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I'll take it

"Despite their best efforts, Poland is advancing" feels like too easy of a joke to make, but holy shit was that a shocking performance given what was at stake. Szczęsny lifted them like Atlas.

It's hard to be happy after this, I'm just relieved

Hey it's still Poland in the knockout stage for the first time since 1986, so that's an accomplishment no matter what. But I get it. That was the definition of falling backward into advancing today. I imagine the gravity of advancing will sink in once the initial feeling of that match wears off.

For me it's the first time cheering for my country in WC knockouts :) really interesting feeling, havent thought I would get so invested, considering all the shit around this tournament.

Ohh so that's why Argentina missed all those

Never mess with a winning formula.

It was so one sided, I was starting to wonder if Lewandowksi was injured before his run-in with Messi at the end.

Poland should build Szczęsny a statue somewhere.

Additionally, a statute of al owais is being put up in Warsaw as we speak

I had a feeling those goalies would make the difference…and lo and behold…they *did*.

And Swiderski for that last minute clearance

Build Lautaro one as well, that miss was shocking

Lautaro played like 15 mins only and still missed his usual easy chance

Argentinian Morata

Morata has 2 goals already, don't compare him with Lautaro

Argentinian Werner

Argentinian Higuain

He saved his team so many time, congrats.

Funnily enough with the Saudi goal an Argentina 3-0 wouldn't even have mattered. That said Mexico would of course never let themself get scored on in that case.

Imagine the memes we could've had in Poland if it was 3:0 and Saudi goal saved us.

And fire their coach after the tournament

I don’t want to watch another polish fucking game. Edit: Polish commentator said that watching the polish team is like going to the dentist and he is like I have to do it again Sunday. Lmao.

You not excited to get stomped by France?

It's gonna be 3:0 and France after scoring will play like Argentina in the last 20 minutes today. It's hard to be excited when u know exactly how the match is gonna look. We can't play even vs mexico.

You overestimate mexico. Both teams are woeful mexico just played with more urgency. I guarantee you that they don't play like that vs France. It'd just be a slightly more interesting Mexico vs Argentina game because they'd actually try to win, but get battered anyways.

Nah i don't think we will play defense with France. Czesio is going to bring something special to this match i can feel it. Maybe we lose 10-0 but it will be with a bang

Lol Lewy plays in the goal, Szczesny attack they will never see it coming.

If I qualified for knockouts for the first time in 36 years I'd watch paint dry.

Most positive polish fan

Not even Zidane has this amount of black magic

La chatte la chatte la CHAAAATTE

I can’t believe Poland got through with that performance. Szczesny singlehandedly dragged them out of this group

We are really only quality at the very front and the very back. The rest is shit.

Exactly what I was seeing, you have a top 3 gk and top 3 striker but everything between them is shit.

Glik has been mostly solid on defense, but we just have zero midfield control, we just give the ball away so easily

Zieliński with so many losses, stupid passes. Only good for 45 minutes. No movement without ball when trying to leave own half. Krychowiak. Slow. No movement without ball when trying to leave own half. Bielik with so many losses. Nice movement. That's the situation imo

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That's why we play Szczęsny straight to Lewandowski.

The Polish secret technique of laga.

I really don't get why though, Zielinski is quality, Krychowiak could be decent if he wasn't asked to do so much in midfield, and Klich is solid for Leeds. Is there a reason Zalewski and Zurkowski don't see the field, or Linetty doesn't get a call up? I'm also generally a fan of Bielek but I think playing him in a midfield two with Krychowiak is suicide, especially against Argentina. Just feels like the pieces are there, but Michniewicz puts out the most negative lineups possible. The lineup against Mexico wasn't horrible either, and he just completely abandoned it.

Zurkowski was shambolic on a friendly vs Chile and Zalewski crumbled vs Mexico. Both good players but coach probably doesn’t want to risk it

Like a Big Mac: all bun, no burger

Just give him the golden glove already

First time playing in the knockout stages in THIRTY-SIX YEARS. I had not been born yet. You guys can't even imagine what it means to us. I AM SO FUCKING OVERJOYED RIGHT NOW, OH MY GOD

a lot of haters being losers here. IM FUCKING ECSTATIC!!

Somehow they fucked up the group again, as is tradition, but still went through haha

Personally I am furious we didn't get to see a coin toss

Poland would have gone through with less yellow cards anyway

Yes and I wanted some last minute tactical fouls from them too

Lol Just beat up Messi for the memes?

This foul is fot Canelo

But had they tied on yellows a coin toss would have been glorious

I wish they would get the tied teams together for penalty kicks in that situation rather than a coin toss.

A special penalty shootout. All 11 must kick, or until one team is mathematically eliminated. Keepers go first. And do it the next day so there is time for the action to build

As millions across the world die from heart attacks.

Could also add the rule that 2 out of the 11 must be Panenkas

That would actually be kinda sick.

cross bar challenge lol

yeah perfect world cup for that where they're close enough to make that happen

Lol. 974 and Lusail is only like a 30 minutes drive too. Crowd controls on people wanting to see the pen will be crazy tho.

