Gladiators 1,904 Posted December 18, 2022 On 11/22/2022 at 2:35 PM, Gladiators said: Mbappe is a man amongst boys. Holy hell is he good! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,125 Posted December 18, 2022 Glad the true national team is taking home the dub. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gladiators 1,904 Posted December 18, 2022 6 minutes ago, iam90sbaby said: Glad the true national team is taking home the dub. Not over yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,125 Posted December 18, 2022 Just now, Gladiators said: Not over yet. Fock Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gladiators 1,904 Posted December 18, 2022 1 minute ago, iam90sbaby said: Fock I just wanted an awesome match. They’ve delivered! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iam90sbaby 2,125 Posted December 18, 2022 7 minutes ago, Gladiators said: I just wanted an awesome match. They’ve delivered! Very good, I'm actually entertained Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gladiators 1,904 Posted December 18, 2022 Happy to see Messi get his WC Championship! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
avoiding injuries 1,220 Posted December 18, 2022 What a game. It was unbelievable how France kept coming back when you thought they were done. In the end, the better team won today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taco breath 419 Posted December 18, 2022 prolly the greatest sports match in human history. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,567 Posted December 19, 2022 Another new rule for World Cup. If each team scores a goal in OT, you add an additional 2 15 min periods. Ending on penalty shots is just pathetic. If no one scores in the extra 30 minutes. fine. I still don't like it, but I get it. An NHL playoff game can go an extra 60+ minutes and then they have to play 2 days later. When do these focks have to play again? Cut with this ish with this penalty kick madness Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteWonder 2,172 Posted December 19, 2022 Meh. Had a wager on France from before it started. The French let me down? Shocker. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,567 Posted December 19, 2022 Just now, WhiteWonder said: Meh. Had a wager on France from before it started. The French let me down? Shocker. Were your fries soggy? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted December 19, 2022 10 minutes ago, edjr said: Ending on penalty shots is ust pathetic. I am pretty sure I have heard that somewhere around here before… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,567 Posted December 19, 2022 1 minute ago, posty said: I am pretty sure I have heard that somewhere around here before… you're the only one in the world. Nice taking it out of context too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted December 19, 2022 1 minute ago, edjr said: you're the only one in the world. I highly doubt that… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cruzer 1,992 Posted December 19, 2022 43 minutes ago, edjr said: Another new rule for World Cup. If each team scores a goal in OT, you add an additional 2 15 min periods. Ending on penalty shots is just pathetic. If no one scores in the extra 30 minutes. fine. I still don't like it, but I get it. Absolutely ridiculous to end a game of this magnitude on PKs. It's the equivalent of deciding a Masters playoff with a putting contest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edjr 5,567 Posted December 19, 2022 9 hours ago, Cruzer said: Absolutely ridiculous to end a game of this magnitude on PKs. It's the equivalent of deciding a Masters playoff with a putting contest. Not far off. I'd say a 100 yard shot contest, but yeah. Pathetic. They are making major changes to next World Cup, adding 16 teams to go to 48 to starts - as far as the groups (16 groups of 3 teams) - Not sure of any potential rule changes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Voltaire 4,564 Posted December 20, 2022 You’d think a goal in overtime ends the game but no, still time for another. Different from hockey. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted December 20, 2022 13 hours ago, Voltaire said: You’d think a goal in overtime ends the game but no, still time for another. Different from hockey. IIRC, they got rid of the golden goal in the mid-2000s…. I think they even had something stupid like the silver goal… As far as I know, field hockey and ice hockey is the only thing that uses the golden goal still in overtime… Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BufordT 371 Posted December 20, 2022 Has anyone brought up the demographic of the French team? France has an estimated 5% black population but the French soccer is at least 50% black. This is the US's problem. Our best athletes don't play soccer and probably never will. Just an observation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hardcore troubadour 12,660 Posted December 20, 2022 3 minutes ago, BufordT said: Has anyone brought up the demographic of the French team? France has an estimated 5% black population but the French soccer is at least 50% black. This is the US's problem. Our best athletes don't play soccer and probably never will. Just an observation. They aren’t French. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BufordT 371 Posted December 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said: They aren’t French. We learn something new every day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
posty 2,296 Posted December 21, 2022 1 hour ago, BufordT said: We learn something new every day. No we don't... HT is wrong, as usual... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_national_football_team#Current_squad All but three of the current players were not born in France, two of them moved to France at the age of two (Mandanda - Zaire and Camavinga - Angola) and another one was born in Italy (Thuram but his father is French)... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites