Futbol thread.

[Onni Kalsarikännit]

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Proud of our Mtumbos.


(Until they shit the bed against one of the real teams. Then I will call them names.)

 

[Kornheiser]

At least curaçao held on for a bit at least.

 

[Nicholas II of Russia]

Complete and utter annihilation. Brazil must be having some crazy PTSD right now.

 

[Kornheiser]

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Complete and utter annihilation. Brazil must be having some crazy PTSD right now.

Well curaçao actually competed compared to Brazil.

 

[cypocryphy]

They did CONCACRAP proud by at least equalizing. Part of me thought we were in for a draw lol.

 

[Registration]

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Complete and utter annihilation. Brazil must be having some crazy PTSD right now.

Curiously the 7-1 Brazil game was what brought me back to international football. My 2006 trauma was so great that I didn't watch any game from 2006 to 2014 and the only Brazil game that I watched that cup was the 7-1 only because I was drinking with friends. I remember laughing with the 3x0 and it wasn't shocking to me. After that I realized that no matter what happened, It couldn't be worse so I started watching it again.

Now the 2023-2025 campaign in the south america qualifiers is my personal 7-1, mainly the 4-1 against Argentina on April 25, 2025 that makes me seethe

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

Now I think of it, has a host country ever been at war while the world cup was happening?

It has now!

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You appear to have the England team there, mate. Easy to mix them all up, I know.

WELCOME TO THE WHEAT FIELDS MOTHERFUCKERS

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And a lot more humid, so it's harder for your sweat to evaporate.

Poor Ingerlund. Had their boots nicked and now their training camp’s being blown away. God is not an England fan, evidently (watch the cunts win the tournament now).

Why are the Czech Republic now being called ‘Czechia’ everywhere? Are they not a Republic any more? Isn’t it traditional for English speakers to say the English word for a country, not some ridiculous French-German sounding mangling of a country’s name? Germany aren’t referred to as Deutschland in our game commentary, so why Czechia?

Also, I need your hive mind input. Ben Gannon-Doak - the commentator I listened to last night pronounced the last bit of his surname as ‘doe-ack’. Wtf? Is it not ‘Doak’ that rhymes with poke and boak?

Also also, that ref was fucking terrible.

 

[blahblahblah678]

Why are the Czech Republic now being called ‘Czechia’ everywhere? Are they not a Republic any more?

Great question. Any time I see Czechia, I want to call them Chechnya.

 

[Henri Barbusse]

Why are the Czech Republic now being called ‘Czechia’ everywhere? Are they not a Republic any more? Isn’t it traditional for English speakers to say the English word for a country, not some ridiculous French-German sounding mangling of a country’s name? Germany aren’t referred to as Deutschland in our game commentary, so why Czechia?

It's because around 2020, we accepted we're not going to figure out a better one word name for the country, so Czechia/Česko is acceptable even in formal contexts now. The only ones really opposed were Moravian nationalists and that's a very fringe group. And it's not a super new word, since Čechie was sometimes used as translation of Bohemia in the 19th century.

 

[Timothy McGay]

I forgot to write another post after America won 4-1; that was a great game, and I will say I like the "hydration breaks" because they give me time to pee. I'm not a huge soccer guy, so I'm not going to be watching Nigeria vs. Zimbabwe or whoever is playing, but I just tuned into Japan's game at Jerry World, and I hope they win because they call "football" soccer, but I'm rooting for America to win the World Cup.

 

[UselessRubberKeyboard]

It's because around 2020, we accepted we're not going to figure out a better one word name for the country, so Czechia/Česko is acceptable even in formal contexts now. The only ones really opposed were Moravian nationalists and that's a very fringe group. And it's not a super new word, since Čechie was sometimes used as translation of Bohemia in the 19th century.

Chechnya it is, then!

 

[Mark Goldbridge]

 

[Meat Target]

Poor Ingerlund. Had their boots nicked and now their training camp’s being blown away. God is not an England fan, evidently (watch the cunts win the tournament now).

And their training camp is in a ghetto shithole part of town. I was laughing at the AirBnB listings nearby.

 

[Registration]

What a great second half was netherlands vs japan

 

[GaryGray]

Can't really add much about the game that wasn't already said. Shit first, great second, well done Japanese keeper, and for a tax here is the average Dutch citizen.

*I hate the particular hue of Dutch safety orange it creates eye strain.

 

[JustStopDude]

It's so silly how the announcer referred to the stadium as "The House that Jerry Built".

No one calls it that. It's the "Death Star".

I wonder if they cleaned out the hooker juices from the owner's box.

 

[DSP's Tax Lawyer]

I was going to comment a few things on the Netherlands v Japan game but I would rather take a step back before the Ivory Coast v Ecuador game. The first 2 games today have shown that 32 teams should have been in this tournament instead of 48. We should be in a spot where a bunch of teams who could have been in the World Cup didn't make it and we get tons of games like the Netherlands v Japan. This result should have meant something but it won't because there is a better than not chance a 3rd place team from this group will advance. And just to prove my point, I had to hear Landon Donavan talk about how its a good thing 48 teams are in the World Cup as Germany scored their 5th goal of the game against a team of players from the second division of Greece and Miami FC (not Inter Miami, Miami FC of the USL). The tournament won't really get started until the final round when we can see who potentially might not make the next round and a 3rd place team, the rest of the games are basically exhibitions

 

[Stoneheart]

I think we were all wrong about curaçao. they were just unlucky that germany had to prove something.
They are the 2nd best team in the group. Ivory coast is horrible and Ecudador cant hit the goal- curaçao played much better than both.

 

[Registration]

Cote d'ivoire and equador must be one of the most baffling matches so far. These niggas run like the fucking demon but couldn't shoot for shit. Then 90 minutes hit and we are saved from the first 0-0 of the tournament.

Also months after seeing Enner Valencia... He is still Enner Falência for sure.

 

[Big Fucking Rat]

The best generation of players in our history and can't even score a single goal. Fucking hell.