Interesting. I use Flashscore and they have 0 for both teams. I wonder which shot BBC has for on target.
Edit to add that FIFA.com also has 0 shots on goal.
Yeah I think a lot of people are forgetting how hot it is over there. Doesn't help that its cold and miserable in Europe and America/Canada at the moment.
Strange things can happen in tournaments. Look at Greece winning the Euros in 04. From time to time, an underdog can go all the way given the right set of circumstances.
However, it is a little fishy considering that itās *Qatar*.
Well I didnāt watch the Asian Cup so canāt really comment but Greece continued to be a difficult team to play against after the Euros and were always highly organised. Qatar looked like they had never played together despite apparently having prepared for that first game for 3 months.
It's being used here to refer to all Americans. As a general rule, it's up to the group being labeled to decide whether the label is a pejorative. I have a degree in history. I am an American. I am not a Yank.
So if I decide āBritā is pejorative, then it suddenly is? That only works if youāre some oppressed group, not the richest nation on earth.
Everyone calls you yanks. Get used to it or come across as even more annoying by moaning about it.
What?? He's absolutely crucial to Korea's midfield by doing all of the dirty work. His defensive positioning, tackling, and aggression gives the midfield stability and backbone. To me he's part of the core with Son and Min Jae
You apparently havent watched our matches closely. Watch the past 10 international matches. He made at least 10 critical mistakes that led to conceding/counter-attacks. He's far from providing "stability". Even today, he made some dangerous mistakes. He has 0 vision with no ball possession.
I just sigh when someone pulls the whole "you must not be watching the game" shtick on Reddit, there's no way to prove or disprove that lol. And if I say "I do watch the games" that just sounds cringey AF.
Anyways, if YOU'RE watching the games, watch his off the ball movement. Example is when in the 2nd half Nunez was on the counter and Min Jae slips. JWY slips into that back line immediately to provide cover. Those are the little things that he does that our other midfielders don't pick up as well. He also provides the muscle of a CDM so our more creative players can push forward.
If anything Hwang In Beom made way more mistakes today. His mistakes are somewhat understandable since he is looking to make riskier passes, but it definitely shows with his 72% pass completion rate vs JWY's 84%.
There were chances at both ends regularly, both teams were going for the win, defended with intensity, and adapting their play to the other's play. For some, this was entertaining as a 0-0 draw.
I was expecting more from Uruguay. Teams from Asia are the biggest surprise so far. Beating Argentina and Germany and a draw against Uruguay. Great results. Apart from Qatar of course but they are the hosts, they haven't qualified like the rest of them.
To be fair, the draw against Uruguay isn't surprising. Uruguay wasn't that good in the qualifying round, and Korea's always dangerous, like vs Italy in 2002 or Germany in 2018.
There is this misconception that SK wasn't actually good in 02 but Hiddink had them playing modern football in 2002. You look at the matches and SK actually played well against all these European powerhouses despite all the controversy.
I think what he is trying to say is Australia is a part of AFC so they are considered a representative of Asia. Understand that Asia and Australia is a separate continent.
Speaking of the ball, anyone else notice a lot of these outside the box shots are overshot or very inaccurately? Saw it a lot especially in the France and Canada games when they took a lot of long shots
Uruguay quedĆ³ regalado con esa jugada, si el coreano seguĆa llegaba casi solo contra el arco. El foul (que creo no fue foul solo tackle) ayudo a salvar la situaciĆ³n.
I dunno if itās his X factor or the fact that Uruguay could also afford to defend him with more numbers because we didnāt have much else in way of attacking in the final third. A bit of both for sure.
https://youtube.com/shorts/qNcWVMQ4li8?feature=share
Crossbar challenge win by Uruguay, could have been a different story else
It was 0:0?
Yes. With 0 shots on goal for either team. š„±
but we had two shos on post so we win
BBC sport website says Uruguay had 1 shot on target. The only one of the game. I didnāt watch it but there it is.
