# World Cup 2018 **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 7, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615 "2018-06-07T18:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 39
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/761 "2018-06-26T19:26:11Z")
Argentina are making so many small, technical mistakes. Bad first touches, lazy passing, no one in the center of the box to take a pass. I have no skin in the game but my heart breaks for Messi because he’s just surrounded by nothing ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/762 "2018-06-26T19:33:01Z")
Penalty Iceland! ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/763 "2018-06-26T19:45:54Z")
Argentina scores! Argentina 2-Nigeria 1. Beautiful goal again, fast and powerful. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/764 "2018-06-26T19:47:08Z")
Second life for Argentina. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/765 "2018-06-26T19:47:49Z")
Ahhhhhhhhh!!! What a one-timer!!! ARG has hope! ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/766 "2018-06-26T19:51:21Z")
4 minutes injury time in the Argentina-Nigeria game. Argentina so far survives. Croatia scores against Iceland. Croatia 2-Iceland 1. Pity; the Icelanders were the epitome of pluckiness. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/767 "2018-06-26T19:53:32Z")
Round of 16 for the Argies! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/768 "2018-06-26T19:54:58Z")
Wow…they did it. They pulled this out. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/769 "2018-06-26T19:55:26Z")
Oh god, I don’t think i’ll watch the next world cup, too heavy of a cardiac risk… ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/770 "2018-06-26T19:55:40Z")
Messi on a yellow? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/771 "2018-06-26T19:56:42Z")
Argentina v France. What a R16 game. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/772 "2018-06-26T19:58:13Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Messi on a yellow? For delaying the game, very dumb mistake. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/773 "2018-06-26T19:59:07Z")
Argentina and Crostia go through. Really a nail-biter of a game, till the very end! Argentina showed serious defects but in the end their professionalism and experience trumped Nigeria’s enthusiasm and élan. A round of applause for Nigeria, though, for they proved their mettle and brushed the round of 16. They played well and with heart. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/774 "2018-06-26T20:03:58Z")
Round of 16 matches for today’s winners: Argentina-France and Denmark-Croatia. The first one should be an interesting match! ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/775 "2018-06-26T20:04:23Z")
Argentina were pressing hard for that second goal, almost as though there was something important on the line. Like Mascherano’s head, for that grievous yellow in the box that almost cost them the game. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/776 "2018-06-26T20:05:01Z")
That last half hour, while Argentina wasn’t creating great chances, they were in solid control of possession and kept coming back again and again so that it felt only a matter of time till they would make the breakthrough which they did. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/777 "2018-06-26T20:06:23Z")
Maradona back on the beak, by the looks of him in the stands ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/778 "2018-06-26T20:08:32Z")
Does Messi’s yellow have any effect in the next game(s)? ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/779 "2018-06-26T20:12:59Z")
If he gets a second one anytime before the SF, he misses the next game. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/780 "2018-06-26T20:17:32Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Does Messi’s yellow have any effect in the next game(s)? Yes, he would miss the QF game if he get another in the RO16. I think the single yellow cards are cleared prior to the semi-finals. Dumb, because someone else besides Messi should have sacrificed the yellow. Last WC, Thiago Silva missed the SF against Germany (due to an idiotic GK interference), which played a big factor (on top of Neymar’s injury). I watched the 2nd half and Argentina looked pretty bad. Even Messi gave away important possessions at least 3 times. So was that a hand ball in the box, or not? While it went from the head to the arm, the arm was extended. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615.md?page=40)