Football (Soccer)

[mclaincausey]

Congratulations to Argentina!

Best soccer match I’ve ever seen even if decided on PKs, which I dislike (sue me, I’m golden goal partisan—in a sport where initial possession means so little and scoring is so sparse, it’s a no-brainer to me. Football is a beautiful game, PKs entertaining but more of a skills challenge than a game IMO. It’s kind of a struggle for me because a game like this deserves to go to the very end, too).

Congratulations to both deserving teams. Good to see Messi add to his legacy.

Obligatory: fuck FIFA. I wish there were a more deserving steward of this game.

[Seul]

Golden goals - aaaah the memories…

Anyway: this was INSANE... Marvellous game...

[JDelage]

Beautiful game. Both teams did very well. I was a bit concerned during the 1st half, I have to say.

[the246guy]

Definitely the best of the best. Just at the moment when an Argentinian win was going to happen, France came back, not once but twice. For a legend like Messi, this is how it should end. Congratulations Argentina.

[mclaincausey]

A GG would’ve gotten us past Belgium in 2014 so I’ll admit my bias @Seul 

I do understand how it and silver goals played out and why they moved from them but it just seems like a more rational way to fairly determine the better football team.

I will rotate on whether I will deign to pay FIFA to attend a 2026 match from now until then.

[Giles]

@mclaincausey If you dislike FIFA as much as I do, then you need to listen to:

Powerplay: The House of Sepp Blatter

Available on Apple Podcasts

[mclaincausey]

Thanks G I will download for my upcoming flight back to the mainland.

[AdamC]

What a game last night, Rashford is unstoppable at the moment! Very nicely poised for the second leg back at OT! In ETH we trust, absolutely love the bloke!

[AdamC]

Repeat of above post minus Rashford! @louisbosco you managing to catch many of the games over there? Martinez and Casemiro are beasts

[Steve]

@AdamC Yeah, they might even be good enough to get in the Arsenal team!

[AdamC]

@Steve bit early to start that mate, Arsenal have a crumble in them yet

[louisbosco]

@AdamC yeah I’ve been watching all of the games so far. Just watched the CL win against Barca this morning! Fred’s also an underrated player at the moment. Playing like prime rivaldo

[louisbosco]

The quadruple is on starting this Sunday!

[AdamC]

@louisbosco hahahaha agreed he's playing well, but prime Rivaldo is a strong statement

We need a trophy this season, hopefully first one Sunday

[louisbosco]

@AdamC hahaha maybe Fred doesn’t have the technical skills but his work rate is up there. Also hope dubravka tears them from the inside this weekend

[AdamC]

@louisbosco yeah his work rate is ridiculous!

[louisbosco]

@AdamC can't wait for this Sunday honestly! it's gonna be massive! casemerio is the best buy this season!

[IH-GARY]

UTB!!

[Nocturama]

You might have to explain this to our American friends @IH-GARY - in fact, you might have to explain it to our Premiership-supporting English friends too!!

[IH-GARY]

@Nocturama I’d hope all these Man Utd posters know we’ve got Super Micheal Carrick!