SEE YOU! A brand spanking new modern fitba thread 2022/23

true.

 

Let's go Japaaaaaaaaaan

 

BBC openly rooting for non Euros sides for the very best of British reasons:-

1. The usual multicultural nonsense

2, most importantly, the earnest belief that Morocco and Japan are less threat to them.

modern jingoism perfectly encapsulated.

 

I'm here to wreck your afternoon

 

Japan play some lovely, tidy stuff.

 

Come on Japan!!

 

JAPAAAAAAAAAANNN!!!!!!!

 

Very tidy very efficient. Zero waste. Give them African physiques and they'll be serious contenders , as crude as that is.

 

This 'Japanese football is on the rise" stuff....Japan got out of their group last time and gave Belgium a torrid game. In the intervening period they've had players in the Prem in England and Scotland. It's not "on the rise", it's risen.

 

Great header. BBC are muted.

 

Short arse keeper. If he was over 5-6 he'd have made it.

 

....never saw Lovren put a ball in like that for LFC.....

 

Quality header from Perisic.

 

There's a snake like aspect quality to Croatia....doing fuck all one minute, biting your ankle the next.

Two great saves one from each keeper.

 

Couldn't have placed that any better, fantastic header.

 

Cracking second half.

 

Budimir plays for Osasuna. Maeda plays for Celtic. I mean, there's an argument to be made for Maeda having played at as high a level as Budimir since August.

 

I see Lovren is an attacking midfielder/assist king all of a sudden ......

 

What a shit corner

 

Couple of great blocks and tackles there by both sides.

 

Oh Tomayasu should have gone himself!!!

 

The crowd is chanting some sort of a song like you hear at those religious retreats.....sort of a sickly-sweet refrain and clapping "Jee....Jee Zuss is King, He is King, He is King, He is....KIIIIIING"

 

"fight like samurais"

"Find the chank in the Croatian armour"

....... career-ending comments

 

I hope it's penalties

 

Looks like your wish will come true.

 

Japan going out

 

Terrible Japanese penalties.

 

Awful spot kicks from Japan. Put your laces through it.

 

Poor Japanese just not powerful enough for penalty kicks

 

I like Croatia. Wily veterans.