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mooch
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Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jun 25, 2018 - 02:15pm PT
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Since the U.S. can't even make it into the Idaho regional high school playoffs, I'll likely side with Mexico to make it to the remaining Four. Lots of good Group games this past week......Mexico proving themselves against Germany and South Korea. Stellar! Japan and Senegal in a draw but the playing was intense. And England crushing Panama!! OUCH! And in Group R.......Ronaldo!
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Jun 25, 2018 - 04:05pm PT
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Sorry, don't watch that sport. Don't watch many sports come to think of it.
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jeff constine
Trad climber
Ao Namao
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Jun 25, 2018 - 04:18pm PT
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Not into watching men cry when they get their ear flicked.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Jun 25, 2018 - 04:20pm PT
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I’m rooting for Mexico too. Fun to watch. They’ve never been to the final game. The country could use the recognition. They love futbol.
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madbolter1
Big Wall climber
Denver, CO
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Jun 25, 2018 - 04:21pm PT
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I'm rooting fer football season to start again.
Sorry, but I just find soccer pretty boring to watch. Maybe the lack of pizzazz felt for it in the USA is why we don't do well at it. That will probably change over time.
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Jun 25, 2018 - 04:31pm PT
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Mexico! Mexico! Mexico!
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Jun 25, 2018 - 04:34pm PT
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Soccer is fun to play, but I can't watch it for any length of time.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
Wilds of New Mexico
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Jun 25, 2018 - 04:49pm PT
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If you don't like soccer why open and comment on a soccer thread? No one cares if you don't like it.
Me, I'm all in for England and then Mexico.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Jun 25, 2018 - 09:54pm PT
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If you don't like soccer why open and comment on a soccer thread? No one cares if you don't like it.
To show our disdain, of course. Like you never do that on any other subjects!? Ha!
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2018 - 07:47am PT
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Constine.......I've seen you cry and whine on these threads for a whole lot less. LOL!!
Speaking of getting bent, here's Ronaldo bending it better than Beckham against Spain.
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ChizzDizzle
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Rocklin,CA
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Jun 26, 2018 - 08:12am PT
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My heart says Germany but I believe it will be the Samba Boys, that is Brazil for the ones who chime in on a pick your World Cup winner thread and add nothing to the conversation except to say how lame soccer is. They look tough and mature. The Brazilian's not the grouchy's.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jun 26, 2018 - 08:18am PT
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Uruguay. Though I'd like to see an African team win it all.
Anybody but a Euro team. Or Mexico.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 26, 2018 - 08:28am PT
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I was initially rooting for Argentina but their squad seems to lack cohesion and their defensive backs were slow to keep up. And Messi seemed like he wasn't in it to win. They looked sloppy against Iceland. Columbia looks like a hot mess as well. Of course, Mexico is my pick but I think the dark horse in all this will be Portugal. Ronaldo is on fire!!
World Cup 2018....final teams
Portugul VS England.....with Mexico playing for third.
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Gary
Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jun 26, 2018 - 11:59am PT
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How can any US soccer fan root for our fiercest rival?
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Ksolem
Trad climber
Monrovia, California
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Jun 26, 2018 - 12:02pm PT
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Watching soccer is like watching paint dry. Now if they cut the size of the playing field in half it might get interesting.
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trailridge127
Trad climber
Loveland, CO
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Jun 26, 2018 - 12:38pm PT
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Have not watched any games yet. But go team USA.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Jun 26, 2018 - 01:38pm PT
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How can any US soccer fan root for our fiercest rival?
I wholeheartedly agree (if I knew who our fiercest rival was -- any hints? Maybe France?)
Watching soccer is like watching paint dry. I used to think that, but I don't know, that seems a little unfair to entertainment value of watching paint dry
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kief
Trad climber
east side
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Jun 26, 2018 - 02:28pm PT
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Anybody but Tottenham...err, England.
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Roger Breedlove
climber
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
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Jun 26, 2018 - 03:53pm PT
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Mexico. My daughter, who had lived abroad and is moving to London is visiting. She knows the players and the plays. Its fun to watch when I can hit rewind and asked what happened. Who wouldn't root for Mexico when a goal registered as an earthquake in Mexico.
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G_Gnome
Trad climber
Cali
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Jun 26, 2018 - 04:07pm PT
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I think at this point in time Mexico is probably our fiercest rival. New Mexico against Mexico.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jun 26, 2018 - 05:14pm PT
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The extent of soccer with our family- My son smoked weed and played xbox FIFA for a whole summer, thought he could play for real, made the High School team, beat out several other kids who had played select soccer for years, couldn't kick with his left foot, got bored, shined the team because the surf was pumping and then we got hate mail for months from the angry soccer moms who's kids didn't make the team.
