# 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:** 65
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1282 "2018-07-03T20:44:58Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Do soccer fans really enjoy penalty kicks? I’m only a casual watcher of soccer, but penalty shootouts happen in hockey, too, and I hate them there. Sorry, if you don’t follow football, you can’t tell what a psychological drama it can be. This is one of those occasions. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1283 "2018-07-03T20:45:10Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > If England win the shootout, the WC is theirs for the taking, big mental block gone. And only the Swedes and Croats to beat en route to the final. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1284 "2018-07-03T20:45:54Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Sorry, if you don’t follow football, you can’t tell what a psychological drama it can be. This is one of those occasions. Gotcha. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1285 "2018-07-03T20:46:01Z")
Going up the middle is quickly becoming the PK of choice at this World Cup. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1286 "2018-07-03T20:46:24Z")
Kane’s cool as fuck. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1287 "2018-07-03T20:46:26Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Do soccer fans really enjoy penalty kicks? I’m only a casual watcher of soccer, but penalty shootouts happen in hockey, too, and I hate them there. As an amateur goalie, I am almost obsessed with them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1288 "2018-07-03T20:47:37Z")
Rashford young for this. ETA: cooly done. Maybe England have figured this out… ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1289 "2018-07-03T20:49:27Z")
Ouch poor bastard. Eta poor bastards ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1290 "2018-07-03T20:49:53Z")
Come on Ospina. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1291 "2018-07-03T20:50:54Z")
O-s-p-i-n-a !!! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1292 "2018-07-03T20:52:46Z")
Thank you England. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1293 "2018-07-03T20:52:53Z")
And the TRAUMA is DONE! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1294 "2018-07-03T20:52:53Z")
Well, at least the right team won! ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1295 "2018-07-03T20:53:12Z")
Well. What do you know? God job, England. Now, even if you exit, you do so with some banished ghosts. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1296 "2018-07-03T20:53:29Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > If England win the shootout, the WC is theirs for the taking, big mental block gone. They did it. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1297 "2018-07-03T20:54:12Z")
Damn. England finally figured out the PKs ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1298 "2018-07-03T20:54:59Z")
whee whee ---
**Author:** ![Jinks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d9b06d/32.png) [@Jinks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinks)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1299 "2018-07-03T20:55:07Z")
Never in doubt… I need to go take a shower. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1300 "2018-07-03T20:55:31Z")
What a match! Poetic ending, if you ask me. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2018, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-cup-2018/815615/1301 "2018-07-03T20:56:04Z")
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