FIFA World Cup 2026 - discussion etc

Yep, correct. I just watched the replay linked above and you’re right. It’s an ugly challenge but there really is very little force and although it looks horrible on a still photo, it was not a potential injury-causing tackle. If the onfield ref didn’t adjudge it a red then there’s no way VAR will deem that a clear and obvious error.

That was fast.

If that’s how Congo’s defense is going to be Ronaldo is going to score at least one today.

Btw., how many total WC goals does he have? Can he theoretically challenge Mbpappé and Messi in the race to break Klose’s record?

It’s funny, I like Messi so much more than CR7 that I’m hoping that if Portugal wins big he still doesn’t score a goal.

  1. So no unless this game is wild.

The things you do for money… OTOH, I have seen a lot of Germans drink Corona beer. :man_facepalming:

I am glad nobody mentioned the Crybaby That Must Not Be Named :grin:
Until much later, at least.

Yeah, yeah… and he will finish his career with Newells Old Boys, because his heart always was with them. Pull the other one. He was very young, inexperienced, naive, and manipulable. It was closer than you are ready to admit in public, and I understand that. But think of this: had Catalonia had a national team back then, he might even have chosen that one.
The Argentinians reacted fast and well, the Spaniards were asleep and let him go without even trying. The fools!

Now speaking of a foul that maybe should have been red, Bernardo sees yellow.

Well there are limits.

In fact the Argentinians were asleep too, it took far more time than it should to get AFA interested in securing Messi.

Klopp is a commercial whore, if I might say so. He pitches everything. He would sell his grandma for a buck.

Isn’t Corona Mexican? At least that’s how I’ve seen it marketed.

Unpopular opinion, but the mass market lagers in the US, Mexico, UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, Czechia, and Belgium are not really all that different in quality.

Moroccan beer, otoh, is terrible.

Yes, and served in a clear bottle that does not protect it from UV radiation. Bad for taste stability. And the caps used to be so badly sealed that the Mexicans developed the habit of cleaning the freshly opened bottle with a slice of lime to get rid of the rust and the slime, and the idiots took it for fancy cool.
Did I mention that it is imported all the way from Mexico and is much too expensive? No, you mentioned that. Sometimes people are fools.
Disclaimer: I had one. Once. I am adventurous when it comes to beer. But I am no fool. Not for long, usually.

Never had a Corona in my life. Has always been a hipster drink “cool” people drink and pay too much for in fancy clubs.

Yes, Corona is Mexican, but all the big beer brands go back to German settlement in Mexico. Adjusted some for local taste and ingredients and such of course.

Yes, I darkly remember:

Totally deserved equalizer by Congo at last minute.

I went to run an errand at 10’, and walked in at 46’ to see that goal. I missed it a bit it seems. :slight_smile:

Please…a Congo victory. I need to see the Portugal/Penaldo meltdown.

Pulisic apparently still hasn’t trained with the rest of the US team. At this point I expect him to be out of the lineup Friday. If so, Brendan Aaronson in his place.

Do we know what kind of injury he has?