# Omnibus World Football Thread 2020-2022 (edited) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** football-soccer-fifa\ **Created:** [August 16, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264 "2020-08-16T15:38:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 44
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/862 "2023-03-29T00:15:19Z")
Messi scored his 100th goal for Argentina a couple minutes ago. Against Curacao… Their FIFA ranking is higher than I would have guessed, but this team is terrible. Why would Argentina schedule this game? Trying to get Messi to catch up to Ronaldo? As I’m typing he scored his 3rd tonight to make it 5-0 in the 37th minute. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/863 "2023-03-29T01:24:42Z")
Curaçao is surprisingly decent. They beat Honduras in Nations League a bit ago. I guess maybe there weren’t many options available for Argentina to schedule, with all the qualifying matches and nations league games going on now. ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/864 "2023-03-29T02:14:14Z")
I wonder if I’ll ever get used to Canada actually being legitimately pretty good. We beat Honduras 4-1 today; it wasn’t _that_ long ago they knocked us out of WC qualifying 8-1. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/865 "2023-03-29T02:16:14Z")
Ronaldo plays the likes of Gibraltar, San Marino and Estonia in world cup qualifiers, Argentina only meets that kind of easy meat in friendlies. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/866 "2023-03-29T03:16:08Z")
Oh, definitely. There was one qualifier where he scored 15 goals against teams that were like 130+ in the ELO rankings. Doesn’t mean Argentina should schedule them though. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/867 "2023-03-29T09:32:17Z")
Why not? In a way is part of the celebrations for the World Cup win, the sparring partner should not be able to opaque the festivities 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/868 "2023-03-29T13:04:01Z")
Yes! It’s important to celebrate once in a century wins! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/869 "2023-03-29T13:19:58Z")
The century is young … 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/870 "2023-04-02T22:54:11Z")
Potter and Rodgers both sacked today. Has any Premier League winner ever been relegated? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/871 "2023-04-02T23:24:50Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > Has any Premier League winner ever been relegated? Blackburn went down 3 years after they won the PL… ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/872 "2023-04-11T05:05:05Z")
After watching him recently against Southhampton (especially in the first half), I’m wondring if Kevin De Bruyne might be the best playmaker on the planet. Not to mention this game - he became the fifth Premier Leaguer to reach 100 assists, doing so more quickly than anyone else. I’m sure Haaland thinks the world of him. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/873 "2023-04-11T13:45:33Z")
Oh, absolutely he is, and has been for a while. While it’s certainly easier to look good at Man City than most other places, he’d stand out anywhere. Kinda wish Haaland was on a more fast paced team though. He was more exciting at Dortmund on the break. Gets to work on his heading game a lot more now though. Gotta get that Ronaldo snap header going and he’ll score more next year than this one. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/874 "2023-04-11T13:55:47Z")
Today is really going to be exciting. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/875 "2023-04-26T19:58:53Z")
A_brrr_senal! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Mouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mighty_mouse/32/7776_2.png) [@Mighty\_Mouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Mouse)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/876 "2023-04-26T20:27:34Z")
Men vs Boys ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/877 "2023-04-26T20:35:18Z")
Chelsea have scored one goal in 7 games since Lampard took over. And I cant be bothered to look up the combined record of Chelsea-Bayern-Tottenham since their managers got sacked, but its dire AF. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/878 "2023-04-26T20:51:21Z")
Barcelona currently losing at half just after Real Madrid lost over the weekend. Think there’s a good chance they earn points in the second half, but Barca really not trying to win the league. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/879 "2023-04-27T00:20:38Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > Chelsea have scored one goal in 7 games since Lampard took over. O. M. F. G. Frankie’s never had much luck managing, it seems. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/880 "2023-05-04T22:07:38Z")
Napoli wins the Scudetto after 33 years, first Argentina wins the World Cup and now this, el Diego is making some changes there in Heaven now that He his back on his throne. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/881 "2023-05-07T00:17:53Z")
I try to avoid posting videos, but this was one of the funniest goals I’ve seen. actually - nm - Ligue Un lets this video be viewable only on youtube, where you can see Mbappe hilariously scoring on a re-start against Lorient. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264.md?page=43) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264.md?page=45)