I don't like anything about soccer the game but I love everything that surrounds it. The fans dressed up like their countries, the announcers, the big build-up to the Cup, the bizarre rules and the clock going backward and forward in time, which I will never in my life understand.
I woke up this morning upset about a red card. I don't what a red card is or the name of the player who received it or even why its bad, but rest assured I am very angry about it.
For sure, one of the things that drew me to the World Cup was seeing how much fun everyone was having. Similar to what college football does for me -- everyone's having a blast.
Slightly off topic, but India at least could have a pretty competitive soccer team if they wanted to. It’s just that they have stupid (in my opinion) laws against dual citizenship, which means they can’t recruit from the massive Indian diaspora to find viable players. Tons of Indian immigrants and children of immigrants, especially in the UK, could put together a capable national team, if only India would let them
Interesting! The find-people-in-soccer-powerhouse-countries-who-are-eligible-for-citizenship strategy has definitely worked well for other teams, e.g. Morocco and Curacao. The US, too, honestly.
I also enjoy the World Cup, but I'm disappointed this year in the lack of vuvuzelas. I love the vuvuzela even more than the bagpipes or the didgeridoo. I come for the world wide sporting event but I stay for the goofy folk horns.
I have to think after this edition of the World Cup, Linkedin is going to want to be a sponsor, given the role it played in Cape Verde employing The find-people-in-soccer-powerhouse-countries-who-are-eligible-for-citizenship strategy.
Balogun is an important player and he's been outstanding this WC but he is not the keystone of this team. And unlike some positions on the field, there's a clear replacement: Pepi has played well for PSV and lacks Balogun's speed but brings size. Wright is also an option (though I'd opt for Pepi). Losing Balogun hurts for sure but not impossible to overcome.
But why? Didn’t seem like a dirty or egregious play at all. It was a legitimate soccer play that ended badly because sometimes that’s what happens when two fast athletes try to occupy the same place at the same time.
The fact that it looks awful in slow motion, because of a result that wasn’t Balogun’s intent and was outside his control, shouldn’t turn something the ref wasn’t going to call in real time into a 45 minute power play for Bosnia and the US being out their best goal scorer in the next round.
Using frame by frame VAR to elevate a simple foul into a red card goes against the spirit and I think actually the letter of the rule.
Cricket LOL. There's a brain blast that makes soccer (oh sorry: Futbol) look almost not boring.
It's like some dude (it's always a dude of course) watched a baseball game, took a hit of LSD and asked "how can I make this game even more boring, wacky and interminable?"
FIFA is corrupt because most of the rest of the world is corrupt. It's how they do business and not how the U.S. does business, though Trump is trying change 🙄 that.
I used to watch the USA Women's Team a few years ago as they dominated everyone else and the games (or is it matches?) were exciting when I was drunk. I don't get drunk anymore and soccer (oh sorry: Futbol) is boring again. Is that a me problem?
I don't like anything about soccer the game but I love everything that surrounds it. The fans dressed up like their countries, the announcers, the big build-up to the Cup, the bizarre rules and the clock going backward and forward in time, which I will never in my life understand.
I woke up this morning upset about a red card. I don't what a red card is or the name of the player who received it or even why its bad, but rest assured I am very angry about it.
We appreciate your sympathy-anger!
For sure, one of the things that drew me to the World Cup was seeing how much fun everyone was having. Similar to what college football does for me -- everyone's having a blast.
Slightly off topic, but India at least could have a pretty competitive soccer team if they wanted to. It’s just that they have stupid (in my opinion) laws against dual citizenship, which means they can’t recruit from the massive Indian diaspora to find viable players. Tons of Indian immigrants and children of immigrants, especially in the UK, could put together a capable national team, if only India would let them
Interesting! The find-people-in-soccer-powerhouse-countries-who-are-eligible-for-citizenship strategy has definitely worked well for other teams, e.g. Morocco and Curacao. The US, too, honestly.
I also enjoy the World Cup, but I'm disappointed this year in the lack of vuvuzelas. I love the vuvuzela even more than the bagpipes or the didgeridoo. I come for the world wide sporting event but I stay for the goofy folk horns.
I'm 95% sure that this is sarcasm but if not it's the type of scorching hot take that this blog really values!
LOL, I was going to include the shehnai too, but then I remembered what Nietzsche said about beating a comedy horse to death...
I have to think after this edition of the World Cup, Linkedin is going to want to be a sponsor, given the role it played in Cape Verde employing The find-people-in-soccer-powerhouse-countries-who-are-eligible-for-citizenship strategy.
That's not something you see in the Olympics.
https://www.nbcmiami.com/world-cup/roberto-lopes-linkedin-cape-verde/3822019/
Unlike the commentators, I thought the red card last night was the right call. How the hell are we going to beat Belgium now? Why, Balogun, why?! 😭😭😭
Balogun is an important player and he's been outstanding this WC but he is not the keystone of this team. And unlike some positions on the field, there's a clear replacement: Pepi has played well for PSV and lacks Balogun's speed but brings size. Wright is also an option (though I'd opt for Pepi). Losing Balogun hurts for sure but not impossible to overcome.
Did you agree with the red card?
But why? Didn’t seem like a dirty or egregious play at all. It was a legitimate soccer play that ended badly because sometimes that’s what happens when two fast athletes try to occupy the same place at the same time.
The fact that it looks awful in slow motion, because of a result that wasn’t Balogun’s intent and was outside his control, shouldn’t turn something the ref wasn’t going to call in real time into a 45 minute power play for Bosnia and the US being out their best goal scorer in the next round.
Using frame by frame VAR to elevate a simple foul into a red card goes against the spirit and I think actually the letter of the rule.
Cricket LOL. There's a brain blast that makes soccer (oh sorry: Futbol) look almost not boring.
It's like some dude (it's always a dude of course) watched a baseball game, took a hit of LSD and asked "how can I make this game even more boring, wacky and interminable?"
FIFA is corrupt because most of the rest of the world is corrupt. It's how they do business and not how the U.S. does business, though Trump is trying change 🙄 that.
I used to watch the USA Women's Team a few years ago as they dominated everyone else and the games (or is it matches?) were exciting when I was drunk. I don't get drunk anymore and soccer (oh sorry: Futbol) is boring again. Is that a me problem?