**The World Cup 2018 Official Thread**

[Bboystyle]

@GhostBreh Barca football is beautiful to watch?

tiki taka there way to another La Liga title

 

[Black Magisterialness]

These nikkas giving you faulty information
There are multiple top Leagues in football. Note that the best players in the world are sprinkled out all throughout these leagues.

Top 5 are:

La Liga. Spanish. In terms of pure quality this is the best league but you have to be more of a purist to fully enjoy it. Has the two best teams of the last decade Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, with Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Real and Lionel Messi for Barcelona. Atletico Madrid is another top team as well. This league is very technical so you'll often see the best dribblers and passers here. Again, teams here have dominated European competition for the last decade.

• Biggest teams are:
• Real Madrid (They are also the best club side of all time, equivalent to the Boston Celtics)
• FC Barcelona
• Atletico Madrid
• Sevilla
• Valencia
• Real Betis.

The biggest rivalry in club football is Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona its called El Clasico, make sure you watch this, guaranteed to be full of fukkery as these two teams historically hate each other due to politics and the past.

The Premier League. English. The most popular and richest league. Definitely The littest, generally highly competitive as there are at least 6 teams that can consistently compete for the title as opposed to La Liga's 3 teams. Most entertaining as well. It's Quality here approaches La Liga. Less focus on technique and more on physical attributes, so you'll see the fastest, strongest players here but technique and tactics isn't rare either. The game is played more rapidly here, more end to end. Since you are quite new to the sport I highly recommend following the Premier League.
Best teams here are:

• Manchester United
• Manchester City
• Liverpool
• Chelsea
• Arsenal
• Tottenham

The derby games and Rivalries here are just as lit as El Clasico depending on who you ask.


Serie A. Italian. Used to have a eputation as being boring and dull but has been pretty lit for the past 2 years except Juve have won 5 Serie A titles in a row. Generally tactical as opposed to flashy like the above two. I don't much enjoy it personally.
Best teams are:

• Juventus
• AC Milan
• Inter Milan
• Napoli
• AS Roma

Bundesliga. German. I think it's a fun league, has incredible highlights and solid football. Aside from the best team Bayern Munich winning all the time of course. Below them however the football is competitive and fun.
Best teams:

• Bayern Munich
• Borussia Dortmund
• RB Leipzig
• Bayer Levurkusen

Ligue 1. French. Where La Liga and the Premier League have the best of the best players in the world. Ligue 1 has the best young, up and coming talents currently and has been cranking them out at insane rates. Aside from PSG it can be unpredictable and the rivalries are all lit. Mbappe, Neymar, etc all play here.
Best teams:

• PSG (Paris Saint Germain)
• Olympique Marseille
• Olmypique Lyon
• AS Monaco

The actual best league however is the UEFA Champions League, where the top 3-5 teams from the best leagues compete to win the most important competition on club football. This is analogous to the NBA Finals. This is what is meant by 'European Competition'. Where as normally Manchester United and Real Madrid would not play each other due to being in different domestic leagues, the CL makes it a possibility. This runs analogous to the normal domestic leagues, with them concluding at around the same time.

So in any given season a single team has to play: Their domestic league (La Liga, Premier League, etc), European competion (CL, Europa League) and cup games.
That is a lot of Football.

This is the tip of the ice berg I haven't even gone into cup competitions, in-depth rivalries, players, etc.

Basically follow the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and El Clasico.

If you have any more question feel free to ask.

The last two months or so of the Serie A were really interesting. I also love to see what Napoli has coming in the next season. AC Milan just got banned from European compositions this season so all they have left is domestic silver.

 

[Alexander The Great]

These nikkas giving you faulty information
There are multiple top Leagues in football. Note that the best players in the world are sprinkled out all throughout these leagues.

Top 5 are:

La Liga. Spanish. In terms of pure quality this is the best league but you have to be more of a purist to fully enjoy it. Has the two best teams of the last decade Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, with Cristiano Ronaldo playing for Real and Lionel Messi for Barcelona. Atletico Madrid is another top team as well. This league is very technical so you'll often see the best dribblers and passers here. Again, teams here have dominated European competition for the last decade.

• Biggest teams are:
• Real Madrid (They are also the best club side of all time, equivalent to the Boston Celtics)
• FC Barcelona
• Atletico Madrid
• Sevilla
• Valencia
• Real Betis.

