Both teams can barely stand. We'll have the upper hand physically because both will have gone through two straight matches of 120 minutes.
Russia has the advantage in the shootout if Subasic isn't fully fit, but he's great at choosing which way to dive.
Russia is such a ridiculously huge country that those people supporting their country in Vladivostok are now doing so at at 6:30 tomorrow morning. #bbcworldcup 🇷🇺— Steve Wilson (@Wilsonfooty) July 7, 2018
Bit off-topic, but it always blows my mind that a country can have land borders with both Norway and North Korea.
The highest of highs and the lowest of lows - Stumbled across this on Reddit. Mario Fernandes' family reacting to his goal and subsequent penalty miss. Quite the rollercoaster for him and them tonight. pic.twitter.com/GxMX2zUIP0— Kris Heneage (@KHeneage) July 7, 2018
Man, that's gotta be rough. Obviously, they wouldn't have even HAD the PK's if not for that fella but, even so
Yeah, brutal. If I ever had a family member playing a high level sporting match the last thing I would be doing is livestreaming it. I'm a nervous wreck enough as it is.
I might pass out if I had a close relative playing at that high level. A couple months ago I watched my cousin wrestle for the first time and he qualified for the state wrestling finals. I was pretty nervous in the buildup for his make or break match. It's much worse when it's 1-on-1 instead of team sport lol.
Just like that Umtitti puts France in the lead. They really do look tough to break down and will be harder now.
How long was it before the French scored after you typed that? 15 seconds? Courtois was about as much use as a fecking hat-stand on that one.
France seem stronger than any team this year. Belgium were disappointing today, but the French managed the game perfectly after getting the lead.
Thibaut Courtois: “France have played anti-football. I have not yet experienced that a striker plays so far from goal. It’s their right to play like that... but it’s not nice to see.“Not only the French tactics, but the referee... he didn’t call well at all.”— Sport Witness (@Sport_Witness) July 10, 2018
Courtois seems like a cry baby doesn't he? I kinda get what he's saying though because of how France doesn't seem to push on more with the talent they have.
France played well tonight but a lot of people are getting carried away with how good they are . Belgium were awfull tonite and i iwould put that largely down to the team Martinez picked . I mean why was fellani in midfield with dembele . They had no creativity in midfield . De bruyne played too far forward and he couldn't influence play . I don't think France are that much better now than they were in euro's two . I swear my team played them in the last 16 of the euro's two years when they had all the players that they have now minus mbappe . We put it up to them for 90 minutes and could of beaten them . I think France will be favourites against whoever they meet in the final but I think if they went a goal behind against England . England could hurt them on the break . I would still make France favourites to win the competition but I seriously question their menatlity as they couldn't beat a pretty ordinary portugese team who only really had ronaldo in the finals of the euro's I would put this england team on par with the portugal team that won the euro's . They are no great teams in this tournament and that includes France . People forget that this France team that narrowly beat Belgium tonight with a corner kick is the same French team that struggled to beat a piss poor Argentina team . I mean Croatia hammered Argentina 3-0 and nobody thinks Croatia are great .
Belgium fail to impress as usual .. So much for their golden generation lol Looked like they believed their own hype tonight