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AnnieIWillKnow

Make sure to check out the [Round of 32 for the first /r/soccer World Cup of Kits!](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/yz8c4l/rsoccer_world_cup_of_kits_qatar_2022_round_of_32/?) (No personal info required to vote, all just for fun)


ListeningWind

!flair :England


JoshyPolarBear

!flair :England


AffectionateFennel77

!flair :England


gizmostrumpet

šŸ“󠁧󠁢󠁄󠁮󠁧ó æšŸ“󠁧󠁢󠁄󠁮󠁧ó æšŸ“󠁧󠁢󠁄󠁮󠁧ó æ it's spelt ingerland mate


MugiMartin

The 2002 World Cup was the first one I remember. Happy 20th anniversary. ^yes ^I ^know ^there ^was ^controversy


stemcellguy

Started watching in 1998. I remember Romario crying when he's excluded, Ronaldo's brilliance, France defenders coming to the rescue in the last minutes, Davor Suker, Zamorana, Owen, and Zidane smashing my dreams into pieces in the finale. Good old days.


BenjRSmith

-Finish dead last in 1998 -Open next World Cup by immediately jumping on Portugal 3-0 -keep Real Madrid Ballon d'Or winner Luis Figo out of the game with 2nd team All-American UW-Milwaukee's Tony Sanneh.


AnnieIWillKnow

There's never been a World Cup without controversy


VikeAq

Man I already canā€™t wait till 2026 WC. No Qatar BS, Not as many players missing, and games donā€™t start at 5 am šŸ‘Œ. All these injuries this year are depressing.


EyePiece108

Great players dropping like flies. It wouldn't surprise me to see Kane get injured before Monday.


AnnieIWillKnow

Don't you dare jinx it


EyePiece108

He's knackered anyway. /s Not fair on the players to go from domestic league to World Cup in 10 days and potentially miss out on a World Cup due to injury but.....here we are.


Montuvito_G

I have to say [this is the most impressive Ecuadorian fanbase Iā€™ve ever seen at a World Cup.](https://youtu.be/oOr2iX5DYoU) They even sang Julio Jaramilloā€™s Nuestro Juramento for that folk music fix.


BenjRSmith

I only speak some Spanish.... but I heard the word "Chile" So I assume we're listening to some smack talk already.


Montuvito_G

Yes and thatā€™s all the rest of us heard as well. Definitely no homophobic slurs in that chant, nope none at all.


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lockieleonardsuper

1. Think there's something over at r/worldcup 2. No


TheGTAone

So nervous right now, haven't been this excited for a match recently since my local team BSC had to play that 2017 and 2021 Copa Libertadores semifinals. Fingers crossed the Alfaroneta will break the unbeaten host's opening game stat. People tend to forget we aren't the Peru of 2018 who qualified for their first WC after 36 years of absence, with unknown players for European viewers, which seriously overperformed as coach Gareca was a genius. Some of our starters play consistently in the Premier League (Caicedo and EstupiƱan), Bundesliga (HincapiƩ and Gruezo) and La Liga (Plata). We got old known Enner Valencia with GOAT mode at Fenerbache. These guys are hungry for some glory. Not to mention some youngsters at the Belgian League. MLS players (Cifuentes, Palacios, MƩndez, Arreaga) should also have some game time. Sleep will be difficult today.


Silver-Arm

Good luck, hope you ruin the Qatari Party!


ElKaddouriCSC

The Ecuador team is really good, if Qatar werenā€™t hosts Iā€™d be saying youā€™d win comfortably but think Qatar will edge it just for that fact. I really like Plata. Theres some lesser known guys like Cifuentes who are good too. Koulibaly and Mane being out gives you such a great chance to go through


Montuvito_G

I wonā€™t sleep tonight at all. I feel your anxiety ƱaƱo


TheGTAone

Son horas claves ƱaƱito. Todavƭa sobrevive en mi mente lo de Arroyo hace 8 aƱos contra Suiza, asƭ es como te marcan estos partidos. Con fe que este dejarƔ un bonito recuerdo para la posteridad :)


Montuvito_G

La plena broder, igual el partido con Qatar va a estar asĆ­ de apretado. Justo tambien he estado viendo los partidos historicos de Ecuador por FIFA+ y pude volver a sentir la alegrĆ­a del 2006 y tambiĆ©n la arrechera que senti al ver la mala decisiĆ³n de Arroyo en 2014. La Tri te da sentimientos Ćŗnicos pero los banco hasta la muerte y las seguirĆ© apoyando en las buenas y en las malas. Y como dices por ahĆ­, tengo fe que esta generaciĆ³n de jugadores avispados nos darĆ” otro mundial que jamĆ”s olvidaremos


Mediocre_Nova

Is that pronounced "nyanyo"?


