I thought he'd given a penalty for a second there.
I thought he'd given a penalty for a second there.
That was a penalty. He 100% cynically played for it, but definitely a penalty nonetheless.
Ref throws us a solid with the intercept.
We have precisely one plan that has any effectiveness, and it's that.
EDIT: Now they need to score, which will be fun. Have at it.
What a man.Originally Posted by phonics
What shit. We sit through all this shite and don't even get penalties.
We should give them a taste of their own time-wasting, for a laugh.
100% going in. This is definitely how it's going down.
EDIT: Ooof. That was well-struck.
Jesus fucking Christ. There was some power on that.
I was sure that was in. Fucking hell.
I'll accept this if it means Argentina not qualifying. Mon Ecuador.
The only more Arab way they could have lost that was if they now submit a claim that Australia fielded an ineligible player.
Hell of a free kick though. If that'd gone in, I wouldn't have begrudged them.
(Is a thing that's easy to say when your team won)
I've just looked up Omar Al Somah and he literally does score 40 a season. Get him to defect.
He did. He refused to play for the National team for 2 years because he felt it was a sign of support for Assad.
He should be banned 4 lyf.
You should too for this post alone.
Bruce Arena challenges "European hotshots to come over here in our CONCACAF qualifying and really get a taste of this"...
https://www.facebook.com/ESPNFC/vide...9394058970082/
Does anyone know if the South American slate of games is on telly anywhere?
Bein Sports are showing all the games - so they'll be plenty of streams around. You may have to put up with #BANTZ with Keys & Gray, though......
I've got money on Chile.
Priced at 5 considering that Brazil have qualified and a loss to Chile ensures that Argentina has one less spot to fight for? Obscene.
I mean, if Argentina win they're guaranteed at least a playoff spot, aren't they? So if someone keeps Argentina from qualifying, it'll be themselves (and they've done a pretty good job at it).
Themselves and Shane Smeltz.
Can we play you every week...
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Mané's died on international duty.
Meanwhile, Iran U17 4-0 Germany U17 in the U17WC. 10 minutes to go.
Any of these worth watching tonight?
Clearly Greece vs Gibraltar. Nailbiter.
Portugal-Switzerland will decide who tops the group. The Dutch vs Sweden might also be good fun although there's nothing on the line.
Also apparently Luxembourg are 1 goal up against Bulgaria 3 minutes in, so there's that.
Winner in the latter will end up in top seeded for that new Euro Qual-structure after the WC, so some on the line at least.
I mean, every international match has something on the line in that sense.
Is that the Nations League thing? Still have absolutely no idea what that entails.
20 of the 24 spots will be given by the regular process anyway. Only 4 of them will be through the Nations League. That one will be a league structure with 4 divisions with each division getting one qualification spot (which means that some shit teams will qualify regardless).
That... doesn't make any sense. This is the last relevant game ahead of that, with both teams having a chance to get it. Then there's clearly something on the line as opposed to when Portugal faces Costa Rica in a friendly.
That sounds nuts. Would it not be better to drop down if you were borderline then?
When are these played anyway? As part of the qualifiers or additional games?
This Turkish ref has been instructed to ensure Ronaldo qualifies. Never been more sure of anything in my life.
Additional games. It'll be an annual thing as far as I understand. Also presumably the qualification spot won't be decided by league position but additional play-offs within the league (without the teams that have already qualified).
Those leagues will also be subdivided into smaller groups. It's a mess.
They are supposed to replace the regularly scheduled friendlies to some extent.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018%E...Nations_LeagueThe first tournament is due to commence in September 2018, after the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and the winner will be decided in June 2019.
Well that's that then. They're gonna Fernando Santos the rest of the game. What a legend that man is.
Just 5 more for the Dutch then?
Easy.
I'm a twit
I would have been genuinely worried had they gone 3-0 up by halftime. I've seen way too many Robben Munich games where they score 7+ to handle the second half in that case.
Portugal have some really good players. They could go quite far again. Two genuine goal threats in Andre Silva and Ronaldo.
The weird thing about this is if the Swiss win their playoff (or pull this back) they will be number 1 seeded at the actual tournament.
Sky co-comm openly berating the referee, he knows.
Andre Silva is quality but in a game with a less obviously bent referee he'd have been off the park before he scored that goal.
Cakir can surely never be given another major game again after this. It's like watching an African game with some bloke on it for 200 green ones. Every decision is bad and pro-Portugal.
After that last Swiss foul he sounds about ready to go Drogba v Barcelona at the end of the game.
He just called him out for being one sided, you never hear Sky commentators do that.
Of course they want Portugal through. Switzerland have never been involved in a single decent game of football.
Apart from that one when they bantered off Peak Spain in the World Cup.
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