The 2018 World Cup Superthread

eigrod

Will I Am Not wrote: »

Penalty decision was 100% correct. The dive was unnecessary but it was going to be a free kick anyway whether he dived early or stood there and took it.

Never ever a penalty, it must be deliberate, towards the ball and have travelled a distance- it fails on all 3, not just 1. And your justification for the dive is pathetic, a dive is a free kick the other way.

CSF

They were clearly nowhere close to ready to implement VAR. How do you decide Pogba’s offside was not worthy of review but Perisic’s was?

Quazzie

eigrod wrote: »

Never ever a penalty, it must be deliberate, towards the ball and have travelled a distance- it fails on all 3, not just 1. And your justification for the dive is pathetic, a dive is a free kick the other way.

The ball came from the corner flag.How much more of a distance do you need? It was a clear penalty all day long.

Thankfully the ref doesn't seem as biased as half the people on here

Will I Am Not

eigrod wrote: »

Never ever a penalty, it must be deliberate, towards the ball and have travelled a distance- it fails on all 3, not just 1. And your justification for the dive is pathetic, a dive is a free kick the other way.

It’s not justification. Whether he dived or not it was still going to be a free kick.

So a player can jump towards the ball like a starfish and so long as he’s close enough it’s never a penalty?

Will I Am Not

Poorest I’ve seen Kante play in a long time.

eigrod

Will I Am Not wrote: »

It’s not justification. Whether he dived or not it was still going to be a free kick.

So a player can jump towards the ball like a starfish and so long as he’s close enough it’s never a penalty?

You really think it’s a defence to say he dived first as he knew he was going to be fouled next? The Croat could’ve got the ball or pulled out of the tackle. Either way, the 1st offence was a dive.

And his hands have to be somewhere and no way was it a pen.

adox

Not a peno for me and also a dive for the first.

Will I Am Not

eigrod wrote: »

You really think it’s a defence to say he dived first as he knew he was going to be fouled next? The Croat could’ve got the ball or pulled out of the tackle. Either way, the 1st offence was a dive.

And his hands have to be somewhere and no way was it a pen.

You clearly have your own criteria for penalties.

Will I Am Not

Get in Pogba!!!

Quazzie

adox wrote: »

Not a peno for me and also a dive for the first.

Luckily there are professionals refereeing the game that got the decisions right so, and not some lad watching at home in his sitting room


Pogba with a screamer to wrap it up.

Allez Les Bleus!!!!!!!!

pjohnson

France score a goal without a Pitana assist

adox

No way back now.

adox

Quazzie wrote: »

Luckily there are professionals refereeing the game that got the decisions right so, and not some lad watching at home in his sitting room


Pogba with a screamer to wrap it up.

Allez Les Bleus!!!!!!!!

Wow you told me there.

Such bollix.

pjohnson

adox wrote: »

Wow you told me there.

Such bollix.

Worth remembering next time Arsenal start complaining about a ref. They are professional so can't be wrong.......DESPITE Pitana being suspended in Argentina for giving a Penalty that never was.

Hes a perfect professional.

adox

Keeper can’t seem to dive to his right. :pac:

Will I Am Not

Well that’s that. Well done France. Deserving winners of a great tournament.

eigrod

adox wrote: »

Keeper can’t seem to dive to his right. :pac:

Croatia are shot since HT. French far too powerful now

adox

Haha!


****ing hell.

Will I Am Not

Whoops

Turtyturd

Lloris Llorising.

eigrod

Jebus

eigrod

1 more to set up a cracking finish please

The Golden Miller

Hope the Yugoslavs rally now!

crushproof

What's the highest number of goals in aworld Cup final... Could be getting there! ?

Will I Am Not

Lovren :pac:

adox

What are they on about on BBC? Clear clash of heads.

Will I Am Not

Griezmann going over for the front page pose :rolleyes:

The Talking Bread

crushproof wrote: »

What's the highest number of goals in aworld Cup final... Could be getting there! ?