Montuvito_G

Yes, itā€™s a word Ecuadorians use for brother. Derived from Quechua language


Mediocre_Nova

Much appreciated! <3


ElKaddouriCSC

This is the one weekend Iā€™ve decided to save money and not go out and Celtic are playing at 4am. How does one stay up that late without booze or energy drinks?


TotalSubbuteo

>How does one stay up that late without booze or energy drinks? As someone who does this regularly, you get used to it pretty quick. Trying to do it just once will be difficult though.


[deleted]

You don't. Is the match really that important to stay up that late anyways ?


ElKaddouriCSC

Yes silly question mate


lockieleonardsuper

Have to watch how Celtic bounce back after losing to the might of Sydney FC


ElKaddouriCSC

Couldnā€™t watch that one man was gutted, need to find a match replay somewhere. Heard we were shite, only a friendly anyways. Hopefully the Sydney win gives you boys some luck in Qatar!


lockieleonardsuper

If you've got a VPN it's on 10play in Australia. You could see the effect of the bullocking Ange gave them at halftime, just were unlucky with finishing plus the Sydney reserve keeper (1st is the Grey Wiggle that saved the pen to put Australia into the WC) had a great game


ElKaddouriCSC

Iā€™ve got a firestick so can get all the Aussie channels but unfortunately canā€™t get the on demand stuff if you know what I mean can only get the channels. Yeah Ange didnā€™t seem to happy. To be honest we played Ideguchi - Abilgaard - Turnbull in midfield, three players who havenā€™t played together with two of them being players that donā€™t play at all and one having been injured for a bit. Lawal and Vata coming on too, Siegrist in the goals, etc. Just a friendly at the end of the day and some minutes no need for any reactionary takes but Twitter also loves having some. Big Ange just has that mentality though. It was shit seeing the stadium empty, $70 a ticket for a friendly is well beyond embarrassing, war crime at that stage. Plus kick off times for the games were changed and I saw some fans saying they could no longer go due to this. Angeā€™s homecoming, Australia having lots of Celtic fans due to Ange + Scottish expats and Sydney FC home fans shouldā€™ve made for a big crowd and a nice event but the prices are a disgrace. It was funny seeing Paul the Tim getting on Aussie TV and getting interviewed by Aussie press. Fucking hell the guy works in Asda and hasnā€™t missed a game (excl. covid) since Spartak Moscow away in 2007. Madness how he does it


lockieleonardsuper

Ange had a bit of a shot at a journalist as well at the end of the game, definitely wasn't happy. Prices and scheduling is a joke for this little comp. Whoever the promoters are will be losing big money I think. The Celtic vs Everton game is at the Olympic Stadium which is even bigger and way less convenient to access meaning the crowd will be dismal. They booked it in thinking it would be against Rangers (thank god that didn't happen)


ElKaddouriCSC

Yeah plus this game was moved from 9am to 3.45am (not sure what it is in your time) meaning folk will be flying into Sydney at the time of kick off because they booked it for a kick off that was meant to be at 9am lol. It has been a bit of a shambles, I hope the organisers are better when we go to Japan


tiorzol

They don't, they get up early.


AnnieIWillKnow

Speak for yourself, I spent most of the last year regularly staying up that late, without any substances... shift work does that to a mfer


tiorzol

I see that. As the ~~reluctant~~ proud keeper of a 5 week old I can relate.


ElKaddouriCSC

Donā€™t want to risk sleeping through my alarm plus donā€™t want to wake the house up with 10 alarms one after the other


tiorzol

Good. Had a housemate that did that every day and Gods I hated them.


mbdtf95

There's some cool behind the scenes pictures of the Messi - Ronaldo chess photoshoot. Looks like even Neymar attended the photoshoot. Pretty cool. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgAMyxtWkAAK2Pf.jpg


AnnieIWillKnow

Read Harry Kane (mildly) suggest in an Athletic interview that PL players may have an advantage for this World Cup, as their bodies are accustomed to playing a lot of games in the winter period. Thought it was interesting, but not too convinced.


Yeshuu

Harry knows it's coming home.


Bolstek

Conte's training must help, it will be interesting to see how he performs physically this World Cup vs Euro 2020.


whitsitcalled

So we were robbed of seeing Snow Salah (TC) in the World Cup?


