World Cup 2022 - Team and Match Discussion

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119915561#Comment_119915561

Was that sort of Roy Keane's attitude all the time? Slagging off Shay Given for getting loads of caps etc.

I think how players look after themselves mean that the 100 cap thing is more common, especially if that player is a talisman.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119915865#Comment_119915865

Keane would have had a lot more if he bothered to show up.

happyoutscan

Hows Nunez playing?

Mr.Nice Guy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119915938#Comment_119915938

Kim Min-jae on top so far but he did just get by Kim after the CB lost his footing. Kim looked to have picked up an injury but he's going to play on. Suarez has been subbed off after an ineffective game and Cavani now on.

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119915938#Comment_119915938

Hard to say, game has a lot of huff and puff, and cagey bits, Nunez not getting much chance to do much. Not many shots on goal. According to sofascore time of writing - 70 minutes Uruguay only have had one shot on target out of 7 shots. Korea have had 3 shots with none on target.

Nunez just hit a shot wide at 80 min - Cavani seems the live wire for Uruguay though,

Xander10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119915938#Comment_119915938

Andy Carroll ish

Mr.Nice Guy

Surprised Kang-in Lee didn't start. He's been good in La Liga with Mallorca. Noticed Kwon Chang-hoon is on the bench as well. I loved watching him at Dijon a few years ago and thought he was ready for bigger things. Then he went to Freiburg and it didn't work out, so he returned to Korea. Looks an even game heading to the final stages.

Brussels Sprout

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119915561#Comment_119915561

One factor here is that there are far more international football teams now than there were in the past. In Uefa alone, you had the disintegration of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia and the emergence of a series of micro-state teams. At the time of the World Cup qualifiers in 1986 Uefa had 33 members. Now it has 55. All of that means more games in qualifiers. CONCACAF, the OFC and the AFC have seen similar explosions in team numbers.

The above doesn't apply to Brazil and Argentina (only 10 teams in CONMEBOL) but they seem to always be flying around the world playing friendly matches as it's a big money earner for their football federations.

Did you smash it

How is pellistri still on the pitch?? Young player offering nothing

castletownman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119915730#Comment_119915730

The likes of Wright, Charlton and Moore getting 100+ is far more of an achievement considering there were far less countries to play, nevermind more international 'breaks' in general, not to mention air travel wasn't as ubiquitous as it is today. Travelling for an away game actually meant something back then.

wanderer100

It's been a poor game overall tbf, very scrappy and no real quality in the final third from either side. There's only been 1 shot on target the whole game I think

A draw is probably a fair result, neither team deserve to win this

sligeach

That wasn't a yellow card offence for the South Korean player.

Mr.Nice Guy

I want to see a highlight reel of Kim Min-jae's performance in that match because that looked one of the best defensive displays of the tournament. What a signing by Napoli. That price valuation continuing to rise.

Osmosis Jones

That's 4 0-0s in the last 3 days now

Tandey

Portugal be happy with that result. Highlight of that match was Valverde going berzerk celebrating a straight forward tackle he won.

Kevin Doyle "Suarez looked like he was carrying a bag of spuds out there"

gormdubhgorm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119916347#Comment_119916347

Doyle is gas in his analysis no filter whatsoever, he had forgotten about the Swiss v Cameroon match because it was so dull - 'Ah Jayus he said to Joanne. ''That match, I had forgotten, thank God'

gormdubhgorm

That Steven Gerrard car ad is really annoying, he couldn't sound more wooden, was that the best take?

By the end to the WC it will likely make me hate Gerrard, and not think of buying that car, ever.

Mr.Nice Guy

That Ghana side looks quite good. Lamptey on the bench as well. Wouldn't put it past them causing some scary moments for Portugal.

Xander10

Tony O'Donoghue..oh no!

rob316

That Cavani sub for Suarez should of come alot sooner, he looked every bit his age in his performance. Sad to see but time stops for no man, one of the best strikers of his generation.

Nunez wasted out wide and surely they have someone better than Pellestri to play on the right?

Did you smash it

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119916542#Comment_119916542

Arrascaeta is far better than pellistri. Didn’t come on.

Very poor first touch for the elderly gentleman playing up top for Portugal.

breezy1985

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119916542#Comment_119916542

A bit long in the tooth 😝

Ghana shape in a block looks good but the press when they try looks very unorganized

breezy1985

I don't watch a lot of La Liga but I would have assumed Leao was better than Felix. I know he is on better form than Ronnie but he is never getting dropped.

Loafing Oaf

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119916410#Comment_119916410

Nothing will ever top Rooney's turn in this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6MkmonoaSw

Mr.Nice Guy

That goal should have stood.

BorneTobyWilde

Felix wins ball, gets kicked in leg, no penalty, not even a look, weird

Loafing Oaf

Another shutout a distinct possibility here...

Mr.Nice Guy

Seidu holding his own well against Felix who has been disappointing.

Tandey

Felix has learnt a good bit from Ronaldo. Spends a lot of the time on the floor and likes a whinge. Hopefully we get to see some of his talent at some stage.

martyos121

That scream from Cancelo near the end of the half, he sounded like he’d broken every bone and tore every ligament in his leg.

Nobody does the dark arts like the Portuguese.

Osmosis Jones

He's only just turned 23 but Felix is wasting his time at Madrid, they don't play to his strengths at all and he's barely developed since leaving Benfica thanks to it.

Mr.Nice Guy

Felix is an Atletico player alright. 😂

breezy1985

What a little sht Felix is.

sligeach

Not nice from Felix. Acting like he had his faced caved in from the fresh air headbutt. Stupid from Seiou at the same time.

castletownman

Felix reminds me of Jimmy McElroy from Blades of Glory in terms of body type. Have yet to see him justify even half his price-tag yet.

sligeach

I can see Portugal playing for a penalty or getting a player sent off.

And there you go.

~Rebel~

Wonder how hard it'll be to take Ronaldo off? Love to Gonçalo Ramos on for him, bang in form. And Leao on for Felix.

<edit> Ronnie will get his goal here now anyway. Christ, the amount of posing!

Ghana very hard done by there, absolutely never a penalty. Ronaldo padding the stats without doing much,

Tandey

Never a penalty.

wanderer100

That’s never a penalty , how has VAR not overruled that decision

trashcan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119916975#Comment_119916975

Not a peno in my view. F#@k Ronaldo.

Drexel_3

Ridiculous penalty. Where was VAR. Was it even checked ?

Mr.Nice Guy

SIUUUU

'Finished player' wins his country a pen and buries it. GET IN!

sligeach

Horrible player, played for it. Silly from Ghana as well, right on the edge of the box and going away from goal.

breezy1985

After that I don't think there is a team I hate more in this tournament than Portugal.

AdamD

Ronaldo & Messi will still be scoring pens in the 2030 WC

~Rebel~

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119916992#Comment_119916992

Don't think he'll ever lose the ability to theatrically fall over and knock one in from 12 yards in fairness... not sure he's up to much else these days though.

AdamD

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119916992#Comment_119916992

Cringe

Benimar

People on here going on about Messi getting a ‘soft’ penalty the other day, and Ronaldo is given that!!

Never a penalty.