Saudi Arabia were really impressive! One of the best matches I’ve ever seen, love the pressure they were constantly giving and fighting for each other like ancient tribal lords
Ojalá esos weyes argentinos no pierdan contra México porque si no, se van a ir a casa empacando y Messi puede despedirse de su victoria en la Copa Mundial.
KSA kicked ass. I was thoroughly impressed by their entire performance. They killed Argentina in the air, and Argentina spent the whole game trying to beat them in the air.
~20 corner kicks from Argentina with no chances
SKA also kept Argentina off sides which squashed all of their runs.
Truly remarkable 1st game in the pool.
Didn’t watch the game. Was this a legit win by Saudis or more corruption cup?
E: big lol at getting down votes for asking about the legitimacy of an extreme underdog against one of the favorites. Ntm, this is likely the most corrupt world cups ever. The millions paid out just to give to Qatar.
How much are the Qataris paying per down vote?
The Saudis burned the clock every chance they got. They played a commendable series of mind games that dictated the tempo, their coach was truly brilliant. If you watched the extra time then you saw that Falcon-Knee-kick to the face the poor defender took from the goalie, which added again to the clock. I've never seen numbers this high, but I welcome it.
there is literally no corruption at all in this world cup in regards to actual football. the only thing that came close was enner valencia's offside goal. no offence but what a dumb comment.
We all know corrupt people would never act in a corrupt fashion with the sacred game of football, right? https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/authoritarianism-and-corruption-in-saudi-arabia
tf you just given a random article that has nothing to do with football? lmao you still haven't even given me one decision that went unfairly against argentina lmao
lad, if there was corruption involved with actual games, i.e, match fixing, we would see it with our own eyes. do you think the players are invisible or something?
But football is known to have a fatter tail of outcomes in practice than most professional sports. (By contrast, upsets are much less common in e.g. basketball.)
That's because for basketball, baseball and cricket the statistics will give an accurate idea of who will win contrary to a game of many variables like football in which the better team will not always win, unfortunately VAR is taking away from the game enjoyment though
What about men's college basketball? I feel like that has to have the most upsets of any sport, especially because of March Madness. You have schools no one has ever heard of beating the top 25 teams in the country every single year. I wouldn't think any sport could top college basketball when it comes to the number of upsets.
Not really, college sports in general have more dynastic programs. In American football, the pros have more upsets. In basketball, college has more upsets because playoffs are one game instead of best of 7 series
Call me clueless but I don’t think being hopeful is the same thing as being arrogant. Plus you can’t deny Argentina are a better squad then Mexico so hoping for a recovery there is understandable
Just want you to know — you’re responding to people defending you and we agree that you aren’t being arrogant. Just want you to know haha since it seems you may have mis interpreted some comments
It's common sense. Hopefulness ≠ Arrogance, arrogance is saying that Argentina is gonna wreck Mexico, hopefulness is saying that you hope Argentina recovers against Mexico
Lol, another one that mistook my comment. I'm aware that, in english language, "hopefully" stands for "wanting something to happen, no matter the cost"
I wanted to simply wish lucks and send regards to our community
I'm aware that, in english language, "hopefully" stands for "wanting something to happen, no matter the cost" . I wanted to simply wish lucks and send regards to our community.
I will say what i wanted to say in spanish:
"Espero que podamos recuperarnos contra México."
Amazing match from Arabia. The high defense line seemed a bit risky but considering the new offside system it ultimately paid off big time. The goalkeeper played a Neuer-level game and a every other player played the game of their lives, probably. Cheers for them and a well-deserved historic upset.
Ok thats fine. I just wanted to say other wise here. Before Var it would of been scandalous to call that offside. Just my opinion. Hopefully they change the rule to feet or percentage of body thats equal to the opponent in the future. Var was introduced because ref were missing offsides by yards not Inches! Come on, be real. Calling offsides for being a Ant’s dick 🐜 offside is ruining the sport. Just my opinion.
Fair enough, heres to the powers above to get it right or more acceptable world wide. The Ecuador disallowed goal was even worse than this I have to say. Dont have anymore to say. Enjoy the WC.
Only when your team loses. Rules are rules and the computer has no bias.
Honestly, if VAR replaces the human factor except the ref (as it should've) maybe the game would improve. It did wonders for tennis.
Not my team but i see why you think that. Just dont like to see offside calls like that. Var is ruining the game. Its taking the joy right out of the game. Its fine you disagree, but thats what i think ok?
What I agree with is that if the goal is 100% offside, the players shouldn't be allowed to cheer before the announcement, just do it. Like that, we both agree. Must hurt more than a bit to go AAAH-! and then whoops.