7

(Brazil - Sweden)

Could you not just have googled it!!

irishgeo

Hopefully we will never see that maroon 5 ad again.

Ultimate Seduction

Modric player of the tournament, well deserved, has been outstanding. It's amazing when you talk about the best players in the world you don't really hear his name mentioned.

irishguitarlad

Hi lads my spanish friends think Griezmann will win the balón d'or now. What do you think?

Ultimate Seduction

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Hi lads my spanish friends think Griezmann will win the balón d'or now. What do you think?

Not a hope in hell. Ronaldo or modric

irishguitarlad

Ultimate Seduction wrote: »

Not a hope in hell. Ronaldo or modric

Yeah I was saying that. I myself think It will be Ronaldo.

irishguitarlad

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Hi lads my spanish friends think Griezmann will win the bal'or now. What do you think?

No chance. He's not even in the betting I've seen so he's > 250/1 for it.

Ronaldo should win it with ease.

The Golden Miller

Ye Ronaldo for the Ballon D'or. He has the best stats

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

irishguitarlad wrote: »

Hi lads my spanish friends think Griezmann will win the balón d'or now. What do you think?

Ask your Spanish friend for some of the crack he's smoking.

Ronaldo is odds on at like 1/4 to win and nobody, NOBODY touches him in 2017/18.

crushproof

Tremendous World Cup. A total joy and it devastates me to think of a winter World Cup in Qatar. Could see how much Infantino enjoyed this world Cup, surely he must think what a stupid mistake Qatar is. So frustrating.

The Golden Miller

Hunky Monster wrote: »

Ask your Spanish friend for some of the crack he's smoking.

Ronaldo is odds on at like 1/4 to win and nobody, NOBODY touches him in 2017/18.

Apart from the fact that Modric, for example, outperformed him over 90 minutes in just about every game this season.

The Golden Miller

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Ye Ronaldo for the Ballon D'or. He has the best stats

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Apart from the fact that Modric, for example, outperformed him over 90 minutes in just about every game this season.

Oh, a Ronaldo stats debate. It's been a while

StringerBell

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Apart from the fact that Modric, for example, outperformed him over 90 minutes in just about every game this season.

You sir, enhance my experience of boards.ie and I want to thank you for that.

764dak

Funny how Croatia never seemed tired.

namloc1980

Raphael Varane is just the 9th player to play in and win the World Cup and European Cup finals in the same year.

theoneeyedman

crushproof wrote: »

Tremendous World Cup. A total joy and it devastates me to think of a winter World Cup in Qatar. Could see how much Infantino enjoyed this world Cup, surely he must think what a stupid mistake Qatar is. So frustrating.

You are a very lucky person if the issue of a winter WC worries you so much.

If anything, the timing of the games will suit us in Europe very well. Also, SFA on TV, long nights and probably bad weather, so you'll be able to light the fire and watch the games without worrying about sun coming through the curtains.

It'll be grand, don't worry about it.

StringerBell

764dak wrote: »

Funny how Croatia never seemed tired.

They been tired since the second round actually got a decent break between games this time

The Golden Miller

StringerBell wrote: »

You sir, enhance my experience of boards.ie and I want to thank you for that.

It's always a pleasure enlightening the uninitiated folk like yourself

brianregan09

So lads......what do we do now

LuckyLloyd

A great tournament. Fully justified the decision to award it to Russia instead of the England bid

lassykk

namloc1980 wrote: »

Raphael Varane is just the 9th player to play in and win the World Cup and European Cup finals in the same year.

Now that's a quiz question that would be bloody hard to answer

Mocha Joe

764dak wrote: »

Funny how Croatia never seemed tired.

Yeah lots of bizarre levels of stamina going on there and with others.

namloc1980

lassykk wrote: »

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Another piece of trivia. The 2018 World Cup is the first one where every participating team scored at least 2 goals. Never happened before.