Argentina v France, predictions, with poll

[weltweit]

What a drama.

Don't think I have seen a game like that before.

Went the whole distance ..

 

[ska invita]

fuck the whole of the professional level of football basically

apart from The Bundesliga

2005 German football match-fixing scandal - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

6 month ban for that ref lol

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I'm picking my wife up from work at 8pm and am under strict instructions not to spoil the score, so we can go home and watch the second half together (I dropped her off at half time when Argentina were winning 2-0).

Going to be tough, this one.

Does she work in a basement on her own?

Going to be hard to avoid finding out.

 

[8ball]

Well, that had a couple of twists and turns.

 

[strung out]

Does she work in a basement on her own?

Going to be hard to avoid finding out.

She's streaming Dungeons and Dragons live on Twitch, so you'll be hard pressed to find any collection of co-workers and audience members who give less of a shit about the match than that. I still think she'll struggle though

 

[Flavour]

argentina deserved to win and seeing macron go from cheering in the stands to consoling a devastated Mbappe on the pitch was pretty great

 

[Ax^]

on twitch


would my younger nephews know who she was if you said her name

 

[twistedAM]

Deschamps has been brilliant throughout the tournament with his subs and tactical changes, manager of the tournament.

He came second but if we're going down that route, surely the Moroccan guy who only took up the job this year did a better job than Deschamps with what he had available.

 

[twistedAM]

argentina deserved to win and seeing macron go from cheering in the stands to consoling a devastated Mbappe on the pitch was pretty great

Anyway tomorrow is another day and I'm sure Macron will sell the Qataris more military gear. So glad that France lost.

 

[Ax^]

the goalie using the golden glove trophy as a dick symbol and then sucking the thumb

he really could of played for england

 

[Lord Camomile]

Was just thinking, "oh, to be a fly on the wall in Cristiano Ronaldo's living room", before realising, "let's be honest, he's probably not watching"

 

[Ax^]

comparing him to Maradona is a little harsh


Maradona won a world cup on his own with the only assistance being Cocaine

so much Cocaine....

 

[strung out]

World Cup winner Emi Martinez playing for Oxford United, back in 2012, when he was still known as Damian Martinez.

 

[Lord Camomile]

She's streaming Dungeons and Dragons live on Twitch, so you'll be hard pressed to find any collection of co-workers and audience members who give less of a shit about the match than that. I still think she'll struggle though

Raid!!

 

[Petcha]

Nah, fuck Messi

Lionel Messi earned $122m last year. He still felt the need to take Saudi money | Karim Zidan

The Argentinian has a strong record of linking up with oppressive monarchies. He is fast becoming the posterboy for sportswashing

www.theguardian.com

 

[strung out]

on twitch


would my younger nephews know who she was if you said her name

Depends if they watch her show. She does the biggest D&D show outside of USA, so maybe...

 

[8ball]

Ah, the TED talk guy is out to do the presents.

 

[Ax^]

Depends if they watch her show. She does the biggest D&D show outside of USA, so maybe...

Fair play to your missus

never got massive into D&D myself as it was more an excuse to smoke weed as my DM was my dealer at the time
but have a few friends still massive into it and running discord servers on the subject

 

[oryx]

Why is Messi wearing a black negligee?

 

[Indeliblelink]

Nice to see Messi get given the world cup champions see-through negligee.

 

[Ax^]

better watch out he'll be nicked by the decency police leaving the stadium

 

[skyscraper101]

Lovely closing credits by the BBC

 

[sleaterkinney]

Why is Messi wearing a black negligee?

So shit. The hosts asked him to wear it because they know nothing about football or what it means and fifa just thinks of money.

 

[Hollis]

Iconic image

 

[Petcha]

Both the French players who missed their penalties were black. Hope that doesn't work out the way it did here.

 

[Ax^]

Iconic image

new christmas forum banner

 

[Flavour]

a much better gesture than the german mouth covering tbf

 

[ruffneck23]

 

[brogdale]

 

[T & P]

If you ignore the first 70 minutes.

Sure, thought that kind of added to the drama as well. In any event, whereas France got completely outclassed and outsmarted for most of the normal time, which is a great credit to Argentina’s manager, they are far better a side than the first two thirds of normal time would suggest. If the match had finished 2-0 to Argentina it would have been a fair outcome, yet a distorted prism of France’s overall campaign. Not to mention their recovery ultimately delivering the most fantastically gripping WC final in my lifetime.

And even the French would be hard pressed to contest that the ultimate outcome was the right one. In all, the way it turned out felt more like a film script than what you’d expect to happen in a WC final. Fucking great all round (ignoring the wider human rights issues).