# 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:** 71
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1402 "2025-05-06T21:14:14Z")
This game, as the announcers like to say, is very fluid. Lots of potential scoring left. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1403 "2025-05-06T21:15:36Z")
Yeah, I’m dooming, I know. Fort trying to be a hero rather than laying it off to Pedri is a terrible decision. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1404 "2025-05-06T21:22:26Z")
My god what a goal. Sorry, Snarky. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1405 "2025-05-06T21:25:05Z")
Lewandowski should have buried that. Is it just me or does Dumfries look just like Hershel Walker? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1406 "2025-05-06T21:26:20Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Lamine Yamal is the most exciting player in the game at the moment, I’ll see if I can arrange something. … ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1407 "2025-05-06T21:32:03Z")
2 inches higher and Yamal ties it. ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1408 "2025-05-06T21:53:35Z")
Congrats to Inter. Nothing really to complain from a Barca perspective. Well played games that could have gone either way. Inter just finished more of their chances. I’ve thought they’re a bit overrated this season, certainly compared to the other two treble seasons, so I’m not shocked. Annoyed by choking Messi’s last couple years away while watching Madrid win so I’m hungry for UCL success, but not upset like I was after the Anfield loss. Win the league and I’ll be content, especially since Lewandowski is the only starter that’s going to age out soon. If they get a good replacement they could have a really nice ~5 years until they need to replace other starters. ---
**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 6, 2025, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1409 "2025-05-06T22:05:29Z")
Probably all for the best Mr. Fati is on his way out with Barca. Apparently he’ll only accept his departure if he gets from Barca the remaining payout? ---
**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:** [May 6, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1410 "2025-05-06T22:26:13Z")
I’d love to see him recover some of his early magic, but it’s not going to happen at Barca. ---
**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:** [May 7, 2025, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1411 "2025-05-07T07:15:49Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > I wouldn’t want to tempt the gods, ask for a Yamal hattrick Tuesday and watch Barca lose 4-3. You need neither Lamine nor to tempt the gods to lose 4:3 against Inter, it seems. Oh, dear, what a game! ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2025, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1412 "2025-05-09T05:12:57Z")
Six years to the day after the Miracle of Amsterdam, Spurs don the green jerseys and reach a European final. COYS!!! PS Shame about the Arsenal 🤣 ---
**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:** [May 10, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1413 "2025-05-10T19:54:03Z")
It’s the end of an era, today was Thomas Müller’s last match at Allianz. 😢 He wasn’t able to score a goal, but it coincided nicely with the celebration of Bayern winning the Bundesliga this season. It’ll be interesting to see if he comes to the MLS. I would selfishly welcome it, but who knows. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2025, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1414 "2025-05-10T20:35:49Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > It’s the end of an era, today was Thomas Müller’s last match at Allianz. 😢 He wasn’t able to score a goal, but it coincided nicely with the celebration of Bayern winning the Bundesliga this season. I didn’t have the opportunity to watch it live, but from what I’ve read, the four years senior of him, Manu Neuer, stole the show from him. Will Müller be jealous? 😄 ETA: and in other German football news, the proud former Bundesliga “dino” HSV fixed the ascension to the first Bundesliga after struggling for seven years in second. Good to have a club with that tradition, the European champion of 1983, back instead of one season wonders like Holstein Kiel, who today got relegated to second Bundesliga. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1415 "2025-05-10T21:56:56Z")
Yes, Neuer had a great game, but for one of the first times ever the beer squad caught up with him after a championship and drenched him, so he didn’t stop every shot. 🙂 And oh boy, I watched Hamburg and Ulm, and rarely do you so clearly see two teams going in opposite directions. Now Köln has to get themselves sorted out! ---
**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:** [May 10, 2025, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1416 "2025-05-10T22:11:54Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > Now Köln has to get themselves sorted out! They’re on a good path with their experienced fixer Friedhelm Funkel, winning yesterday in Nuremberg. It would get me much flak from other Borussia Mönchengladbach fans if there were any here, but I’m sympathetic to FC Köln because my maternal grandpa was from Cologne. And my mother, my sister and two of my best friends are all rooting for them, and it will be great to have the Rhine derby back next season. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1417 "2025-05-10T22:22:07Z")
I dunno how good of a prospect Muller is for MLS. He’s older than ideal, less athletic, and his contributions are more tactically advanced than you generally see in MLS matches. I worried about Messi for similar reasons, but then Miami brought in half the 2014 Barca team to play with him and he’s doing alright. I’m sure there are some places he’d do well, but not as sure of a thing as you might expect for a guy that played 500 games in the Bundesliga. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2025, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1418 "2025-05-11T14:24:46Z")
Turned on El Classico a little late and RM are already up 1-0 in the 5th minute. Obviously early, but shaping up to be a terrible weak for Barca fans. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2025, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1419 "2025-05-11T14:48:57Z")
And now 2-2, pending a potential handball. What a Yamal strike. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1420 "2025-05-11T15:00:34Z")
This game is insane. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264/1421 "2025-05-11T17:29:57Z")
And finally 4:3, including a useless hat-trick for Mbappé. Barça, it seems, needs crazy. Such a pity that it does not always work, but la Liga is almost certainly won. And beating Madrid four times in a single season is not bad either. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-world-football-thread-2020-2022-edited/918264.md?page=72)