That smirk from Mbappe after scoring just invite dislike or intolerance, but the speed to find open space and the luxury of depth of France's front 3 are the envies. The same can be said about their midfield when they decides to attack fast. Looking back at NT, the passing back and forth and horizontal is so boring. The wishful thinking is that Koeman is hiding the real tactic
Mbappe and Messi both had fantastic start of the WC. They are in a different class altogether. They also have very nice supporting casts. Feels like a repeat of 2022 final is in the making…
Just like 2022 this World Cup will be rigged/fixed for Messi (aka the HGH midget). If necessary they will receive penalties in every game. In 2022 the first 'possibility' was immediately a penalty. He should have been red carded well before the hattrick. Meanwhile, you can foul a player like Jeremy Doku without repercussions. Whenever a player from the low countries becomes too good you can just kick them down. The money makers and powers higher up make sure there is not any deterrence.
Mbappe forgot how to play football in the first half, but big respect for the huge improvement in the second half. I also liked his hug for Deschamps after his 2nd goal, and the wink to Olise. Maybe it is because he did not receive the penalty that I felt for him. After the no call it felt like 'if France does not win this then Mbappe will be blamed'.
Over on the Referee Forum, they are ignoring the non-call on Messi for the studs on calf. It was clear as day that it was a YC offense but you cannot put one of the stars of the WC in danger of getting a suspension.
Alright, the former referees here say it is a red card. https://nos.nl/artikel/2618987-mess...-tijden-maar-had-hij-geen-rood-moeten-krijgen There are many more https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/messi-sent-off-says-german-105628761.html
England receives once again a major gift. Same as at euro 2020 semi final and 2024 semi final. Livakovic was not off his line!!!! Wrong! The back of his foot was connected to the white line at the moment of kicking. I switched off the television. Time to read a book. Seriously, this decade they have been the most fortunate European country with regards to officiating decisions. edit: just to be clear, referee Turpin himself communicated the encroachment was by the goalkeeper.
We are not too far away from the time where you can fabricate and manipulate images with AI. Just to tie up some loose ends. The Saudi competition might be a good start for that to happen.
12227 Sweden has two class strikers upfront. VvD should be very conscious he doesnot fall for striker tricks to free themselves, like he did when Ueda made a dummy move towards the goal, to which VvD responded by moving to, while Ueda changed course and moved back, freeing himslf to receive the ball. Luckily he got blocked by someone else, but VvD didnot look good in that case. Now our central duo faces two top strikers, which means we need in the midfield in front of them a defensive midfielder, to assist in case needed.
Actually he was off the lline as a replay clearly showed. Plus there was a second infraction against Croatia when one of the their players entered the box before Kane's shot. The stutter step caused that infraction. Replay of the PK was the correct call for both reasons.
12481 Quinten Timber suffers concussion during training Orange and misses duel with Sweden Quinten Timber will miss the second match of the Dutch national team at the World Cup against Sweden on Saturday. The midfielder suffered a slight concussion on Thursday in a collision with a teammate on training. Oh great, as if we havenot got ebough unfit players. Everybody to wear big shin protectors and a helmet....preferably nuts and mouth protectors too.
VI Orange Podcast: 'Orange really doesn't have to fear much from Sweden' Yeah, we showed Japan our might. Koeman, Cowman in English but more fitting would be Cow-ard with his defensive subs, showed we couldnot pevent a goal with a 5 men defense. So the podcasters think we can defend better against 2 top strikers, instead of one (=Ueda)?
Koeman did not sub De Roon in Japan game. You may see De Roon playing vs Sweden. On the other hand I'd rather have Frimpong on the bench, even for sub in late for counter attack rather than the unfit Depay who bull dozed Japanese player and got a yellow card. There should be only 1 of Weghorst and Depay (or none of them).
Joking aside from starting De Roon, perhaps we will see Depay will get more playing time. I wonder if Sweden just park the bus and counter attack with Isak and Gyokeres.
I think van Dijk, et al are going to have a hard time against Isak and Gyokeres. Sweden will be happy to let Oranje move the ball around but they're going to be very dangerous on the counter and with the diagonal. Still, I think Oranje can pull off the victory.
If Dutch don't get an early goal they will be in trouble today. Koeman's roster selections are coming back to haunt him.
Real quick comment about Japan match regarding the substitution of Summerville it was probably the right decision as he had the yellow card and a terrible defensive action late in the first half with an awful attempted backward header that could have easily been punished. Terrible result with the late goal we’re we simply must be first and win the header, but how about putting a man on the line to help?
Not surprised with this lineup today. Summerville will be an infection of pace. Need to see better cohesion with Van de Ven and Gakpo on the left & Dumfries and Malen on the right side. Sweden will look to clog the midfield so Oranje will need to pickup the tempo and creativity to unlock the Swedes. Honestly there is no reason whatsoever to fear this team, but Koeman, & the team must stop getting in their own way.
Gsus, Koeman=Cow-ard, strikes again. Putting Malen in a spot where he never ever delivered for the Orange Squad, and away from the spot that made him in Italy the sensation of this year (but hey, it's Koeman's wisdom to do again what fails, like selecting injured players), and remove the bullet train Summerville for him and then move in a player, who hardly ever scores.
Probably testing and seeing how physical this game is in first half, then more speed in 2 nd half with Summerville and Kluivert.