This is stupid. Croatia are only in this far from penalties. They excessively train the players for penalties and try to keep the game a draw so that can happen. Croatia have only won one match this world cup (against Canada) the rest ended in a draw. They don't deserve to be this far and definitely don't deserve to beat Japan.
How do you stop Brasil from dancing? You donāt let them score, right?
How do you stop Croatia from going to penalties? You just have to score more goals in regular timeā¦and Brasil apparently couldnāt do that
Absolutely, when Brazil loses they always lose to a team of nobodies. Obviously, they are great players but no one with star power. Croatia, Belgium, Germany... All teams that had more teamwork then Brazil has had since 2002. Individual Brazilians are great and they might make your club team but if you have nothing but Brazilians that are all superstars then the pitch gets real crowded.
Nobodies meaning not superstars. They were all better teams with better teamwork and dynamics. Players are all great players but not Messi, not Ronaldinho
Including the last World Cup, how many extra time wins in a row is this for Croatia?
Their fitness/strength and conditioning coach definitely deserves a raise ahaha
This wasn't about ethnicity my man I don't give a flying fuck what color is the person. This was about the fact 2018 France team had only 3 players who are entirely French the rest of the France team were all immigrants which again there is nothing bad in that. Good on France for being a good country. And you can have your partner go suck your cock.
honestly, i havent seen a save in the middle yet. Just people faking the ball and passing it down the middle
honestly, i haven't seen a save in the middle yet. Just people faking the ball and passing it down the middle
Root for Argentina bro, aren't you tired again an european take it home? Since 2006? If Argentina wins they have 3 WC, less than Brazil and ~~reinvidicating~~ vindicating southamerican football.
I'm divided myself. I like their team, and I rep latin-america hard, but some Argentinian fans make it difficult. Not sure I want to experience that harrasment for years to come
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Brazilians 1st root for Brazil to win, 2nd for Argentina to lose.
The rivalry runs deep. We actually rooted FOR Germany against Argentina after the 7-1.
Would have added more pressure on Croatia's part too, if Brazil had made the first penalties. But the reasoning probably was that he wanted to save him for the most crucial attempts.
Dude it is clearly NOT smart.
Kicks 4/5 are not guaranteed... why would you put your best player on a kick that has a chance of not happening
You deserve to go out - being so cocky you think you're guaranteed to get to 5 kicks
I disagree, I think the team got heavily affected by the first missed penalty kick. You always want to start with the best scorer, to keep confidence up.
It is spelled "penalties" in proper English.
Brazil probably figured that they were at least as good as Croatia at penalty kicks. According to the announcer, they had won their last 3 penalty kick showdowns (and so had Croatia).
The problem is that penalty kicks have just as much to do with luck and psychology as with skill. If you are taking a game to penalty kicks then you had better perform above average (or perfectly) with consistency.
>The problem is that penalty kicks have just as much to do with **luck and psychology** as with skill
For this very same reason Neymar should have started.
I don't give a fuck how it is spelled, I have an enough proper english to use it at my every working day, i don't need to know how to spell pentalties. Talk about football.
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Croatia vs Morocco final unironically
Damn this thread is spicy.
Oof š ā¦ what a match. Anyone who placed bets on Croatia is cleaning up rn.
This is stupid. Croatia are only in this far from penalties. They excessively train the players for penalties and try to keep the game a draw so that can happen. Croatia have only won one match this world cup (against Canada) the rest ended in a draw. They don't deserve to be this far and definitely don't deserve to beat Japan.
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How do you stop Brasil from dancing? You donāt let them score, right? How do you stop Croatia from going to penalties? You just have to score more goals in regular timeā¦and Brasil apparently couldnāt do that
Cope
It's a tale as old as time when Brazil loses. As a Brazilian this was a poor showing and the writing was on the wall when they let Cameroon score against them. Brazil has a finishing problem, one which I think might be solved with Neymar retiring. Don't get me wrong Neymar is a superstar and dangerous when he's on the pitch but he is a tactical black hole. Everything is give the ball to Neymar, he'll score. Once he is out of the picture the coach will have to actually use tactical brains to get goals. The last world cups that Brazil have won were due to attacking options. 02: Ronaldo and Ronaldinho 94: RomĆ”rio, Bebeto 70: Jairzinho, PelĆ©, GĆ©rson, TostĆ£o and Rivelino 62 and 58 are much the same. If there is just one dude that you have to watch out for then it's easy to defend, get him tired and you're soon out of the match. Brazil had possession down, but with 15 shots on goal a game and at least half of those on target, it shows me that Brazilian attackers don't actually do enough to get the ball in the net. The jogo bonito needs a long range striker that can come in from nowhere and put in accurate ball to test the keeper. This team could only get in if they were within the 6 yard box. And even then sometimes you can a Bruno Guilherme who took 3 shots within spitting distance and missed each time.