The biggest rivalry in club football is Real Madrid vs FC Barcelona its called El Clasico, make sure you watch this, guaranteed to be full of fukkery as these two teams historically hate each other due to politics and the past.

The Premier League. English. The most popular and richest league. Definitely The littest, generally highly competitive as there are at least 6 teams that can consistently compete for the title as opposed to La Liga's 3 teams. Most entertaining as well. It's Quality here approaches La Liga. Less focus on technique and more on physical attributes, so you'll see the fastest, strongest players here but technique and tactics isn't rare either. The game is played more rapidly here, more end to end. Since you are quite new to the sport I highly recommend following the Premier League.
Best teams here are:

• Manchester United
• Manchester City
• Liverpool
• Chelsea
• Arsenal
• Tottenham

The derby games and Rivalries here are just as lit as El Clasico depending on who you ask.


Serie A. Italian. Used to have a eputation as being boring and dull but has been pretty lit for the past 2 years except Juve have won 5 Serie A titles in a row. Generally tactical as opposed to flashy like the above two. I don't much enjoy it personally.
Best teams are:

• Juventus
• AC Milan
• Inter Milan
• Napoli
• AS Roma

Bundesliga. German. I think it's a fun league, has incredible highlights and solid football. Aside from the best team Bayern Munich winning all the time of course. Below them however the football is competitive and fun.
Best teams:

• Bayern Munich
• Borussia Dortmund
• RB Leipzig
• Bayer Levurkusen

Ligue 1. French. Where La Liga and the Premier League have the best of the best players in the world. Ligue 1 has the best young, up and coming talents currently and has been cranking them out at insane rates. Aside from PSG it can be unpredictable and the rivalries are all lit. Mbappe, Neymar, etc all play here.
Best teams:

• PSG (Paris Saint Germain)
• Olympique Marseille
• Olmypique Lyon
• AS Monaco

The actual best league however is the UEFA Champions League, where the top 3-5 teams from the best leagues compete to win the most important competition on club football. This is analogous to the NBA Finals. This is what is meant by 'European Competition'. Where as normally Manchester United and Real Madrid would not play each other due to being in different domestic leagues, the CL makes it a possibility. This runs analogous to the normal domestic leagues, with them concluding at around the same time.

So in any given season a single team has to play: Their domestic league (La Liga, Premier League, etc), European competion (CL, Europa League) and cup games.
That is a lot of Football.

This is the tip of the ice berg I haven't even gone into cup competitions, in-depth rivalries, players, etc.

Basically follow the Premier League, UEFA Champions League and El Clasico.

If you have any more question feel free to ask.

aye, this is awesome. thanks. I know I'm gonna be checking out Prem, Liga, and now Ligue 1 since you mentioned Mbappe is there.

I have NBC Sports, Fox Sports 1, so I should be able to catch some of the Prem league. not sure yet where I can watch the others. will research to find out.

I'm trying to decide if I should choose a club(s) to follow or just choose players.

 

[GhostBreh]

@GhostBreh Barca football is beautiful to watch?

tiki taka there way to another La Liga title

Dunno why the coli hates on tiki taka. I see it as seamless, flowing football.

 

[Liu Kang]

ATG is AC Milan v Liverpool Champions league final 2005 . . . 3-0 up with one of the ATG club squads vs a generally trash liverpool team apart from maybe Gerrard and Alonso

I forgot about that one indeed I think the Bayern loss was worse because they were literally minutes away from winning the CL while the Milan game was tied 3-3 and then from the 60 or 70 minutes, no goals were scored til the pen shootout. But losing after leading 3-0 is many times worse than if it's 1-0 so you definitely got a case here.

 

[GilSho]

I feel like having to produce a comeback like that could be blessing in disguise for Belgium. They can't leave themselves that exposed against Brazil & expect to get away with it.

Should be a great game though. Two most talented teams left in the competition.

 

[1970s HeRon Flow]

@Cocaine Biceps I had some pics of Neymar celebrating and then I had some pics of Mexican fans crying, but none of them were personal enough. I wanted something that would crush your soul every time you saw it next to your name, and then it hit me...

Spoiler: Your new avi/caption

"Stars, Stripes, and Rainbows"

@LinusCaldwell

How long I gotta have this ffggot shyt on my profile?

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

aye, this is awesome. thanks. I know I'm gonna be checking out Prem, Liga, and now Ligue 1 since you mentioned Mbappe is there.

