The 2018 World Cup Superthread

FourFourRED

2-0 South Korea!!!!!!

Will I Am Not

Lol

sligeach

Madness! Madness! Madness!

AidoEirE

Haha fk off

sligeach

Can't be offside.

5star02707

2-0 KOREA! booom!

martyos121

I’m just glad Mexico are through tbh.

Yakult

Unreal stuff!

Will I Am Not

Pity Korea weren’t in with a shout going into this game. Very likeable side.

sligeach

Where on Earth is the ref getting nearly 9 minutes of injury time?

Will I Am Not

Alkin is no mathematician.

marklazarcovic

Fantastic, Germany didn't deserve to go through

martyos121

Will I Am Not wrote: »

Pity Korea weren’t in with a shout going into this game. Very likeable side.

They were, and they’d be going through if the Mexico Sweden result was the other way around.

thecretinhop

fk u Merkel your boys took one hell of a beating

Yakult

Hummels with 3 badly missed headers in 10 mins.

sligeach

Sane must be gutted, but also thinking that he dodged a bullet. His exclusion was baffling.

martyos121

The winners curse strikes again. That’s the last three World Cup winners out in the group stages.

GreNoLi

Will I Am Not wrote: »

Alkin is no mathematician.

He's no commentator either.

nullzero

You'd have to wonder what the Koreans were celebrating. This is a country that got to a semi final in 2002. They're off home too.
Germany pure dogsh1t.
Lowe will have to find somewhere else to pick his nose in future after that.

Billy86

Those six minutes justified VAR being here for good on their own, unbelievable from the officials between the added time and offside call.

Off the top of my head that has to be the most surprising group stage knockout of my lifetime.

Jim Bob Scratcher

sligeach wrote: »

Where on Earth is the ref getting nearly 9 minutes of injury time?

Korean lad got a whack in the goolies, plus 2 goals in injury time, VAR, etc

gmisk

Billy86 wrote: »

Those six minutes justified VAR being here for good on their own, unbelievable from the officials between the added time and offside call.

Off the top of my head that has to be the most surprising group stage knockout of my lifetime.

Spain getting knocked out in 2014 group stages was a bit of a shock as well...the only got three point and beat australia....

nullzero

sligeach wrote: »

Where on Earth is the ref getting nearly 9 minutes of injury time?

Lowe had a big snot that just wouldn't budge that he needed to dig out.

Techniques07

Stephen15 wrote: »

Italy went out in the group stage as WC champions in 2010 Spain went out in the group stage as WC champions in 2014 could Germany repeat that record.

The Talking Bread wrote: »

No.

Yes.

Bit of a shocker but it seems to happen fairly often these days. Betting against the favorites is working out well in this World Cup.

Jimbob1977

It's all down to the astute leadership of Kim Jong Un.

Even though he's the ruler of North Korea, his inspirational messages and sheer tactical nous have rubbed off on the South.

I love The Leader.

DJIMI TRARORE

There wont be a cow milked in Seoul tonight:):):):),delighted to see it,Argies next please

marklazarcovic

nullzero wrote: »

You'd have to wonder what the Koreans were celebrating. This is a country that got to a semi final in 2002. They're off home too.
Germany pure dogsh1t.
Lowe will have to find somewhere else to pick his nose in future after that.

They just beat the champs,and could have qualified themselves

nullzero

Jim Bob Scratcher wrote: »

Korean lad got a whack in the goolies, plus 2 goals in injury time, VAR, etc

Good shot to get a Korean lad in the goolies, pity they weren't that accurate in front of.goal.

nullzero

marklazarcovic wrote: »

They just beat the champs,and could have qualified themselves

Surely by then news of Swedens scoreline would have filtered through, it's 2018 after all.

Jimbob1977

Odds on Serbia doing Brazil tonight?

murpho999

yourdeadwright wrote: »

Arrogance from Lowe

nullzero wrote: »

Lowe had a big snot that just wouldn't budge that he needed to dig out.

Are you talking about John Lowe or Joachim Low?

marklazarcovic

nullzero wrote: »

Surely by then news of Swedens scoreline would have filtered through, it's 2018 after all.

Still, imagine the prestige at home of beating the world champs, heroes

nullzero

marklazarcovic wrote: »

Still, imagine the prestige at home of beating the world champs, heroes

If Ireland were there in that position I wouldn't want to see our players celebrating that.

massdebater

martyos121 wrote: »

The winners curse strikes again. That’s the last three World Cup winners out in the group stages.

4 out of the last 5 tournaments, with France famously scoring 0 goals and finishing bottom of group A in 2002. Brazil the only team to make it through as reigning champions in my lifetime (I'm 31). Crazy stat!

murpho999

massdebater wrote: »

4 out of the last 5 tournaments, with France famously scoring 0 goals and finishing bottom of group A in 2002. Brazil the only team to make it through as reigning champions in my lifetime (I'm 31). Crazy stat!

So the conclusion is that in the long run it's better for teams not to win a World Cup.

massdebater

murpho999 wrote: »

massdebater wrote: »

4 out of the last 5 tournaments, with France famously scoring 0 goals and finishing bottom of group A in 2002. Brazil the only team to make it through as reigning champions in my lifetime (I'm 31). Crazy stat!

So the conclusion is that in the long run it's better for teams not to win a World Cup.

Yes, unless they're Brazil

marklazarcovic

nullzero wrote: »

If Ireland were there in that position I wouldn't want to see our players celebrating that.

Not celebrate winning a game at the world cup?

Stephen15

DJIMI TRARORE wrote: »

There wont be a cow milked in Seoul tonight:):):):),delighted to see it,Argies next please

I think you'll find that they are out anyway the match was as good as a friendly for them

Hitchens

Neur the numpty .......Didi not happy with him at all at all 😀

castletownman

Never believe the hype kids.

Had a Spain to win/Timo Werner Golden Boot double, as I fancied Germany to knock a few in in the group stages. Spain will win the goddamn thing now.

That stat about the performance of defending champions is startling though. Almost as ominous as the fate of PL-winning managers the following season.

DJIMI TRARORE

Stephen15 wrote: »

I think you'll find that they are out anyway the match was as good as a friendly for them

THey are a very proud and patriotic nation,anything that improves their international image and their own good life will be lapped up

Harambe

Any one else having trouble getting the RTE player to work for the Brazil match?

sligeach

I know it wouldn't have counted but that was a terrible miss by Neymar.

the whole year inn

Harambe wrote: »

Any one else having trouble getting the RTE player to work for the Brazil match?

A stop here and there

the whole year inn

Not great game so far.

Neymar is such an unlikeable player

Ridiculous playacting

Rolling around 6 times

raiders11

Fred The Red wrote: »

Neymar is such an unlikeable player

Ridiculous playacting

Rolling around 6 times

And of course, gets up pretty quick

sligeach

See that's annoying, the Serbian player gets kicked in the head, free kick, gets on with it, no yellow. Neymar gets fouled, tumbles around like he's auditioning for a Laya Healthcare ad, the Serbian player gets booked.

Nice finish
Poor defending tho

brianregan09

Savage ball by Couthino