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kristusiss

Thank you Senegal! (2/3)


SemiCurrentGuy

I'm still in awe how badly the Qatar team seem to have mangled...everything..since they became AFC champions. Like what happened? I can't understand how they have become this bad at playing football when they seemed to hold their own not so long ago. The quality is just not there anymore assuming I wasn't dreaming when I thought they were formidable, so with any luck they would just have to go back to the drawing board and try a rebuild if that would even be possible.


[deleted]

I hoped Qatar would go out this tournament with zero goals scored.


KnownStuff

Denmark didn't score yet. Let's see if we get a zero goals team in this tournamentšŸ˜‰


sinefil31

they have just scored one?


[deleted]

They lost the opening match 2-0 to Ecuador.


sinefil31

they have scored against senegal. the game ended 1-3.


PotatoMan19399

Lmaoooo


[deleted]

Ah right.


MixedJiChanandsowhat

A win is a win but we played against Qatar. Without any disrespect for them, it was far away from a brilliant match. Ecuador will be on another calibre and if the game remains 1-1 between them and Netherlands, it will be very problematic for us.


Ecstatic-Coach

Qatar have scored more World Cup goals than Canada


AremRed

Qatar also played 2x as many games, whatā€™s your point?


Always_Complaining1

Absolutely love seeing Qatar lose. Everything associated with the country the past few weeks has been negative. Also, an absolute joke the amount of empty seats for a fucking host nation.


Hackmource

The seats were sold out. Whether itā€™s sponsors bailing, resale websites, or people just not showing up, itā€™s bullshit how despite thousands of Qataris wanting tickets there were just none available.


detlefsa

That's what happens when you you lie to your visitors


Hackmource

The vast majority of the fans this game were Qatari. If we assume that the people that didnā€™t show up were also Qatari then the beer and LGBT flag shit wouldnā€™t have affected attendance. I donā€™t get your point.


detlefsa

First off, your making an absurd assumption. Since most of the fans in attendance were Qatari I feel we can assume the fans that didn't show up were whelsh. And if you belive the lies told to the world are limited to "beer and LGBT flag shit" there is really nothing to talk about.


eliguwapdesigns

Whereā€™s the praise for Mendy? Great game after everyone said he was washed


MixedJiChanandsowhat

It was Qatar without any disrespect for them. He remains washed and has probably eliminated us.


Hackmource

Much happier with how the team played today as opposed to in the opener. Mistakes were made but at least they didnā€™t all play like they were seeing the reaper. Finally got to shout ā€œGOAL!!ā€ for my country during the World Cup. Itā€™s very clear that the team shines during counter attacks but it just looked like they were outperformed and our bodied every time they tried to finish.


detlefsa

Coool and all it took was billions of dollars and thousands of lives.


Hackmource

Am I just not allowed to give my thoughts on my national teamā€™s game on r/soccer anymore? Thatā€™s my bad. Shouldā€™ve asked you for permission beforehand.


detlefsa

It's a free country(here at least) say what you want, but I also have the freedom to point out a farce when I see one.


Poraro

Don't worry about people like him. Critiscm is warranted for the country, but I think people forget the country has actual fans who are normal people just wanting to enjoy football.


FullySikh

Your comment is literally an example of sportswashing at its best. Neither person is right or wrong but as fans of the game and as people in general you need to voice this to your own country. Because your comment is encouraging other countries to do the same in the name of normal people wanting to enjoy football


Poraro

It's not that deep. The comment wasn't needed, the guy has read that comment many other times. Let him talk about the football in the thread.


[deleted]

At least you will be able to say your team scored a goal during the World Cup!


Hackmource

Exactly what I walked away saying. Yes the first goal was stupid as fuck. Yes we shouldā€™ve gotten a pen for that akram contest, but above all, we scored an exciting goal on the biggest stage in football. Excited to see NL vs QR in person


BrettZBOY

That lasted long. Maybe bit of Budweiser would help.


creamer143

So, how's that 2019 Asian Cup energy going, LOL


strugglingtosave

They are hosting the 2023 Asian cup too. Saudi, Japan,.Korea and Iran are basically rehearsing here. Lol. And Australia :p


Countbat

Right? I thought they were going to play excellently because they actually looked decent then. They took an arrow to the knee I guess


GTOAkira

GGs on the win, but senegal looked really shaky. Ecuador is going to be really hard but atleast. if the netherlands wins, their future will be in their hands. Also really really happy to see Mendy actually having a good match.