I have NBC Sports, Fox Sports 1, so I should be able to catch some of the Prem league. not sure yet where I can watch the others. will research to find out.

I'm trying to decide if I should choose a club(s) to follow or just choose players.

FS1 has Bundesliga, Champions League, and Europa League.

I think that if you have a favorite player already, you might follow their club. That's how I became a Newcastle United supporter; DeAndre Yedlin is from around my way, and that's where he's playing now. But if you don't have a player to follow connected to a team, just watch and get a feel for the players and the play styles that you like the most.

I also had fun reading about the EPL on TV Tropes just because it gave me a quick run-down of the history of that specific league (which isn't that old, actually) and gave me a sense of the rivalries and some of the past great players that get brought up on broadcasts.

 

[RealAssanova]

4-3-3 next game with KDB in an advanced role. What does dembele gotta do to get a game?

witsel and his shooting ( ) gotta be seated next game.

Munier is horeshyt aswell. First half Japan kept targeting the left side cuz him and carrasco were there. Then 2nd half vertonghen was left exposed on the right side.

Martinez gotta drop this 3 at the back shyt...and switch to a back 4 or else brazil gonna cook em.

France and Belgium are all about lineups. Both coaches have been lucky thus far...but we all know luck doesn't last forever and if they fukk up their lineups on friday......

well......

 

[Sukairain]

Thats u though. u arent the all tell of football

Who watches random club matches between B-tier teams. Show me the reciepts. What kind of viewership does a French club game generate in England, or any country outside of France, and what viewership figures does a random World Cup game get in a neutral country? I'm certain the World Cup would dwarf it by a vast magnitude.

On the day of Portugal v Iran I was flying back home to Australia from London. The flight was on an Australian airline and filled with Australian nationals. They had the game on a small screen at the departure gate, and let me tell you, all eyes were glued on the little TV. Even the pilots stopped and watched for as long as they could get away with. This is Australia. Football is a minor sport here .I guarantee you, wouldn't nobody give a shyt about a random club game and yet people were so hyped for a B-tier team versus a D-tier one just because it's the World Cup.

 

[CEO of Morgan Industries]

Oh, also, I would suggest getting FIFA or PES (and maybe Football Manager later on because that's a sim and it's way more involved) because playing those has taught me quite a bit about the tactics involved in the game. In fact, playing FIFA is what initially got me following football. I got a PS4 at launch, but the store that I got it at was out of Madden, so since I needed a sports game, I got FIFA instead. I played the hell out of FIFA 14, which led me to following MLS (since I'm from Seattle and played as the Sounders), which led to me getting more interested in other leagues and coming across the end of that EPL match on NBC I mentioned that immediately hooked me.

 

[King Jove]

aye, this is awesome. thanks. I know I'm gonna be checking out Prem, Liga, and now Ligue 1 since you mentioned Mbappe is there.

I have NBC Sports, Fox Sports 1, so I should be able to catch some of the Prem league. not sure yet where I can watch the others. will research to find out.

I'm trying to decide if I should choose a club(s) to follow or just choose players.

you need BEIN sports to get La Liga and Lique 1

 

[SubZeroDegrees]

Nowhere near that
WOAT chokes are
Barcelona vs PSG 2017
Roma vs Barcelona 2018
Manchester United vs Bayern Munich 1999
Liverpool vs Milan 2005
Uruguay vs Brazil 1950 World Cup
Germany vs Hungary 1954 World Cup

Don't Forget Super Depor vs Milan in 2004

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

You might already know this, but I thought I'd just say that FOX Sports carries Bundesliga matches, and you can get FS1 and FS2 through a $20/month Sling package if you want. The downside is that some of those games are tape-delayed, and you'd probably be better off listening to music instead of the FOX Sports commentators because they are garbage.

The bonus is that FS1 and FS2 also carry Champions and Europa League games, too. Assuming you're American and have the cash, I'd suggest Sling to you.

100% true
i go back and forth from where i live a lot cable isnt really practical for me, thanks though

 

[LinusCaldwell]

@Cocaine Biceps I had some pics of Neymar celebrating and then I had some pics of Mexican fans crying, but none of them were personal enough. I wanted something that would crush your soul every time you saw it next to your name, and then it hit me...

Spoiler: Your new avi/caption

"Stars, Stripes, and Rainbows"

@LinusCaldwell

I hope a Belgian nikka takes your girl. While Belgium beats the brakes off Brazil