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here we go...
The only thing I'll be interested in seeing is if Messi can win the Golden Boot.
Rooting for Spain even though it means that little oik Cucorella gets a winner's medal.
Come on Spain!
Simone on the bench, so looks like Argentina are not going for the niggly fouly chesty first half this time.
Messi looking very sharp and up for it in the tunnel, and he individually greets each meneer of the Spain team.
, showing he is there and ready.
I think Argentina to win this, by hook or by crook.
Enjoy the little genius. No I don't mean Tom Cruise.
Vamos Espana
I enjoyed the build up.
Come on Spain!
Quote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 07:10:38 PMRooting for Spain even though it means that little oik Cucorella gets a winner's medal.
I can live with that as long as they tug his hair a few times. He hates that.
Game only 20 mins old ref definitely showing preference to Argentina .
No bookings so far but Argentinians should had had two yellows for certain .
The lack of a card with some of those fouls is mad.
Have you noticed how in this World Cup that when a tricky decision has to be made about a foul the ref calls a hydration break?
No cards again, this is getting ridiculous.
Quote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 07:10:38 PMRooting for Spain even though it means that little oik Cucorella gets a winner's medal.
As annoying as he is, he is a great player. He runs and runs and I am pretty pleased we won't be facing him in our opening match.
Quote from: The Cravenette on July 19, 2026, 08:39:24 PMQuote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 07:10:38 PMRooting for Spain even though it means that little oik Cucorella gets a winner's medal.
As annoying as he is, he is a great player. He runs and runs and I am pretty pleased we won't be facing him in our opening match.
I'd actually forgotten he'd jumped ship so I'm not so concerned about him now!
My last memory of him will be his red card at the Cottage last season.
Quote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 08:42:11 PMQuote from: The Cravenette on July 19, 2026, 08:39:24 PMQuote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 07:10:38 PMRooting for Spain even though it means that little oik Cucorella gets a winner's medal.
As annoying as he is, he is a great player. He runs and runs and I am pretty pleased we won't be facing him in our opening match.
I'd actually forgotten he'd jumped ship so I'm not so concerned about him now!
My last memory of him will be his red card at the Cottage last season.
Yeah, good memory to have ::smile::
A half time show is going to make me puke 🤮
This is disgustingly American. I hope we're never subjected to this shite ever again
Quote from: demeant0r on July 19, 2026, 09:05:36 PMThis is disgustingly American. I hope we're never subjected to this shite ever again
It's unbelievable
Not a patch on a bag of Percy Dalton's and a mug of Bovril. Although I must admit Maradonna's transitioning has gone well.
It's dreadful.I've muted the sound.
Quote from: Holders on July 19, 2026, 09:11:56 PMIt's dreadful.I've muted the sound.
It's part of the 'beautiful game'.So glad I watched all the cricket today. It was a cracking match.
Quote from: Grassy Noel on July 19, 2026, 09:16:12 PMQuote from: Holders on July 19, 2026, 09:11:56 PMIt's dreadful.I've muted the sound.
It's part of the 'beautiful game'.So glad I watched all the cricket today. It was a cracking match.
Likewise, just a shame more English cricket fans weren't there to see it.
Aahhh Shakira, she's great, joyful, lovely, dare I say it attractive, lady... just needed her and The Muppets for 15 minutes really.
Roy Keane just agreed with me.
Quote from: Steeeeeeeeeed on July 19, 2026, 09:17:58 PMAahhh Shakira, she's great, joyful, lovely, dare I say it attractive, lady... just needed her and The Muppets for 15 minutes really.
Roy Keane just agreed with me.
The Muppets are up in the box with the biggest muppet of all Infantino
Quote from: Holders on July 19, 2026, 09:11:56 PMIt's dreadful.I've muted the sound.
Pass the sick bag the half time nonsense was cheesy and cringeworthy.
I thought at first it was a bad Karaoke.
Time for me to hydrate the garden.
Quote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 07:10:38 PMRooting for Spain even though it means that little oik Cucorella gets a winner's medal.
Unfortunately I have to agree
So far no shot on or off target from Argentina
You just know they're going to win it on pens or extra time with their only attempt
Quote from: Staffs White on July 19, 2026, 09:51:04 PMQuote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 07:10:38 PMRooting for Spain even though it means that little oik Cucorella gets a winner's medal.
Unfortunately I have to agree
So far no shot on or off target from Argentina
You just know they're going to win it on pens or extra time with their only attempt
No.FIFA made a late rule change. If it is nil nil then the trophy goes to Trump.
Quote from: SG on July 19, 2026, 09:09:55 PMQuote from: demeant0r on July 19, 2026, 09:05:36 PMThis is disgustingly American. I hope we're never subjected to this shite ever again
It's unbelievable
And right after that shite was a BBC propaganda ad 🤮
That Chelsea ***** got a second yellow
Argentina are difficult to watch. Dirty team, don't offer a lot when their opposition is actually playing.
