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Don’t let CBs take penalties…

Thought the keeper had that one

So revised 1/4s after this mornings games: France v Morocco Belgium v Spain England v Norway USA v Scotland. Confirmed by FIFA this afternoon

I actually think the best thing that can happen for the three North American countries is for them to move into the CONMEBOL confederation, or merge CONMEBOL and Concacaf. This will mean the teams get to play high quality opposition and grow more regularly, play in the Copa America, got through qualifying against the best teams and be better prepared when the next World Cup comes around.

I think more than anything this shows where US football is on the global stage. As soon as they’ve come up against decent opposition, they’ve been completely outplayed.

Corruption 1 - 4 Football

Big Rom!!!! 4-1

There were 11 Englishmen in the Azteca, There were 11 Englishmen in the Atzteca and the referee from down under sent one off and the referee from down under sent one off…

@sylofox I hope you watched that game today and fell a little bit more back in love with the game. Today, on the back of that news about Balogun, getting to play against Belgium - football was at a low point. Then a game that gave us everything I love about the game, the game itself was immense, the crowd were unbelievable and sitting back now and watching all the videos of people watching around the world and enjoying that spectacle is everything. For the first time in forever, I can’t stop talking about, reading about and rewatching that game.

By the way, how good was Pickford tonight! Struggling to think of a better performance by an England goalkeeper. Some unbelievable saves!

I think I’m going to get on the beers until 1am now, then rewatch the game at 1 so I can relive it from the England fans experience over there, then go into work tomorrow still pissed and try and get through the day In solidarity with everyone back home.

Spot on - the only thing I’m surprised about this World Cup and I shouldn’t be really, is that they are so obvious about it. They’re not even trying to hide it anymore.

Were Portugal or Argentina guilty of political interference in the game? Did any of those teams have their president or politicians call fifa and directly ask for their players to be allowed to play? Everyone was critical of the Ronaldo decision, but this is on a whole new level.Any political interference in the game should result in a suspension and teams being barred from competing in World Cup and FIFA sanctioned games - this has happened recently with Nepal, India, Kenya and others have all had relatively recent sanctions placed on them for political interference in the game and the governing of the game. It was a red card, just because another player got away with it from a poor refereeing decision, it doesn’t make this any less a red card.

It was a red card, but regardless of that fact. There’s no appeals process in world cups. There never has been and really shouldn’t be, especially in the days of VAR. This is the worst incident of corruption I’ve heard of in any sport - and by FIFA who are littered with incidents of corruption. The fact that Nepal were suspended from FIFA last week for political interference, then this week the US president is calling and directly interfering in the biggest competition in the world is an absolute disgrace. The US should be kicked out of the competition. But they won’t because $$$$

I don’t think anyone can beat us ever again after that…

Then one night in Mexico… We were strong… we had grown!!!

Let’s be honest, Brazil haven’t been a good side this century. They’ve had some great individuals in that time, but haven’t been a great side for a long time.

These ****ing run ups are just stupid, just run up, pick your spot and score.

How is that not a penalty?

I think you should complain, this is bigger than one decision and goes to the heart of the sport. As a US fan can you seriously celebrate winning a game if he scores the only goal, knowing he’s only playing because of open corruption? This is an absolute disgrace, and of all the shitty things that have happened to the sport recently, this is by far the worst.

The way I’m reading it, it’s not even been overturned, just the ban suspended for a year. This is one of the most outrageous and corrupt decisions I’ve ever heard of in my life. A red card has always been a suspension and never been a suspended ban ever. Unbelievable.

Not offside on Alvarez? When the ball is flicked on Alvarez is clearly in an offside position and takes the defender closest to blocking Martinez out of the game.

Better not change the time, moving the game from a 10am start to a 4am start for me will be a bit shit.

just got back from the pub, disappointed with the way that went. Couldn’t fault the effort, with no real quality in the squad. Taking Volpato and Irankunda off at 70 minutes was a poor decision, they are the only two real threats we had. No issue with the Ryan sub, if the coach felt that was the best chance of winning the game. And full respect to the players who step up and take a penalty, but massively disappointed in those players who didn’t. Your first penalty needs to be scores and needs to be an attacking player. Then leaving your 4th to the kid who’s only played 20odd senior professional games is a stinking and those other more senior players should be ashamed of their effort today.

Maybe we can get the Heskey brothers for the season. Surely they have a lot of family and friends in the city. Could be the best place for them to develop.