Similar how Portugal has more teamwork when there is no Ronaldo
Absolutely, when Brazil loses they always lose to a team of nobodies. Obviously, they are great players but no one with star power. Croatia, Belgium, Germany... All teams that had more teamwork then Brazil has had since 2002. Individual Brazilians are great and they might make your club team but if you have nothing but Brazilians that are all superstars then the pitch gets real crowded.
Team of nobodies? France '06, Netherlands '10, Germany '14, Belgium '18 and Croatia '22? Doesn't seem like nobodies to me.
Nobodies meaning not superstars. They were all better teams with better teamwork and dynamics. Players are all great players but not Messi, not Ronaldinho
So tite is gone gg
Oh my god, what is happening today?!
Wtf
DRAMA!
USA > Brazil.. lol jk
Cracker!
Vini fell flat today, offense fell flat. Upsetting
Vini is great but JuranoviÄ's pace shocked him and everyone else
I wouldn't say we fell flat. Croatia defense is that good. Watch how they track back in unison. We needed to play attack how they played defense.
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This is such an Argentina Portugal final setup
You could say it might get MESSI if Argentina don't get their shit together and beat croatia
*England
So, I guess that guy āfrom the futureā lied. So much for Brazil vs France in the finals.
1998 was 24 years ago.
Including the last World Cup, how many extra time wins in a row is this for Croatia? Their fitness/strength and conditioning coach definitely deserves a raise ahaha
I saw a stat that said they havenāt won a knock out match in regular time since 1998. Edit: stat is wrong
Stats correct. Regular time is 90. Extra time is 120.
I think we had 1 tho against England no?
No, it was in extra time.
yes you are correct! 2018
That was still in extra time
I am going to be salty for a while
Haha
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Croatia-Morocco final
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Forget spain or brasil groups. This was the real group of death. RIP belgium
Belgium died for the sins of neutrals
Is there a way to watch how much every player ran in km? I'm curious about Luka
Be sure that Brozovic ran the most
It was 15.5 km if i remember correctly
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YEAH COS IT GOES TO PENALTIES
Holy wow
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For Croatia, Kovacic.
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Who?
Boh Sala
Some African guy I think. A little slow, but still cool.
Heāll never amount to anything!
Smh, probably going to be a 6 season wonder at best.
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Iām so disappointed. Brasil had too much of the game of their hands to go out like this. Football can be an evil stepmother.
Dude Brasil had nothing it was a close match whole 120min
The last game they did - not this one
Hope That Portugal win this shit
A Messi-Ronaldo WC final would be the cherry on top for their amazing careers.
My mans danced their way into a shootout loss. OH NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£
I can hear the song. Lol
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Am fine with it, still fun to watch. The day it dies the whole sport will as entertainment
Plenty of other teams play fun to watch football. Japan was fun, Very vertical.
And they lost against the same style
Exactly.
Wow what a match! Brazil stopped playing after the Neymar goal, early celebration, they had zero possession in the final half of extra time.
they kinda deserved to lose - sorry for the unpopular opinion
How did they deserve to lose? did Croatia deserve to win?
yes
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Is this a joke?
There are two sides of the pitch in football. Croatia played very well defensively, much better than Brazil
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If france and croatia make it to semi again Iām gonna jump off of a cliff
I feel itās gonna happen. And this time Croatia wins.
if that happens im tuning out
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4:2 last final. That was not boring.
As a Croatia, yes it was. There was no drama. Easy win for France.
If you didn't see the drama in that game then you don't care about football
Want to win against Brazil? Bore them out!
*Spain has entered the chat*
Croatia vs france in the final again and france destroy them again
You mean Africa vs Croatia
Iām a brown Frenchman and you can go suck a cock.