It's so frustrating we gave in after scoring on Weds. I think we could have hurt the Spanish on the break.
Did I read that right? Argentina has had 0 shots all game.
Quote from: Grassy Noel on July 19, 2026, 09:53:36 PMQuote from: Staffs White on July 19, 2026, 09:51:04 PMQuote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 07:10:38 PMRooting for Spain even though it means that little oik Cucorella gets a winner's medal.
Unfortunately I have to agree
So far no shot on or off target from Argentina
You just know they're going to win it on pens or extra time with their only attempt
No.FIFA made a late rule change. If it is nil nil then the trophy goes to Trump.
May as well after that awful decision to rule out the Spain goal at least Argentina won't win it
Quote from: SimonDaviesEnjoyer on July 19, 2026, 10:17:20 PMArgentina are difficult to watch. Dirty team, don't offer a lot when their opposition is actually playing.
It's so frustrating we gave in after scoring on Weds. I think we could have hurt the Spanish on the break.
Win by cheating tainted medals all of them. Not his biggest fan but if this really was Leeds in the 70s clough was right
My god this lot really aren't that good are they? We really did beat ourselves. What a dreadful final to the WC.
Please not penalties, we know how that will end.
Yes!
With FIFA planning to expand the competition even more and with the success of Cape Verde is there a chance that the Falklands might even qualify. That would be something.
Quote from: Twig on July 19, 2026, 10:36:18 PMMy god this lot really aren't that good are they? We really did beat ourselves. What a dreadful final to the WC.
Agreed and all this fawning over last nights result made it worse for me
Yes I'm not fun at parties blah blah
We missed our biggest opportunity in my lifetime to win this thing and only turned up when the pressure was off
Argentina are scavengers but Spain have scored.
Argentina, after 94 mins + 24 ET still have ZERO shots attempted.
They just made their first shot attempt...
I'm really not sure how that Spain got was disallowed but this has been an atrocious final in the sense that only one team has played football and the other are a bunch of low IQ thugs with a world class player who's past it and been nullified
That's a relief.
That was the worst football match I've watched in a long time.
BBC awkwardly torn between "no-one wants to see that on a football pitch" and their public service duty to show us something taking place on a football pitch that we want to see.
Well done Spain.
How did Parades escape a red card even before the post match Argy bargy?
Football 1 Argentina 0
The Spanish disallowed goal was for the exact same thing that happened to Djed Spence before the Argentina goal the other night.
An oddly intriguing final, not a bad watch in a dark, moody thriller kind of way.
A Better game than than the boring finals of 2010 and 1994.
I can't believe how much Argentina were being allowed to get away with, and the longer it went on the more it felt like they would sneak a win, i was really surprised when Spain finally scored.
I kept half any eye on Messi just waking around for 2 hours, he had a few moments, but was really very very quiet.
Congratulations Spain
I mostly enjoyed the tournament and it was the most grandiose ever, but not the best IMO. The Qatar WC was better refereed. The final ref from Slovenia gave too many "dives" something Infantino was trying to reduce. One cannot admire Argentina's good football when they use so many foul tactics in their desire to win by any means.
England flopped due to the manager leaving out half the core of the squad for no apparent reason, had he included them I believe England would be in the final. They showed there is no "gap" that Tuchel likes to give himself excuses for his failure, by winning the 3rd/4th place playoff, but a new English manager would be no worse than "touchy" Tuchel in my view. Tuchel makes too many arrogant team choices that harm England, Gary Lineker even called him a German spy...
There were many great moments and some crazy referee and VAR decisions that let the tournament down. But I generally liked it despite the advertising breaks, early hour matches, poor studio analysis and occasional naff commentators on the UK side.
::scarf::
The best side won... and so did football...
Whatever the Argies were playing, can stay in South America... or on Hackney Marshes in winter...
Thugs pretending to have talent...
With decent Referees they would have struggled to get out of their group.
Well done Spain 🇪🇸 fully deserved.
Viva...
Why was there a karaoke competition during halftime attended by odd balls and freaks, which appeared to over run, therefore delaying the restart of the second half of this football match.
Football 1 Oiks O
Why was Infantino walking around wearing white Brothel Creepers on his feet, and an off the hook Burtons two piece suit.
He made Sepp Blatter look almost human.
Quote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 11:14:53 PMHow did Parades escape a red card even before the post match Argy bargy?
Howmw
Quote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 11:14:53 PMHow did Parades escape a red card even before the post match Argy bargy?
How were Argentina allowed to get away with constant fouls since the start of the tournament? Were VAR told not to intervene unless it gave Argentina an advantage? Refs turned a blind eye to their disgusting challenges! I swear theyd have had several players sent off every match in the PL! Now I'm hearing that "they're a physical team", so if you have a team of thugs, are they allowed to just going around kicking and body slamming people without a caution?