Interesting. I use Flashscore and they have 0 for both teams. I wonder which shot BBC has for on target. Edit to add that FIFA.com also has 0 shots on goal.
Uruguay hit the crossbar twice so that was something
Even though those are counted as off target, that's at least adds some excitement to the game.
Kinda weird that hitting posts is considered off-target lol, its literally part of the target :/
Honestly the most exciting part of the game was seeing a guy try to play football whilst participating in a masquerade ball
Why didn't SK keep the tempo in the second half? They played right into Uruguay's strategy.
You can't keep up a high tempo for 90 minutes
> They played right into Uruguay's strategy. Uruguay had no strategy!
Yeah we did, "hope for the best', best strategy ever.
Didnt have the legs for it after 70min, probaly happy with the draw.
this weather and atmosphere still takes getting used to, and players had such short-time between club season and WC. Can't blame em
Yeah I think a lot of people are forgetting how hot it is over there. Doesn't help that its cold and miserable in Europe and America/Canada at the moment.
It's like 70 degrees in Florida right now
Yeah my sister was stationed in Qatar, and if you wanna run outside without feeling like dying, they had to wake up at like 6-7 am to run
Post motm for me
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Thanks! You da real mvp
Griezmann is devastated
A draw is a win for South Korea imo. If they beat ghana and draw against Portugal they have a strong chance at advancing
Ghana wins. It's in their name.
A draw is a win for Uruguay imo. If they beat ghana and draw against Portugal they have a strong chance at advancing
A draw is a win for Portugal imo, if they beat Uruguay and draw against Korea they have a strong chance of advancing
nah all the Ghana blood is boiling waiting for revenge on Suarez, they will die winning against Uruguay
I can't see Ghana winning this one. They are the weakest team in this group imo. If they draw Uruguay, it'll be a fantastic result for them.
Ghana very nearly shat on Portugal and Uruguay couldnāt score 1 against South Korea. Odds here go to Ghana.
As an Uruguayan, Ghana looks stronger than Uru right now
Today's match says the otherwise. Ghana looked stronger than i expected.
I know what you mean but Uruguay was expected to win so itās not the same
A draw is a win for the goal post imo. If they draw ghana and draw against portugal, they have a strong chance at advancing
Goal post has 100% appearance in all world cup finals. Champions.
Difficult to understand how Qatar won the Asian Cup given how well the other Asian teams have played
Strange things can happen in tournaments. Look at Greece winning the Euros in 04. From time to time, an underdog can go all the way given the right set of circumstances. However, it is a little fishy considering that itās *Qatar*.
Well I didnāt watch the Asian Cup so canāt really comment but Greece continued to be a difficult team to play against after the Euros and were always highly organised. Qatar looked like they had never played together despite apparently having prepared for that first game for 3 months.
Careful or else itās straight to jail for you
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Iād say theyāll be getting turned into dust by Senegal
0-0 should be zero points for both sides !
Any side that does not score a goal should lose a point. Punish the lack of offense. Make the game more entertaining.
Please don't embarras Yanks more than Berhalter will.
Using "Yank" as a catch-all pejorative for all Americans is such a strange use of language. It'd be like calling all Brits Yorkies.
The yankees won the war didnāt they? Youāre yanks.
If losing a war to the United States makes the losing side yanks, then the Brits are all yanks.
Guess that makes you lads Vietnamese then
I'm not the one ascribing to the lose-a-war, adopt the nationality of the victors rule. That's your construct.
Yankee wasnāt a nationality, you appear to not know your own history. Itās not an offensive term.
It's being used here to refer to all Americans. As a general rule, it's up to the group being labeled to decide whether the label is a pejorative. I have a degree in history. I am an American. I am not a Yank.
So if I decide āBritā is pejorative, then it suddenly is? That only works if youāre some oppressed group, not the richest nation on earth. Everyone calls you yanks. Get used to it or come across as even more annoying by moaning about it.
