**** 2018 WORLD CUP THREAD ***

Thanks trollism - I’m glad you understand.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

Americas teams are not getting results. Now mexico is up against Germany. Getting a draw would be huge for them, but germany is very surgical. I feel Mexico needs to keep it tight, and attack hard on the counter. But they are talking about playing aggressive and attacking straight up. That could get ugly.

Mexico going for broke. This is incredibly entertaining.

Germany looking listless. Man I'm gonna have to put off my LR to later this afternoon.

Mexico 1 - Germany 0

I can see why US did not beat Mexico in the qualification.

SprintTriathlon wrote:

I can see why US did not beat Mexico in the qualification.

To be fair the US play Mexico pretty well, but the gap in quality is huge.

SprintTriathlon wrote:

I can see why US did not beat Mexico in the qualification.

Nobody really expects USA to beat Mexico regularly. The fact that CONCACAF qualifying is so easy is what makes their lack of qualification so remarkable.

FIFA make it so easy for them, but they still screw up. They should forget that and give a couple more places to Europe.

Your efforts are in vain, buddy. Scorpion is too dumb to realize he was wrong, and even if buba miracle he did, he’s too cowardly to admit it. Happens all the time.

Is it just me or does Germany's defense look slow? Mexico are slicing and dicing their way into the box.

SB runner. wrote:

Is it just me or does Germany's defense look slow? Mexico are slicing and dicing their way into the box.

Mexico has great runners!

SprintTriathlon wrote:

SB runner. wrote:

Is it just me or does Germany's defense look slow? Mexico are slicing and dicing their way into the box.

Mexico has great runners!

Great aggressive counter attack, and they utilized their speed well. played it tight on defense and just got out and flew with the ball. ...They have a lot of speed.

That's probably germany's only weakness. They have size, are strong, smart and surgical, but not really a fast team.

Mexico is playing very, very well. Let see if they can maintain that energy.

vivalarepublica wrote:

Mexico-Germany is hot early. Both goal keepers getting plenty of action. Mexico is getting plenty of opportunities, probably more than expected. They look lively and hungry. Full disclosure, I'm on the Mexico bandwagon because of USA's absence.

And how the heck is Ozil still starting for Germany? He does next to nothing for Arsenal.

To be fair, Ozil is a great passer. I would say he is on par with Fabregas with his distribution, but Ozil disappears a lot. Plus a lot of players disappear when they go to arsenal and play for Wenger. Good thing Wenger is no longer there.

But you're right Ozil is not doing anything in this game. ... and the announcers keep butchering his name, saying o-zil ( like brazil), when it is Ozol.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

vivalarepublica wrote:

Mexico-Germany is hot early. Both goal keepers getting plenty of action. Mexico is getting plenty of opportunities, probably more than expected. They look lively and hungry. Full disclosure, I'm on the Mexico bandwagon because of USA's absence.

And how the heck is Ozil still starting for Germany? He does next to nothing for Arsenal.

To be fair, Ozil is a great passer. I would say he is on par with Fabregas with his distribution, but Ozil disappears a lot. Plus a lot of players disappear when they go to arsenal and play for Wenger. Good thing Wenger is no longer there.

But you're right Ozil is not doing anything in this game. ... and the announcers keep butchering his name, saying o-zil ( like brazil), when it is Ozol.

Look, this is clearly the first time you've watched a major tournament.

Why not just enjoy it and learn rather than feeling you need to give an uneducated opinion on everything.

Germany should NOT be taking short corners. They have a big height advantage. If they play like this, they won't get very far.

trollism wrote:

Scorpion_runner wrote:

To be fair, Ozil is a great passer. I would say he is on par with Fabregas with his distribution, but Ozil disappears a lot. Plus a lot of players disappear when they go to arsenal and play for Wenger. Good thing Wenger is no longer there.

But you're right Ozil is not doing anything in this game. ... and the announcers keep butchering his name, saying o-zil ( like brazil), when it is Ozol.

Look, this is clearly the first time you've watched a major tournament.

Why not just enjoy it and learn rather than feeling you need to give an uneducated opinion on everything.

and clearly you're a troll like your name stated, and have some type of inferiority complex, so you keep following me. step away from the computer or something. i get it. you want to troll to troll, and feel unworthy or lacking, or whatever.

trollism wrote:

Scorpion_runner wrote:

To be fair, Ozil is a great passer. I would say he is on par with Fabregas with his distribution, but Ozil disappears a lot. Plus a lot of players disappear when they go to arsenal and play for Wenger. Good thing Wenger is no longer there.

But you're right Ozil is not doing anything in this game. ... and the announcers keep butchering his name, saying o-zil ( like brazil), when it is Ozol.

Look, this is clearly the first time you've watched a major tournament.

Why not just enjoy it and learn rather than feeling you need to give an uneducated opinion on everything.

You clearly are emotional since Germany is about to lose to Mexico.

Scorpion_runner wrote:

trollism wrote:

Look, this is clearly the first time you've watched a major tournament.

Why not just enjoy it and learn rather than feeling you need to give an uneducated opinion on everything.

and clearly you're a troll like your name stated, and have some type of inferiority complex, so you keep following me. step away from the computer or something. i get it. you want to troll to troll, and feel unworthy or lacking, or whatever.

No champ, you didn't even understand the concept of 'goal difference' (I notice you've gone quiet on that front now).

Your long explanations of that group were embarrassing.

You need to listen to people who have followed the sport for more than a few minutes.

Bruhbruh wrote:

You clearly are emotional since Germany is about to lose to Mexico.

Why? Do you think I'm German?

SB runner. wrote:

Germany should NOT be taking short corners. They have a big height advantage. If they play like this, they won't get very far.

exactly...they should play towards their strength. They are the bigger team. But they are not able to deal with Mexico's speed, especially on the counter.

I don't watch a whole lot of soccer. Is the turf in the box more slippery than the turf on the rest of the field? People seem to fall down for no reason a lot in that area of the pitch.