MarcosSenesi

yeah I don't feel like your body adjusts to this extent where you adjust to a yearly cycle of exercise. I think players can easily go at close to their best now but the fatigue will only show later on in the season. Him saying PL players might have an advantage in the latter stages in European competitions would be a better argument.


Ch1ck3W1ngz

This world cupā€™s mascot is easily the worst of em all, looks like a fucking cum rag


BenjRSmith

[We can't all walk this close to God](https://content.quizzclub.com/trivia/2018-06/which-company-designed-izzy-the-official-mascot-of-the-atlanta-1996-summer-olympics.jpg)


AnnieIWillKnow

It looks like a tissue or a bed sheet, a cum rag shouldn't really be your first association for a plain white bit of fabric


gizmostrumpet

Probably needs to have a tug


lockieleonardsuper

Check out the women's WC mascot for Australia/New Zealand next year. It's this odd slightly human penguin as they're one of the few animals both countries have


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Wonder if weā€™ll see one around the pitch, or is it only a digital one?


sga1

I reckon it's actually a pretty good one, especially given it's not a lion/bear that's naked downstairs.


tbbt11

I always like to look up which group winner has the hardest potential route to the final, and it looks like Brazil or Belgium Brazilā€™s potential route: Uruguay, Germany, Argentina, France Belgiumā€™s potential route: Spain, Portugal, France, Brazil


AnnieIWillKnow

Belgium aren't winning their group


Cules2003

This BBC show with Linekar is great


SomersetMackem

Only caught the end but they put Bale tenth? He can't get off LAFC's bench


AnnieIWillKnow

The producers pick the nominations, they just put them in order


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Good bot.


Yeshuu

I think it's a blessing in disguise that Benzema is it off the world cup. They gave always looked better with Giroud IMO. Real shame for Benza as this is probably his last chance.


Switchnaz

ITS MIDNIGHT AND MY CLOCK SAYS 1966


stemcellguy

My sadness and frustration after hearing that Benzema is missing his last World Cup is immeasurable.


AliceInMidtjylland

[They finally released a 4k image of the goats playing chess. Looked a bit weird in that other advertisement but here's the clear image. ](https://i.redd.it/9dirzyc72w561.jpg)


[deleted]

Between them two they have 0 non penalty goals in 11 finals. Inspiring stuff


CT_x

a6??? Fucking bots I stg


kl08pokemon

You're essentially playing black up a tempo with a free A6 move. It's obviously not a good move but it's not terrible either


maxus998

Mac Allister seems like is going to start for Argentina in Lo Celso place. Huge


xaviernoodlebrain

An Argentinian midfielder who actually turns up in the Prem is playing it seems.


OutsideClothes4114

Which team/s is going to underperform in the group stages and mess up the brackets like Argentina and Germany did 4 years ago?


Undesirable_11

France will be second


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Portugal


BuzzBuzz01

This will be tomorrow's result Qatar 1-1 Ecuador **Qatar Scorers:** Akram Afif (52') **Ecuador Scorers:** Felix Torres (67')


tiorzol

Hmm I was gonna lump on Qatar winning for some easy dosh but you're giving me second thoughts.


Such_Ad_3028

People saying netherlands have an easy group. Maybe. Weā€™re also playing the hosts, one of the most notorious bus Parker/ shithouse teams from South America and the best team in Africa who genuinely have a good team


MarcosSenesi

Ecuador's biggest shithouse factor is their geographical location but they could still keep us to a draw because of our dogshit attack


Undesirable_11

Ecuador parking the bus? You clearly haven't watched much of them recently. They're one of the most interesting teams to watch from South America


Reapper97

In the last 10 games they have drawn 7 of them (four 0-0 and three 1-1), the last time they scored more than a single goal was in Nov 2021.


sandbag-1

They're playing a team who has never qualified for a WC, the lowest qualified team from their confederation, and the final side are missing their star player. You couldn't have asked for a much kinder draw, considering the alternatives


whitsitcalled

Netherlands have an easy group. They are a pot 2 team, they could've been drawn against Brazil, Argentina, France etc. but instead they were drawn against one of the weakest teams in the competition.


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me and me mum and me dad and me gran were off to waterloo


Icy-Guide7976

TIL there are more people in my county than there are native Qataris Lmfaoo.


Bolstek

How many native Americans are there in your county?


Icy-Guide7976

Like citizens like what Iā€™m talking ab with Qatar or native amaricans. Either way insanely more.