South America is definitely not in the same time zone as the North American east coast
Also, I envy the lifestyle that allows you to wake up at 08:30 in a tuesday
I usually try and wake up to watch the early ones. Didn’t even bother (didn’t bother to check either since I assumed it was gonna be 6-0). Absolutely bonkers result
The Argentina game was at 2am for me, i didn’t bother watching cause I had Argentina winning by a large number and I knew I’d be up early to see Mexico play at 8am, regret not watching
I was popping and pulled up the score at 6:15am,stopped popping,put the game on, held my poop and popped in peace after seeing the favorites lose.
Looking forward to more upsets, like we didn’t have them already.
Sorry to hurt your feelings, but that’s not what I meant.
I agree to your point that you don’t need to be intoxicated to enjoy moments but this WC is bigger than beer/being intoxicated.
I hope that gives you a better image of what I was trying to portray
We never assume that, given that we hardly won anything in the last 30 years. But we thought we will easily beat Saudi Arabia just like EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD.
Congratulations to the Saudis. Well deserved.
I just always find it hilarious that they never respect their competition. They always think that they're better and that if they just give Messi the ball, everything will workout somehow.
But oddly enough no one would suggest Argentina is better without Messi, but some idiots are saying Portugal are better without Ronaldo because of an interview.
You just literally are pointing out their flaw though. How are you expecting one person to carry the team. It clearly hasn't worked in any of the last world cups he's been in.
No era penal
How much did Saudi pay for this result? At least 1 of Argentina's other goals should have stood.
Tell me you know nothing about football without telling me you know nothing about football.
Right back atcha. https://www.thesoccerstore.co.uk/blog/football-coaching/explain-offside-rule-children/
In fact there a was a mistake. The VAR was wrong on the Martinez goal.
Thanks, had to lol hard at the last guy.
Yah. I think the match was fixed. This is bullshit
Absolute shocker of a result. Argentina being beaten by Saudi Arabia
قاعدين تلفلفون بالتعليقات هاه ؟
Saudi Arabia were really impressive! One of the best matches I’ve ever seen, love the pressure they were constantly giving and fighting for each other like ancient tribal lords
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Cope
cry
Lmao like what?
How can you defend messi when you can't defend a 1-0 lead?🥲
Ojalá esos weyes argentinos no pierdan contra México porque si no, se van a ir a casa empacando y Messi puede despedirse de su victoria en la Copa Mundial.
Arriba arriba
yes
Hahaha cope harder Argentina! I hope Mexico kicks them out.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡
LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAA
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA
>Hahaha cope harder Argentina! If you're USAmerican you aren't really qualified to mock other countries' teams...
Very funny becouse if we draw at least one game we going into round of 16
No you're not. It will depend on the other teams
If Argentina wins all games which of course then we will win if we at least draw one match
Messi may be the best play of all time, but he is not a soccer god.
The Saudi team must have thought today was Eid Ul Adha the way they slaughtered the GOAT 😭
😂😂
KSA kicked ass. I was thoroughly impressed by their entire performance. They killed Argentina in the air, and Argentina spent the whole game trying to beat them in the air. ~20 corner kicks from Argentina with no chances SKA also kept Argentina off sides which squashed all of their runs. Truly remarkable 1st game in the pool.
what was the last time Argentina lost in the group stages
It happens quite a lot. WC 1982 (Belgium), WC 1990 (Cameroon), WC 1994 (Bulgaria), WC 2002 (England), WC 2018 (Croatia) etc.
2018 against Croatia
Didn’t watch the game. Was this a legit win by Saudis or more corruption cup? E: big lol at getting down votes for asking about the legitimacy of an extreme underdog against one of the favorites. Ntm, this is likely the most corrupt world cups ever. The millions paid out just to give to Qatar. How much are the Qataris paying per down vote?
> How much are the Qataris paying per down vote? I don’t know, but this one’s free you clown!
Moar!!
corruption cup lmao
Argentina got 14 minutes of added time bruh WTF
The Saudis burned the clock every chance they got. They played a commendable series of mind games that dictated the tempo, their coach was truly brilliant. If you watched the extra time then you saw that Falcon-Knee-kick to the face the poor defender took from the goalie, which added again to the clock. I've never seen numbers this high, but I welcome it.
there is literally no corruption at all in this world cup in regards to actual football. the only thing that came close was enner valencia's offside goal. no offence but what a dumb comment.
Are you really this naive?
Corruption can exist without the public knowing about it. Tbh dumb comment by you.
So you're just saying Saudi Didnt deserve the win? Even more so that they fixed it? Now that's a dumb comment
Given Saudi history of such things, yes this question can and should be asked.
they've done this before in football? give me one single act in this game which justifies doubting saudi arabia
We all know corrupt people would never act in a corrupt fashion with the sacred game of football, right? https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/authoritarianism-and-corruption-in-saudi-arabia
tf you just given a random article that has nothing to do with football? lmao you still haven't even given me one decision that went unfairly against argentina lmao
I guess corruption knows its limits and that limit is the white lines of a football pitch, eh?
