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TCEvo said:
Mothersruin said:
TCEvo said:
Enjoyed that, good result for the tournament.
Russki's looking surprisingly strong.
Drugs.Russki's looking surprisingly strong.
I'm looking forward to Saturday as I'll be in (well near) Gothenburg for Germany v Sweden, the festivities for the South Korea game looked great and everyone's social media seemed to back this up! Hopefully Scotland will qualify for a world cup or euro's at some stage so that I don't have to live vicariously through an adopted nation!
Frank7 said:
Which is fair, and the way that it should be I guess, but you’ll often see the ref talking to a player, or a player from each side, after an incident.
In the Poland-Senegal game, the ref was Portuguese I think.
Now the Senegalese speak French, and it’s quite likely that the ref can speak it a bit, but it’s a bit of a stretch to think that he can handle Polish too, so if he wanted to make a point, he’d probably shout at them all in Portuguese, and get by with hand signals.
At this level, and knowing a few decent referees, I'd have put good money on the match officials speaking to the managers or other club reps to see if anyone in the team speaks the officials' language. They can then speak to that player on the pitch to keep good lines of communication. In the Poland-Senegal game, the ref was Portuguese I think.
Now the Senegalese speak French, and it’s quite likely that the ref can speak it a bit, but it’s a bit of a stretch to think that he can handle Polish too, so if he wanted to make a point, he’d probably shout at them all in Portuguese, and get by with hand signals.
Frank7 said:
In the Poland-Senegal game, the ref was Portuguese I think.
Now the Senegalese speak French, and it’s quite likely that the ref can speak it a bit, but it’s a bit of a stretch to think that he can handle Polish too, so if he wanted to make a point, he’d probably shout at them all in Portuguese, and get by with hand signals.
Yeah, it looks like the language barrier was what allowed the Senegalese score the 2nd goal, when their player reentered the field out of nowhere after being treated for injury. How did the ref even allow that at this level of competition? And what a miraculously quick recovery was that!Now the Senegalese speak French, and it’s quite likely that the ref can speak it a bit, but it’s a bit of a stretch to think that he can handle Polish too, so if he wanted to make a point, he’d probably shout at them all in Portuguese, and get by with hand signals.
Sam993 said:
Yeah, it looks like the language barrier was what allowed the Senegalese score the 2nd goal, when their player reentered the field out of nowhere after being treated for injury. How did the ref even allow that at this level of competition? And what a miraculously quick recovery was that!
do you even football?JustinF said:
Sam993 said:
Yeah, it looks like the language barrier was what allowed the Senegalese score the 2nd goal, when their player reentered the field out of nowhere after being treated for injury. How did the ref even allow that at this level of competition? And what a miraculously quick recovery was that!
do you even football?Sam993 said:
JustinF said:
Sam993 said:
Yeah, it looks like the language barrier was what allowed the Senegalese score the 2nd goal, when their player reentered the field out of nowhere after being treated for injury. How did the ref even allow that at this level of competition? And what a miraculously quick recovery was that!
do you even football?JustinF said:
Sam993 said:
JustinF said:
Sam993 said:
Yeah, it looks like the language barrier was what allowed the Senegalese score the 2nd goal, when their player reentered the field out of nowhere after being treated for injury. How did the ref even allow that at this level of competition? And what a miraculously quick recovery was that!
do you even football?Sam993 said:
JustinF said:
Sam993 said:
JustinF said:
Sam993 said:
Yeah, it looks like the language barrier was what allowed the Senegalese score the 2nd goal, when their player reentered the field out of nowhere after being treated for injury. How did the ref even allow that at this level of competition? And what a miraculously quick recovery was that!
do you even football?Even as a Welshman I will concede that the Russians have the best national anthem (in the tournament obviously...).
Stadium rendition last night was great. This one is even better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMFIWBQB1kE
Stadium rendition last night was great. This one is even better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMFIWBQB1kE
JustinF said:
Sam993 said:
JustinF said:
Sam993 said:
JustinF said:
Sam993 said:
Yeah, it looks like the language barrier was what allowed the Senegalese score the 2nd goal, when their player reentered the field out of nowhere after being treated for injury. How did the ref even allow that at this level of competition? And what a miraculously quick recovery was that!
do you even football?Normal? Yes, at your local primary school's PE lessons. But judges at the world cup level should be able to realise and run the game in such way that it doesn't potentially create such "opportunities".
The Ruskies do indeed have a great anthem, one you can really belt out if you want to. Liked it since this scene 
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tHNcAZYPY_E
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tHNcAZYPY_E
GTO-3R said:
The Ruskies do indeed have a great anthem, one you can really belt out if you want to. Liked it since this scene
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tHNcAZYPY_E
Great to find other people who like national anthems. The Russkis certainly have a blinder- always evokes image of WW2 soldiers throwing themselves at Panzer tanks armed with nothing but Molotov cocktails in defence of the Motherland. My favourite is the Marseillaise. Even though it was written later, it makes me think of the revolution and peasants in ragged clothing manning the barricades armed with pitchforks.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=tHNcAZYPY_E
To the Welsh poster - do not deny the worth of your own anthem! It's fecking superb, knocks the national anthem into a cocked hat. Forget the massed voices at a rugby match, listen to massed male voice choirs. Youtube have an old recording of the Llanelli choir which makes the hairs rise on the back of my neck.
(Sorry to spoil the party, but that Putin video has clearly professional voices dominating the sound. Typical Russkis. Cheat to make it sound better, just like Vlad cheats with his facial surgery to look younger.)
3 games today and i think we are in for an absolute goal fest.
Generally a goal in 2 games marks out a top striker but it'll take more than that as the race for the Golden boot warms up.
If you get to the quarters that's 5 games and I think you'll need that as a minimum to be in contention.
Might even be won with double figures.
Generally a goal in 2 games marks out a top striker but it'll take more than that as the race for the Golden boot warms up.
If you get to the quarters that's 5 games and I think you'll need that as a minimum to be in contention.
Might even be won with double figures.
Thankyou4calling said:
3 games today and i think we are in for an absolute goal fest.
Generally a goal in 2 games marks out a top striker but it'll take more than that as the race for the Golden boot warms up.
If you get to the quarters that's 5 games and I think you'll need that as a minimum to be in contention.
Might even be won with double figures.
With two players on three goals and three on two goals I reckon it’s going to be a high number. Ronaldo has the easier group games now to boost his goal tally too. Generally a goal in 2 games marks out a top striker but it'll take more than that as the race for the Golden boot warms up.
If you get to the quarters that's 5 games and I think you'll need that as a minimum to be in contention.
Might even be won with double figures.
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