World Cup 2022

[dmlaw]

Japan qualify. Spain second in the group and play Morocco, which they will probably be OK with.

 

[Alla]

Well

 

[AGinAg (37)]

Japan qualify. Spain second in the group and play Morocco, which they will probably be OK with.

In this World Cup Morocco are likely to smash all competition, with Saudi Arabia as runner up.

 

[Soldi]

In this World Cup Morocco are likely to smash all competition, with Saudi Arabia as runner up.

Saudi Arabia are out.

 

[dmlaw]

Saudi Arabia are out.

Give VAR time.

 

[Lucille]

Japan finishing top of their group.

 

[win_the_game]

Wow Japan were lucky with the refereeing for the winning goal. The ball was OUT.

 

[Kratz]

Wow Japan were lucky with the refereeing for the winning goal. The ball was OUT.

Apparently it isn’t that clear cut - FIFA must be seeing something over the line the rest of us aren’t.

 

[Alla]

Japan finishing top of their group.

Surely they're still celebrating picking up trash in the stadium

 

[Alla]

Wow Japan were lucky with the refereeing for the winning goal. The ball was OUT.

Absolutely, it was very clear.

 

[PercyPig]

Very hard to tell from any angle other than one directly on the line

 

[Madison]

Isn’t the ball packed with fancy sensors this year and multiple Hawkeye cameras all around the stadium? FiveThirtyEight keeps pushing the same article about it.

 

[Diddy]

Wait what?
Japan WON their group of death?

I don’t know anything about football really but that’s exciting

 

[Tesco's world's smallest turkey]

The messiness of this group stealing the thunder away from the FIRST WOMAN REFEREE in the history of FIFA world cup finals .

 

[Diddy]

Oh so they're against Croatia next

Mind you, Germany and Spain were ranked higher than Croatia so idk

 

[Kratz]

Oh so they're against Croatia next

Mind you, Germany and Spain were ranked higher than Croatia so idk

Croatia are good, albeit ageing, but Japan shouldn’t really fear anybody at this stage.

All of the heavyweights bar Brazil (pending), Holland and England have faltered to some extent.

 

[Kratz]

A good piece on why the ball wasn't out of play

Why Japan’s second goal against Spain was allowed to stand

The whole of the ball must cross the line for it to be out of play and VAR decided that at least some of it was still overhanging

www.theguardian.com

 

[Indie]

I'm not sure it needs so many articles. The ball must be wholly over the line to be out. It wasn't.

 

[Kratz]

I'm not sure it needs so many articles. The ball must be wholly over the line to be out. It wasn't.

Agreed but apparently that seems to be lost on a lot of people taking a single angle as conclusive.

 

[Soldi]

Already loving the drama in the Ghana vs Uruguay match

 

[Kratz]

Ghana just cannot do penalties when it comes to Uruguay.

Desperately hoping the awful Suarez goes out here.

 

[Alla]

What happened?

 

[Soldi]

Ghana just cannot do penalties when it comes to Uruguay.

Desperately hoping the awful Suarez goes out here.

There would be nothing better than him getting sent off and Uruguay going out.

 

[Alla]

I want Ghana to go through and somehow play against Spain at some point for a dramatic fraternal duel

 

[Kratz]

Ugh. Uruguay scored but that was some hopeless defending by Ghana

 

[Alla]

Bah

 

[dmlaw]

I want Ghana to go through and somehow play against Spain at some point for a dramatic fraternal duel

I don't think Ghana can play Spain before the final if they finish second in the group here. They would need to beat Uruguay, Portugal to lose and for the goal different between them and Portugal to be turned round, then they could play Spain in the quarter final.

 

[Madison]

OMG I’m winning the Copabet

 

[Madison]

Cry Suarez cry

 

[Alla]

OMG did South Korea beat Portugal? The Asian power this World Cup

 

[ButterTart]

South Korea qualifying is some heartwarming shit.

 

[dmlaw]

OMG did South Korea beat Portugal? The Asian power this World Cup

They beat Portugal reserves at any rate. It’s very nearly as impressive.

 

[RS]

I’m still second on Copabet despite having one of the lowest hitrates.

 

[Lucille]

The STATE of the straights on copabet.

 

[Madison]

“Points for final 16 playoff teams will start being distributed after the final Group Stage game tonight. It will take a couple of hours. So you know.”

 

[RS]

“Points for final 16 playoff teams will start being distributed after the final Group Stage game tonight. It will take a couple of hours. So you know.”

Not looking forward to that, tbh

 

[Tesco's world's smallest turkey]

Are Serbians usually that hot or is it just their football team ?

 

[Lucille]

Serbians are definitely one of the top 10 hottest nations.

 

[Alla]

OMG Cameroon!

 

[Kratz]

Yay! Cameroon beating Brazil and Serbia going out is