The Official FIFA World Cup Thread - QATAR 2022

[JA_Carter]

Spain lost to Switzerland in their first game in 2010 yet still won the World Cup, I wouldn’t read too much into it

 

[Fortunate Lee]

You can't tell me that second goal was't fixed, that dumb ass defender looking at the Saudi player and not doing anything, was not believable at all

 

[Premeditated]

why am i just now waking up and seeing the scoreline?

hold up, I need to process this.

 

[br82186]

"First Time Argentina lost a WC opener"

Alexis Lalas


So he gonna forget about Cameroon beating them in the 1990 opener???

 

[broller]

You can tell some of their roots through their last names. For example centerbacks names is Al-Timbakti = Timbuktu, Mali in Arabic

Midfielder named Mohamed Kanno = Kano in Northern Nigeria.

Great observation

 

[Low End Derrick]

Not one female in the Saudi fan section

 

[Trajan]

Someone like Garnacho would've flourished

The form he was in I was sure they would take him

 

[MVike28]

Someone call WADA.

 

[br82186]

Hope Erickson's heart holds up in that heat

 

[Xavier]

Wow what a crazy result

Mexico and Poland won’t be easy games either..

Lewandowski bout to TEAR UP their defense.

Argentina playing like they were in week 4 of regular season league. Nahh… this the World Cup. Shoulda been playing with the same intensity they did in the last 30 mins, from kick off. Like England was doing.

Shame for Messi’s legacy because I can’t see them making it past the group stage

 

[Fortunate Lee]

Not one female in the Saudi fan section

That's for later

 

[MVike28]

This is how you win. They were physical and didn’t Fear the star power or the big names

Renard has done it again

A legend in 2 continents

 

[Gilver]

There'll be celebratory beheadings of dissenters tonight across Saudi, well deserved

 

[DlAMONDZ]

Messi FC gonna spam twitter with his Sofascore rating

 

[concise]

Why?

Research has shown there never has been enough added time in football matches. We've been too conditioned to the old way.

We Timed Every Game. World Cup Stoppage Time Is Wildly Inaccurate.

The second half of Iran and Morocco’s tightly contested group match contained nothing too out of the ordinary by World Cup standards. Each side used all three s…

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