Football (Soccer) Thread

[Liep]

The Swedish team is a joy to watch.

I guess you are not speaking about the game vs Spain. 

Oh, the men played too?

[Valmy]

13-0

I get you don't want to ease up and risk not getting that precious goal differential but scoring in stoppage time just seemed mean.

[Duque de Bragança]

The Swedish team is a joy to watch.

I guess you are not speaking about the game vs Spain. 

Oh, the men played too?

European qualifiers in Santiago Bernabéu, 3-0 for Spain with Sweden putting up a decent fight, only collapsing at the end of the game.
Sérgio Ramos being as always the quintessential arsehole. 

[Josephus]

USA ladies beat Thai ladies 13-0.

USA ladies were criticized for running up the score and over zealous celebrations for each goal.

I don't have an issue with running up the score. Goal difference counts after all, even though it's unlikely to matter in this case.

But the way they celebrated all their goals, including the final six, as though they won the World Cup was pretty disrespectful

[Duque de Bragança]

Only comparable slaughter for men I can think think of was back in 1982 with unfortunate Salvadorans losing 10-1 to Hungary.

24-team WC too much? Gap is widening, not tightening, the previous record for the ladies was Germany-Argentina 11-0 in 2007.

[Grey Fox]

24-team WC too much? Gap is widening, not tightening, the previous record for the ladies was Germany-Argentina 11-0 in 2007.

It doesn't really change. Canada beat Martinique 14-0 and Puerto Rico 21-0 all the way back in 1998.

[The Larch]

24-team WC too much? Gap is widening, not tightening, the previous record for the ladies was Germany-Argentina 11-0 in 2007.

It doesn't really change. Canada beat Martinique 14-0 and Puerto Rico 21-0 all the way back in 1998.

That's not unusual during qualification (the Oceanian ones have some extremely lopsided results), but it's a different thing during the final stages.

[Josephus]

The gap is not really the issue I'm calling out though; it's the over-the-top celebrations that are causing the controversy.

[alfred russel]

USA ladies beat Thai ladies 13-0.

USA ladies were criticized for running up the score and over zealous celebrations for each goal.

I don't have an issue with running up the score. Goal difference counts after all, even though it's unlikely to matter in this case.

But the way they celebrated all their goals, including the final six, as though they won the World Cup was pretty disrespectful

Also, it is worth keeping in mind the most athletic thai women aren't pursuing soccer. Oh the shows I've seen...what they can do with a ping pong ball...

[Tamas]

USA ladies beat Thai ladies 13-0.

USA ladies were criticized for running up the score and over zealous celebrations for each goal.

I don't have an issue with running up the score. Goal difference counts after all, even though it's unlikely to matter in this case.

But the way they celebrated all their goals, including the final six, as though they won the World Cup was pretty disrespectful

Also, it is worth keeping in mind the most athletic thai women aren't pursuing soccer. Oh the shows I've seen...what they can do with a ping pong ball...

[Valmy]

Yeah it kind of reminded me of that South Park episode where Stan's peewee hockey team gets destroyed by a NHL team who then proceeds to have an over-the-top celebration.

[Josephus]

USA ladies beat Thai ladies 13-0.

USA ladies were criticized for running up the score and over zealous celebrations for each goal.

I don't have an issue with running up the score. Goal difference counts after all, even though it's unlikely to matter in this case.

But the way they celebrated all their goals, including the final six, as though they won the World Cup was pretty disrespectful

Also, it is worth keeping in mind the most athletic thai women aren't pursuing soccer. Oh the shows I've seen...what they can do with a ping pong ball...

Took me a minute. Been awhile since I've seen Yellow Emmanuelle

[Zoupa]

The celebrations past 4 - 0 were very crass. What's wrong with people? Basic human decency is in short supply it seems.

[Duque de Bragança]

France beat Norway 2-1 with another goal by Virgil van Dijk Wendy Renard. It was an own goal though.

[Grey Fox]

Brazil's soccer federation is so petty, the Women's wear the Men's 5 stars on their kit.