That's the best performance of anti football I've seen in my lifetime of watching football.Playing 120 mins just to get to a penalty shootout with zero shots on goal,what a bunch of clowns,I'm so glad they lost.
Quote from: Mr White on July 20, 2026, 04:25:15 AMThat's the best performance of anti football I've seen in my lifetime of watching football.Playing 120 mins just to get to a penalty shootout with zero shots on goal,what a bunch of clowns,I'm so glad they lost.
So true & it nearly worked.
Quote from: Mr White on July 20, 2026, 04:25:15 AMThat's the best performance of anti football I've seen in my lifetime of watching football.Playing 120 mins just to get to a penalty shootout with zero shots on goal,what a bunch of clowns,I'm so glad they lost.
They took their first shot on the 116th minute. What a joke. How did England lose to this bunch of clowns?
Thank God or someone Spain won. The other lot took the game into the the gutter. Oh for our manager not to have had such a cowardly crawling into his shell attitude in the semi final. Then at least to have known what would have happened if he had shown more attacking spirit. ::angry::
What an utter disgrace Argentina were. Completely ruined the final as well. England would have made it a much more entertaining game, though we'd have probably conceded more than once.
Paredes deserves a long ban.
Even Cabo Verde would have put up a better performance than Argentina played the final!
Then add in their thuggish mentality during and after the match and you get the worst finalists ever!
Will corrupt FIFA deal appropriately with their violent attacks after the game?
Quote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 07:10:38 PMRooting for Spain even though it means that little oik Cucorella gets a winner's medal.
I get why SP im not a fan either however hes not a bad player though . then again did nothing very constructive throughout the match when he got the ball it was like it was red hot and he got rid immediately.
Quote from: demeant0r on July 20, 2026, 08:32:09 AMQuote from: Mr White on July 20, 2026, 04:25:15 AMThat's the best performance of anti football I've seen in my lifetime of watching football.Playing 120 mins just to get to a penalty shootout with zero shots on goal,what a bunch of clowns,I'm so glad they lost.
They took their first shot on the 116th minute. What a joke. How did England lose to this bunch of clowns?
Awnswer FIFA
I was taking the P out of Infantino with his black suit with white trainers, I have just seen footage that shows all the FIFA officials were all wearing the same, must have got a job lot.
Quote from: demeant0r on July 19, 2026, 09:02:42 PMA half time show is going to make me puke 🤮
Me too . Classic yanks .
Rooney´s a bit of a dimwit and probably would never go far in the diplomatic service, but I did love his comment on the half time show......"I thought it was crap!".
Sooooooooo happy this morning waking up and knowing that Spain beat the anti-football of Argentina last night. Argentina´s lack of grace and sportsmanship was evident throughout and summed up by Parades(who spent most of the second half literally trying to leave his mark on the Spanish forwards) fighting and scuffling with the Spanish subs, refusing to accept defeat. Maybe there is a footballing god!
Quote from: Citizen Smith on July 20, 2026, 12:30:03 PMSooooooooo happy this morning waking up and knowing that Spain beat the anti-football of Argentina last night. Argentina´s lack of grace and sportsmanship was evident throughout and summed up by Parades(who spent most of the second half literally trying to leave his mark on the Spanish forwards) fighting and scuffling with the Spanish subs, refusing to accept defeat. Maybe there is a footballing god!
the difference between football and rugby, after the Argentina v England rugby, one of the Argie players remonstrated with ref, he will now receive a lengthy ban.
Now I don't speak Spanish so I hope this is not about someone passing away. The coach balling his eyes out because they lost has made my week. Pmsl
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Quote from: SP on July 19, 2026, 11:14:53 PMHow did Parades escape a red card even before the post match Argy bargy?
Apparently Paredes was sent off after full time. You'd imagine it will be quite a lengthy ban he gets considering that if he did that on the street he'd be lucky to escape a criminal record
Never been a fan of the hair, but Cucurella is an excellent footballer. Must have missed it, but he's off to RM this season, wonder what the deal was worth money wise. At least don't have to face him opening day....
::angry:: ...and everyone screams at how brilliant Messi is ... call him the GOAT etc...
..and yet last night he tried his upmost to get Cucurella sent off for putting his hand close to his lips ... pathetic.
He is no better than the other 10 cheats on his team - glad his career is over, except for playing that 3rd tier US soccer league he's part of ....
Proper football supporters will be glad to see the back of Argentina and their classless thugs ....
Quote from: alfie on July 20, 2026, 11:00:22 AMI was taking the P out of Infantino with his black suit with white trainers, I have just seen footage that shows all the FIFA officials were all wearing the same, must have got a job lot.
The suits were a job lot from John Collier Men's Outfitters.
As for the white carpet slippers, it enables the creature to creep away from sticky situations without attracting attention, like hobnail boots might.
I am actually considering inviting Infantino to an opening of the Excrement End Toilets whereupon he can cut the Ribbons with an Electric Hedge Trimmer whilst standing on one leg on a seat