Soccer/Football - Jul 21st-Aug 7th

[Jussi]

Hat trick!

 

[John Price]

Brazil Germany didn't live up to the hype. Germany getting throttled.

Back to watching Japan South Africa.

 

[Eisen]

I watched a bit of the Holland-Zambia game, that was hilarious

Why? What is this?

 

[Chris P Bacon]

This whole tournament is a joke

 

[cgf]

Crossposting from the soccer board:


Not a terrible result considering how awful we were for the first 30 minutes & the soft second yellow to Arnold.

The good:
- Müller in goal & with the ball on his foot.
- Amiri & Raum both had good games and gave us something to build around when the team got its s*** together.
- The defense looked a lot better in a back 3; Torunarigha & Uduokhai should both be locks to start.
- Stach looked good as the 3rd CB...though he may be needed in the midfield.
- Max (Kruse) looked good in the 2nd half...when he started dropping between the lines to collect the ball & do his thing.
- Happy for Ache, if Jakobs & Dorsch hadn't pulled out after their transfers, he wouldn't even be there.

The bad:
- Arnold was anonymous for much of the match other than picking up two soft cards.
- Maier grew into the game as it wore on but struggled to make much of an impact; he needs to be better.
- Similar story for Richter, looked better in the 2nd half than the 1st, but ultimately a peripheral figure.

The ugly:
- Rough night for Pieper. He really struggled to keep up with Richarlison & Cunha, while giving the ball away cheaply.
- Even worse 1st half from Henrichs; who improved in the 2nd half, but still struggled...and I think I'd rather see Richter play RWB, with Henrichs providing depth at outside CB or in the midfield.


When Arnold returns I'm thinking:

Teuchert
Amiri - Kruse
Raum - Arnold - Maier - Richter
'righa - Uduokhai - Stach
Müller​

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Cracking game SWE-AUS

 

[Tuggy]

Canada hold on to beat Chile 2-1.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

USA beat New Zeeland 6-1, look out

 

[adsfan]

USA beat New Zeeland 6-1, look out

The US had 4 goals called back for offsides. I did not see the first one. The second and third were good calls as the US players were 2 steps off. The fourth was a bad call. It should have been 7-1. It took a long time to get to 3 goals. The US brought in a lot of subs for the second half. They have a lot of depth and are trying to rest their players.

 

[adsfan]

Why? What is this?

The keeper was way out of the box. The ball bounced high and she could not use her hands to play it. It resulted in a score as an opponent ran past her and chipped it into the goal. It was a terrible misplay by the Zambian keeper.

 

[Eisen]

The keeper was way out of the box. The ball bounced high and she could not use her hands to play it. It resulted in a score as an opponent ran past her and chipped it into the goal. It was a terrible misplay by the Zambian keeper.

Yeah, but what the hell was she doing so far out the box? A footy game is not the time for a picknick. Horrible goalie mistake.

 

[Evilo]

2 shocking results from footy today.

Mexico 4 - France 1. European power thrashed by Mexico.

Hardly a shock.
France has an awful team and playing lower level players on defense.
Add two other factors :
1/ Coach is an idiot
2/ they didn't have much training together and don't even know each other much.

I'm not surprised. I expect a first round exit.

 

[John Price]

 

[John Price]

USA and Australia play to a nil-nil draw.

 

[Cloned]

Imagine if USA gets knocked out in the first knockout game.

 

[Uncle Rotter]

Imagine if USA gets knocked out in the first knockout game.

They're playing the Dutch, who just beat China 8-2

 

[Eye of Ra]

Hardly a shock.
France has an awful team and playing lower level players on defense.
Add two other factors :
1/ Coach is an idiot
2/ they didn't have much training together and don't even know each other much.

I'm not surprised. I expect a first round exit.

do you watch france games or you dont bother becuse they suck so much?

 

[Evilo]

Nope, I haven't watched a minute of the Olympics but I do follow the results from afar.

 

[John Price]

Germany are out. Ivory coast advance.

 

[Eisen]

Germany are out. Ivory coast advance.

Having to play Schlotterbeck as a 9. It's shameful how footy Germany treats this tournament.

 

[Evilo]

France getting blown out as expected.
Good.

 

[Cloned]

I love what Herdman has done for the CMNT, but the WNT misses his presence. He instilled the roster with a confidence that I’m not sure Priester does.

 

[AB13]

The Swedish women are not playing particularly well against Japan today. Japan have nice combination play and a fluid offense with great passing. Sweden are playing scrappy, unrefined hoofball. Still 1-1, Sweden are simply living off being way bigger than their opposition and winning physical duels.

 

[John Price]

Canada and Brazil in a pk shootout.

 

[John Price]

Canada wins.