FIFA World Cup Qualifiers for Qatar 2022 (soccer)

Discussion in 'Sports' started by CenterField, Aug 9, 2021.

  1. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2008
    Messages:
    46,666
    Likes Received:
    26,223
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Not a terribly surprising result, and it's kinda hard to root against Ukraine right now.

    Should be a good match against Wales on Sunday....
     
  2. gnoib

    gnoib Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2019
    Messages:
    5,448
    Likes Received:
    4,075
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Considering the current condition Ukraine was amazing and had a well deserved victory.

    4th of June the Nations Cup games start, with Italy and Germany
     
  3. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2008
    Messages:
    46,666
    Likes Received:
    26,223
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    I couldn't watch the match, but one would think that Ukraine is playing inspired ball right now, somewhat like Denmark did in the Euros after Christian Eriksen went down.

    Speaking of Eriksen, I'm amazed he's still playing. How wonderful is that?
     
    Last edited: Jun 1, 2022
  4. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2008
    Messages:
    46,666
    Likes Received:
    26,223
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Beautiful...the USMNT finally broke through...

    Tonight is fun but Sunday's match against Uruguay will be more of a test....
     
  5. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2008
    Messages:
    46,666
    Likes Received:
    26,223
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Very satisfying win for the USMNT against Morocco last night - 3-0. They were back in good form....



    I still think Matt Turner is our best goalie and he showed why last night.

    Finally, it was great to see Tim Weah score a goal. He's been so good setting up his teammates but last night he was finally able to blast one in himself.

    Hopefully, we'll carry this momentum into Sunday's matchup against Uruguay...
     
  6. gnoib

    gnoib Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2019
    Messages:
    5,448
    Likes Received:
    4,075
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Italy vs Argentine in Wembly. 0:3. Italy sucked big time. That was not a good warm up for the NL this weekend.
     
  7. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2008
    Messages:
    46,666
    Likes Received:
    26,223
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Ouch.

    Man, have the wheels fallen off the Azzurri's wagon since they won the Euros. Germany fans must be licking their chops...:eek:
     
  8. gnoib

    gnoib Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2019
    Messages:
    5,448
    Likes Received:
    4,075
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Italy Germany has history, a real rivalry, every game a derby. I am looking forward to that game.

    I think we lost @Center Field, but his heart must be bleeding.
     
  9. Montegriffo

    Montegriffo Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 22, 2017
    Messages:
    10,672
    Likes Received:
    8,941
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Lechyd da!
     
  10. gnoib

    gnoib Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2019
    Messages:
    5,448
    Likes Received:
    4,075
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Italy vs Germany was a sleeping pill. Just 5 minutes were interesting.
    Italy scored first in the second half, pissed Germany off and 2 minutes later Germany scored. Otherwise a crap game
     
  11. Montegriffo

    Montegriffo Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 22, 2017
    Messages:
    10,672
    Likes Received:
    8,941
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Another lacklustre game in a lacklustre championship.
    England lucky to get out with a draw after Germany were dominant for most of the game. 1-1 :bored:
     
    gnoib likes this.
  12. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2008
    Messages:
    46,666
    Likes Received:
    26,223
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    It was nice to see Wales and Bale finally get in after all these years. They'll be our first opponent in the WC.
     
  13. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2008
    Messages:
    46,666
    Likes Received:
    26,223
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Yeah, I wasted about an hour of my life watching that game. I was really expecting more out of Germany given the circumstances...
     
  14. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2008
    Messages:
    46,666
    Likes Received:
    26,223
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    As for the USMNT's WC tune-up against Uruguay, our boys played pretty well against a solid opponent but we were reminded of our problems at center forward and with set pieces. I don't know who and how the No. 9 position is going to get solved but it needs to get fixed soon. I think we can solve our set piece problem by putting Kellyn Acosta back on the kicks and moving Pulisic back out on the receiving end where he would serve us better, but will Berhalter make the move??
     
  15. Talon

    Talon Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2008
    Messages:
    46,666
    Likes Received:
    26,223
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
  16. Montegriffo

    Montegriffo Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 22, 2017
    Messages:
    10,672
    Likes Received:
    8,941
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Hopefully CF will be back to discuss the championship.
     
  17. Montegriffo

    Montegriffo Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 22, 2017
    Messages:
    10,672
    Likes Received:
    8,941
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    4 days later it will be England v the US.
     
  18. CenterField

    CenterField Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 21, 2020
    Messages:
    9,738
    Likes Received:
    8,378
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Yes, I'll be here.
     
  19. Montegriffo

    Montegriffo Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 22, 2017
    Messages:
    10,672
    Likes Received:
    8,941
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Glad to hear it.
    Wouldn't want you to miss it coming home. ;)
     
  20. philosophical

    philosophical Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2017
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    636
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Football is educational in one way.
    It demonstrates to many that Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Eire and England regard themselves as separate entities.
    Many around the world struggle to assimilate the distinction and call the cluster of islands off northwest Europe ‘England’.
    I saw a YouTube video where an American thought ‘Europe’ was a country rather than a continent.
     
  21. CenterField

    CenterField Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 21, 2020
    Messages:
    9,738
    Likes Received:
    8,378
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Not all Americans are ignorant. You do realize that we have here some of the best universities in the world, right? You do too (Cambridge, Oxford, etc) but we also have them (Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Duke, UC Berkeley, MIT, etc).
     
  22. CenterField

    CenterField Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 21, 2020
    Messages:
    9,738
    Likes Received:
    8,378
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Haha. You say it every time since 1966. Brazil will win it this time.
     
    Montegriffo likes this.
  23. philosophical

    philosophical Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Jan 21, 2017
    Messages:
    2,066
    Likes Received:
    636
    Trophy Points:
    113
    There are knowledgeable people everywhere, and they don’t even have had to go to university.
    Mind you University tends to be for a small proportion of any population.
    I would certainly explore the notion of ‘best’. My son went to Oxford and daughter in law to Cambridge, but those places are not what I would call ‘best’. After all that verminous piece of scum Boris Johnson was not improved by going to Oxford, he graduated and has almost single handedly destroyed the United Kingdom.
    He represents the worst of the Oxbridge entitled graduates, nothing like the best, see also Ghislaine Maxwell.
    In a random group of twenty Americans do you think more than about three would know the difference between Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and Great Britain, would they care anyway?
     
  24. Montegriffo

    Montegriffo Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Mar 22, 2017
    Messages:
    10,672
    Likes Received:
    8,941
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Only since 1996 when the song was first released.
    I'll be right one day.
    The Lionesses brought it home after all.
     
    Last edited: Sep 4, 2022
  25. CenterField

    CenterField Well-Known Member Past Donor

    Joined:
    Jul 21, 2020
    Messages:
    9,738
    Likes Received:
    8,378
    Trophy Points:
    113
    Gender:
    Male
    Yes, I do. Do you actually think that 17 out of 20 Americans are ignorant? You're full of stereotypical views of America. Have you ever been to America? Almost 40% (37.9% of those 25 years old or older) of the American population is made of college graduates. I think it would be hard to find a college graduate who doesn't know what the United Kingdom stands for, that England is not the entire UK, that the Republic of Ireland is an independent country that is not part of the UK, etc., including, in the context of all the news about Brexit. Hell, most high school graduates know it too (90% of the population), since we do study Geography here, you know? There will always be the heavily edited YouTube videoclip interviewing some simpletons and pretending that all Americans (or most Americans) are like this. Shame on you for believing in those stereotypes.

    Source:

    https://www.statista.com/statistics/184260/educational-attainment-in-the-us/
     
    Last edited: Sep 4, 2022

Share This Page