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06-15-2018, 03:22 PM
Great game! Six goals, two great teams, but it can be sumarized in just one word: Ronaldo!
An hat-trick in the World Cup against Spain its something really special.
De Gea will be having nightmares tonight.
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06-15-2018, 03:26 PM
That last free kick sealed the deal, that was awesome to watch live.
Apparently he's gotta pay $21.7 million and a 2 year jail term for what amounts to tax evasion.
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06-15-2018, 03:30 PM
Yeah I figured as much, just like any rich dude.
At least he didn't pull a Wesley Snipes.
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06-15-2018, 03:31 PM
RONALDO! Deserved tie, even though Spain had an illegal first goal due to a foul by Diego Costa on Pepe (AS USUAL, dirty Costa).
The problem with Portugal was playing against one of the top 5 global teams AND the fact that Fernando Santos decided to field William Carvalho and João Moutinho. Completely useless. He had much better midfielders on the bench.
Either way, we can do this and pass to the next round. LETS GO!
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06-15-2018, 03:40 PM
^ The old joke of if you owe a million the bank owns you but owe a billion and you own the bank.
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06-15-2018, 07:50 PM
He won't see jail time. Hes offered to pay a fine on top of everything in order to avoid a jail sentence. He will pay back that money without issue. That would be like the average guy owing a couple grand in back taxes.
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06-16-2018, 12:08 AM
Can't wait for my team Mexico to make history and beat a perennial favorite in Germany.
Every single analyst is counting Mexico out, but I got faith in Chuky Lozano, Chicharito and Tecatito Corona and company to come out victorious
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. Vamos Mexico!!! I got faith in you.
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06-16-2018, 01:08 AM
^ So you have one team where players are chosen on merit and the other team where selection mostly is based on any thing but merit. Vamos Mexico? Fuck, yeah.
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06-16-2018, 03:16 AM
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06-16-2018, 03:46 AM
Quote: (06-15-2018 03:06 PM)NomadofEU Wrote:
If Spain can't deny Ronaldo, who can? All of Portugal's remaining matches in the World Cup will only get easier.
The problem is that Ronaldo isn't going to score a hat trick in every match. Great performance yesterday, no question, but they would need to improve as a team to have a real shot.
Spain always start slow at tournaments, it's just a matter of if they can come together. A draw is a good result because it'll get them more focused as a team after the shitshow these past couple of days with their coach abandoning the team two days before the World Cup. Hopefully De Gea in particular will take some modafinil or something to improve his focus on the field; Iker would have done much better back in his prime.
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06-16-2018, 04:01 AM
I thought Ronaldo had been somewhat disappointing the last couple of seasons (by his standards), but definitely back to 2010 form last night. Incredible.
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06-16-2018, 08:45 AM
The games aside, I have to say I like the officiating so far. Refs are letting the games flow naturally without bs yellow cards. And they're not buying some of the diving that's going on.
Good shit, Fifa. Keep it up.
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06-16-2018, 09:56 AM
Argentina needs to let somebody else take penalties.
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06-16-2018, 10:01 AM
Messi failing again.
The difference between Ronaldo and Messi is their confidence. Ronaldo is a super confident alpha who believes he can do anything while Messi is a shy introvert.
Messi is more talented but Ronaldo has the killer instinct.
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06-16-2018, 10:07 AM
Not impressed with France or Argentina so far. I don't see either making it past round of 16. Argentina maybe not even there. Sad for all the talent each team has.
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06-16-2018, 10:35 AM
Quote: (06-16-2018 10:01 AM)Labienus Wrote:
Messi failing again.
The difference between Ronaldo and Messi is their confidence. Ronaldo is a super confident alpha who believes he can do anything while Messi is a shy introvert.
Messi is more talented but Ronaldo has the killer instinct.
Yeah, even Maradona said in a conversation with Pele that Messi has no personality and lacks the personality to be a leader. Messi got so mad that he didn’t invite Maradona to his wedding.
Is Maradona right?
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06-16-2018, 10:45 AM
Boots on the ground here in Moscow. Lots of good energy and it's a blast watching the matches at the bars out here. Gonna see Belgium v. Panama next week.
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06-16-2018, 12:16 PM
I cannot wait to see the boring shit show of English football.
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06-16-2018, 01:09 PM
Agree with Messi having the personality of a sea cucumber, but Pancho, take Maradona`s saying with a grain of salt, the guy is burned in the head because of all the drugs he did.
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06-16-2018, 02:34 PM
I definitely agree about Messi and that's why i prefer Ronaldo. Ronaldo has done it in 3 countries AND his national team. He's got a trophy working with less than Messi. This Argentina team is going to be what spain was before 2008. Perennial Underachievers.
Aside though i'm really loving VAR and the goal line technology. I used to be against technology but it's working really well.