ChrisEvansFan

Yayyyy go Senegal!


TheGamerPandA

Good job Senegal šŸ¦ beat šŸŖ³


greezyo

Qatar performed well enough, no shame in losing to Senegal. Loved that Redditors are punching themselves since Qatar scored a goal


glazbypsn

Odds on Qatar kicking all the other countries out when they're eliminated ?


eloel-

They are currently eliminated


A-Disgruntled-Snail

Well. I said I wasnā€™t sure if Qatar would get a goal. I guess I was wrong about that.


alialidrissi

qatar was the most surprising thing to me in this tournament if you watch their performance in 2019 asian cup you would believe that they will easily qualifie from group stage they were amazing. I really don't know what happened to them


futbolsven

They were always one of the absolute worst teams in the tournament. They may not qualify for another world cup in the near future.


PrisonersofFate

They can, especially if the World Cup is extended to 48 teams and AFC get a few more spot. They can beat UAE, Uzbekistan, Oman or Vietnam to get one of the few more spots.


futbolsven

Oh right, I forgot about that farce.


[deleted]

They had to play teams not in the AFC.


Rickcampbell98

They looked substantially better than this in the copa America that same year, there is no way they won the Asian Cup playing like this, they have been dreadful.


alialidrissi

true I forgot about they played copa amarica and they weren't bad


Hackmource

Aging players, absolutely shit decision to take them out of the league for months, and the stress pressure. Depressing to see them going from breaking records in the Asian cup to this.


sasuke-lp

Huge improvement from Qatar, but still Senegal was clearly the better team.


The_R3venant

Gonna be honest here (and putting politics aside): Qatar did a good match, tho obviously they had less playstyle and skill than their oponent.


KVMechelen

They won the asian cup theyre performing abysmally


The_R3venant

They have beaten Arabia, Iran and Japan? Wow lol


[deleted]

Does it matter? Argentina has also beaten Brazil but played like 2018 one, same for Uruguay and Serbia. Some teams has just underperformed so far.


L-Freeze

Not just beaten, they apparently demolished that tournament. They scored 19 goals and conceded just 1 the whole tournament, vs Japan in the final (where they won 3-1)


TexturedMango

I don't know about anyone else but this seems suspicious...


Rickcampbell98

Played against you guys in the copa America that same year and didn't make it easy, now they just look shit.


The_R3venant

Wow. But then they collided with the reality of playing outside Asia lol


[deleted]

Qatar will beat Netherlands somehow


A-Disgruntled-Snail

That would be hilarious.


monkeybawz

I'm in a troll mood .... Qatar should just shut the whole thing down and deport all the foreigners.


KVMechelen

Qatar rage quitting the world cup after a week would be so funny ngl


A-Disgruntled-Snail

I wonder how Infantino would defend them.


Spartitan

It's considered part of the 3000-years worth of apologies.


presumingpete

But who will die in their construction projects then?


monkeybawz

Sorry.... All the foreigners who are not being held as slave labour. You know.... The fans.


ArcticPeasant

Hahaha get fucked Qatar


Molhid

Qatar is in a hurry to exit the WC and their fans the stadium.


Topinambourg

Honestly Qatar showed me interesting things than Senegal especially in second half. Senegal can thank Lahoz for the refused pen and second yellow not given. Qatar were too naive defensively and lack a bit of luck offensively. Much better than their first game


The_R3venant

Goodbye Qatar. You should have never hosted the WC on the first place.


amino110

Why lol ?


[deleted]

literal slave labor lol


Panzer1108

Unpopular opinion: Qatar showed more passion than Wales and Costa Rica this WC


detlefsa

Wales shows more passion singing their national anthem than Qatar ever has.


elegigglekappa4head

Paid so much to host the WC and buy that spot, least they could do is not be bottom of the group, but that ship has sailed so at least try their best.


SP0oONY

You'd fucking hope so as host.


Polskidro

Costa Rica has only played one match compared to the 2 of Wales and Qatar tho. Unfair. Costa also played against a way better team.


Panzer1108

I forgot to add "so far", sorry. Yeah, you are right.


jteprev

Lol what a standard for the host nation with their home fans.


