QuoteAmazing stuff. Three dreadful efforts from Spain. I like the evolution of the penalty kick - pure one v one - but this fad of walking up to take one is crap.
Blast it in and be done with it
Brilliant scenes!!
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Amazing stuff. Three dreadful efforts from Spain. I like the evolution of the penalty kick - pure one v one - but this fad of walking up to take one is crap.
Blast it in and be done with it
Great scenes.
Not sure how good Morocco really are, but it's great to see upsets like that, good for football.
Miserable display from Spain, eerily like that against Russia in 2018. How can you play like that for two hours and not get the hint? A thousand penalties per person doesn't get you much it seems.
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Portugal drop Ronaldo.
The end of a legend surely. It'll be interesting to see how they get on without him
Portugal not missing Ronaldo much so far,he’s heading to play in Saudi Arabia for a reason I guess…..
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It's been clear for a while now that Ronaldo no longer improves teams, and in a very strange way this game is an enormous humiliation for him. He'll be lucky to be an impact sub against Morocco.
And I don't want to come off as too harsh against him mind, he's old for a striker and has had an awful year on a personal level. If he'd packed in the career in the Summer it would have been understandable. But his on-field manner just makes him so easy to think less of right now.
Edit: First hat-trick of the World Cup too. Ronaldo got one of the two scored in 2018.
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Jeez, this is a serious statement. The Swiss beat Portugal in June!
I'd fancy Portugal to have a better chance of unlocking Morocco than Spain had. The Costa Rica game aside, they just look so much more capable with possession.
Edit: Mixed up my Nations League ties
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Most of Portugal’s team having a weeks rest obviously helped but the Swiss were abject,thought it would be much more competitive than that….
The last 16 wasn’t a memorable one for the most part,really looking forward to the rest of the tournament though….
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I think Brazil and Portugal should win through to the semis fairly handy. Croatia haven't looked great (one win in four) and I can't see Morocco repeating today's trick against Portugal.
Fancy France against England, and Holland v Argentina could go either way. Wouldn't write off this Argentina side.
It's an interesting, if relatively predictable, last 8. Always nice to have more upsets at this stage. Brazil v France the most likely final? Arguably Portugal the only other side who look like potential champions.
It's nailed on for Argentina/Portugal lads. It fits the narrative so perfectly. Messi and Ronaldo, one last time. I can already see the RTE highlights package.
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I can see it too, and what a 3rd/4th place playoff it’ll beOriginally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Paaatrick's Agletic
Finely balanced game at HT between Croatia and Brazil. Croatia with more of the ball, or so it seemed, which I did not expect. Brazil aren't playing badly exactly, but I'd say they didn't expect this level for pace from Croatia, Juranovic' runs alone have been causing them panic.
I don't know who is responsible for conditioning in the Croatian set-up but whomever it is deserves a lot of credit. This must be the 6th time I've started watching a game where they are coming off a 120 minute slog a few days previously but they look like they've been on a beach for a week.
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Neymar equals Pele's goalscoring record for Brazil, but it's been a poor game overall. I think Croatia have played above themselves in keeping Brazil scoreless as long as they did, but at the cost of not a single shot on target in 105 minutes and counting.
To penos so.
At least Alisson has plenty of experience in penalty shoot-outs at club level lately.
Oh no - his understudy has the experience. This'll be interesting!
Brilliant Croatia,delighted for them!!
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After the heat death of the universe, Luka Modric will still be looking to receive the ball and burst forward. The man does not stop. What a result.
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The footage is already massive on Twitter. A Friday night with this? What a party. What a place to be....baby boom coming in 9 months judging by some of the outfits.
The Argentina crowds are really tempting fate. Never touch the money!!!
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