**The World Cup 2018 Official Thread**

[paperbag]

@paperbag how did you get into football?

Turned on the tv one day in the summer of 1998, some bucked tooth individual was on the screen. Was pretty easy to enjoy from that moment on

 

[BigMan]

They aren’t that talented

only Argentina's attackers are talented, the midfield and defense son basura

 

[Spades Of Aces]

If Argentina crashes out of the group stage and Messi doesn’t manage to score a goal... There will be hell to pay.

Portugal isn’t out of the woods yet either. If they lose their next game, they will be eliminated so Ronaldo is going to have to keep the pace going so that his teammates can hopefully follow suit.

 

[BigMan]

otamendi is so garbage i've been saying that for years

If Argentina crashes out of the group stage and Messi doesn’t manage to score a goal... There will be hell to pay.

Portugal isn’t out of the woods yet either. If they lose their next game, they will be eliminated so Ronaldo is going to have to keep the pace going so that his teammates can hopefully follow suit.

you're right, but all thye need to do is tie so expect another Ronaldo goal and bus parking

 

[Spades Of Aces]

otamendi is so garbage i've been saying that for years


you're right, but all thye need to do is tie so expect another Ronaldo goal and bus parking

You have to wonder though if the coach and his teammates are taking Ronaldo for granted. At some point, someone else on that team needs to take a little load off of Ronaldo, otherwise he can burn out in the later rounds despite his peak physical conditioning.

 

[Skip2]

if nigeria manages to beat iceland, unless they rain down germany type numbers on them, it wont matter because when they meet argentina, they will be mercilessly tortured.

 

[Mané Swagincha]

Argentina




They played the same football in 2014 and got to the finals somehow, enough of that garbage

 

[All Women Are Queens]

watching the replay at the first goal against argentina

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Brazil looked MUCH better than Argentina has at any point during this tournament. They only got a point against a good, defensively tenacious Swiss side. But at the very least, they looked organized with a cohesive strategy. Their starting 11 doesn't really NEED any changes right now, they just need some tweaks in how they attack.

Argentina is a dumpster fire. They're done. They're imploding like France did back in 2010.

Wasn't there some locker room rift during that world cup about a mutiny or some shyt and they tried or blame Evra or some shyt?

 

[Payroll]

 

[Nero Christ]

saw the first goal highlight against Argentina

also,

 

[The axe murderer]

saw the first goal highlight against Argentina

also,

Johnny sins gifted them that

 

[4-Rin]

Maradona's final game for Argentina was against Nigeria at the 1994 world cup.

Messi's final game for Argentina will be against Nigeria at the 2018 world cup.

We couldn't write this any better

 

[Jermio]

otamendi is so garbage i've been saying that for years


you're right, but all thye need to do is tie so expect another Ronaldo goal and bus parking

Otamendi was second to Messi for Argentina in the last World Cup IMO. There are imbalances in their attack/defense/midfield, but there's no excuse for a team with Aguero/Di Maria/Dybala/Higuain/Otamendi/Mascherano/etc. to talk about talent. That's close to plugging Ronaldo on Belgium.

 

[Bboystyle]

Otamendi was second to Messi for Argentina in the last World Cup IMO. There are imbalances in their attack/defense/midfield, but there's no excuse for a team with Aguero/Di Maria/Dybala/Higuain/Otamendi/Mascherano/etc. to talk about talent. That's close to plugging Ronaldo on Belgium.

no one is denying ARG being more talented then POR except Messi stans.