Football (Soccer) Thread

[Duque de Bragança]

Argies aren't being overly inspiring

Yet they are leading by 1-0. A lesson to remember? 

Push the defender so that he stupidly retaliates against another player?

Wait for the goalkeeper's fluke. 

[HVC]

Argies aren't being overly inspiring

Yet they are leading by 1-0. A lesson to remember? 

Push the defender so that he stupidly retaliates against another player?

Wait for the goalkeeper's fluke. 

Yeah, he's gonna have nightmares over that.

[Duque de Bragança]

Argies aren't being overly inspiring

Yet they are leading by 1-0. A lesson to remember? 

Push the defender so that he stupidly retaliates against another player?

Wait for the goalkeeper's fluke. 

Yeah, he's gonna have nightmares over that.

It's not like Australia was going or even trying to win by then, anyways.

[HVC]

Argies aren't being overly inspiring

Yet they are leading by 1-0. A lesson to remember? 

Push the defender so that he stupidly retaliates against another player?

Wait for the goalkeeper's fluke. 

Yeah, he's gonna have nightmares over that.

It's not like Australia was going or even trying to win by then, anyways.

There's losing, and then there's getting that goal scored on you in front of the world. Not like the defense put him in a Great situation.

[HVC]

Nightmare intensifies

[Duque de Bragança]

Well, another fluke, but on the Argentine side this time, so the earlier fluke might have had its importance.

2-1

Good for the neutral spectator.

[HVC]

Two inches high of a goal.

[Josephus]

Roos make a game out of it. Nice one

[Duque de Bragança]

Argentine goalkeeper just saved his team in the last minute of stoppage with a great save, preventing a tie.
Yet the Albiceleste dominated the game...

[Admiral Yi]

Are goalies not allowed to handle the ball on back passes?

I'm trying to figure out why so many goalies insist on dribbling back passes when there are millions of examples on the internet of that going poorly for them.

[FunkMonk]

Are goalies not allowed to handle the ball on back passes?

I'm trying to figure out why so many goalies insist on dribbling back passes when there are millions of examples on the internet of that going poorly for them.

Correct. They used to be able to pick up back passes.

These days a goalkeeper who is good with their feet is a necessity for top teams.

[Admiral Yi]

I think I need another team to root for. 

Maybe Brazil to make up for that soul crushing by Germany.

[Josquius]

I was just thinking, is it just me or is international football in general quite weak now?

Most of the traditional top teams are just not so strong as their teams in times past.
It's quite telling that England have gotten to a euro final and wc semi final in the past 4 years despite their golden generation being in the past.

[Grey Fox]

It's because there is too many leagues and top talent is too distributed among them.

But we can't have a super League because you are all a bunch of cry babies.

[FunkMonk]

Gabriel Jesus out for a minimum 3 months, reportedly. That's Arsenal's title challenge over.

Hopefully the points amassed in the first third of the season are enough to scratch out a Top 4 finish.