The Football Thread - 17/18 Season

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kirby007 on 01 July 2014

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Match fixing isn't a problem once the big countries eliminate the smaller ones.
Seeing that match fixing only works with players who don't can't buy a new car each week.

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Barozi on 01 July 2014

I expected Algeria to be strong, but it was even harder than I thought.
Overall a slightly deserved victory though. Algeria was better in the 1st half but failed to score, we were better in the 2nd half and failed to score (a lot) and we were better in the overtime. Algeria barely attacked after the goal, I guess they were out of power.

Lahm was bad in midfield but great as a defender. I hope Löw finally acknowlegded that. Mustafi not being able to play should help as well.
Khedira was surprisingly strong after his horrible performance against Ghana.
Neuer was amazing.
Schürrle great.
Özil losing nearly every ball.

Algeria is barely comparable to the playstyle of France. It's not gonna be easy either way, but I see us playing better than this game (especially in the 1st half).

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kirby007 on 01 July 2014

kowenicki said:

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Match fixing isn't a problem once the big countries eliminate the smaller ones.
Seeing that match fixing only works with players who don't can't buy a new car each week.

Are you saying that only poor sportsmen and poor teams have been involved in fixing?

Interesting.

obviously those that get paid well can do it purely for the fun. Those that aren't paid as good, are more easily tempted

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Scisca on 01 July 2014

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You are right. It is literally impossible for Cameroon to have competed, surprised they even turned up. There is no way they could have finished first or second in the group. Utterly impossible.

Dude, they had James Harden as the goalie. Everyone knows he doesn't know how to play defence.

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Ka-pi96 said:

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Of course it's bull. As I said, there is no way to prevent it. You can only punish the ones you caught and even then you can't really nullify the match unless both teams are involved.

I wouldn't say that it hurts the sport though. There are just some things you have to deal with, like diving or unsporting fans who are booing other people's national anthems.

Did that actually happen? That's disgusting!

Lol, that happens all the time. Watch any Brazilian game for example. It's just disgusting. German fans are doing it too and I fucking hate them for it.

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Some good games yesterday and some good games today. Belgium USA is going to be great.

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kirby007 on 01 July 2014

Ka-pi96 said:

vivster said:

Of course it's bull. As I said, there is no way to prevent it. You can only punish the ones you caught and even then you can't really nullify the match unless both teams are involved.

I wouldn't say that it hurts the sport though. There are just some things you have to deal with, like diving or unsporting fans who are booing other people's national anthems.

Did that actually happen? That's disgusting!

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