Women's World Cup 2023

[chainsawjob]

Good save.

 

[Lord Camomile]

The thing I like about womens football is it is more honest; no diving, cheating, bullying the referee etc.

While broadly true, it's definitely creeping in. Spain's penalty against Costa Rica was effectively a dive; there was some minimal contact, but it wasn't what sent her down. 'Delayed' is the euphemism, I believe.

 

[chainsawjob]

Much more exciting now!

 

[two sheds]

I was hoping Argentina would win - Italy slightly better I think but they seem to be the ones doing most of the fouling.

 

[hash tag]

Italy V. Argentina was a tough, hard old game.

 

[chainsawjob]

I was hoping Argentina would win - Italy slightly better I think but they seem to be the ones doing most of the fouling.

And yet wasn't it an Argentinian got a yellow card in extra time? Not disagreeing with you, didn't see the whole game.

 

[hash tag]

Stats say Italy committed a few more fouls but yellow cards were 4 - 2 to Argentina!

 

[chainsawjob]

I like your new avatar hash tag

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ahhhhh, shit, that was a brilliantly worked almost-goal

 

[Lord Camomile]

Oh, and now Germany with another actual-goal.

 

[two sheds]

Germany looking good value for the lead.

 

[hash tag]

Germany look like they mean business. 6 - 0 and then had a goal disallowed. Even then they were still fighting hard to win throw ins etc. Have to fancy them to win the trophy on that showing.

 

[belboid]

Morocco not as bad as the scoreline suggests. Thoroughly outplayed tho.

Time to look forward to Brazil. Id the ITVx player stops being complete shit.

 

[two sheds]

They seem to manage having the images out of sync with people talking which is a bit of an achievement on live tv. Plus of course you don't get chance to rewind when you miss something

 

[belboid]

Excellent performance from Brazil, even more impressive than the Germany result.

 

[AverageJoe]

Italy V. Argentina was a tough, hard old game.

To use the old sporting cliche, there were a lot of industrial tackles flying in.

I really enjoyed that game. And the Italian Number 16, Dragoni?, was really skillful. And only 16 years old.

 

[inva]

Nice to see the Philippines doing well even if it is against New Zealand. Saw some of their games in the Asia Cup and Bolden stood out for them then great for her to get their first world cup goal.

 

[two sheds]

I like the placard being held up at the NZ v Philippines game: "What are the rules?"

 

[two sheds]

That NZ goal didn't look offside. I liked the NZ manager before the decision though, pleading with the ref not to give it offside

 

[The39thStep]

Morocco not as bad as the scoreline suggests. Thoroughly outplayed tho.

Time to look forward to Brazil. Id the ITVx player stops being complete shit.

I watched the Brazil game (in Spanish though) in 4K on Peacock .

 

[Petcha]

I get that most teams have one or two players of foreign descent but the Philippines have taken it to a new level

 

[Callie]

Aww look at their faces!

 

[belboid]

Were NZ a bit crap then? They'll have difficulty getting a win against Switzerland, tho you never know, the Swiss aren't that good.

The kiwi's used to have a pretty good women's team, shocking last Thursday was their first ever WC win.

 

[krtek a houby]

Fucked off with this. Only the Japan matches being shown here. So bloody insular.

 

[The39thStep]

Irresponsible obsession

BBC apologises for asking Morocco captain how many of the team are lesbians

The ‘inappropriate’ question at a press conference was slammed on social media

www.independent.co.uk

 

[JimW]

WTF?

 

[krtek a houby]

Irresponsible obsession

BBC apologises for asking Morocco captain how many of the team are lesbians

The ‘inappropriate’ question at a press conference was slammed on social media

www.independent.co.uk

Chances are there could indeed be a player who happens to be gay, but given the draconian laws in that country surely not a question to ask.

 

[belboid]

Irresponsible obsession

BBC apologises for asking Morocco captain how many of the team are lesbians

The ‘inappropriate’ question at a press conference was slammed on social media

www.independent.co.uk

see also The 1975 bloke in Malaysia or Tatchell in Qatar. White saviour bullshit.

 

[krtek a houby]

On the other hand

Matty Healy is not a ‘white saviour’ for showing solidarity with Malaysia’s LGBTQ+ people | Peter Tatchell

The Kuala Lumpur regime will be delighted that the focus is on the 1975, rather than the human rights abuses the band condemned, says activist Peter Tatchell

www.theguardian.com

"Having said that, it’s true that white European critics of global south tyrannies must avoid acting like neocolonial overlords. That’s offensive and counter-productive. It is why my international campaigns are based on consultation with local activists. I was acting at their request and in solidarity with their struggle, when I attempted a citizen’s arrest of the Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe in 2001, when I went to Moscow in 2007 to support Russian LGBTQ+ people, and when I staged a protest shortly before last year’s football World Cup in Qatar. It is unclear whether the 1975 liaised with any Malaysian LGBTQ+ activists."

 

[belboid]