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[Madhuvan]

I am crying that win was legendary 

 

As on Avatar 2 , yeah seems like it will be Highest Grossing Disappointment now

[Nero]

1 minute ago, Alligator Zatt said:

The French might need to forget that today existed. Losing an World Cup when you have an awful team like in 2014 stings, losing for a team that it’s arguably your equal might sting even harder, like when Brazil lost to France in 1998.

 

The South remembers, France.

France won last edition though and they reached and fought bitterly. They have done their part and gave us a beautiful game to remember by.

[THUNDER BIRD]

1 minute ago, Alligator Zatt said:

The French might need to forget that today existed. Losing an World Cup when you have an awful team like in 2014 stings, losing for a team that it’s arguably your equal might sting even harder, like when Brazil lost to France in 1998.

 

The South remembers, France.

What France needs is to make sure than they don't take the match to penalties. 

 

They lost 2 finals this century in Penalties.

[wildphantom]

7 minutes ago, XXR Tulkun Rider said:

 

That was my thought. It's like deciding an NFL game by field goals. Why not just do a hard OT (after extra time) with the 1st to to score gets the win?

they tried that with the ‘golden goal’. 
 

It ended up with teams being too afraid to go for it through fear of conceding 

 

penalty shootouts - although horrible to lose - are fair ultimately. It’s not luck to win one. Comes down to technique and nerve under pressure.  Argentina held their’s today, and France didn’t. 
 

overall, Argentina were the better side and deserved to win in my opinion, but France’s resilience to come back from the dead so dramatically was absurd. 
 

The most dramatic match considering its prize I’ve ever seen. 

[Nero]

1 minute ago, wildphantom said:

they tried that with the ‘golden goal’. 
 

It ended up with teams being too afraid to go for it through fear of conceding 

 

penalty shootouts - although horrible to lose - are fair ultimately. It’s not luck to win one. Comes down to technique and nerve under pressure.  Argentina held their’s today, and France didn’t. 
 

overall, Argentina were the better side and deserved to win in my opinion, but France’s resilience to come back from the dead so dramatically was absurd. 
 

The most dramatic match considering its prize I’ve ever seen. 

Out of reactions but well said.

[THUNDER BIRD]

4 minutes ago, Madhuvan said:

I am crying that win was legendary 

 

As on Avatar 2 , yeah seems like it will be Highest Grossing Disappointment now

Finally Age Of Ultron can rest peacefully.

[ZattMurdock]

3 minutes ago, THUNDER BIRD said:

What France needs is to make sure than they don't take the match to penalties. 

 

They lost 2 finals this century in Penalties.

Zidane didn’t deserve to win that ‘98’s World Cup. But deserving isn’t what football is about. And that’s why it’s so beautiful when the stars align and someone so legendary like Pelé and Messi get to write their name in football’s history.

[Nero]

@ZeeSoh this kinda reminded me there's some uncanny resemblance with how India won 2011 world cup for Sachin. Similar situation this time with Argentina winning the cup for Messi. Both were playing their last world cup. Both are legends of their respective games. There was drought for so many years until they both finally lifted the trophy.. 

Edited December 18, 2022 by Nero

[THUNDER BIRD]

Just now, Nero said:

@ZeeSoh this kinda reminded me there's some resemblance with how India won 2011 world cup for Sachin. This time Argentina won for Messi. Both were playing their last world cup. Both are legends of the game. There was drought for so many years until they both finally won it. 

There's a difference 

 

Messi actually performed in the final.

[The Dark Alfred]

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[Valonqar]

Ngl, WC messing up with boxoffice again is pretty based. 

[THUNDER BIRD]

1 minute ago, Nero said:

@ZeeSoh this kinda reminded me there's some resemblance with how India won 2011 world cup for Sachin. This time Argentina won for Messi. Both were playing their last world cup. Both are legends of the game. There was drought for so many years until they both finally won it. 

Me an AB Devilliers fan reading this 😢😢

 

[Cooper Legion]

8 minutes ago, Nero said:

Maybe not but you can't simply change the rules for final game.