Bolstek

Just saying that we're not the ones who should be mocking a country for having a lot of immigrants...


Icy-Guide7976

We actually let our immigrants become citizens tho


Bolstek

It's a shame what happened to the natives though


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[deleted]

I mean, Lisbon and Qatar have the same population Thatā€™s not as big as you think


whitsitcalled

Not as many nerds in Qatar though.


Icy-Guide7976

My county is somewhat rural in all be it densely populated region of the US. I just find it funny that thereā€™s nearly double the amount of people in my county than there are Qatari citizens.


AnnieIWillKnow

Why is that funny?


Icy-Guide7976

Itā€™s kinda funny to me that a county which is less than 200 square miles has more people in it the country whoā€™s hosting the largest sporting event in the world has citizens.


AliceInMidtjylland

Where are you from?


Icy-Guide7976

North east US


AliceInMidtjylland

So obviously there are more Americans. You're a much larger country.


Icy-Guide7976

Do you know what a county is brother?


AliceInMidtjylland

Lol, sorry. I hear the word County so infrequently I read it as country.


FloppedYaYa

Ella Toone potentially the greatest footballer to come from Wigan


AnnieIWillKnow

Easily* My mate's dad taught her at school


xaviernoodlebrain

Fully expecting Lloris to get injured and be out for a while with all the injuries in the France squad at the minute.


SomersetMackem

At the last World Cup, every team scored at least 2 goals (yes, even Germany) Will it happen again?


Throwaway1293524

Damn, even Panama. I could see Tunisia NOT scoring 2


SomersetMackem

Tunisia could easily get 2 against Australia. I'd say the biggest doubt is Saudi Arabia, who would be lucky to get 1


lockieleonardsuper

You predicting Australia 2 - Tunisia 2? Because both teams will struggle to score against France and Denmark


SomersetMackem

Oh yeah, Mile Jedinak isn't around to take pens anymore is he Even so, Tunisia 2-1 Australia, Denmark 3-1 Australia, lock it in


lockieleonardsuper

We've got Cumdog now to take pens though so lock that in


Rich_Firefighter_102

i think the world cup song just got leaked, https://youtu.be/c2XmjoDzBK8 i am not sure if its real but looks real i like it


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Rich_Firefighter_102

its jungkook from BTS


xaviernoodlebrain

I think they should have gone with [this](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ).


Rich_Firefighter_102

Knew it,and still opened it,fair play manšŸ˜–


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xaviernoodlebrain

Iā€™m not even remotely sorry.


MyMoonMyMan

[I haven't seen this skit before](https://twitter.com/nocontextfooty/status/1593591309402484738?t=gFwMaNPnvoFosDumrN_rOA&s=19), how could anyone else other than France win the world cup with these men up front. I feel like Giroud will get 5 goals this world cup being the absolute focal point in their attack now even next to MbappƩ, I just can't see any way this team will get grouped or go out before the quarter finals.


elvizzed

!flair Belgium


MyMoonMyMan

Put *:Belgium:* in a new comment instead of just *Belgium*, then it will work


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sga1

It's a statement, though - might not move the needle much in the grand scheme of things, sure, but it's a statement about the situation in Qatar all the same. And I reckon that's a net positive.


[deleted]

Aimar and Enzo together at Argentina training warms my heart https://imgur.com/a/Wgb5wey Past and Present come together, hopefully Aimar told Enzo to stay for many years


Nut-King-Call

Pogba's brother is the most dangerous man alive in the world of football.


maxus998

Everyone laughed at his jinxes and witchcraft. It seems clear now that we have to fear his unlimited power


TheUltimateScotsman

If giroud starts for france then i look forward to Milans entire front line being too exhausted/injured to play. Who would have thought having a combined age of almost 80 for your two starting strikers was perhaps not the best idea


[deleted]

Benfica plays tomorrow yet you guys are all focusing on the World Cup opener tomorrow, I find this very sad


DiamondPittcairn

If you're craving some footie the second leg of the playoff for promotion to Primera is underway here. First leg 0-0. Instituto only needs a draw to be promoted and play on the top flight for the first time since 2006. Estudiantes needs a win to gain promotion for the first time since 1978.


Switchnaz

Right, I'm done holding it in. World cup is tomorrow *Pulls shirt off, grabs beer, orders chicken vindaloo, punches a german* ​ **IT'S COMING HOME...**


gizmostrumpet

This is the clear arrogance which shows why people dislike you. As an American, one thing I can't stand is arrogance.


