Who would advance if both games finish 2-0? I think Mexico and Poland would both have 4 points and a 0 goal differential. They had a draw against each other. What would be the tie breaker?
As mentioned before, fair play. Mexico have 7 yellow cards and Poland 5 at the moment, so it goes to Poland.
That was not cool by Messi to ignore Lewandowski’s apology after the foul.
Agreed.
Switching over to Mexico and KSA!
I just switched over too. Much more entertaining. Mexico is playing with reckless abandon.
Holy shit! Nice goal!
Saudi Arabia just told Mexico to stuff their reckless abandon!!
I am happy to see Lewandowski live another day…
I think the right two teams advanced in the end.
I just wished that Poland had the quality to feed him more. He was almost invisible today.
That goal by Saudi Arabia was irrelevant. If Mexico had still scored that 3rd goal they would have advanced due to more goals. The fair play tie-breaker wouldn’t have applied.
That’s correct, but even the German commentator didn’t catch it first.
Now or 20 minutes ago?
20 minutes ago I was with my hands in prayer trying to breathe.
Now? I’m happy. just happy, it’s a bit dusty here…
Nah, it was already decided for Argentina 20 minutes ago. It was clear that Poland didn’t want to go for a goal, but shut the box.
You say those things because you are German, I’m from the land of Carlos Salvador “2-0 is the worst score” Bilardo.
Yeah, it’s a pretty thin team behind him. He’s used to playing with teams that keep a lot of possession and feed him balls in the box, but that’s not going to happen here.
Was France’s late goal disallowed? I am seeing it now that Tunisia won their match.
I think Messi was in the same headspace I, and all other 45 million Argentinians where “Concentrate, we have to win this, concentrate, we have to win this, nothing else matters”, he couldn’t break focus for anything.
I wouldn’t say that… it reminded Mexico that if they push up too much, SA could catch them on the counter. Another SA goal would have been disasterous.
Yes it was. It was a curious decision, because the ref seemed to have already blown the final whistle, but then VAR got involved. But it was the right call. And didn’t change the outcome in that group.