I think most of those goals would've been very difficult to save from the PK, to the placement and power of some and a redirect. Tough for goalie.
OT: Official 2018 World Cup Thread
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Mbappe is 19, wow.
There you go, your first save lol. Nice easy one off the deflection
Yea, it didn't even occur to me until you mentioned.
There you go, your first save lol. Nice easy one off the deflection
The game of his life, so far. I suspect he will have many games of his life. Maybe even another in the next two weeks.
I thought the same. Don't know where he plays but was wondering a couple nice performances close to this one and maybe he can turn it into a nice payday like James Rodriguez did at the last World Cup with Colombia.
Suarez/Cavani had a nice "give and go" goal. Not really seen much from Portugal thus far.
Two flops by Suarez holding his head when he wasn’t even hit near the head.
At the end of the 2017 season, Mbappe was transferred from Monaco to PSG at a fee of 185M euros. Second highest transfer fee in history, only behind Neymar. Mbappe will shatter that record before too long - IF PSG is willing to sell.
Well I don't follow the leagues much over there but he must have shown a lot already then at 19 only. You can see his potential even for a pedestrian fan like me.
Cavani with another one. I always like those goals that display touch and placement. Beautiful curl boom into the far corner.
He's a great player but his continuous flopping is such a turn off. Does Pac Man flop as much for Barcelona as he does in World Cups?
He bites which is worse. I recall 3 times he actually bit an opponent. He was given suspensions, not enough imho.
Yea I know that's why I called him Pac Man. I don't know if he's still done that after the last World Cup, I'd like to think not. But the continuous flopping I suspect he still does.
He is the worst IMO. I think they'll "ugly up" the France matchup. Will be card-a-palooza.
Edit: replied to wrong Madru post. Meant Suarez is the worst.
No question he is talented, tormented me when he played at Liverpool. I just don’t like his act, there are a few like him I just don’t like, Diego Costa is another one.
4 games now the Spanish starters have not uttered a single word of their national anthem. Very, very odd IMHO!!
Spain completely dominating possession, but with very little to show for it, as they can't make that final pass to set up a great scoring chance. I've always enjoyed watching Spain's passing skill and rooted for them in 2010 when they won it all. 15 more minutes to go until the dreaded PKs. Cannot stand how they decide elimination games. Play till someone wins, like hockey.
That works in hockey because of unlimited substitution. Which I can't see ever happening in soccer - although I wish I could.
Yes, I should have added that much more substitution would need to be allowed, which they won't do - doesn't mean I have to like PKs...
Croatia looks like the class of that half of the bracket and they must be thrilled that if they beat Denmark, Russia is the all that remains to get to the final four.
You should do a little research before yapping your mouth and look foolish.
The Spanish national anthem DOES NOT HAVE ANY WORDS!!!
Haha. Yeah can't imagine there was much of a time when the VAR official would have ever made that end of a game call against Russia in Russia.
Got a kick out of all the joke posts with Putin behind the laptop making the var review himself.