unfamiliar ball. Then you also have the crushing pressure of your entire country's future being on you, it all makes a difference.
There is a method of cutting past this that some countries don't believe in which is to heavily rehearse the entire penalty shootout and plan it all out so when a shootout happens it's all down to luck of the opposition keeper making crazy saves. I could tell Paraguay had practised very hard for the penalty shootout because the 2nd penalty shooter did a disguised run and went the other way and then their 3rd penalty shooter did the exact same thing but the other way. All choreographed like a dance, while Germany were all disjointed, big distances between players, looking down, manager looking away, had no idea who was taking the 6th penalty until Tah stepped up when nobody else wanted to.

 

[Registration]

Mexicans have been running their fucking mouths against Ecuador for the past few days. This match will be very difficult, but I'm keeping my hopes up.

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It is funny seeing from outside, because Ecuador is so much better than Mexico but they have such a dogshit finishing it makes them seem bad.

Mexico stumbled into 3 wins and thinks they are hotshit is also funny. When they lose it will be a funny wakeup call.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Yamal, Williams and Ferran Torres (he is spiritually black) your days are numbered

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[Dragged Into Sunlight]

Christ, I am tired of those soccer players going down to ground and writhing about at any bit of contact. Soccer would be so much better if they played physically and didn't bait for fouls constantly. I've seen so many good chances blown up because they go down instead of fighting through it. It's even more pathetic when both go down and try to manipulate the ref.

 

[DoomOtter]

Christ, I am tired of those soccer players going down to ground and writhing about at any bit of contact. Soccer would be so much better if they played physically and didn't bait for fouls constantly. I've seen so many good chances blown up because they go down instead of fighting through it. It's even more pathetic when both go down and try to manipulate the ref.

Having come from following the NHL season, it is such a strange difference. Hockey players get hit in the mouth with an eighty mile an hour puck, spit their teeth out and keep playing. Meanwhile a stiff breeze from another player causes soccer players to fall down and act like they got shot