# 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:** 64
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1262 "2024-09-11T15:40:43Z")
Hard agree, here. It’s going to make it harder for the U.S. to measure themselves (and improve) against the top teams when they don’t have more regular opportunities for playing against them. I was never a huge Klinsmann fan, but he had the right idea in terms of scheduling tough friendlies against top European teams. But with Nations League games in the mix, there aren’t enough fixture dates available for that avenue for improvement. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2024, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1263 "2024-09-17T21:14:14Z")
Bayern steamrolling over Dinamo Zagreb 9-2 with four goals by Harry Kane, three of them penalties. Has anybody before scored three penalties in regular time in the CL? Another new record anyway, this was the 21st win in a CL opening game for Bayern in a row. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1264 "2024-09-18T13:17:28Z")
He was the first to score three pens in a single UCL match. 9 goals for a side is also a UCL record (there were quite a few 8’s). 9-2 just came up short of total goals in a match, Dortmund won 8-4 in 2016. Mueller now has the most appearances for the same side in UCL matches, and he celebrated with a late assist. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1265 "2024-09-19T19:14:01Z")
Ter Stegen with an absolutely terribly pass out of the back forces Eric Garcia to foul and Barcelona are playing down a man for 80+ minutes today. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1266 "2024-09-19T23:46:50Z")
Maybe the funniest thing about the new format is that Barca doesn’t even get to come back against Monaco in a second leg. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1267 "2024-10-01T21:15:07Z")
Dortmund smash Celtic, unbeaten this season so far, 7-1. Reminds me of last season, shaky performances in the Bundesliga, but they ace it in the CL. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1268 "2024-10-01T21:28:34Z")
How has Guirassy been? I was glad to see him move to BVB. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1269 "2024-10-01T21:31:54Z")
I haven’t seen the game (I don’t subscribe to channels that show the CL, don’t have the money), but at least he, again, scored twice (only topped by Adeyemi who scored a hattrick). He has been scoring steadily for the last four or five games, after he had a rough start into the season with some injuries. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1270 "2024-10-03T00:51:36Z")
Several mild upsets today. Villa beats Bayern 1-0 Lille beats Real Madrid 1-0 Benfica beats up Altetico Madrid 4-0! But just too many matches. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1271 "2024-10-03T00:56:51Z")
Those are three startling results. I got to watch Benfica dismantle Atletico, couldn’t hardly believe what I was seeing from a Simeone defense. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2024, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1272 "2024-10-03T01:49:57Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > Villa beats Bayern 1-0 In great part thanks to my personal favorite psycho Emiliano Damián “Dibu” Martínez ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2024, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1273 "2024-10-03T05:23:53Z")
Well, there is now no doubt about it: Ipswich are officially better than Bayern. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1274 "2024-10-23T19:08:39Z")
Was getting ready to type my Barca v Bayern post and Raphina scores within a minute! Bayern has been traumatizing for Barca for a decade now so I’m expecting them to lose this still. #1/2 vs #5 striker of the past 20 years? ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1275 "2024-10-23T19:21:52Z")
Kane ties it. Been completely one-sided since the 1st minute. Unless Barca figure out an adjustment I can’t see Bayern not scoring 2-3 more. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1276 "2024-10-23T20:18:16Z")
Shows what I know. Raphina’s having an amazing season. Was very unsure of him when Barca first signed him. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1277 "2024-10-23T20:44:56Z")
Barça leading 4 - 1 in the 74th minute, seems a good time to overcome that Bayern-trauma. I don’t know what Hansi Flick as done to Raphinha but it exceeds my wildest expectations. In the meantime yesterday in the Santiago Bernabéu, a player made me hum an old Lou Reed tune: Vinicius, you hit me with a flower You do it every hour Oh, baby you’re Vinicius Vinicius, you want me to hit you with a stick But all I’ve got is a guitar pick Oh baby, you’re Vinicius Poor Borussia Dortmund, leading 2 - 0 at half time, dreaming of a revanche for the CL final recently lost to Madrid, and then… dang! ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1278 "2024-10-23T20:50:46Z")
Man, I did not think much of Vinicius his first season in Madrid; Sergino Dest pocketed him in their first El Clasico. Now he’s one of 3 people at RM that’s arguably the best in the world at their position. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1279 "2024-10-23T21:11:11Z")
Jesus. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1280 "2024-10-23T21:17:08Z")
Well, this round the two best Spanish teams gave our allegedly two best a good rubbing (is that the right expression in football lingo? I’m still sometimes uncertain), it seems. ---
**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:** [October 23, 2024, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1281 "2024-10-23T21:42:55Z")
Drubbing or rubbishing, not rubbing. But all of them true in this case. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264.md?page=63) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264.md?page=65)