Well, but these ladies look like a party And how could anyone cheer for a country that once lost a war to Greenpeace?
Croatia Ghana Panama Congo Mexico (at the Azteca, mind) Norway (dreadful, no plan for maximizing Haaland) If Switzerland wins ... the easy living continues. If Argentina wins ... they will earn their place in the Final.
Thats wonderful, now do France and Argentinas path to this point. All these teams can be viewed as “living easy” to this point and anyone who claims they know what’s going to happen next is a liar.
Why is France and Spain being played at 1pm EST? Why is it not prime time TV? I know it’s so that it’s prime time tv Europe But why? It’s our World Cup and when it’s hosted in Europe they don’t adjust start times for us. Total crap!
It's now full fledged Argentina corruption buying ref, var and making sure they are going to the Final with Messi
Argentina. One of many good things of the new stadium is that JW is out of sight, out of mind. With that said, "Football's coming home" is going to be insufferable if they win the whole thing.
How about this... for the first time ever at the World Cup, the four top ranked teams will be the four semifinalists.
France got a knockout game vs. Morocco, who were semifinalists in 2022. Argentina got a very competitive Egypt with Mo Salah. As to what going to happen next ... England need luck and their best behavior to get past Argentina. Even though England has the better roster. If you cannot see the push for Messi to get to the final here in the U.S. ... from every possible direction sports governing body wise and media wise ... you just being purposefully oblivious. BRAVE ENGLAND headlines in the U.K. are already queued up. They play heroic losers well. They are perfect patsies to get Argentina to the final. And have plenty of ill-advised play in their ranks.
There is no push to get Messi into the final. That's your imagination. They're sailing under a lucky star, because every weird circumstance has worked in their favor, but they've shown a lot of heart, grit and guile in the process.
England. Our own arrogance is surpassed only by England's. They are the Seattle of Europe lol. Can't stand them.
Corruption my ass. That was a 100% no doubt about it dive. Don't want to run the risk of getting sent off? Don't cheat, stay on your feet, especially when there is no contact. He was crying because he knew what he did was stupid AF.
The trick is that if the ref had noticed it in the run of play, as it was nowhere near the goal, he would have likely let it go, as they do all the time away from goal. But once the card was given to the Argentine player, the ref had no choice under the new rules. Harsh but quite correct.
Argentina is the first country to ever make the semifinals without facing a team in the top 15 of the final pre-World Cup rankings. They needed an own goal in extra time against Cape Verde, an all-time collapse by Egypt, and a soft red card plus extra time against Switzerland to get there. Yet somehow England has lived a blessed life facing a Mexico team that hadn't lost in Azteca in 13 years and Erling Haaland, who was riding a 14-match goal scoring streak. Truly an incredible take.
Putting this here so it will be seen--Mrs KG got sick and cannot attend today's Crew friendly match, so I have an extra ticket. PM me.