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I wonder if the American pundits will mention that sitter Pulisic missed 5 mins in.

Shelltic forwards would have nailed that one.

 

Cmon Australia you got this... if Saudis can do it you guys can too

 

Saudis I think caught them sleeping. They seem to be very much awake now.

Would this be the biggest upset in round of 16 history?

 

I wanna see Portugal vs Netherlands .

Halloween vs Christmas

 

Looking at the bracket, if no upsets, then probably gonna see Brazil vs Argentina in the semis.

A lot of storylines around that one. Will Argentina win one for Messi, or will Brazil add another for a dying Pele.

 

Holy shit! Pele is still alive?????

 

Yes, but not much longer. It's in the news today. He's being put on end-of-life care.

 

REED Missed the USA-Netherlands Match, Due to His Twin GrandDudes Early AM Basketball Game…

REED DVR’ed It, Intending to Watch When He Got Home, But Some Inconsiderate Ass Basketball Parent BLURTED OUT “Netherlands - 2, USA - 0, If Anyone Cares!?”…

Fucking ASSHOLE…

Then REED Got an ESPN Notification on the Way Home, Stating We Lost 3-1…Oh Well, We Qualified, Advanced and Actually BEAT Someone…

Baby Steps…





REED

 

“Toothless USA Eliminated From World Cup as Netherlands Expose Talent Gap”

That’s the Headline on the ESPN Website…




REED

 

Christian seems like a nice kid, but is just not a high enough caliber player to make a deep run with him as your #10.

He rides the Chelsea bench for a reason. Mount is better, and Mount ain't great.

 

I think the toothless part is unfair.

Just leave it at outclassed.

 

Do Other Countries Get MOTIVATED to Beat Up On the “Arrogant Americans” or Is USA Sooooo Faaaaaaar Down the Futbol Totem Pole, We’re an AFTER THOUGHT to Elite Soccer Countries???…





REED

 

Regular ESPN is a joke for WC coverage, btw.

ESPN FC is very good though.

 

The Aussies are going to work their arses off tonight but Argentina look to have hit some form and I'm expecting their attack to click once again tonight and be too good.

 

Definitely the latter.

These guys don't require any extra motivation. They're going for a WC, that IS the motivation.

The Dutch didn't even have to pull out extra gears today. They thrashed us in gear 1.

 

Didn’t Know That…

On 1 Hand, It’s Cool Pullisic is At the Highest Level of Soccer…But If He’s Not a Even DIFFERENCE Maker In Those Elite Euro Leagues, if He’s Basically Just a Roster Fill-In, USA is Faaaaaaaaaar from Being on the Big Boy Futbol Level, in Future World Cups…

Probably Won’t Happen in REED’s Lifetime, if EVER…




REED

 

The fact that Christian plays in the Premier League alone makes him a very talented player.

He just isn't elite.

To put in terms you would get, Pulisic is Kirk Cousins.

 

Come on Messi!

 

I've been reading that. Sad news.

MTF

 

Apart from their game against Poland, who basically lay down in front of them, I've seen fuck all from Argentina to just their lofty hype coming into the tourney. Australia have been fairly comfortable through the first half hour.

MTF

 

Of course they then score.

MTF

 

Messi.

 

Aye, to be fair that goal came out of nowhere. Australia were on top until then.

 

And there he is. Tucked that away beautifully.

 

That Argentinian crowd is something else.

 

It was a good finish. You'd think he has just cured cancer, the way BBC comms are going on. Fuckin' hacks.

MTF

 

He'll get 20 years in jail for putting Messi on the ground.

 

That was the first shot on target. Neither keeper has yet to make a save. Aussies have been well organised and physical and made it tough for Argentina.

 

Messy wankfest

 

Fuck off ....the "impartial BBC " rides again