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  1. But they aren’t marathon runners so they aren’t going to keep going like they do. They are soccer players and you could see how some of them were physically exhausted even during the final at one point one French player basically kicked the ball out and crashed out of bounds and was subsequently replaced.. I’m sure he wasn’t faking being tired to exit one of the most important games in his career. I disagree with the correlation between the two things, just like a basketball player is taken out all the time for being tired and no one is going to say oh marathoners run much longer than he does and with more intensity. Each game has its own niche and since you mentioned that you are a soccer player ( at least I think you did, sorry if I misread it or misremember ) you know that not many people in the world play at the level these guys play at (probably less than the percent of people that play golf at a professional level anyway) When you say continue playing, well, is it really going to be fair when they aren’t at their very best after 120 minutes? As mentioned before the golden goal was tested and it sucked, so it was sidelined, plus the idea of taking a player out every what ever in my opinion is a non starter and at that point stops being soccer. Same way 3 v 3 Basket Ball isn’t “Basket Ball”. PKs have been and most likely will continue being the way to break a tie after exhausting the alternative, although I may be all for adding another 5 minutes to each additional half but probably wouldn’t want to go further than that. However, everyone is free to have their opinion and I choose PKs 🙂 oh and I disagree that it’s luck.. Average is a little over 72% conversion I think but I have a hard time believing that any normal guys like us could convert anything near it against these level of goalies. Someone better be able to hit it hard and accurate. You would have a better argument if the conversion was 50 / 50 no? Discounting what they do imo is a bit unfair.
  2. What a game it was so exciting. I agree it would have been more exciting to continue but think about it after that second extra half could the players really go on any more? Would it be that exciting watching half dead players playing garbage? I think PKs is imbedded in game and most likely forever. In any case, the level of excitement we saw today might not really be matched by anything else I have seen. It is the beautiful game the way it is!!! It was great and see you all in 4 years 🙂
  3. oh we are lol How about the big upset today.. Not many predicted MOR win over POR. France - England should be epic.
  4. Brazil is really upset I’m sure, but let’s be straight that Croatia isn’t pushover. They have been in it before and know how to deal with pressure. Argentina got away with one, and my hats off to Netherlands for their play. Today matches are going to be exciting.
  5. ya he is almost there lol On a more serious note really the French have impressed me. Just an overall powerhouse.
  6. Not that it matters but Cameroon beating Brazil was pretty epic. The first African nation to do so in the WC. Anyway: Netherlands vs USA is the big game today. Can they pull it off and advance? Win or go Home is the name of the game from here on out. It should be an exciting game.
  7. Ya that was bad. Poland players are just bruisers and zkSA players weren’t as quick as the mexicans so they pretty much took a physical beat down. The better team won today. KSA - Poland 0 - 2 France - Denmark 0 - 0 at half. Good game so far with lots of chances both sides, but I give the French the edge and think they will probably pull it off.
  8. Some good games on deck today Tunisia - Australia 0 - 1 Wasn’t an exciting affair and the goal was an early one from a strange bounce but an amazing flick to find the side of the net. KSA - Poland KSA looking to continue an underdog story Argentina - Mexico Argentina looking to bounce back from their surprise loss France - Denmark France just looking to keep looking like the top runner
  9. my bad lol
  10. Heck, try watching the Browns vs Chargers game or any other football games these days.. Baseball has been shelved by me a long time ago lol. This game was exciting for me, action on both sides of the field and lots of chances.
  11. Well that ends today with some great action. USA - England 0 - 0 Not many expected that one and it takes us to the last games of the group to decide who goes to next round. Basically win and your in. (simplest math) For US they need to win to get 5 points and in that case they are definitely in. A Draw against Iran and they are out since that will give Iran 4 points and England would have 4 points to the US 3 points. Whales would probably still be on the outside looking in unless they beat England by 4+ since the first tie breaker is goal differential and (ENG beat Iran by 4) In any case this has set up a lot of drama in a few days time. Below is current standings after today:
  12. Great Half They are definitely playing much better than they did against Whales so far. It would go a long way for them if they can pull this one off.
  13. Ditto It might work for 1 game but overall it’s a failing strategy at all levels of the sport. Can only defend for so long before your asked to score.
  14. Qatar - Senegal 1 - 3 Qatar will pretty much find themselves out of this WC. Netherlends - Ecuador should be a good match, but I’m still more interested in US - England. They should take more shots outside the 18’ but no one is really doing it right now, I think Iran has only goal from outside. But doesn’t mean they shouldn’t try, if there is a threat it will open it up more inside as ol defenders will actually try and cover. It makes you think though that either England is that good they beat Iran that beat Whales that tied the US? In theory US will get pummeled, but I’m hoping for an upset.
  15. Iran - Whales 2 - 0 This pretty much ends Whales chances of making it to the 2nd round. Also, must share this.
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