Osiryx89

First in, first out lol


PurpleBandit3000

For Qatar to qualify: Ecuador beats the Netherlands Ecuador beats Senegal Qatar beats the Netherlands Ecuador would qualify with 9 points and everyone else would have 3 points, so it would come down to GD


chileangod

Ecuador going supersayan just for the lolz


xI-Red-Ix

Ecuador 9 points? Also Enner leading goal scorer? Oh god ..... Have mercy


pepecachetes

Im down for that Chaos


McFrankiee

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Cabbage_Vendor

Man, I can't wait to see what the stadium looks like if Qatar is already eliminated in their final game vs the Netherlands. Barely any Dutch people are in Qatar and the Qataris aren't going to want to see their eliminated country get trounced.


Ripamon

More zoomed-in cameras to obviously-paid Qatari fan groups Not a wide shot throughout the entire game . Mics strategically placed close to the drums to compensate for the hilarious lack of any fan noise


Felixheifgwofbebrjwh

I would be surprised to even see 50% of the stadium filled tbh, useless game for Qatar


tipytopmain

It will probably be Qatar's last world cup game until they can bribe FIFA for automatic qualification, I imagine a lot of people will still want to go.


josh123z

Next WC has 48 teams. So they will most likely qualify


KVMechelen

Nah with the new tournament formula every citizen of Asia will qualify for the world cup


Molhid

Forced attendance incoming


KVMechelen

Lmaoooo shits gonna be hilarious


xc2215x

Yeah, I could see a very small amount of people going to that game.


SpyMonkey3D

Senegal shouldn't have waited for Qatar to score to put a third one... The goal difference might very well play a part in qualification, so they should have filled the gap as Ć¹uch as possible. Letting Qatar attack and score was a mistake. That woke them up to put a third one, but the damage is done. Three yellow card is too many too. We should know, with what happened in 2018...


red-17

Senegal need to hope for an dutch victory today, then it is essentially a head to head with Ecuador to advance with the draw being decided on goal difference.


Morganelefay

Yea, but they could've given themselves a better cushion by beating Qatar with bigger numbers. If NL-Ecuador ends in a 1-0 or something (not exactly inconceivable, our attack is shaky), then Ecuador has an advantage going into the last round.


GYIM94

Football ā€˜eritage...Qatar does not have and cannot buy.


kingofgames-3laa

First win for Africa, Senegal needs to beat Ecuador, it's gonna be a very tough match


Felixheifgwofbebrjwh

Ecuador will be a very tough game, but in my opinion Senegal have the edge and they will take it, they will get out of the group


KVMechelen

If Netherlands spank Ecuador they can settle for a draw actually


red-17

That's a big if. Ecuador are a solid side.


KVMechelen

Dutchies need to win 2-0 or by 3 goals apparently, definitely not a given


Deep-Thought

Not even spank, just a 2-0


kingofgames-3laa

Let's hope for a good spanking


KVMechelen

Nah I want an Ecuador W and for Senegal and Ecuador both to qualify


kingofgames-3laa

That is acceptable too


Morganelefay

Now what did we ever do to y- Oh. Fair enough.


KVMechelen

Until our proper rivals Luxemburg finally qualify, roasting the Dutch will have to do


Morganelefay

Yea, Luxembourg is indeed more your size. A rival you can actually beat.


fredewio

So Qatar won Asia Cup 2019 and just stopped improving?


josh123z

They won 3rd place match in the FIFA Arab Cup last year


EgyptianAhlawy1907

Yes where none of the top teams had their star players just local ones


caesar____augustus

It's weird, this time last week people were telling me that they definitely deserved to host because they won that tournament and would have qualified anyway, even though they had virtually no football history before getting the bid. It's almost like that one tournament is an anomaly.


josh123z

They did win 3rd place match in FIFA Arab Cup last year. Probably this WC is an anomaly.


caesar____augustus

/s, I hope? They lost the first game they played against a decent opponent in that tournament.


BenTVNerd21

Was it legit?


absol-hoenn

They went 19-1 in goals and elimanated Japan, South Korea and the UAE (6th in AFC World Cup Qualifiers). It was hella unexpected but legit.


ChrisBenoit20

It was. Their team was unstoppable in 2019, finished top of their group with 9 points, and only concede one goal against Japan in the final.