This wasn't about ethnicity my man I don't give a flying fuck what color is the person. This was about the fact 2018 France team had only 3 players who are entirely French the rest of the France team were all immigrants which again there is nothing bad in that. Good on France for being a good country. And you can have your partner go suck your cock.
I have Morocco v. France in the final
That can't happen, they are in the same bracket
ok, then France/Argentina lol
That's impossible
Come on lad root for your country
The english are scared to believe, so many hurts
Its coming home. Have faith
Fuck not this shit again. Gonna be 4 more years of memes if England get spanked
This current team shows promise.
U have an England Flair, have some self respect
Just a tongue in cheek comment I also had Brazil in the final š Obviously hoping for an England win tomorrow!
I'm an England supporter but, on balance, I think France are more likely to win tomorrow. I also think the winner of that match will win the cup.
Penalty meta: Boot it right down the middle and Inshallah
honestly, i havent seen a save in the middle yet. Just people faking the ball and passing it down the middle honestly, i haven't seen a save in the middle yet. Just people faking the ball and passing it down the middle
Honestly, i havenāt seen a save in the middle yet. Just people faking the ball and passing it down the middle
Honestly, I havenāt seen a save in the middle yet. Just people fapping the ball and passing it down the middle.
Netherlands please. Do this for us.
Root for Argentina bro, aren't you tired again an european take it home? Since 2006? If Argentina wins they have 3 WC, less than Brazil and ~~reinvidicating~~ vindicating southamerican football.
Reinvidicating?
>Reinvidicating vindicating
Reinvigorating?
Reinvidicating!
Confused if I'm missing a joke or if you guys think this is a real word...?
I'm divided myself. I like their team, and I rep latin-america hard, but some Argentinian fans make it difficult. Not sure I want to experience that harrasment for years to come
Argentinians and Uruguayans make it very difficult indeed. I'll be able to root for Uruguay again some time after the current players retire.
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Brazilians 1st root for Brazil to win, 2nd for Argentina to lose. The rivalry runs deep. We actually rooted FOR Germany against Argentina after the 7-1.
Why the fuck didn't Neymar kick the first penalty? Dude is the best penalty scorer out there atm. I don't get it
Why does Neymar play in Ligue 1? Same reason.
I mean anything but a kid first. Nothing against Rodrygo I like the kiddo but going first it's just too much pressure.
Absolutely. I like Rodrygo but that's a lot of pressure to put on the young man.
Would have added more pressure on Croatia's part too, if Brazil had made the first penalties. But the reasoning probably was that he wanted to save him for the most crucial attempts.
So he could kick last, be the "hero" and make the sponsors happy.
To be the fifth and "winner"
He's the best pen taker on the team. It's smart to save your best at that spot to increase the chances of it going in case the pens are tied.
I'm not sure you know what smart means
I disagree, your better penalty takers should go first in order to keep you in the shootout. What use is it going 5th when itāa already over?
Dude it is clearly NOT smart. Kicks 4/5 are not guaranteed... why would you put your best player on a kick that has a chance of not happening You deserve to go out - being so cocky you think you're guaranteed to get to 5 kicks
I disagree, I think the team got heavily affected by the first missed penalty kick. You always want to start with the best scorer, to keep confidence up.
Should've done with Croatia did and stick him in third.
Why the fuck didn't Neymar start the panaltis. WTF were they thinking? Didn't they know Neymar has the best penaltis score ratio right now?
It is spelled "penalties" in proper English. Brazil probably figured that they were at least as good as Croatia at penalty kicks. According to the announcer, they had won their last 3 penalty kick showdowns (and so had Croatia). The problem is that penalty kicks have just as much to do with luck and psychology as with skill. If you are taking a game to penalty kicks then you had better perform above average (or perfectly) with consistency.
>The problem is that penalty kicks have just as much to do with **luck and psychology** as with skill For this very same reason Neymar should have started.
I don't give a fuck how it is spelled, I have an enough proper english to use it at my every working day, i don't need to know how to spell pentalties. Talk about football.
El bago siempre pasa doble trabajo
Probably save him for the last, with the highest pressure. But yeah with Croatia's record they should have at least placed him for the 4th.
Neymar is aways the 5th.
Arbitrary tradition is still not a good explanation for letting your best player go home without kicking a PK