FIFA World Cup 2018 - Group G (Belgium, Panama, Tunisia, England)

[SoupInNYC]

"He must have died while dictating it!"

 

[mgarbowski]

Entertaining Belgium-Tunisia game. Tunisia was better than the 5-2 score indicates. Belgium was just deadly in the final third.

 

[21Architect]

Belgium could have easily won 7-2.

 

[mgarbowski]

Or 5-4.

 

[LionNYC]

Entertaining Belgium-Tunisia game. Tunisia was better than the 5-2 score indicates. Belgium was just deadly in the final third.

 

[ferrarinycfc]

If germany come 2nd in group f, which might be likely, then you want to come 2nd in this group. Much easier run to the semis then.

 

[ferrarinycfc]

Panama have to be the dirtiest team ive seen. Biggest whingers too.

Edit : and easily the worst.

 

[SoupInNYC]

Panama have to be the dirtiest team ive seen. Biggest whingers too.

Edit : and easily the worst.

And that 4th goal they let up was one of the laziest displays of defense I've ever seen. Nobody attempted to mark anybody.

 

[21Architect]

Panama have to be the dirtiest team ive seen. Biggest whingers too.

Edit : and easily the worst.

I was pulling for them pre-tournament as a huge underdog but, yeah, they’ve been terrible and straight thug at times.

 

[Ulrich]

Panama is currently staring in their own understudy performance of the Saturday Night Massacre.

Eta: guess it’s sunday night there

 

[Midas Mulligan]

Anyone else enjoy watching an old fashioned ass whipping?

It’s just fun to watch a lot of goals. Sorry not sorry.

 

[Ulrich]

Anyone else enjoy watching an old fashioned ass whipping?

It’s just fun to watch a lot of goals. Sorry not sorry.

Harry Kane making a run for the golden boot... with Lukaku just a step behind him.

 

[Ulrich]

It's fun to watch Panama collapse when their run around and kick people approach falls apart in the absence of CONCACAF officiating.

Absence of CONCACAF officiating and a lack of humid/hot & shitty playing surface conditions.

 

[Gotham Gator]

Harry Kane making a run for the golden boot... with Lukaku just a step behind him.

Now tied with Own Goal.

 

[SoupInNYC]

I don't intend this to bash or hate on Harry Kane at all, but is there a worse hat trick in the history of soccer?

2 PKs and 1 completely unintended deflection?

 

[Midas Mulligan]

I don't intend this to bash or hate on Harry Kane at all, but is there a worse hat trick in the history of soccer?

2 PKs and 1 completely unintended deflection?

Typical ‘arry Kane.

 

[Keith Putnam]

Typical ‘arry Kane.

 

[Keith Putnam]

An exploration of how and why it has come to be that both ENG and BEL should probably try to lose their match vs. each other.

https://statsbomb.com/2018/06/engla...ct-storm-for-tanking-as-a-world-cup-strategy/

"Belgium and England just got lucky. If ever a team is going to target a side of a tournament’s bracket by losing on purpose with no uncertainty or risk of missing out on the next round, this is it."

 

[LionNYC]

An exploration of how and why it has come to be that both ENG and BEL should probably try to lose their match vs. each other.

https://statsbomb.com/2018/06/engla...ct-storm-for-tanking-as-a-world-cup-strategy/

"Belgium and England just got lucky. If ever a team is going to target a side of a tournament’s bracket by losing on purpose with no uncertainty or risk of missing out on the next round, this is it."

So if they tell the players not to score, or mess up, especially Raheem Sterling, will they get bereted in the press?

 

[Keith Putnam]

So if they tell the players not to score, or mess up, especially Raheem Sterling, will they get bereted in the press?

As the article points out, the conundrum is: how to lose on purpose without appearing to lose on purpose?