The Official FIFA World Cup Thread - QATAR 2022

[Ohene]

The coach is cheesing me, easily the reason why Portugal won the last match

lol didnt know you were from toronto fam

 

[sportscribe]

Nah, they are garbage. What does what Belgium did 4 years ago have to do with where they are today?


And no matter the system, teams will always be looking to hack the system. Remember Poland being a top seeded team for the last World Cup because they figured out that you improve your ranking by not playing any friendlies at all? They were one of the worst teams and finished last in their group. No one expected them to do anything anyway.

They had scored in 49 consecutive games up until yesterday when they lost to Morocco and had a bunch of different streaks since the end of the previous WC.

The actual problem is that they underperform in cup competitions. The rankings aren't meaningless obviously becausr they help with seeding.

 

[Primetime21]

I cant wait for somebody to send these obnoxious mfers home

 

[ciubaca]

PPl are rly comparing Giroud to Henry ?

 

[Roid Jones]

Let me preface by saying I don't know shyt about football.

Koreans had control for the entire 10+ minute added time. This couldn't have been by design right? Ghana was stressing me the fukk out with that. Why were they dropping back and allowing the Koreans to control the ball so freely?

Think prevent defence

 

[ciubaca]

how many of these players could make the 2002 brazil squad? Thiago silva, Alisson, Fred?

 

[Windows 91]

That Paqueta pass

 

[sportscribe]

Saying there's "usually" a correlation is weak as fukk. You could get the same correlation from any random fan ranking teams off the top of their heads. Hell, a non-casual fan ranking teams off the top of their head would probably be more accurate than the FIFA rankings.


Remember the 2006 World Cup when the USA was ranked #4 in the world?

I didn't say there's "usually" a correlation, but there is a correlation.

You could make the same criticism of virtually any sports ranking from college football, basketball, MMA or boxing. Heck, Anthony Bennett and Kwame Brown were once the number 1 ranked basketball players being drafted into the NBA.

Their rankings used to be more politically influenced, but they have since cleaned up their methodology. Anyway, the original comment was on the good job the Ghana coach is doing despite their "low ranking". Not trying to debate on the accuracy of the rankings. If you have an idea of where they should be ranked, feel free to tell us. Until then, enjoy the Brazil game.

 

[Slim Charles]

commentator's here in UK pretty dismissive of Switzerland. acting like they're not gonna get many chances and need to take any chance they get near the box

this Swiss team very good and will cause Brazil problems

 

[TOAD99]

Damn missed some good matches this morning

Also it’s clear Brazil miss Neymar at least in terms of creativity

 

[Skip2]

the added minute was for injury.. ref should have given the corner. Are u new to football? either way good to see Ghana hold on

The ref isn’t obligated to give the corner.

 

[concise]

 

[Volt]

how many of these players could make the 2002 brazil squad? Thiago silva, Alisson, Fred?

On the starting 11? Casemiro.

Thiago Silva and Marquinhos are a GOATed defensive core, but so were Lucio and Juan. Allison is the only other one to have a case for it too.

Besides that, no one, especially on the offensive end. 02's squad was incredible.

Damn missed some good matches this morning

Also it’s clear Brazil miss Neymar at least in terms of creativity

Nah, that's Tite's dumbass picking Fred to sub in.

Everton Ribeiro would be a much better pick from a playmaking sense.



LMAO @ Brazil on that full-court pressure, wtf are you doing?

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Trying to use black men as political pawns. Predictable. Smh, I’m glad he didn’t take the bait.

 

[Volt]

Ronaldo, Roberto Carlos and Cafu on the stands