They have the trauma of trying that against Belgium in 2018. The game was tied 2-2. Japan went all out for the win, and instead Belgium swiftly counterattacked and won 3-2 in the dying seconds.
So Japan parks the bus now.
There’s a commercial for one of the betting sites, I think. Some guys are in a bar discussing which team they like in the World Cup. One guy is supporting Norway, and as he talks his hair and clothes change and he gets more stereotypically Norwegian. At the end, there’s a bird perched on his arm. I thought for a moment it was a blue parrot, but alas, no.
That would have been a great commercial.
I see that the USA are -10000 to advance from the Group Stage. Bet $1 and leave the sports book with $1.01. And I still think it’s a sucker bet. Türkiye and or Australia could both beat the US, and a host of other shit could go wrong. But enough about that.
Does USA being -10000 to advance mean that they are (something like) +10000 to not advance? Because I’ll risk a buck on that prop any day. Although I’d be sad too about it but I’ll cry all the way to the bank.
Yeah I chuckled at the Norwegian guy but, too. I hope they do that with more countries. Too bad Jamaica aren’t playing.
Also, the bartender in those commercials is the same actor who plays Gomez Addams on Wednesday.
If the US loses the next 2 games they’re probably at like 0 GD and 3 pts, which would have advanced in the last 3 Euros. Of course 3 pts could land you in 4th and it wouldn’t matter.
As it is, the commercial is meh, at best. The right bird would have made it epic.
Entertaining match between Ecuador and Côte d’Ivoire.
Yeah, it’s a quite open game with chances on both sides.
Ecuador hitting the crossbar for the 2d time!.
Côte d’Ivoire is collecting lots of yellows, may prove costly.
I also recommend the documentary that the movie was based on, also called Next Goal Wins.
Diomande, on the Ivory Coast, was playing travel soccer in Florida a couple years ago, that’s wild.
But now plays in La Liga in Spain if I I’m not mistaken, in Leganés.
If he continues to play like this he will probably jump to a bigger team soon.
No, he’s playing for RB Leipzig, a plastic club.
He’s at RB Leipzig, but likely leaving for an even bigger club.
On theScore betting site (formerly ESPNBet), the odds of USA advancing are -20000. Which would still pay $1.01 on a $1 bet. But the odds of them NOT advancing are +2000, which would pay $21.00 on a $1 bet.
Ooops, I heard the commentator say Leganés, may be he was talking about a different player.
He was at Leganes before Leipzig, might have referenced the trajectory.
Or didn’t bother to update his info.
And now it’s Ivory Coast’s turn to hit the crossbar.