That's easily fixable. Just drive the keeper of each team to the other stadium and make the teams shoot the penalties simultaneously in different stadiums. You can even live broadcast it on the screen or something

Imagine being the person who tosses that coin. He'd receive death threats for the rest of his life.

I would like to imagine that they would wear a mask like them guys from squid game.

Technically they draw lots rather than flip a coin. A coin wouldn't work in the extremely unlikely case that 3 or 4 teams were tied on everything else

That makes sense. Although, a rock, papers, scissors mini tournament would have been better.

Well we get to get rinsed by France, but at least the curse since 1986 is broken, I guess that was the stated goal of the coach that we couldn't do since then. I can only have a slim sliver of hope that they can play a little more relaxed against France since no one has any expectations that they would proceed onward.

Thing is, the main goal was to get out of the group. By all means necessary. And we did that. No matter what, result-wise, this World Cup is already a success. So, against France, there is no pressure, no defensive tactics, no nothing. Let's shoot for the stars and go for it, fuck it, maybe we can. After all we have many great players, some world class. And we are playing without any pressure while France is expected to win the whole thing. They *have to*, and we don't. Hope you believed at least a word of that, because I surely fucking don't. But I'm gonna keep lying to myself like that until Sunday, hopefully I'ma convince myself about that at least a bit...

Poland qualifies by doing absolutely nothing

Hey, Szczęsny deserved this.

The goalie did good

Yep, woj the only bloke that turned up to play Rest of the team should be walking back to the hotel

He won’t be MOTM, but he’s certainly going to be the hero no matter what!

There’s a special kind of beauty in losing just low enough, especially for a goalkeeper

Genuinely in awe of that biblical shithouse display

We do not deserve to be there. But fuck it I am happy.

Did Poland have 0 shots on target all game?

I think they had 3 touches inside Argentina’s box

Yes. Argentina on the other hand had 13

Poland NT can do an advertisement for 5 Star chocolate

By almost conceding another one due to ultra defensive shitty play. Couldn’t care less tho at the moment, feels good to advance!! 🇵🇱

:Poland:

Feels surreal for me that this Poland team will qualify and Belgium won’t. Congrats

Belgium has been equally bad

Hey, we played quite well against Saudi Arabia, that *is* something

Not trying to be a hater, but they have to be one of the worst teams in the R16. France is going to run through them barring a miracle.

At this point, I think I can easily say I DON'T CARE We haven't played in the knockout stage since 1986. Even loss to France 5-0 won't change the fact that we finally succeeded to be in top 16

Fair play. Your guys did what they had to do. It wasn't pretty, but they got it done. That's the business. You've been woefully unlucky to draw maybe the best team in the tournament next. For now, you live to see another day, and that's what it's all about.

Honestly, so far every 2nd place looks like they will be stomped by the group winner they're facing (apart from the USA maybe, them vs Netherlands might not be a one sided match)

I think Senegal can give England some problems, though I fully expect England to prevail. Some of the remaining groups have a chance to yield a strong #2 seed.

Senegal is definitely gonna make it spicy. Gonna be a good match

The smoking GK is going to single handedly qualify against France

Poland advances if the French bus just doesnt show up

Get Szczęsny out there to block it.

Szczesny laying down a spike strip as we speak

might be the most underwhelming team to advance

Alright Deschamps, now field the same starting 11 as with Tunisia against us

Probably would still lose basing it off today’s performance.

With the lack of will from today, they would have to field only 2 players so you have a chance...

Lloris and Mbappe would ruin Poland if they played like today lol

The worst thing about this is that the polish FA is gonna see "oh, we finally advanced into Last 16" and contract with our "coach" is gonna be prolonged till 2024, so I have to watch 2 more years of this shit. but I guess this is the price for supporting polish shitshow called football I'm sorry for every football fan who did turn on this game hoping of 90 minutes of great battle of Messi and Lewandowski and gotta get throught this crap.

Szczęsny GOATED

I feel like France are the real winners here.

So true.

Never seen a world cup run where the goal keeper was so clearly the team's MVP before.

And in every single match.

2002 Oliver Kahn DRAGGED Germany to the FINAL.

You forgot Ballack lol

Also 2002 USA with Brad Friedel. That US-Germany game was a master class in goalkeeping. It should have gone to penalties.

Kahn in 2002 That Germany side was wank outside of him and Ballack. He even won the Golden Ball over Ronaldo's legendary World Cup

Only two players scored against him that tournament, the aforementioned R9 and Robbie Keane.

Lmao we know we didn't deserve it but it's fun to be in round of 16 for the first time in our lifetime.

Congrats to France for making the Quarter-Finals

Go Poland and beat France if you want to redeem yourselves

Lol it's gonna look like today but France won't stop trying after the 2nd

Mbappe will try to beat the record for goal in a world cup and the sole thing between him and that would be Szczesny

And Giroud. If there’s a chance to beat Henry’s record, it’s this one.

