FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Semi-Finals & Final

[hermes]

well that was a good attempt

[M3tro]

That was the best thing that could have possibly happened from an entertainment standpoint. Now Morocco has to play.

The more they open up the more France scores.

[El Turco]

to think milan had cafu, maldini, costacurta, nesta at the same time, older ages but they were still great to late years of their careers. and even stam for a year.

Good team, but the end 80's/early 90's Milan team had that FANTASTIC Netherlands trio (Van Basten, Gullit, Rijkaard), with Baresi, the ageless Maldini, Costacurta, etc, etc, etc.

That team won A LOT between 1988 and 1990.

Check the team and what it won in this link.

BTW: definitely recommended site, worth a look.

no need for any website, those years i was living 15 minutes away from baresi's house in milan lol


unchartered territory for morocco, lets see how they respond.

[GSWFan1994]

pochettino's all time world cup 11 with zidane and beckham as wing backs...

Spoiler:

lmao, they'd get cooked on the wings.

Good team, but I think I'd trade at least half of it for better players.

N'Kono as as goalkeeper is a joke, when you have Yashin or even Gordon Banks as available options.

Also, Beckham in the S11 is a bad, bad joke.

[Stannis]

That was the best thing that could have possibly happened from an entertainment standpoint. Now Morocco has to play.

The more they open up the more France scores.

This. My hope was Morocco Greecing or Italying their way to a WC.

Luckily Morocco gives me glimpses of Italy. And they had some come back games.

Don't give up Morocco!

[Baphomet]

pochettino's all time world cup 11 with zidane and beckham as wing backs...

Spoiler:

Reminder that Poch once played Son as a left back in an FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea and he, predictably, got absolutely cooked defensively and gave away a penalty.

But his worst tactical blunder was playing the ineffable Harry Winks as a holding defensive midfielder in a diamond against Bayern. That ended well.

[magik9113]

Another terrible defensive error. Giroud nails the post

[El Turco]

That was the best thing that could have possibly happened from an entertainment standpoint. Now Morocco has to play.

The more they open up the more France scores.

This. My hope was Morocco Greecing or Italying their way to a WC.

Luckily Morocco gives me glimpses of Italy. And they had some come back games.

Don't give up Morocco!

they dont have the finishers that italy have had, i am skeptical.

but at least game seems to have opened up

[Stannis]

This sub is either gonna make the coach look like an idiot or a genius.

Also, not sure why he didn't communicate his injury better pre-game? Maybe it was re-injured?

But it reminded me of last World Cup when the Croatia keeper played injured and costed some goals.

[hermes]

that's an early sub, but the announcers were saying it needed to happen. he was too slow on the back end

[GSWFan1994]

This is what I was afraid of. Good teams always do this.

Obviously, Morocco will have to play a totally different game then they are used to.

France puts a lot of pressure in the defense... they play fast and always go for the jugular, without too much beating around the bush with the passing... the way futebol is supposed to be played, IMO.

Now if Marrocos tries to open up the game and recover the prejudice, they are in a "sinuca de bico" (can't really translate that, lol)... if they stay the same, France will come and get them; if they go for it, France will wait and go for the kill as well.

Chess move, my friend!

[magik9113]

The more they open up the more France scores.

This. My hope was Morocco Greecing or Italying their way to a WC.

Luckily Morocco gives me glimpses of Italy. And they had some come back games.

Don't give up Morocco!

they dont have the finishers that italy have had, i am skeptical.

but at least game seems to have opened up

Luca Toni, Del Piero, Inzaghi, Totti, Gilardino, Iaquinta …. Ah those were the days

[El Turco]

pochettino's all time world cup 11 with zidane and beckham as wing backs...

Spoiler:

Reminder that Poch once played Son as a left back in an FA Cup semi-final against Chelsea and he, predictably, got absolutely cooked defensively and gave away a penalty.

But his worst tactical blunder was playing the ineffable Harry Winks as a holding defensive midfielder in a diamond against Bayern. That ended well.

well that explains a lot. it is not like he doesnt have options here, he can choose from 70+ years of football history. and laudrup didnt have to be there, you can easily find a place for zidane in more central position. maybe he confused it with euro cup all time eleven.

[GSWFan1994]

no need for any website, those years i was living 15 minutes away from baresi's house in milan lol


unchartered territory for morocco, lets see how they respond.

Come on, now you'll be forced to tell us some anecdotes from that time frame!

[Stannis]

Oh c'mon, that's not a yellow

[magik9113]

Poor yellow card decision if you ask me

[EArl]

Not sure how that is a yellow card.

[clyde21]

Fifa rig underway

[Stannis]

Morocco has most of the possession, but it's not doing them any good. This is why I felt more confident in a 70/30 game, with Morocco holding 30% lol.

That's out the window and Morocco gonna have to show us something we've haven't seen from them yet.

[EArl]

These past 2 games France has looked beatable. I think Argentina will have a solid chance to win.