Holy shitUnbelievable scenes.
Holy shit
That is outstanding.
This is ridiculous.
Argentina playing too slowly. Saudi look good in the press, but hard to tell if that's only because Argentina are so ponderous.
Otamendi and Romero are no hopers together in a back 2.
That is a belter.
'mon the Herve.
Fuck me, 80% of my bets are about to go down the drain unless the Argies score 3 or 4
Thankfully I just did total goals not argie goals. Still an hour left based on their injury time totals.
Most of the offside goals in the first half were caused by, yes a good offside trap but mainly by Messi and others just delaying passes while they sorted themselves out.Originally Posted by CJay
If there’s one thing that’s more disappointing from a major nation in World Cups over the last 30 years or so than England’s performances, it’s Argentina’s.
Haven’t been able to watch today.
What the fuck is going on? Are Argentina shite or is Don Herve working some magic here?
Saudis must have been on that Djokovic Juice at half time.
I'm a twit
Argentina look like Arsenal toward the end of Wengers term. They want too much time, too many touches and too many passes.
The Saudis have been very good though.
Attendance announced as 88,000. The capacity is 80,000
Counting all the bodies in the concrete obviously.
How much do you reckon the Saudis would pay us for the Falklands? I'm trying to think of a way to capitalise on this.
I wasn't bothered about this World Cup but this is the game that's got me.
Gutted I've missed this.
Argentina will be much better when Messi retires.
The new desk is phenomenal scenes. I've done £4,000 of business during this game and watched about 65 of the 90 minutes.
Could end up being a LOT of stoppage time here, Saudis not learning from the first few games.
I never thought I'd find myself cheering on Saudi Arabia but here we are.
Ref hates the Saudi keeper.
Oooffff.
Some hit.
Jesus, the slow mo replay of that knee to the face.
That can't have felt good.
"Every trick in the book is being used" as ITV air an actual murder on live TV. Gotta love the gammons.
That fucking woman needs to stop screeching.
Love it.
I'm a twit
Big face turn for Saudi Arabia here today
Love that the Saudis are just lumping it now.
Fuck Argentina
Legendary upset. Throws that group/side of the draw into utter chaos as well. World Cup = good.
Hope you all backed Saudi after this post.
That game took a bizarre turn after halftime. Argentina went from having all the space in the world (but wasting it) to having absolutely none. Renard masterclass.
Now, have Tunisia ever played in an exciting game?
Impressive the lengths that the Saudis will go to to piss in the Qataris chips.
Tournament favourites.
Just incredible. Particularly liked the CB just pumping it out for an Argentina goal kick and the ref still playing 2 more minutes of added time. Great defensive effort throughout.
Argentina probably not helped in this type of situation by being a team of midgets.
Will be interesting to see how Brazil go. Part of me (most of me) thinks European football just left them both for dead about 15 years ago.
I was wondering why the Brazilian lad in work was jumping around the place. That has to be one of the biggest shocks in the tournaments history.
Biggest ever World Cup upset?
I'd say it's bigger than Senegal/France which was the biggest I had seen.
Doing research only North Korea/Italy in 66 would really run it close.
Cameroon/Argentina in 1990 was seen as a big one at the time, albeit marred by Cameroon being shit hackers, and also then reaching the QFs which suggested they were actually a decent side.
Just makes it harder for England/France if Argentina somehow finish 2nd I think. I presume the Argies will grow into it (or shithouse their way ala 2014)
I think Brazil are ok because they have actual physical prowess. Argentina are all slide tackles and passion.
Had a quick scan and in terms of pre-game odds it's the biggest shock going back to '98 at 25/1 or so. After that you've got South Korea vs Germany in Russia (19/1), Switzerland vs Spain in 2010 (13/1), Costa Rica vs Uruguay in 2014 (8/1). Senegal were apparently 8/1 vs France but I'm not sure how trustworthy the records are.
That was the most written in the stars thing ever. 36 games unbeaten, Messi's last hurrah, the stupid Louis Vutton marketing with Konaldo.
The 0.13 xG for Saudis is because they're complete shit. Keeping Argies to 1.0 xG is genius of Renard.
Renard is a fascinating coach. Twice African champion (one of them with a shit team), twice qualified pretty shit nations to the World Cup. Club record is absolutely honking.
Winning with Zambia was absolutely mental.
Sky had them as 33/1 pre kick off, god knows what they were at half time.
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