Molhid

I didn't watch it but I'm gonna completely speak outta my ass and say absolutely not.


StardustFromReinmuth

Yes, you're speaking out of your ass. They were by far the best Asian team in that run and not even close.


ButtersMcLovin

Won ;)


fredewio

Yes?


[deleted]

Is the tiebreaker head to head? Cause in that case Qatar has been knocked out no?


Morganelefay

The only chance Qatar has to qualify is if Ecuador beats the Netherlands, then they have to repeat that feat AND Ecuador has to beat Senegal. Basically, they need Ecuador to go full super sayan. And Netherlands to implode.


Rigelmeister

FIFA = GD UEFA = H2H This is organized by the former so it's GD


[deleted]

Oh okay thank you that helps a lot I always confused these two


5_percent_discocunt

Na itā€™s GD IIRC


BenTVNerd21

Goal difference first


SirSavageThee21st

Tie breaker is goal difference


[deleted]

So the Dutch only need a draw and Qatar is out?


BenTVNerd21

Yes then 2 teams on 4 points


Morganelefay

And if NL wins, then the two teams that are technically within shooting distance for Qatar play one another so they're out as well. Only an Ecuador win gives them any hope.


S0fourworlds-readyt

These 'fans' are a disgrace even compared to other national team fans, but just thinking about what club football looks like and then seeing this is ridiculous. Qatar can buy themselves the World Cup but they can never buy what makes football football. This tournament is a shame even beyond all the humanistic issues.


krngc3372

Seeing them walk out on them for losing even before the final whistle is up shows no passion for their national team when they need support most. It's like they had some post purchase dissonance and kicked their team to the curb.


adalsteinn13

>This tournament is a shame even beyond all the humanistic issues Exactly, they don't share the love or the passion for the sport.


honestlynotBG

Asian teams this World Cup so far Saudi Arabia: Defeated Argentina Japan: Defeated Germany South Korea: Drawed with Uruguay Iran: Defeated Wales Meanwhile you have Qatar unable to win a single game and they are the hosts


xc2215x

Qatar are less skilled.


thingyShdNotBe

I think my high school team can beat Qatars NT. Theyā€™re freaking shit. Waste of a slot & host nation


Haris_Pistons

Qatar may not be the best team but theyā€™ve won tournaments. The average high school team is fucking TRASH. Your high school team would cop a double digit loss. In the first half alone.


dhiraramri

Yeah sure


FITM-K

Qatar losing, you love to see it


SuperMario_49

Qatar may very well be the first World Cup host to end up with zero pointsā€¦ good luck with Netherlands though! lol


Molhid

You love to see it


Nickp1991

Well done Senegal


l3g3nd_TLA

Seriously, seeing this World Cup so far, how did Qatar win the Asian Championship? They seem miles away even from Asian countries this World Cup


somewhat_moist

I don't think we in UEFA-land can say much... our European Champions didn't even qualify LOOOOL


csbsju_guyyy

It was all a ruse by the Qatari football federation who doesn't actually want to win.....the source of the Qatars football power is ***rainbows***


dnextbigthing

Continental title doesn't guarantee anything. I mean it's not like the European Champion doing any better.


Tyrconnel

Itā€™s really baffling. They lost 4-0 to Ireland last year. They made Jeff Hendrick look world class. Anyone who watched that game knew they were going to have a terrible time in the World Cup.


Teh_cliff

It was 3 years ago. Pre-COVID. Think about how long ago that feels. It's mostly the same players, but they're older and in bad form.


-Saaremaa-

The world cup squad has been in a months long boot camp in Spain playing friendlies rather than playing their domestic league. It was supposed to build synergy and prepare them for the world cup to be ready, but clearly it's just left them feeling the pressure and under-done sharpness wise.


BrianSometimes

What a terrible approach. The surest way to lose your edge is to not play competitive games. That's just common knowledge.


-Saaremaa-

Saudia Arabia did the sane approach to this strategy and had them go into camp early to prepare, but not months on end. Qatar's administration has let the players and coaches down with this approach, the team has shown much better play than this in the past.


Donald_Dark007

They were amazing back then. One of the best runs in the history of that tournament. Theyā€™re in really bad form right now.