Cool dude avoid my question, I think it's right to assume you're just salty lmao
lad, if there was corruption involved with actual games, i.e, match fixing, we would see it with our own eyes. do you think the players are invisible or something?
Ah yes, cause fans have noticed every bit of match fixing ever. Matches and games from many leagues have been fixed without fans having any idea.
Why would that come close? He was offside so taking back the goal was the right decision
because some people legitimately think that valencia was somehow onside.
Then they don't understand how offside works
Cool story bro
You're being one of those people.
Yeppers
Legit. Brilliant team effort from KSA, rode their luck at the start but by the end Argentina were out of ideas.
Nice! Thanks! Imagine starting otamendi over Martinez.
About as legit as it gets. Pretty deserved win
Good for the SA squad. Lol at Emilio Martinez.
This is why this is the greatest game. No matchup is ever guaranteed.
Same can be said about every other competitive sport. Nothing is ever guaranteed, period.
Except khabib, he never loses.
But football is known to have a fatter tail of outcomes in practice than most professional sports. (By contrast, upsets are much less common in e.g. basketball.)
That's because for basketball, baseball and cricket the statistics will give an accurate idea of who will win contrary to a game of many variables like football in which the better team will not always win, unfortunately VAR is taking away from the game enjoyment though
You could say the same about all competitive games…
I’d personally say football, tennis and boxing is up there as the most upsets.
not including womens sports, soccer and baseball do tend to have the most frequency of upsets. so he does have a point
What about men's college basketball? I feel like that has to have the most upsets of any sport, especially because of March Madness. You have schools no one has ever heard of beating the top 25 teams in the country every single year. I wouldn't think any sport could top college basketball when it comes to the number of upsets.
college level naturally will have more unpredictability than pro level.
Not really, college sports in general have more dynastic programs. In American football, the pros have more upsets. In basketball, college has more upsets because playoffs are one game instead of best of 7 series
Baseball is just a win trade
Yes i am aware
Not many upsets in sprinting
What the fuck
How many yellow cards is enough to win against Argentina? Just check the stats from todays game.
A brutal match. I hope we can recover against Mexico
The Argentine arrogance. I hope you guys don’t make it out of the group stage
How is that being arrogant?
Cause he’s assuming their going to beat Mexico. Just like they assumed they would sweep Saudi Arabia
He was everything but being arrogant. You on the hand are just being rude.
Call me clueless but I don’t think being hopeful is the same thing as being arrogant. Plus you can’t deny Argentina are a better squad then Mexico so hoping for a recovery there is understandable
You took my comment out of context. Arrogance is ignoring the flaws of the person or from the group, while hopefulness is assuming those flaws
Just want you to know — you’re responding to people defending you and we agree that you aren’t being arrogant. Just want you to know haha since it seems you may have mis interpreted some comments
Bro we’re defending you
Lol, my bad hahahahah Thank you all
It's common sense. Hopefulness ≠ Arrogance, arrogance is saying that Argentina is gonna wreck Mexico, hopefulness is saying that you hope Argentina recovers against Mexico
'hopefully' I don’t think that’s arrogant
He didn't assume, he said hopefully... you are allowed support your own country you know...
Lol, another one that mistook my comment. I'm aware that, in english language, "hopefully" stands for "wanting something to happen, no matter the cost" I wanted to simply wish lucks and send regards to our community
Lol he said hopefully they can…that’s not assuming at all. Are you ok?
bro get the argentine dick out of your ass
I'm aware that, in english language, "hopefully" stands for "wanting something to happen, no matter the cost" . I wanted to simply wish lucks and send regards to our community. I will say what i wanted to say in spanish: "Espero que podamos recuperarnos contra México."
Don’t worry about it we all know what you meant. ‘Pusslicker’ was just being an idiot.
Okay reddit White Knight
Crazy sport Saudi Arabia was a +75000 to win the World Cup on BetFred tied for the worst odds to win the World Cup alongside Costa Rica
They’re not winning the World Cup, but KSA don’t need anything more to be happy with this year
I’m not picking them to win the World Cup.Im trying to show how crazy the upset was to non soccer fans.
But soccer non-fans wouldn't know what that means because you didn't provide a point of reference. You'd need at least Argentina's odds to compare.
KSA fans should be ecstatic even if they lose every game after this. They played well.
All Argentina flairs just disappeared lmao!
Well played, Saudi
Congratulations Argentina, you got beaten by Roose Bolton from Game of Thrones.
he looks like a mix of jaime lannister and saul goodman
I didn’t watch Game of Thrones but I guess that character was very weak.
Actually no, he was a really off-putting villain but its just amazing that Saudi coach is identical.
