Soccer (Closing)

Encouraging performance, but fucks sake man that's a game we should be winning. Lorenzo set us up well but not great in game management. We needed to slow that down after people started gassing and we already had a lead

Colombia is a bigger underachiever than Mexico

I'm not bitter or anything but the way goalkeepers are protected is a joke. They get away with so much and get fouls called in their favour for absolutely everything.

Eh, "presumably from" is doing a lot of heavy lifting the

Did remind me of a spectacular dumb post I saw in a different sub celebrating the Spanish WWC win over England because the (very American) poster didn't want to see a nation of colonisers win 😂🤷‍♂️

Sancet could half pass as a proper name in Basque or some other regional dialect of Spain, but Oihan?? That’s a high elf carpenter or something

Lionel Messi is still the main man for Argentina

Marcelo Morelo Martins is still the main man for Bolivia

Alexis Sanchez and Arturo Vidal are still the main men for Chile

James Rodriguez is still the main man for Colombia

Enner Valencia is still the main man for Ecuador

Paolo Guerrero still a vital figure for Peru

Salomon Rondon still a vital figure for Venezuela

When will CONMEBOL finally move on man? It is the year of our lord 2023

The future generations are in trouble

I think I will die if Boca signs Messi even for a short loan. Probably bs but I don't think my mind would comprehend it and I would just get a stroke.

Nope, 30 degrees on October is unbearable.

For those who think Bellingham is overrated, what exactly are his weaknesses? The only glaring one that I can think of is he's not really a controller like a Kroos or Xavi, but that's probably due to the position that Ancelotti is playing him this season. If Madrid sign a world-class striker next season, and Bellingham goes back to his usual midfield position, we'll probably see him focus more on controlling the game. Maybe you can argue his technique/eye test is overrated, but technique doesn't really matter if you're producing results on the pitch

James Rodriguez with a 2014-2015 throwback performance.

Tears in my eyes!

reading that post match thread for the spain scotland game is something alright...

Please a match thread we've already scored.

For those who think Bellingham is overrated, what exactly are his weaknesses? The only glaring one that I can think of is he's not really a controller like a Kroos or Xavi, but that's probably due to the position that Ancelotti is playing him this season. If Madrid sign a world-class striker next season, and Bellingham goes back to his usual midfield position, we'll probably see him focus more on controlling the game. Maybe you can argue his technique/eye test is overrated, but technique doesn't really matter if you're producing results on the pitch

Pedraza is better then Grimaldo even the Spanish coach agrees

They've formed some sort of psychic connection in that summer where they went to United and Chelsea, after each was supposed to go to the other club. Never cross streams.

Have Match Threadder’s thread been wonky lately for anyone else

“Brazil could win the World Cup with their B team” was a common take 12 months ago.

Vinicius when are you going to show up when your NT needs you

International break, and clubs I dislike doing well, has forced me to lurk in the /r/cricket SA vs Aus post-match thread for my schadenfreuden. Really scraping the barrel now

Copa del Rey (Preliminary Round).

Turégano, Boiro, Atlético Lugones, Tardienta, Rubí, Chiclana, Deportivo Murcia, Bunyol, Hernán Cortés and Quintanar de la Órden are through to the first round, where they will host a La Liga side - minus the one in the Supercup because... Rubiales things.

Anyone else having trouble seeing the comments on the Argentina vs Paraguay match thread or is it just me?

I wonder if argentines will go though the same stuff we're going through with cristiano, but with messi, getting pissed at being subbed off, still getting called up while shit, permanent spot in the starting eleven etc.

I wonder if argentines will go though the same stuff we're going through with cristiano, but with messi, getting pissed at being subbed off, still getting called up while shit, permanent spot in the starting eleven etc.

This Paraguay shirt goes so hard

I dont expect messi to have any respect for a team that didn't exist 3-ish years ago; but where did his career-ending injury go?

Why does Ederson start for Brazil now? Don't get me wrong, he's probably been as good as he's ever been for City for a year and a half now but Allison is arguably still playing at a higher level for Liverpool. Did Allison have some bad performances for Brazil?

Will Pep get a statue or stand named after him at the Etihad?

I kinda hope it’s a stand. The three players with statues already are symbolic of the turning point in their history, they earnt the right to be the ones future generations ask about when they first go to a game. I think it would dilute the memory of others were added.

Luis Diaz is a cold chested and useless player, Liverpool can keep him if they want, they don't do us any harm, take him and never give him back, thank you.

Lee Carsley winning the 2028 home Euros with a front line of Madueke-Delap-Philogene.

Get your popcorn out for the Spain - Scotland post match thread

James Rodriguez had so much talent to be the clear greatest Colombian footballer of all time, yet his lazy ass makes it so people put Radamel Falcao over him when it shouldn't be like that.

What a waste of talent.

Going invincible is no more impressive than the teams that have scored the most goals in a season or conceded the least in a season. They’re all just trivial achievements. Man City getting 100 points is so much more impressive than just not losing.

Henderson in RCM

Didn’t expect Uruguay to field with so many Liga MX and MLS players.

Tbh it seems like the game was the same for years but in the last 5 we’ve had more rule changes than in the 15 years before that.

Can't do anything but laugh about the Tonali news. If it ends up being true, what a heist honestly!

Furlani masterclass amirite?

Investigated for betting

I can't wait to lose to a McTominay hat-trick on the national day 😍

We're still swimming in that Tonali money. Gonna sign 10 more players in January just to make sure we spent all of it.

not that I have great insights, but georgia seems to have one of their best national teams ever currently. as a German I know about the many "vilis" conquering our league a while ago, but I don't think they were as good as current georgia.

Iashvili, Kobiashvili, Tskitishvili, Arveladze and probably more I don't remember.

I agree with you. It would be really surprising to me if we even draw with you.

Why are all comments removed in threads like the one about the Premier Leagues statement on Gaza and Israel? All the comments had high upvotes I’m assuming they weren’t hateful

The money Rangers have spent in recent years on players that are constantly injured is genuinely horrific.

Kemar Roofe has played the equivalent of 50 full games for us in 3.5 years. If he's on £25k a week & we paid £4.5m for him, by the time his contract runs out this summer we will have spent £9.7m on him. That works out to £194,000 a full game, without accounting for any agent fees.

Tom Lawrence has barely kicked a ball for us in 15 months at the club, Yilmaz has played like 13 full games in the same time....I don't even want to add it up.

It’s an addiction mate

Pumped to get a 2-1 loss vs the Faroe Islands today.

It's ridiculous that all home nations games don't have to be shown on Freeview