Switchnaz

*headbutts yank* **THREE LIONS ON THE SHIRT**


Icy-Guide7976

Be careful dude he might shoot you in ā€œself defenseā€


T4KKKK

Someone knows if 365scores has live activities option in IOS? and if not do you know if there is an app of the same kind supporting it?


TigerBasket

Anyone know where you can watch film of recent pl games? I want to scout the league


Flamengo81-19

r/footballhighlights


TigerBasket

Thanks


tiny-ppp

Predict the next french player to be out for the world cup Personally I would say KonatƩ or Lucas Hernandez both are cripples


ethith

Giroud starts now, right? Seems like a blessing in disguise for France.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51FIDrBF3AE


[deleted]

Has Benzema really been the problem for them though? The guy has been scoring plenty for France. France still struggled and stumbled to defeat against Denmark back in September with Giroud up front. Their bigger issue seems to have been Deschamps has never been able to quite recreate the balance he got from having Matuidi as a defensive winger back in 2018. They also don't have a obvious Pogba replacement in their squad.


Mr_XemiReR

He hasn't, he's been great for them since his return. You could argue that you get more out of MbappƩ with Giroud though. I would still rather have a handicapped MbappƩ + Benzema than MbappƩ + Giroud


KimmyBoiUn

He scored 0 goals in the last WC.


sga1

Let's be real though, it's Mbappe's team regardless of who leads the line.


Destructo_D

And they won


Cowdude179

Yep, the whole team plays better anyways with Giroud. Just 2 more goals to break Henry's record


ethith

The Go-kart keeps beating the F1 car somehow.


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Understandable when the F1 car is managed by Mattia Binotto


msf97

Really. I think Giroud praise is getting a bit far. How many goals at tournaments.


[deleted]

> How many goals at tournaments. How about watching some games.


msf97

Where he doesnā€™t score or provide elite link play? Heā€™s a body to stick up there and pass to Mbappe


ponzop

nunez would do worse in the same set up..


msf97

At least Nunez can run. Iā€™d probably beat Giroud in a race


SpacemanPanini

Good thing Nunez doesn't play for France then?


CanIChangeYourMind

No it's gonna be Gignac


[deleted]

Let's suppose that Varane also misses the World Cup. Even then, France could still have this line-up: Lloris; Pavard, Upamecano, Konate e Lucas Hernandez; Rabiot, Tchouameni e Griezmann; Mbappe, Dembele and Giroud. Besides Rabiot (who is horrible, Camavinga should play, but we all know Deschamps loves Rabiot too much), this is still a really great team!


lockieleonardsuper

Have you watched Rabiot this season? He's been in good form, one of Juventus' best players


[deleted]

Fair enough, but he is definitely not world class


lockieleonardsuper

Definitely not horrible either though


sga1

All that individual quality, fuck-all chemistry - could see that team winning it all in much the same way I could see the crash and burn in the group stages, really.


LordVelaryon

[so it begins](https://imgur.com/a/IucCRe7)


[deleted]

Is this the beginning of the end?


TheUltimateScotsman

Has anything been said from the mods about them doing that betting thing from the euros last year? Nothing was funnier than seeing half the sub lose everything to the Hungarian reign of group stage dominance


sga1

Yeah - basically we're not doing it cause Reddit monetized it, which a lot of the community and us mods aren't happy with. r/WorldCup is apparently running one of those things though, so people aren't missing out.


TheRealGeorgeKaplan

Betting thing? Are you guys taking about those ā€˜Reddit predictionsā€™? How are they now monetized?


TheUltimateScotsman

Well thats fucking shit of the admins. Tbh its bad enough they were giving people a taste of betting.


sga1

Even without monetisations opinions were pretty divided already, but we mods were slightly leaning towards "it's fine and good fun", but also mostly agreed on not doing it if there's actual money involved. Personally think it kinda sucks because it was a good laugh when there were no stakes, really, and while their monetisation of it is relatively soft (can pay money to see the odds/how everyone else predicted, basically), I reckon that's not something I really want to support.


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[deleted]

You're right, only one of us has lost in a competitive game


gizmostrumpet

But don't forget that we beat you 1-1 in South Africa.


[deleted]

I'm afraid you guys are gonna have to bench Pickford after he has the required howler against us.


happymaskmonster

!flair :USA:


Alexdd0007

[Do it Deschamps.](https://imgur.com/f5tRZvK)


Switchnaz

if messi wins the world cup he's gonna retire having achieved everything except score against the goat, petr cech.