World Cup 2018 Russia

[GAJ]

No way am I rooting for France.

Croatia is one hell of a plucky squad.

 

[Buloong]

 

[Lunch Box]

:laughing:rofl:laughing

 

[ScorpioVI]

Of course France gets the first goal off a dive...

 

[SFMCjohn]

boom! arty

 

[Melissa]

now tied!!!!
Go Croatia.

 

[doc4216]

A guy in my office was born in Croatia until moving to Texas and now here. I am rooting for Croatia for him.

 

[Melissa]

same here-I know a guy who is from Ireland and wants Croatia due to his hatred of France.

 

[jdhu]

Welp...the handball was a bad mistake (even if unintentional, come on...CANNOT take that risk), and the Pogba goal was beautiful.

 

[ScorpioVI]

I ain’t even mad. Croatia made too many mistakes sitting back and not challenging the shooters. France earned those 3 goals.

Congratulations to France!

 

[Buloong]

Croatia was unfocused and made too many mistakes. France had captured the opportunities to the maximum. The equaliser goal from Croatia was beautiful as well, on par with Pogba's.

 

[Climber]

All that I'll say is that they need to seriously implement instant replay in the World Cup reffing and players that flop repeatedly should receive yellow cards.

 

[mikev]

All that I'll say is that they need to seriously implement instant replay in the World Cup reffing

they did.

and players that flop repeatedly should receive yellow cards.

they do.

Thanks!

 

[GAJ]

Well the best team won.

Great World Cup all around.

Congratulations to France!

 

[AbsolutEnduser]

Well maybe Griezmann(FR) fell a little too soon and quickly and was awarded that penalty kick on fake events. No?

And then maybe everything has been skewed from then on.. since that was the first goal, "it may have tipped the balance of the game"<-- literally heard from a sports commentator after the game.

but yeah, there was enough performance on the French side, to lead to a win.

 

[Bowling4Bikes]

France deserved it but, yah, that was a rough 1st goal to watch

 

[ScorpioVI]

Well maybe Griezmann(FR) fell a little too soon and quickly and was awarded that penalty kick on fake events. No?

And then maybe everything has been skewed from then on.. since that was the first goal, "it may have tipped the balance of the game"<-- literally heard from a sports commentator after the game.

but yeah, there was enough performance on the French side, to lead to a win.

Griezmann flopped but it wasn't a penalty kick, it was a free kick to an own-goal deflection. But yea, that first goal definitely matters, I think the last stat I saw on this was something like the first team that scores a goal wins 70% of the time. There's definitely a morale setback to getting scored on, especially since it was an own goal. Then the handball to penalty kick was even more of an emotional blow.

But yea, there's a reason I only pay attention to soccer once every 4 years. I played throughout high school and played for Southern Alameda County youth soccer league and flopping wasn't a part of the game that I played. The amount of flopping going on in the premier leagues and at world stages is personally embarrassing to me as a former soccer player. There's no pride associated with being a former soccer player, I'd rather admit to being a former rollerblader than a former soccer player.

 

[mrzuzzo]

 

[Climber]

Griezmann flopped but it wasn't a penalty kick, it was a free kick to an own-goal deflection. But yea, that first goal definitely matters, I think the last stat I saw on this was something like the first team that scores a goal wins 70% of the time. There's definitely a morale setback to getting scored on, especially since it was an own goal. Then the handball to penalty kick was even more of an emotional blow.

But yea, there's a reason I only pay attention to soccer once every 4 years. I played throughout high school and played for Southern Alameda County youth soccer league and flopping wasn't a part of the game that I played. The amount of flopping going on in the premier leagues and at world stages is personally embarrassing to me as a former soccer player. There's no pride associated with being a former soccer player, I'd rather admit to being a former rollerblader than a former soccer player.

Agreed. I respected soccer but got really turned off to soccer years ago when Spain flopped it's way to winning the world cup, I'm a purist when it comes to athletics and absolutely hate when people win through trickery and cheap tactics rather than winning through athletics.

They really need to do something about the flopping, it is a disgusting tactic that cheapens the game especially since it can be a game changer.

 

[Bowling4Bikes]

Agreed. I respected soccer but got really turned off to soccer years ago when Spain flopped it's way to winning the world cup, I'm a purist when it comes to athletics and absolutely hate when people win through trickery and cheap tactics rather than winning through athletics.

They really need to do something about the flopping, it is a disgusting tactic that cheapens the game especially since it can be a game changer.

don't forget the one before, when Italy flopped it's way along with talking shit about people's families (Zidane) to winning the cup.

Flopping has a rich tradition. It's sad, but if they get rewarded for it instead of carded, at some point you can't blame the players for doing it.