WORLD CUP 2018 - Germany Completely Blows It, England Bottles Later

[Zetanio]

D.C. United opened up their new stadium Audi Field yesterday and no one gave a single fuck lol. Everything’s been overshadowed by the city hosting the baseball all stars unfortunately.

Gonna look into grabbing some tickets just for shits and giggles. My brother-in-law and nephew are huge fans.

Make sure to get the new program introducing Wayne Rooney.

Apparently it's a fucking laugh riot.

EDIT: Found an article about it https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/footb...ted-programme/

[Jefe]

Godamn it, fucking france. Damn, Croatia played an extra game, had 1 day less of recovery, had shady calls against them, which resulted in gols. That's a Godamn injustice, a crime. But holy shit, the croatian players have humongous fucking balls.

How the var works is still a mystery to me.

[Zetanio]

It's a video system that watches replays of events in-game.

What are the rules of VAR being used?
VAR only intervenes in the course of a match when the officials have made a 'clear and obvious error' in one of four key areas.

Goals
A close offside decision is the most common reason for VAR being consulted after a goal has been scored, but shirt-pulling and other infringements can cause goals to be chalked off. The concept of 'clear and obvious' errors does not apply to offsides. A player is either onside or offside - you cannot be a little bit pregnant. So even if a player is offside by a matter of inches, the goal will be ruled out.

Penalties
The most subjective and arguably problematic area. Penalties can be awarded or rescinded using VAR if there has been a 'clear and obvious error' in the original decision.

Straight red cards
Violent conduct and dangerous tackles can be penalised using VAR. Second-yellow cards cannot.

Mistaken identity
If the referee sends off the wrong player, such as the famous incident with Kieran Gibbs and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in Arsenal's 6-0 drubbing at Chelsea in 2014, that injustice can be repaired.

The system is restricted to these areas in order to minimise disruption to the flow of the game.

[Mugekuge]

Gratz to France, an effective team with 4 goals in just 6 shot attempts against Croatia, their playstyle is a reflexion to teams that like to keep control of the ball during a match but cant score for shit (i am watching at you Spain).


Giroud was the new Guivarc'h, but i gotta say Giroud did really good defending although he is a "9" lol.


These days will be fun with player transactions thanks to the showcase that the World Cup is for players.


Overall this was a good World Cup, Qatar 2022 feels so far away, at least for me Copa America next year (lol Japan and Qatar will be there as guests...)

[Roranora]

Qatar 2022 will be nice in that the exploited migrant labor will have concluded by then.

[Moss]

Then the only concern will be players dying on the 120° pitch

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[Zetanio]

That's why they are playing during the "winter". Completely ruining EVERYONE'S season because Qatar paid the most bribes.

Fuck Qatar.

[Tyrath]

Guys I'm having withdrawal.

[Moss]

Guys I'm having withdrawal.

Yeah I miss "working" in collab area at lunch time with a match on

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[Zetanio]

Y'all got anymore of them matches?

[Andalusian girls]

great news lads French girl and i kissed right on the face after the match and she's coming over to watch Harry Potter films tonight

we will name our first child Zetanio Moss Alvinho II in honor of all you have done for us

[Zetanio]

Awwwwwww yeahhhhhhhhhhhh

[Moss]

It's beautiful

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[Talint]

[Talint]

Fourth place = Champions League qualification.

[Tyrath]

Aww yeah, winning 2 world cups in a row, even with my picks losing this time.

[Moss]

Aww yeah, winning 2 world cups in a row, even with my picks losing this time.

Who was your champ?

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[Tyrath]

Who was your champ?

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I'm going to have Germany winning every single year lol

Yours?

[Moss]

I should have the tiebreaker then since I picked France

Side-note: can we do it on espn or somewhere else next time instead of the garbage FIFA website that won't let you view each other's brackets

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[Tyrath]

ESPN didn't have one this year.

I was looking for the one we had last time