France v Argentina round of 16 match thread

[whoareyaaa]

Why hes got Augero on the bench ill never know

[TheUltimateWinner]

Mbappe emulating Vardy here with his over the shoulder runs 

[Ian Nacho]

Argentina look awful at the back. Constantly looking like one ball could send a French player through.

[Max Wall]

4 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Goes back to their captain Rattin at the ‘66 World Cup and then obviously Maradonnas cheating in 86 and Simone getting Beckham sent off in 98. Nothing to do with Falklands or Brexit imo - purely footballing reasons 

Yep. Nailed it.

[TheUltimateWinner]

Just now, whoareyaaa said:

Why hes got Augero on the bench ill never know

I think the Argentinian FA thought it was Pep when he interviewed for the job

[ealingfox]

2 minutes ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Goes back to their captain Rattin at the ‘66 World Cup and then obviously Maradonnas cheating in 86 and Simone getting Beckham sent off in 98. Nothing to do with Falklands or Brexit imo - purely footballing reasons 

 

Flimsy reasons really. '66 was over 50 years ago, most fans weren't even alive. Maradona is a knob but it's the referee and linesman you should be pissed off with there. Beckham got himself sent off.

[Izzy]

1 minute ago, whoareyaaa said:

Why hes got Augero on the bench ill never know

Me neither. He’d walk into pretty much any other national team 

[Max Wall]

Anything could obviously still happen but Argentina look rotten. I expected them to get it together a bit but no signs of that.

[Kitchandro]

Unreal to think Pavon, who can control it further than I kick it apparently, is starting ahead of Aguero and Dybala.

[TheUltimateWinner]

Mascherano should have been carded by now

[SouthStandUpperTier]

1 minute ago, ealingfox said:

 

Flimsy reasons really. '66 was over 50 years ago, most fans weren't even alive. Maradona is a knob but it's the referee and linesman you should be pissed off with there. Beckham got himself sent off.

The Rattin sending off in '66 was a joke. No doubt the Argies were chippy and niggly, but the referee said he sent him off, "for the look in his eye.". That's pathetic.

[MC Prussian]

What a pit of a game so far.

All this tackling and playacting and these bloody interruptions.

 

Not an advert for football. Plenty of bad fouls on either side, but especially from the Argentines.

Edited 30 June 2018 by MC Prussian

[Nalis]

Just can't warm to this French team at all...

[Izzy]

Just now, ealingfox said:

 

Flimsy reasons really. '66 was over 50 years ago, most fans weren't even alive. Maradona is a knob but it's the referee and linesman you should be pissed off with there. Beckham got himself sent off.

Rattin in 66 wouldn’t leave the pitch when sent off against us in the 1/4 final. Then he sat on the Queens red carpet and wouldn’t get off. Then he screwed up an England flag in his hand - no wonder Alf Ramsey wouldn’t let out lads swap shirts with them.

 

Maradonna admitted to cheating so he gets the full brunt of people’s hatred, not the ref or linesman.

 

Simione knew exactly what he was doing when he ruffled Beckams hair when he was down. Wanted a reaction, got one, and then went down like he’d been shot.

 

Nothing flimsy about any of that..

[RoboFox]

Old man Mascherano is managing the team, clearly. That’s the only reason I can see as to why he continues to play for them.

 

France have finally woken up. Look so pacy going forward.

Edited 30 June 2018 by RoboFox

[bovril]

Just now, Nalis said:

Just can't warm to this French team at all...

If England don't win it, I'd just love to see Kante lift the World Cup.

[Izzy]

2 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

The Rattin sending off in '66 was a joke. No doubt the Argies were chippy and niggly, but the referee said he sent him off, "for the look in his eye.". That's pathetic.

That was after his foul and abusive language to the ref though wasn’t it?

[MC Prussian]

1 minute ago, Izzy Muzzett said:

Rattin in 66 wouldn’t leave the pitch when sent off against us in the 1/4 final. Then he sat on the Queens red carpet and wouldn’t get off. Then he screwed up an England flag in his hand - no wonder Alf Ramsey wouldn’t let out lads swap shirts with them.

 

Maradonna admitted to cheating so he gets the full brunt of people’s hatred, not the ref or linesman.

 

Simione knew exactly what he was doing when he ruffled Beckams hair when he was down. Wanted a reaction, got one, and then went down like he’d been shot.

 

Nothing flimsy about any of that..

Is this an urban UK myth? He clearly only touches it briefly!

 

And how is it the Argentine's fault when Beckham reacted the way he did, with the referee watching? You can of course argue it was only a yellow, but still...

[whoareyaaa]

Beauty

[Max Wall]

6 minutes ago, SouthStandUpperTier said:

The Rattin sending off in '66 was a joke. No doubt the Argies were chippy and niggly, but the referee said he sent him off, "for the look in his eye.". That's pathetic.

Think you're looking for argentinatalk.com

[MC Prussian]

DI MAARIAAAAA!!!

 

WHAT A GOALLLLL!!!

GOLLLAZZZOOOOOO!!!

[Tuna]

What. A. Hit.

[kingfox]

Good hit but given far too much time and space.

[Tuna]

Murphy "The best goal of the tournament"..half a second later "one of the best 3 anyway".

[spacemunky]

Fantastic goal from Angel.