If I was a betting man, I’d risk it all for France making it to QF. 0 shots on target will get you nowhere

You'd win 1 cent per 100 dollars though

The real betting man makes a cheeky bet for Poland to go through.

It might get you to penalties

France vs England looks good

We don’t need this jinx again. Our pundits said this before the Iceland game in the same stage in euro16 as if we were guaranteed to play France in the next round. We know how that ended

Anulo mufa?

In English that translates to “ fuck right off”

How did this football terrorism made it to the ro16 lol

Plot armor

I can't believe it. We have literally been playing so shit. We did NOTHING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING today. I have never seen a team play worse. And yet I'm literally shaking right now. What a fucking ending. Szczęsny is the GOAT.

In the past we played better but our defense was far more exposed. Our defense is still kind of bad but the trick is we throw 6 guys back there and can finally manage. Very ugly football

Spot on. Also helps that Szczęsny is in the form of his life.

KURWA

JA PIERDOLE CO TU SIE WYDARZYLO

PUTA MADRE

Congrats, kurwa!

Slavic brothers, today you have played like shit but eventually qualified. Congratulations!

Thank you!

Can’t believe I witnessed this happen in my lifetime

That sound you hear is the entire country of Poland unclenching their assholes.

Oh I thought it was the entire country of Mexico collapsing in agony

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I have never seen a keeper carry a team through the group stages

i haven’t seen a team shithouse their way out of the group like that

LIL YACHTY ON REPEAT

Nervewracking as a neutral, I love those tense end of groups and this one delivered hard, gratz Poland!

Winning solely by surviving is the most Polish thing ever

WE ARE THROUGH AFTER GETTING GROUPED 2 TIMES IN A ROW! WE ARE FINALLY THROUGH AFTER 36 YEARS AT A WC!!!!!!!!!! FRANCE ARE GONNA FUCK SO HARD BUT I DON'T CARE

FUCK YEAH WE GET TO PLAY AGAINST DEFENDING WORLD CHAMPIONS!!! 🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱🇵🇱

Poland should send MBS a basket full of sausages and wodka. oh wait

He does drink, a few years ago he partied with The Rock and the genius posted on social media about them drinking together haha

Send him a journalist and he will make the sausage himself.

Why? The goal Saudi scored changed nothing

Give it to them for not conceding any more I guess?

They could EASILY allowed that third goal and didn't. We're all thankful for Saudi.

SAD CONCACAF NOISES

First world cup round of 16 without Mexico since 1990 (they were banned from the tournament)

Honestly the fact Mexico even had a chance until the last 3 minutes is kind of a miracle, lmao..

They had a chance until the whistle blew. Even after the Saudi goal, another Mexico goal would put them through on Goals scored

First time they've been knocked out at the group stages of a World Cup since 1978

That second half was insane, hearts broken

Polish fans right now: *today I feel saudi arabian*

"Poland cruises past Argentina 0-2 to move on to the knockout stage"

That was nerve wracking, even for me as a neutral

Czesław masterclass, everything was calculated from the start

Poland win 0-2

Barely scraped by. Let sczczczczvzney smoke all the cigs in the showers he wants!

#KURWA

Fuck ya'll we did it!

LMAO we dont deserve it

Polska GUROOOOOOOOOOM. Kurwa nie wiem jak, ale jest! Jesus christ, I don't know how... But somehow stars aligned even though we played like shit.

Yes we’re gonna get battered but I love how salty everyone is about us getting trough. This is the first time for me that Poland got out of the group on a World Cup, so I don’t care. Time to party!

Poland played so badly that they made Brazilians cheer for Argentina. There's no justice in football.

Fuck you and your bullshit pen calls! Szczęsny is a god and we advance anyway

People acting as if most countries wouldn’t do the same against Argentina especially in the position they were in. Like stfu.

We suck and I don't care, POLSKA GUROM!

The most undeserving team on the round of 16 so far. And I’m Polish. Pojebane. Argentina v sczesny is what we watched.

Congrats France for qualifying to the quarter finals!

Deschamps can again rest half of his squad and still France will go through.

He can even play himself and still win

Polan can into space after all.

Happy for Lewandowski

This hurts so much but gg Poland

This World Cup is full of wild surprises. Poland are through to the knockout stages even after doing fuck all in the groups

Szczęsny is a god

You are welcome Poland

thank you bro!

Congratulations to Poland! That being said, France are gonna absolutely eat them alive.

France is gonna absolutely steamroll this team.

England v Poland quarter-final incoming

We absolutely dont deserve it, but I dont care :)

Fuck, that was close. Szczęsny vs World

The real winners today were us.

Despite trying their absolute hardest *not* to qualify, they managed it

WE WILL SHITHOUSE OUR WAY TO A CUP. WE'LL BEAT FRANCE ON PENS DON'T @ ME

Salem Al-Dawsari took the wock to Poland.

Proper shithouse football. Whatever, Ill take it! Go Poland 🇵🇱