I still don’t understand why the US gotta play their own national anthem beforehand, feels a bit “pick me”, but whatever
I suspect it’s just carrying over from the fact it’s played before every sporting event here. Cringe? Sure. But also just pretty par for the course.
Unai looked so panicked during the anthem, getting that clearance vs Messi should do him a lot of good. Still wild he starts above Garcia or Raya, haha.
It’s so nice not really having a clear rooting interest today. Happy for either team. 2022 about ended me.
Convinced that Raya is penalised because he came through the English league system and played for Blackburn and Brentford as a young player, as opposed to Almeria and Granada.
As in, how nearly every “injury” is faked in order to get favorable treatment from the ref. How it’s basically baked into the sport as habit.
Yeah, that is annoying and it’s a symptom of the refereeing. You basically don’t get calls half the time unless you make a meal of it.
Argentina have no answer for Spain’ midfield so far which is forcing them to try and bypass it when attacking.
I know there’s really no one you’d sub off for him, but Lautaro Martinez would go a long way to keeping Cubarsi and Laporte honest. They’re not worried about Messi if Alvarez is defending deep.
Football quality has been good so far; its just defense of both teams, especially Spain, are pretty tough.