Bryanbryoil
Pray For Ukraine
- Sep 13, 2004
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I missed this game, but it was clear in the first 2 that Portugal doesn't have much besides Ronaldo and a decent goalie.
Add Argentina who would have been in bad shape if Iceland had beaten Nigeria.So in the last 72 hours, we theoretically almost had Spain/Portugal/Germany eliminated from the WC.
i knew iran had a much stronger team this year than in 2014 but i had zero expectations for them in that group
did not expect them to play as well as they did and come that close to advancing out of a group with spain and portugal. they've got a great young core of talent and will be making some noise in asian football for a while
Also, that cranky colour commentator on the BBC feed was an ass.
The Penalty awarded to Ronaldo was just as bad. It was likely "even up call" as they would say in hockeyForgot to mention, FWIW, the call on the Iran penalty was a joke. Using VAR, no less.
Very similar to the silly penalty in the Australia-Denmark game.
Neither Poulsen nor Cedric had any time to react, held their arms in perfectly normal positions, and the ball wasn't exactly travelling to an open net.
A horrible decision, which completely alters how the brackets look like in the KO rounds.
i knew iran had a much stronger team this year than in 2014 but i had zero expectations for them in that group
did not expect them to play as well as they did and come that close to advancing out of a group with spain and portugal. they've got a great young core of talent and will be making some noise in asian football for a while
And the corner that lead to Spain's tying goal was not valid.The Penalty awarded to Ronaldo was just as bad. It was likely "even up call" as they would say in hockey