No Irish, No Yanks, No Clogs - FIFA World Cup 2018

the germans are so mentally tough!!!!

Just logged into the train WiFi having left the match at 65 minutes and !!!!!!!!!

Never, ever write off the Germans.

I cycled past a car with the windows down and the radio on just as SK scored and it was such a fantastic way to find out. Just watched it. Neuer giving up on being a goalie completely, Son with a cherry on top, absolutely amazing. Only Mexico let us down

what in the actual fuck

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Well that's this world cup ruined

Well that's this world cup ruined

As the son of a Swede and a Mexican, I am just fine with this morning's results.

I have a German lesson in half an hour and I'm beginning to feel this may not have been the best time for it

Ask what the German for "Neuer, you clown" is.

the german for clown is in fact neuer

Me too unperson, that was some heavy World Cup thread sarcasm :)

a turnip for the no sorry got nothing

maybe tony adams has something to say on the mental strength of some of these arsenal players

bbc finishing the show with Can "i want more"

superb

You can’t spell clown without löw iirc

smh at all these "football fans" who are celebrating a quality team like germany being eliminated from the competition already

Glad, and not surprised, that ilxor is a safe space in which I can fully express my disdain for the Mannschaft. The bandwagon had gotten so huge, there was nowhere to go.

Just remembered my boss (who is a Germany fan) is doing a Likely Lads on this and will be settling down to watch the recording about now. Kind of tempted to text him a congratulatory text around the 85th minute.

you're unlikely to get a better opportunity

really enjoyed son having his moment today. i still feel a little giddy. let's get rid of more big boys. come on serbia

xp that is a valid point, I had thought I should start my German lesson with "sorry about the match" but yes, Likely Lads

keep stumm, darüber muss man schweigen, don't mention the etc etc

Given Mladen Krstajić's vile comments in the wake of Serbia's match against Switzerland, there's no reason not to root for Brazil.

what did he say??

xp idk it'd be pretty delicious to see Neymar come up short

I suppose there is a lots of reason to dislike Brazil but I just love Marcelo and wish him the best at all times.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/23/xhaka-and-shaqiri-goal-celebrations-bring-balkan-politics-to-world-cup

Regarding the referee:

“We were robbed,” he said. “I wouldn’t give him either a yellow or red card, I would send him to the Hague. Then they could put him on trial, like they did to us.”

Krstajic also posted photographs from the match on his Instagram account, accompanied by the comment: “Unfortunately, it seems that only the Serbs are condemned to a selective justice, once (it was) the damned Hague and today in football the VAR...”

Hardly surprised at vile nationalist bollocks being present in Serbian football culture tbh and, in any case, BRAZIL OUT!

I've got a mojito sunshine and schadenfruede life is good cheers germany

sweden have to at least be in contention for worst team at the tournament

― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 12:27 (four hours ago) Permalink

Worse than Panama?

― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 12:31 (four hours ago) Permalink

If they do go through they will the worse team left in the competition - a ba' hair ahead of Denmark.

― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 12:34 (four hours ago) Permalink

Can only assume roberto is trying to jinx Mexico out of the wc with ludicrous assertion of swedish ineptitude

― A Warning to the Karius (Bananaman Begins), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 12:35 (four hours ago) Permalink

That was some inspired jinxing roberto, although you concentrated your juju too much on the Mexico game

was just trying to influence the bookies and get better odds before i put my bet on for 3-0 sweden

I should have put a bet on...

Can see Sweden beating Mexico tbh.

― womp womp that sucker (Tom D.), Saturday, 23 June 2018 20:01 (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it was v fun to see granit & xherdan stick it to serbia & the reaction was predictably ridiculous. lovren was recorded singing some sort of serb-killing volk anthem after the argentina game. all v wearisome and unsurprising

as was mentioned i think in the hype & anticipation thread, lots of brazilians have mixed feelings about supporting the national side in the current climate (hence the natty red shirts free from association with the brazilian football federation) and some are even supporting argentina. it's very difficult to feel bad about neymar losing

The World Cup is a totally fertile field for hating on vile politics and economics, anybody can take their pick tbf. Still have a softer spot for Brazil as a team than these other lads.

By other lads I mean any of the other 3 teams in this sitch.

would love to see film of neuer’s reactions from the point he lost the ball upfield onwards. did he start trying to sprint back? at what point did he give up and succumb to despair?

Then the utter humiliation of having to play the remainder of the match back in goal in case he fucked up again.

Not been a great few months for German goalkeepers tbh.

sometimes the football teams and fans are the more modern/moderate/less hegemonic parts of society and it feels unfair to boo them for the faults of the wider nation, other times you've got australian fans making monkey noises at peruvian players. the world cup is truly a playground for prejudice

he didn't spend the rest of the match in goal though!

Wtf @ monkey noises... was this at the game, or ppl watching back in aus?

at the game: https://elcomercio.pe/amp/mundial/seleccion/peru/peru-vs-australia-luis-advincula-victima-cantos-racistas-rusia-2018-noticia-530804

Feels like it's been a good World's Cup for fan behaviour but wow fuck that.

Post Options Post by groovypanda on 7 minutes ago
Perfect viewing of the earlier games. Watched the first half of the German match then switched to Mexico Sweden for second half. When Sweden went 3 nil up switched back to watch final 12 minutes of Germany's exit. Usually miss all the goals when I do that.

Second SK goal was fantastic viewing.

Just wondering, with Son scoring again today are Spurs current top scorers in this WC? Or have Real got more?

I think Real have 8 (Ronaldo x4, Modric x2, Nacho, Isco) to Spurs 7

oh wait Toni Kroos as well

Eriksen tho

Swiss one up

yeah I'm not good at this

I'm in medical school and I know a thing or two about faking symptoms, so when neymar is grabbing his leg and voluntarily rolling on top of it several times in a row, it makes me think his leg doesn't hurt that much

Him faking doesn't mean there isn't a foul (or that there is one).