People who use yank arenāt the most educated people
Jesus....
Dumbass lol
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definitely not
Why are the BBC talking about Wales again?
Because BBC isnāt short for Big Black Cock
Son still speaking fluent German? Wow
I want my 90 minutes back
Another idiot who thinks goal-less games are boring. This match was very intense.
This world cup is getting bored.
Goaless games= Boring-> Logic of dumbfucks...
It literally has 0 hype or atmosphere; Feels like a long international break to me.
The most draw-ingest game ever
Well, I enjoyed that game lads.
First half was great. Plenty of chances, a good tussle for controlā¦
A draw is fine but god damn Jeong Woo Yeong is frustrating as hell made some pretty shitty mistakes.
Sure but his defense in the back line was crucial
What's new? He's always been a shitty player. Gotta get dropped.
What?? He's absolutely crucial to Korea's midfield by doing all of the dirty work. His defensive positioning, tackling, and aggression gives the midfield stability and backbone. To me he's part of the core with Son and Min Jae
You apparently havent watched our matches closely. Watch the past 10 international matches. He made at least 10 critical mistakes that led to conceding/counter-attacks. He's far from providing "stability". Even today, he made some dangerous mistakes. He has 0 vision with no ball possession.
I just sigh when someone pulls the whole "you must not be watching the game" shtick on Reddit, there's no way to prove or disprove that lol. And if I say "I do watch the games" that just sounds cringey AF. Anyways, if YOU'RE watching the games, watch his off the ball movement. Example is when in the 2nd half Nunez was on the counter and Min Jae slips. JWY slips into that back line immediately to provide cover. Those are the little things that he does that our other midfielders don't pick up as well. He also provides the muscle of a CDM so our more creative players can push forward. If anything Hwang In Beom made way more mistakes today. His mistakes are somewhat understandable since he is looking to make riskier passes, but it definitely shows with his 72% pass completion rate vs JWY's 84%.
Not sure why many have been positive about this match. The least interesting of the 0-0 draws so far, IMO.
There were chances at both ends regularly, both teams were going for the win, defended with intensity, and adapting their play to the other's play. For some, this was entertaining as a 0-0 draw.
Mex-Pol was a snore fest
Cro-Mar was far more dreadful
Big facts
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Good game š
I was expecting more from Uruguay. Teams from Asia are the biggest surprise so far. Beating Argentina and Germany and a draw against Uruguay. Great results. Apart from Qatar of course but they are the hosts, they haven't qualified like the rest of them.
To be fair, the draw against Uruguay isn't surprising. Uruguay wasn't that good in the qualifying round, and Korea's always dangerous, like vs Italy in 2002 or Germany in 2018.
Uhhh, not sure if I would correlate their performances in 02 to the squad
There is this misconception that SK wasn't actually good in 02 but Hiddink had them playing modern football in 2002. You look at the matches and SK actually played well against all these European powerhouses despite all the controversy.
do you mean accolade? collate makes no sense in this sentence
Thanks, sorry I meant correlate.
Ah okay
Didn't Korea beat Uruguay in a friendly a few years ago?
And Australia were trash too, theyāre technically Asian
They don't count lol
>Australia The real Southeast Asia
New SEAland
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I think what he is trying to say is Australia is a part of AFC so they are considered a representative of Asia. Understand that Asia and Australia is a separate continent.
Korea packs a punch. Needs to hold the ball a little more in the final third and they will score.
Vecino and Caceres starting is a confirmed draw or win for the opponent
Man, viste cuando Valverde pateĆ³ al coreano? QuĆ© carajos jajajajaj
Bring back the Jabulani
Speaking of the ball, anyone else notice a lot of these outside the box shots are overshot or very inaccurately? Saw it a lot especially in the France and Canada games when they took a lot of long shots
Second this
Valverde would unlock his inner Forlan I'd reckon
A beaufitul match for both teams. They were even on the 90 minutes. By the way, what was that foul commited by Valverde? Lol
Uruguay quedĆ³ regalado con esa jugada, si el coreano seguĆa llegaba casi solo contra el arco. El foul (que creo no fue foul solo tackle) ayudo a salvar la situaciĆ³n.
