World Cup 2022 Cameroon v Brazil, Serbia v Switzerland, Ghana v Uruguay. South Korea v Portugal - Friday 2nd

[SymonSays]

Shirt will be a sell out,

 

[Hillheadbear]

FS1 commentator says there is a bit of tension between these two groups of players.

Talk about stating the bleeding obvious.

 

[gersin008]

He's a tough wee bastard isn't he. Is he half Serb or something?

Kosovan, I think?

 

[Ianis 4 the 55]

If Swiss scores, Brazil play against Portugal?

 

[Paisleybear30]

He's a tough wee bastard isn't he. Is he half Serb or something?

Born in Switzerland to Albanian parents, who previously lived in Kosovo I think

 

[Jelle1880]

Wtf Tadic

 

[Shawlands_Bluenose]

Xhaka to walk off the pitch at the end doing the Albanian eagle symbol with his hands.

Cue bedlam

 

[dougieb]

Well deserved win for the Swiss

 

[BlueBritain55]

That's me finally switched over to the thriller. Prepare for it to finish 3-2 troops.

F*ckin sorry everyone.

 

[Pirlo]

Would have loved the Swiss to have topped the group and Brazil to have had to face Portugal

 

[Baxter Blue]

Imagine beating Brazil and still going out. Mental.

 

[Hillheadbear]

Xhaka to walk off the pitch at the end doing the Albanian eagle symbol with his hands.

Cue bedlam

They did that once before. Got massive fines for it. Probably wont do it again.

 

[Jelle1880]

Some words being exchanged, mon kick off guys

 

[South Belfast Broxi]

This has been a surprisingly fantastic world cup thus far.

 

[ssblue]

Plenty examples of inferior teams hanging in there and finding a way to win.

It can be done with a bit of belief, desire and some luck.

 

[BobbyShearer]

Apologies if asked a dozen times but has there ever been a WC where no team has taken maximum points in the group stage?

 

[rossgers]

Some words being exchanged, mon kick off guys

Bit of a tame finish. Willie Johnston would have finished with a treble red card in that kind of game.

 

[ssblue]

This has been a surprisingly fantastic world cup thus far.

It is picking up but the first round of games were dreadful with the second round not much better.

 

[ssblue]

Apologies if asked a dozen times but has there ever been a WC where no team has taken maximum points in the group stage?

1994

 

[PunkScott]

Really good game that.

Xhakas team mates telling him off for inciting a riot, they obviously don’t fancy a fight with the Serbs.

Which player was it that thrusted his crotch and pissed off their bench?

 

[Macky]

It is picking up but the first round of games were dreadful with the second round not much better.

That’s always the case with group games. The final round of games have been excellent with positions changing constantly throughout the 90 mins.

 

[Saturnblue]

Second half was disappointing after a great first half.

Serbia went to shit after the substitutions.

 

[Harryrfc]

Kudos to xhaka,not giving a fcuk to the serbs aggression and wind ups.

 

[Macdonsj]

tonight sums up whats wrong with modern football

score against Brazil, likely to be a winner - take your top off = 2nd yellow and off
stick the head on someone - not even a card even with VAR

 

[Saturnblue]

Andros Townsend is a terrible commentator.

Competing with John Hartson and Dion Dublin for the worst commentator of the tournament award.

 

[ssblue]

That’s always the case with group games. The final round of games have been excellent with positions changing constantly throughout the 90 mins.

They have been exciting due to the permutations involved but the quality has been pretty poor considering.

 

[ssblue]

Andros Townsend is a terrible commentator.

Competing with John Hartson and Dion Dublin for the worst commentator of the tournament award.

No one beats Danny Murphy for that award.

 

[CooperBlu11]

Not one of the elite sides have put a statement down saying 'bet on us to go on and win this thing'. Extremely wide open still.

 

[top_cat]

Andros Townsend is a terrible commentator.

Competing with John Hartson and Dion Dublin for the worst commentator of the tournament award.

He's banging Hazel.

 

[South Belfast Broxi]

Uruguay player attacking the VAR monitor

 

[dcbear]

Shaqiri joining Messi and Ronaldo as the only player to score in the last three World Cups. That's a good fact.

 

[dougieb]

Andros Townsend is a terrible commentator.

Competing with John Hartson and Dion Dublin for the worst commentator of the tournament award.

Hartson well out on his own on that one

 

[chickenhawk]

They have been exciting due to the permutations involved but the quality has been pretty poor considering.

Dreadful world cup some people are easily pleased.
Negative football from a lot of teams , just a lack of any real great teams or stars .

 

[Truelightblue]

Dreadful world cup some people are easily pleased.
Negative football from a lot of teams , just a lack of any real great teams or stars .

Disagree. Lots of drama along the way. By no means dreadful but each to their own. Loved it.

 

[Blue Phoenix]

Uruguay player attacking the VAR monitor

Cavani

 

[jcdbluebear]

Brazil game was so bad I was agreeing with Lee Dixons miserable commentary

 

[Saturnblue]

Not one of the elite sides have put a statement down saying 'bet on us to go on and win this thing'. Extremely wide open still.

Think England actually do stand a decent chance of winning it

 

[mark hateley]

There have been so many twists and turns.

Some results have blown my mind.

Cameroon, Saudi's, Iran.

If I didn't know football I would say this has been scripted like the WWE.

 

[FriendsDontLie]

There have been so many twists and turns.

Some results have blown my mind.

Cameroon, Saudi's, Iran.

If I didn't know football I would say this has been scripted like the WWE.

Weird because I thought as the game went on Cameroon would win it but thought not a chance.

Possibly some form of teams just manipulating their paths

 

[Kratos]

Dreadful world cup some people are easily pleased.
Negative football from a lot of teams , just a lack of any real great teams or stars .

There’s been very little negative football this week. The past 3 nights have been brilliant.

 

[Paisleybear30]

There’s been very little negative football this week. The past 3 nights have been brilliant.

The 20 minute spell last night when Japan and Costa Rica turned around both games was proper top level football entertainment for me

 

[rossgers]

There’s been very little negative football this week. The past 3 nights have been brilliant.

I think most teams other than the 6 favourites are negative the first 2 games. Try not to lose. Stay in it til the final game. The last half hour of the final group games has been a laugh. Why not play with that abandon earlier? Because the cautious counter attacking coaches would catch them out.

 

[Bearskin]

Huge rangers flag at serb v swiss!

 

[Barbarossa]

Xhaka is a helmet

 

[Davidsmith1]

Not one of the elite sides have put a statement down saying 'bet on us to go on and win this thing'. Extremely wide open still.

Apart from England

 

[dt17]

Still can't get my head around that Uruguay game tbh.

Ghana get a fairly soft penalty where the Ghanaian attacker anticipates contact from the keeper so just falls over, gets the pen.

Uruguay are denied a pen where the Ghanaian defender gets the slightest touch of the ball but comes through the side of the Uruguay player to do so.

The Cavani incident in stoppage time was a disgrace though. Considering the penalty Ghana were given and a few other penalties so far (Ronaldo), then this was a stonewaller.

I've seen people saying Cavani slowed down and played for it, so? There's nothing to say an attacker can't slow down or he must sprint for the ball. End of the day, Cavani gets his body in front of the defender, slows down and the Ghana defender clumsily stumbles into the back of his leg.