For real Between mbappe, haaland, Messi and Kane all balling out and the myriad of last second goals this is had been an incredibly exciting world cup and if you don't like it soccer probably just isn't for you Hoping Argentina and Colombia pull it off tomorrow cause then all four quarter finals are gonna be absolute bangers
one big difference might be that you don’t have to put historically before the evil when describing the US. I mean you can do that as well, but we’re starving Cubans right now for no reason and targeting girls schools with bombs in Iran so yeah we’re kinda the big bad of these countries left. Oh wait we just lost lol nm
More like Andrew Bogut. Best player his country has had, but his country still isn’t that good and he’s really not a world class player either
I don't necessarily want it either but the way France is playing....they seem unstoppable. I'm sure FIFA will do whatever they can to help out Messi too. That's why I'm really hoping Norway surprises, because not only are they playing great but they're a vibe, everyone loves seeing Haaland.
Was this the most disappointing US world cup game/result? 2022 vs Netherlands there just wasn't the same confidence in the team to play well. Never actually thought they could beat the dutch We don't talk about 2018 2014 yeah Belgium was a heartbreaker but just getting of that group was impressive and taking Belgium to the limit no one left disappointed in how the US did 2010 at least we had the Algeria magical moment. And Ghana was a team we absolutely couldve and should've beaten. But Ghana had a special team that year. Laying an egg at home feels far worse than losing a close game to an African team in Africa 2006 were we even that good? That's far enough back I really don't remember what the expectations were 2002 is our best performance and no complaints there nearly beat Germany 1998 whatever no one was expecting anything from the US back then
Huh. So after a decade of wasting their golden generation, someone finally found a way to motivate Belgium.
The overturning/suspending/whatever of the red card and denying the appeal was a great team talk for Belgium, huh?
Nah, in all seriousness, this was just a few levels above all the teams the US had played. It can happen. I wouldn’t be too embarrassed at the result, really. I still think it’s the best US team I’ve seen play as an outsider, they just came up against a better team with more quality.
He was put in a no win situation and the only team it helped was Belgium. I think the US mentality would have been better if he was banned. It could have galvanised them, but it seems like they were in their heads about it and Belgium got the mental advantage.
That news about Manzambi sucks for the Swiss and him on a personal level. Was on the verge of a big move, too. I guess he should looks towards van Nistelrooij for inspiration.