# 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:** 68
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1342 "2025-03-25T17:59:34Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > hopefully it mentions that Kimmich later signed a ball for the kid who got him the ball quickly for the corner. No, it does not. Shame. > [@Frodo](#): > > don’t go stealing _our_ signature moves! Barça is quite capable of similar **[_tierra trágame_-shame](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6QzajQoD8U)**, and _they_ are mentioned in the article. I believe Mascherano was no longer playing for us then, no need of Argentinians for a big blunder. ---
**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 25, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1343 "2025-03-25T18:08:26Z")
I wasn’t referring to the blunder but to the quick thinking and creative use of rapid game restart 🙂 . ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1344 "2025-03-25T18:09:55Z")
I see, you meant Maradona. Sorry, that is OK. Not the same, but OK. ---
**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 25, 2025, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1345 "2025-03-25T18:13:42Z")
Not just Maradona, if you meant the Hand of God that was creative (and glorious) _cheating_, I mean taking advantage of the other team taking his time to prepare for a stopped ball situation by doing it quickly before they are ready, which is not cheating per-se but not something one would expect from the stereotypical teutonic team. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1346 "2025-03-25T18:52:39Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > …(and glorious) _cheating_… I might have different words. YMMV. (cf. Henry) ---
**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 25, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1347 "2025-03-25T19:01:05Z")
Of course, and I don’t blame you at all. The required perspective to properly appreciate that work of Art is not something everybody (through no fault of themselves) has. I can point to several tens of millions of Bangladeshis that get it, though. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2025, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1348 "2025-03-25T19:06:42Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Kimmich later signed a ball for the kid who got him the ball quickly for the corner. And the boy got a free ticket from the DFB for the semi-final in Stuttgart against Portugal. How generous from the DFB! At least the kid got his 15 minutes of fame. ---
**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 28, 2025, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1349 "2025-03-28T17:23:27Z")
I would like to post this here in a completely humble manner… > **[4M views · 566K reactions | FULBO ARGENTINO 🇦🇷⚽️🔥 | El Gráfico](https://www.facebook.com/share/r/15pAX1Zjdw/)** > > FULBO ARGENTINO 🇦🇷⚽️🔥. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1350 "2025-03-28T17:30:23Z")
I knew Raphinha’s stupid words would come back the haunt him. So the new rules are every member of the team must touch the ball three times before scoring? Nice. ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1351 "2025-03-28T19:22:18Z")
You’ll think that living next to us for so long Brazilians would have a better understanding of how Argentinians think… ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1352 "2025-03-28T19:30:55Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > I would like to post this here in a completely humble manner… Well, you’re just copying Spain from ca. 2008 there 😉. Tiki taka is such old hat… ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1353 "2025-03-28T19:33:41Z")
(Pep Guardiola smiling.gif) ---
**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 28, 2025, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1354 "2025-03-28T19:47:49Z")
But against Brazil! ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1355 "2025-03-28T19:52:24Z")
Easy job, we pulled it off better in 2014. On their home turf. 😉 ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1356 "2025-03-28T20:00:17Z")
Damn it, you’ll always have that to beat us with. As if it wasn’t enough with having most of our World Cup campaigns in the last 20 years or so being defined as “We’ll advance until we met Germany”. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1357 "2025-03-28T20:02:04Z")
My friend @Frodo, I just wondered what will happen if/when Argentina and Germany meet again in a WC. Will we still be able to talk civilly? 😄 ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1358 "2025-03-28T20:03:51Z")
We managed these last times IIRC, but in any case, as I mentioned in 2010 (and alas, it was not to be) let’s try not to meet until the final, if at all. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1359 "2025-03-28T20:05:28Z")
Yeah, I think that’ll be best for all of us. Hope it’s the next final. ---
**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 28, 2025, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1360 "2025-03-28T20:09:15Z")
As is traditional. I think ARG-GER is the most repeated WC final. ---
**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:** [March 28, 2025, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1361 "2025-03-28T20:11:59Z")
Thinking a bit about it, I’m sure you’re right. I saw all three of them. ETA: I thought a bit more, and I came to the conclusion that the only other final pairing that happened more than once was Italy-Brazil, in 1970 and 1994. Am I right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264.md?page=67) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264.md?page=69)