You uhh… can, though.

 

If people are too tired to play more soccer, settle it on Mon 😈

[Nero]

1 minute ago, THUNDER BIRD said:

There's a difference 

 

Messi actually performed in the final.

I mean that's fine but overall picture is very similar.

[ZattMurdock]

1 minute ago, The Dark Alfred said:

WATAIR DOMESTIC CROWN BATTLE  - AVATAR 2 VS TGM

 

DAY 2: (SATURDAY) AVATAR 44.5m (ESTIMATE)

DAY 2: (SATURDAY) MAVERICK 38m

WATER TEMP: WARM (+6.5m , +14.6%)

CUME: AVATAR 97.5m (ESTIMATE) VS MAVERICK 90m

 

SEA LEVEL: MINUS 621.3m

WATER FLOW: 775m

Wait what lmao 

[ZeeSoh]

28 minutes ago, Nero said:

You know I wasn't going to watch the game because in my mind I thought if I watch it I am going to jinx it. Same thing happened I started watching after Argentina took 2-0 lead and lo and behold france came back. After that I didn't watch the first half then Argentina again scored I watched the match only to France score again. At that point I was very frustrated lol. I had given up but then it went to penalty and I thought fuck it I'm gonna watch no matter what happens. I'm very glad that I could witness History..... My heart was pounding like crazy the whole time.. 😅

 

I went to the washroom for the last 10 minutes I was sooo scared and just could not take it lol. I missed the last Messi goal and then the Mbappe penalty. Also missed half of the penalty shootout. But my attempt at hiding was in vain because I could hear my mom cheering or shouting anytime anything major happened lol

 

 

13 minutes ago, THUNDER BIRD said:

I think he's basically saying that Penalties are lottery in a sense.

 

Compared to actually playing the game and earning your goal.

Luck may play a slight part to it but it mostly depends on the skills of the goalkeeper and the player taking the penalty. There are people in each team who analyzes each player past penalty shoots and then help inform the goalkeeper. There are goalkeeping coaches who train goalkeepers for these thing. On the other hand players are also informed by their team as to which way the goalkeeper is likely to jump based on analyses. 

 

 

10 minutes ago, XXR Tulkun Rider said:

 

That was my thought. It's like deciding an NFL game by field goals. Why not just do a hard OT (after extra time) with the 1st to to score gets the win?

Problem with the first goal scored wins after ET is that a goal may not come soon enough. I mean its not unusual for entire matches not to have a goal score. It is possible the players could be on the pitch for hours before a goal comes. It just is not feasible

 

9 minutes ago, Korra Legion said:

My understanding is that this was not a large problem in this instance.

 

Of course really problem is downstream of playing a sport where people don’t score enough  

Yeah for this particular match yellow cards were not an issue (red cards are though). But that was a minor point. The most important aspect imo is diminishing performance as time goes on and the increasing chance of injuries. 

 

As I mentioned earlier, this game had almost an hour of extra time over the normal regulation time of 90 minutes. That is unprecedented in itself. 

[THUNDER BIRD]

As a fan I've seen

 

India winning 2007, 2011

 

England winning 2019, 2022

 

West Indies winning 2016

 

Rajasthan winning 2008

 

Kolkatta winning 2012, 2016

 

So I've been blessed with my favorites winning lots of tournaments, and yet 2015 WC SF stings and sticks out everytime i remember it.

 

 

[Nero]

2 minutes ago, Korra Legion said:

You uhh… can, though.

 

If people are too tired to play more soccer, settle it on Mon 😈

Bruh. That might only happen if the game scheduled on particular date couldn't be played for some particular reason. I think you should pay attention to other sports outside US too because similar situation happens with different sports 

[Nero]

4 minutes ago, THUNDER BIRD said:

Me an AB Devilliers fan reading this 😢😢

 

SA are chokers though. I mean they had no right to lose against Netherland

[The Dark Alfred]

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Edited December 18, 2022 by The Dark Alfred