Funny, we remained coolheaded and confident at home, waiting for the match to start. It was already England 1 Argentina 0.

Then, it started.

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Originally posted by stkfox:
In the second half England seemed to adopt the NFL version of “prevent defense” which is sure to allow the opposing team to score.

I've got the game on in the background but, friend of mine is texting me what's going on since I'm not too familiar with soccer and the strategies, he texts me the exact same thing:
'oh shit! England is going into a prevent defense with its substitutions, they're going to sit on this one goal lead'
Argentina kept the pressure up, England defenders couldn't clear the ball out, Pickford played out of his mind until he couldn't.

Is this guy going to get a suspension/red card for the next game against France?
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Originally posted by 0-0:
Funny, we remained coolheaded and confident at home, waiting for the match to start. It was already England 1 Argentina 0.

Then, it started.

0-0

Congrats, 0-0! Good luck against Spain.

So apparently there was a soccer match today where a white country defeated a black Muslim country? Bravo, Argentina.

In the first half, Argentina got 4 yellow cards on I think mainly backfield players, then in the second half played the game in Englands end, which didn't require much from the carded players.

The pressure Argentina put on England in the 2nd half was incredible, it's funny to see how they play when they're behind.

WOW...England over France 6-4 in the 3rd Place Match!! Highest score in a World Cup Match since 1982!

That ended up being a fun game. When England went up 4-0 in the first half I thought it was gonna be a boring second half. It ended up being anything but boring.

France England game was one for the ages

Spain...Well Done!

Si, Señor!

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Thank goodness it is over, finally. .

Bore fest of a final compared to yesterdays game

Congratulations to Spain.

They deserved to be the champions of 2026.

Argentina finally got exposed.

Overall it was a great World Cup.

It's over.

We’re just weeks away from real football !!

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Originally posted by jer830:
We’re just weeks away from real woke football !!

FIFY

I kept thinking Argentina stumbling around like sleepwalkers was some kind of novel strategy.

0 shots on goal,
letting Spain dominate time of possession,
committing 25 fouls,
collecting 6 yellow cards.

But all Argentina had to do was make it to the shootout, where they traditionally come out on top.

Too bad Spain didn’t cooperate.

So in the most important game in the world, when Spain scores the second goal which would have locked it up, but the goal is negated by an inadvertent step on a foot while the player was running backwards. The possible victory is decided by a foot getting stepped on.

^^^^^^

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So in the most important game in the world

Some badminton fans might take exception to that.