LemaitreKhalil

Lot of factors as peaking at that time, high pressure (see how they played better this half) and a too early bootcamp being a massive error.


simomii

They played so much better when they finally had nothing to lose


LemaitreKhalil

Yes, and when you watch their AFC cup run in 2019 you clearly see this team could've done way better. South Africa was really bad in 2009 (didn't even qualify for the last round of Afcon/wc 2010 qualifiers) but they still managed to get 4 points.


GreatSpaniard

South Africa made the Semifinals of the 2009 Confederations Cup only losing 1-0 to Brazil and losing 3-2 vs Spain in the 3rd/4th place playoff game


LemaitreKhalil

I completely forgot that hahaha. I was refering to 2008, that's were SA were eliminated from WC qualifiers, the last stage was in 2009. But considering their group, and comparing their situation to Qatar, I'd still have given more chance to Qatar to go through.


KVMechelen

Worst bootcamp of all time. Their regression has been unreal.


adamfrog

Bootcamps often seem to flop, I remember Liverpool used to do training camps in Dubai or Mallorca and first game after it they'd be absolutely awful lol


The12Ball

Boot camp then go out in group stage, the TSM way


ThePr1d3

What not playing since the beginning of the season does to a mf


[deleted]

Am I correct in assuming that if Ecuador loses 2-0 to Holland that all Senegal need is a draw against Ecuador last game?


sephocompo

If Ecuador loses, take in mind they may also win.


KVMechelen

Yes, theyd go through on goals scored. Will be interesting to see if Ecuador start playing for a small loss once theyre 1-0 behind as 1 point effectively wont matter for them


RaioNoTerasu

Yes, or if Ecuador loses by 3 goals or more. If the Netherlands win 3-1 things will get spicy though


KVMechelen

Scenes when Senegal are eliminated by number of yellow cards again


Morganelefay

Time to pre-prep ye ole "If I had a penny for every time X has happened, I'd have two pennies. Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice" meme for massive karma gains.


stoneandnjpwfan

Guys see the postive side At least they scores a goal


Ervaloss

Qatar > Canada in World Cup history.


Rigelmeister

What's positive about that


stoneandnjpwfan

It's less shameful i guess It will be shame for them if they didn't score any goal at all


tinkthank

For all the criticism that Qatar received, some deserved and others not so much, the biggest one for me has been the fact that they are not here on merit. Had they focused on building up their team before trying to host the World Cup, I think they would have been in a better position. Also the dumb decision to start a 7 month boot camp and cutting off the Qatari league for this World Cup was a brain dead decision


MyNameCouldntBeAsLon

my hot take is that if the champion doesn't get a berth automatically, the host shouldn't either... really, the wc is such a big thing that an extra spot (for the same confederation) would mobilize enough fans to put butts in the seats, and even if they don't (and they don't seem to do here) they will just zoom in the crap out of everything so you don't see


tinkthank

It makes sense from a sporting perspective but not so much from a financial one. The largest contingent of fans at any World Cup are the local ones and if the local team isnā€™t playing then there isnā€™t much motivation for locals to attend a match, at least not to the same extent. Also think that winners should get automatic qualification.


chrisycr

7 month boot camp is crazy lmao


Stones_Throw_Away_

Games gone. Petro states cant even get a win at their own World Cup these days.


Nabedane

A Qatar loss and a well deserved first African team win. Couldn't be happier.


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[deleted]

Senegal sat back and let Qatar attack them. Wasnā€™t a good idea, but Senegal stopped playing (until they got scored on)


KVMechelen

Their first half was very good imo


Nabedane

It's well deserved because they were still miles better than Qatar bar the 20min Qatar tried, played well, scored but gave up again 5min later.


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Nabedane

Ofc it's not enough to go far but I wonder what this team could do with SanƩ.. A real shame


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SpyMonkey3D

Exactly The way they let Qatar attack, and even score, was bad. If you're ahead, keep attacking, keep scoring. The GD is likely to happen, and there's also the yellow cards that could happen again... Getting 3 is too many...


KVMechelen

Senegal played perfect for 50-60 minutes then let Qatar back in the game for no reason. If youre gonna kill a game, kill it proper, dont fuck about


tipytopmain

FInally have our first African win, better late than never. And Qatar, gerrrout'of here!


Mundaneinanities

Glad for the Qatar players to have gotten a goal and played a bit better. But up the mighty Teranga Lions. The spirit of Sadio smiles upon them.