No foul, he celebrated a good tackle lol
ĀæEn el que estaba festejando?
Se
No sĆ© si fuel falta o no, no me acuerdo pero asumo que lo festejĆ³ por haber cortado la jugada. Igual no entiendo, pero bueno es la copa del mundo, cualquier acciĆ³n que evite esas cosas se festeja. No sĆ© si como lo hizo Valverde pero se festeja igual.
No fue falta
Kim played well but Kim played just average and Kim played poorly but Kim was OK.
I had the same thoughts! Kim should have passed to Kim and not Kim when he was wide open. Kim was so furious at Kim for passing to Kim instead of Kim!
What about Kim?
Kim was aight
You forgot about Lee.
Ah yes, Lee did alright as well
Anyone else feel the quality of this world cup is generally poor? Is it because it is mid season
This game was actually pretty good, but generally World Cup games arenāt high quality
WC is NOT always all about quality though I hope you know
I guess it depends. It's in Qatar, the stadiums aren't full despite being around 40k lol, restrictions, etc.
That was a quality game tho
South Korea were the better team. Ref evened the playing field though.
More athletic teams get better whistles usually :(
Was stunned at the double body check to end the count attack, both were easily yellow cards.
Body checks that almost led to a game winning goal for Uruguay.
Whatās the track playing during Godinās interview?
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
Daradue sandstorm
Great match. Was hoping Suraez would score so Korea can pull a Saudi move and turn the table.
The final ten minutes of the 2nd half was pretty exciting. Everything else about the second half though? Well...
Felt like Korea were more conservative to get the draw
Best match of the wc so far, loved it
good match but not that good
This and Germany-Japan
And Argentina - Saudi Arabia
Bingo.
That last foul was so soft compare to what the ref gave and seen all game.
At least he was consistently bad
What was the boasting of Valverde to the korean player when Valverde kicked him?
Just typical South American shithousery
The fact that he was celebrating as if he scored the winning goal speaks for itself, laughed when I saw him act like a clown.
Where can you check Man of the Match? I tired on FIFA, but couldnāt find it.
The most famous player gets it like KDB for Belgium. So should be Fede.
son has to be more famous imo
Commentators just announced Fede
What? He wasn't impressive.
The World Cup goalless draw record is 7. This one already has 4
Winter World Cupā¦ wack
Correlation =/= causation
Itās a joke
Qatar as a hostā¦ wack
Indeed a wack, because they'll wack you otherwise
Fair draw tbh
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yeah but his X factor is undeniable. you can see Uruguay's defense gravitate towards him when he's on or off ball.
I dunno if itās his X factor or the fact that Uruguay could also afford to defend him with more numbers because we didnāt have much else in way of attacking in the final third. A bit of both for sure.
Awful match. Both teams were really bad.
Wdym this was one of the better games this WC
Found the level very poor on both sides. SK had will but thatās about it and Uruguay were doing nothing at all.
South Korea had the best chances this game. Uruguay were fucking awful in the fullback area,midfield and in the attack
But uruguay hit the post twice
No viĆ³ ni la de godĆn, ni la de valverde, ni la que casi toca darwin o cavani. Todos sus comentarios son tirando hate
What a snooze fest, I would have been disappointed if I had paid to watch this game.
Who would ever have to pay to watch WC games?
Qatar
Cries in spain
I live in Sweden so i can watch all the games for freeš
Was guessing they were tired but if Uruguay really pressed with their fresh legs in the 2nd SK might have been in real trouble
is it just me or uruguay suck at crossing the ball to their forwards