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[bukie]

Holy horsefeathers, Lukaku, what are you doing?

 

Third effort at an open net and he just missed the ball from 3 feet away.

This was basically identical to the ball Pulisic scored on against Iran, except Lukaku stopped and tried to chest the ball down to himself and a bad touch instead just bounced it sideways back to the keeper.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Holy horsefeathers, Lukaku, what are you doing?

 

Third effort at an open net and he just missed the ball from 3 feet away.

This was basically identical to the ball Pulisic scored on against Iran, except Lukaku stopped and tried to chest the ball down to himself and a bad touch instead just bounced it sideways back to the keeper.

 

I don't think he was trying to chest that down, I think he didn't see it until late or got caught flat footed when Lovren whiffed the header.

 

I didn't really want Belgium to go through, but seeing Lukaku after the game was still a bit heartbreaking.

[soccer10k]

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[wvcbxl]

And Belgium are out of the World Cup.

 

Obviously disappointed by the result, but this WC went more or less as I expected, tbh.

The window for this team was 2018, and it's been a steady decline since. Martinez was always going to try and squeeze one more tounament out of his regular but aging (and out of form) group, with predictable results.

Whoever will be the new coach will have to rebuild.

[UMFan83]

Germany-.Costa Rica is starting out like Poland-Argentina. I have not been able to confirm that there is actually another half of the field.

[soccer10k]

Germany-.Costa Rica is starting out like Poland-Argentina. I have not been able to confirm that there is actually another half of the field.

 

On the play that happened a couple minutes ago when Germany had the ball around the penalty spot, I think CR had 6 players in the 6 yard box.

[soccer10k]

Well that didn’t take long for Germany.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

beginning to think Costa Rica won't end the day on -6 GD

[imb]

i know nothing about this stat or how it's calculated but i choose to believe it is accurate and truthful

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I get the bunker mentality from Costa Rica, but they just had a 5 v 4 or at worst 5 v 5 in transition and they approached it with zero urgency and couldn't even get the ball into the attacking third. They know they need to at least score one, right?

[soccer10k]

Costa Rica just had a great chance due to 2 Germany errors but shot at Neuer and he tipped it over the bar.

[soccer10k]

Japan tied it up and very nearly took the lead in a matter of a couple minutes but the ball barely went out of bounds.

 

EDIT. Didn’t go out. Japan up 2-1.

[SpongeWorthy]

not sure how that 2nd Japan goal counts but let’s go!

[soccer10k]

Costa Rica scores too. This is wild.

[bukie]

Officially rooting for Japan-Costa Rica advancement from this group.

[bukie]

Costa Rica!

[imb]

oh this is incredible horsefeathers, how in the world did costa rica get 2!!!!!!

[soccer10k]

Costa Rica in 2nd with a -5 GD.

[UMFan83]

Tournament soccer is just the best.

 

Hope Costa Rica enjoyed their 2 minutes of being in position to advance.

[soccer10k]

Holy horsefeathers what a save by Navas.

[UMFan83]

Cant wait to see xG in the CR-Germany match. Just in this half they've hit the inner part of the post twice and had 3 different breakaways, scoring once.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

[UMFan83]

Costa Rica just too slow. Keep getting caught up to on the counter.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Costa Rica just too slow. Keep getting caught up to on the counter.

 

it cracks me up that a bunker & counter team plays Joel Campbell up top who perpetually plays like it's his second 90 minutes of the day

[Transmogrified Tiger]

How do these announcers repeatedly not know the tiebreakers. I understood it a bit for Mexico's group because who has the live yellow card count handy, but knowing that Spain is comfortably through on GD unless CR wins is easy stuff.