Group J: Argentina, Algeria, Austria, Jordan

[StanSP]

That's way more of a handball than earlier. 

[Beliall]

clearly hit his leg 

[Raj]

 

Battered again.

[AKCJ]

Messi is just the undisputed greatest ever.

[Beliall]

1 minute ago, Raj said:

 

Battered again.

despite having 2 big ones up top, we get constantly penetrated down the middle

[RowlattsFox]

This lad Messi might do alright 

 

Good night for the stars, Mbappe, Haaland and Messi in the goals. Now over to ronaldo and kane to stink the place out 

[StanSP]

13 minutes ago, Beliall said:

clearly hit his leg 

Are you sure

[Super_horns]

Another Messi master class then ?

 

Although quickly looking through the BBC comments some aren’t so complementary about the achievement .

 

Dodgy keeper and lucky to not get punished more for a tackle?

[Beliall]

5 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Are you sure

i still had my jordan tinted specs on, i guess its too early for my nonsense as well  

[coolhandfox]

Thought he was lucky to escape a red, very poor tackle from behind.

[leicsmac]

19 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

Thought he was lucky to escape a red, very poor tackle from behind.

That's my thinking too. 

 

Ref didn't have the cojones to deal with the fallout of sending him off. 

[StanSP]

First and third goals brilliant, but how hard was Seb Hutchinson trying here to find a label for Messi

 

'the chief in Kansas City' was very much cringeworthy. 

 

[coolhandfox]

18 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

That's my thinking too. 

 

Ref didn't have the cojones to deal with the fallout of sending him off. 

I think they have been lenient since the 1 game had 3 sending off.

 

From behind, raking his stud down the back of a players calf.

[coolhandfox]

1 minute ago, StanSP said:

First and third goals brilliant, but how hard was Seb Hutchinson trying here to find a label for Messi

 

'the chief in Kansas City' was very much cringeworthy. 

 

First goal the keeper chuck it in, dreadful goalkeeping.

 

Third one was a great strike.

[StanSP]

12 minutes ago, coolhandfox said:

First goal the keeper chuck it in, dreadful goalkeeping.

Still a good strike

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Watching the Argentina highlights. Insane how Algeria just let the best player of all time just walk around freely 20 yards out and make no attempt to mark him at all. Insanity.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Oh my god the second goal

 

It's like they're doing it deliberately

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Oh and again. Stroll forward no pressure, pick whatever pass you want, then just stand on the edge of the box with no-one within 10 yards.

 

He's only been the best player in the world for 20 years, how could Algeria have seen this coming!

[coolhandfox]

21 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Still a good strike

Any decent keeper would have dealt with it.

 

Algeria were like a Sunday league side.

[goose2010]

Messi will now go on and beat Klose's record but Mbappe will probably end up beating Messi's. Mbappe's record in world cup games is ridiculous. 

[Finnegan]

50 minutes ago, StanSP said:

First and third goals brilliant, but how hard was Seb Hutchinson trying here to find a label for Messi

 

'the chief in Kansas City' was very much cringeworthy. 

 

 

Jonathan Pearce just simply tried to make it about himself, went on a little aside about how he was there for Messi's first goal and was there for this. Such a bellend.

 

[Finnegan]

1 minute ago, goose2010 said:

Messi will now go on and beat Klose's record but Mbappe will probably end up beating Messi's. Mbappe's record in world cup games is ridiculous. 

 

Yeah, I mean if he stays healthy he's probably got 2 more world cups in him. Depends how much he slows down in his 30s and who else France have to replace him with.

 

He's definitely uniquely placed to set a record that'll last quite a while.

 

[FoxesWalk]

I mean he’s obviously the best player ever, but he should have been sent off for that high studs up challenge from behind, nowhere near the ball. 
 

If an Algerian had made that challenge on him it’s a nailed on red, VAR didn’t even check it… 

[Amin]

Jordan look a decent team for 90% of the match but like the Asian Cup final a few years a go, any sign of pressure at the back and they collapse. The keeper was particularly poor at dealing with set pieces. I dread to think what Messi will do to them. 

[Raj]

1 hour ago, FoxesWalk said:

I mean he’s obviously the best player ever, but he should have been sent off for that high studs up challenge from behind, nowhere near the ball. 
 

If an Algerian had made that challenge on him it’s a nailed on red, VAR didn’t even check it… 

No hes not