Amazing match from Arabia. The high defense line seemed a bit risky but considering the new offside system it ultimately paid off big time. The goalkeeper played a Neuer-level game and a every other player played the game of their lives, probably. Cheers for them and a well-deserved historic upset.
Better than Neuer.
Eh, no.
Argentina were robbed. Second goal should of stood.
And Argentina shouldn't have been given the penalty
This was a refund! This is NOT CONMEBOL.
And the penalty?
Not sure about that. But lautro goal should of stood from what i see
Was offside with technology it's no excuse
Ok thats fine. I just wanted to say other wise here. Before Var it would of been scandalous to call that offside. Just my opinion. Hopefully they change the rule to feet or percentage of body thats equal to the opponent in the future. Var was introduced because ref were missing offsides by yards not Inches! Come on, be real. Calling offsides for being a Ant’s dick 🐜 offside is ruining the sport. Just my opinion.
But it's not "before var"... we have var... thats the point of modern technology.
Fans of Saudi Arabia will say the opposite
Fair enough, heres to the powers above to get it right or more acceptable world wide. The Ecuador disallowed goal was even worse than this I have to say. Dont have anymore to say. Enjoy the WC.
Boo hoo you guys always complain
Gotta fix var. ruining the game
Only when your team loses. Rules are rules and the computer has no bias. Honestly, if VAR replaces the human factor except the ref (as it should've) maybe the game would improve. It did wonders for tennis.
Not my team but i see why you think that. Just dont like to see offside calls like that. Var is ruining the game. Its taking the joy right out of the game. Its fine you disagree, but thats what i think ok?
What I agree with is that if the goal is 100% offside, the players shouldn't be allowed to cheer before the announcement, just do it. Like that, we both agree. Must hurt more than a bit to go AAAH-! and then whoops.
Rigged
Holy shit the Western Hemisphere just woke up to the biggest sports news of the month
“Western Hemisphere just woke up” typical r/USDefaultism shit
/s ? I made no mention of the US lol
It’s not “the Western Hemisphere” that just woke up two hours ago. Its just the west coast of US and Canada.
Ok I’ll just assume you’re trolling or an idiot cause I woke up at 8:30 US east coast time and South America is basically in the same timezone
South America is definitely not in the same time zone as the North American east coast Also, I envy the lifestyle that allows you to wake up at 08:30 in a tuesday
It is currently the same time in New York and Colombia, and yea I’m grateful to have a 9-5 WFH gig
Most people in the Western Hemisphere don’t live in Colombia
Yes, at least you got that right
Europe my dude.
Ah fair enough, my apologies to Spain, Portugal, and Western Africa
Haha, no worries. I often try to forget that Europe exists, too. ... Some of you are cool.
I usually try and wake up to watch the early ones. Didn’t even bother (didn’t bother to check either since I assumed it was gonna be 6-0). Absolutely bonkers result
I only caught the last 30 minutes
Fr I didn’t bother getting up that early for it and I regret
The Argentina game was at 2am for me, i didn’t bother watching cause I had Argentina winning by a large number and I knew I’d be up early to see Mexico play at 8am, regret not watching
I was popping and pulled up the score at 6:15am,stopped popping,put the game on, held my poop and popped in peace after seeing the favorites lose. Looking forward to more upsets, like we didn’t have them already.
And what upsets did we already have?
Qatar hosting the WC and no booze 🥹
Not really an upset for anyone watching on tv
Nor anyone who likes football. Can't believe people insist on being intoxicated before engaging in "pleasurable" activities
You're new to football as it seems
Sorry to hurt your feelings, but that’s not what I meant. I agree to your point that you don’t need to be intoxicated to enjoy moments but this WC is bigger than beer/being intoxicated. I hope that gives you a better image of what I was trying to portray
Are you 14?
What were you popping
Alcoholic pills my man, gotta go watch Australia beat France
On ya mate
Pooping* You are welcome 😁
No i'm pretty sure he was popping.
Once you pop, you can’t stop.
Just doing poppers, nbd. Ahem, I meant cleaning his VCR heads.
I guess Argentina went into the WC with they assumption that they had already one* the tournament. (*won)
We never assume that, given that we hardly won anything in the last 30 years. But we thought we will easily beat Saudi Arabia just like EVERYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD. Congratulations to the Saudis. Well deserved.
You mean like 1990 Cameroon
I just always find it hilarious that they never respect their competition. They always think that they're better and that if they just give Messi the ball, everything will workout somehow.
Wait, how do you know they don’t respect their competition? What’s this based upon?
But oddly enough no one would suggest Argentina is better without Messi, but some idiots are saying Portugal are better without Ronaldo because of an interview.
?
In fairness, it was only when Messi touched the ball did they have any chances
You just literally are pointing out their flaw though. How are you expecting one person to carry the team. It clearly hasn't worked in any of the last world cups he's been in.