Rob1981

Not a pen, but at the other end that is 100% given and then overturned by VAR

Hahahahahaha

Tell us what Peter Walton thinks of the pen

I think they have been saying Messi would be the first to score in R16, QF, SF and final. In Jairzinho’s day they didn’t have a R16.

Ref was itching to give that, what a joke

Looks terrible. Hammered them all far too much in the Group Stage having to use every ground every other day for nearly a fortnight. All that money, may as well have built 10-12 stadiums instead of eight like every other WC host is expected to do.

This stat about the Polish assistant referee is bonkers. Tomasz Listkiewicz running the line, his dad was also a linesman at the World Cup Final in 1990.

If you shot Sam Matterface to Pluto he still wouldn’t be far enough away.

How would anyone know

Love this.

BBC always with the full suits on

Can’t see past a France win.

Greg Dyke's target that was scrapped in 2016? https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2662191-englands-target-to-win-2022-world-cup-removed-by-new-fa-chairman-greg-clarke The last FA strategy had us winning a tournament (mens or womens) by 2024, which I'm pretty sure we've done.

OFFICIAL

GARETH STAYS \o/\o/

Loads of goals doesn’t mean the outcome isn’t pointless Always quite a high scoring game usually because teams usually both have a go and it’s not the end of the world if they lose. 2002, 2006 and 2010 third place games all had 4-5 goals iirc.

I’ve opted out this year, gone to a non-league game instead. Pointless fixture. Croatian players hanging around since Tuesday night to play a match nobody will remember.

Third/fourth place play off Saturday 17th December Croatia 2-3 Morocco 15.0 The Final Sunday 18th December Argentina 0-2 France 15.00 Bonuses - Note - the bonuses ONLY apply to the final - there are no bonuses for the, err, what's it called game The total number of goals scored - 200 points 2 The number of goals scored in the first half - 200 points 1 The number of goals scored in the second half - 200 points 1 The number of goals scored after 90 minutes - 500 points 0 The number of hattricks - 300 points 0 Will the game go to extra time - 150 points No Will the game go to penalties - 150 points No The total number of penalties scored (including those in normal game play) - 150 points 0 The team which scores the fastest goal - 250 points France The team which scores the last goal - 250 points France The time of the first goal - 2,000 points for the exact time 25 The time of the last goal - 2,000 points for the exact time 78 The scorer of the first goal - 2,000 points Griezmann The scorer of the last goal - 2,000 points Mbappé The total number of yellow cards - 150 points 5 The total number of red cards - 150 points 0 The total number of substitutions across all games - 2,000 points 7 ****Super, Hyper, Mega bonus*** Predict the exact score, whether the game will go to 90 or 120 minutes, the exact times of goal(s) and the goalscorer(s) - 1 million points Argentina 0-2 France 0-1 Griezmann '25 0-2 Mbappe '78

WTF Got to be the most surprising fourth place since South Korea in 2002

It’s like they needed to actually run a World Cup to remember how good the World Cup is. Just beyond belief.

Yeah, he was in for Euro 2020. Didn’t even have any clubmates in that squad either because he was still at Brighton at the time. And as you say... yes it was in England so it’s a bit different. But it’s not like he was going back to his family every night after training.

There was something about Steve Holland being cheesed off because he wasn’t clued up enough on the USA team. Doubt that’s him not having done “required work” for a training session though. More likely he hadn’t sat around watching their other match and maybe missed out on conversations if he wasn’t chatting with the others. You’re getting into a very grey area here though for any walk of life. In terms of what actually counts as “work” and what counts as “socialising” if you are out with work people and you end up talking about work stuff.

Does all seem a bit odd. I know mental health is an unpredictable thing. But the preparation for a tournament is so methodical these days. Massive attention to detail and loads of support staff working behind the scenes. They must have GPs and sports psychologists and therapists on tap. As well as the usual physios and coaches and fitness people on the playing side. If it's not going to 'click' for one player in terms of the wellbeing side and them enjoying the group environment... surely that should be coming to light before they are halfway round the world and before the tournament has already started. Better stop there, otherwise it sounds like a criticism of Sir Gareth

Shout out for the 1998 King Hassan Cup Didn't see that coming

Morocco 1-0 up after the anthems