I had predicted all this when he went out for the team
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Jun 27, 2018 - 04:39am PT
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I was initially rooting for Argentina but their squad seems to lack cohesion and their defensive backs were slow to keep up. And Messi seemed like he wasn't in it to win.
Messi has definitely been in a sort of blue funk, but I don't think not wanting to win is the problem.
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Check out Messi's reaction to Rojo's goal
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 27, 2018 - 09:02am PT
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Whoa Nelly.
Big results this morning! Won't spoil it for those of you who haven't seen them, but huge surprises and very entertaining.
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enjoimx
Trad climber
Yosemite
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Jun 27, 2018 - 12:14pm PT
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soccer is incredibly boring. do you even play soccer? why do you get so excited about it?
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Jun 27, 2018 - 12:24pm PT
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soccer is incredibly boring. do you even play soccer? why do you get so excited about it?
Watching soccer is incredibly boring, true, but following the tournament isn't quite that bad.
I had noted in the other thread that Mexico looked pretty bad against Germany and it was the type of situation where they would probably lose 8 or 9 times out of 10, but it was their lucky day.
No such luck against Sweden, and they badly were exposed (at least I'm assuming that based on the score, I didn't watch the game). And Germany is pretty bad too, so they're done--almost seems like Germany, Mexcico, and S. Korea all should have been sent home, if that were possible. Expect Mexico to go home after the next game.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Jun 27, 2018 - 01:22pm PT
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Those who think futbol is boring just don't understand.
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Jun 27, 2018 - 02:48pm PT
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Thank you South Korea!
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Jun 27, 2018 - 03:22pm PT
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Now we’ll be hearing about how the cup effort was ruined by a German coach and having too many players in the domestic league.
Oh, wait.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 27, 2018 - 03:24pm PT
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How can any US soccer fan root for our fiercest rival?
Why not? Rival or not, many of them play on U.S. squads.
Lots of folks chiming in, again and again, on how boring soccer is. Shouldn't you be watching paint dry instead. LOL!
OK. Messi scored and Argentina pulled it out of their keester yesterday. If it were my last World Cup, I'd strive to win all the games I played. I just don't see it in him like in years past.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 27, 2018 - 03:30pm PT
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New Mexico VS U.S. White Wash Painters
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jogill
climber
Colorado
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Jun 27, 2018 - 04:01pm PT
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Do away with the goal keeper and it would be more fun to watch.
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Rawl5
climber
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Jun 27, 2018 - 04:19pm PT
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If México beats Brazil and make it to the next round the whole country will get crazy...Thankfully,I think it will not happen! If it does happen.. Pfffff
We have presidential elections next sunday and it´s not looking good (it never does). People might not go to vote to watch soccer... The ones that run the country might be very happy or very scared... It is weird.
Soccer is the worst drug in my country!
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 27, 2018 - 04:31pm PT
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Not sure why folks are thinking soccer is boring. Average televised match is 1:45 or so, of which 1:30 is action with no commercials. American football and baseball are more like 3+ hours with 30 minutes of actual action.
Maybe you don't like soccer, but it's certainly got a lot more actual playing time in comparison to time spent on other stuff.
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Jun 28, 2018 - 07:48am PT
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^^^^
Even worse.....golf!! No need to explain. Baseball and its "Infinite" foul ball probabilty. Uggg. And who wants to watch a 5 hour marathon of doods whiffing at a baseball. Boooooorrrrrring!
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yanqui
climber
Balcarce, Argentina
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Jun 28, 2018 - 07:54am PT
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I just don't see it in him like in years past.
If you mean he almost lost hope this time around, I agree.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 28, 2018 - 09:21am PT
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More craziness this morning. Senegal out on yellow card accumulation...which seems like a bogus way to decide things.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Jun 28, 2018 - 01:11pm PT
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The more you learn about a sport and the more you care the less boring it is to watch.
Not much scoring in soccer so it’s hard to care about a ball pinging around unless you understand the offensive and defensive strategies at play.
Baseball becomes a lot less boring if you keep score (tracking every thing that happens not just home runs), and all of a sudden it’s a fast paced game.
Football is my favorite because all the action is packed into plays. Things happen really fast and you have to pay close attention then you get a break and can watch replays etc. probably good for ADD people.
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Lorenzo
Trad climber
Portland Oregon
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Jun 29, 2018 - 12:37am PT
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The final tiebreaker in NFL seedings is a coin toss.
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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Jun 29, 2018 - 07:52am PT
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I've got to go with Brazil and England in the finals with Brazil coming out on top. But anything can happen at this point. Brazil keeps getting better and better. They just need to keep Neymar from diving all of the time, what a whiner...
Argentina doesn't have the depth, Spain plays too patiently, and I think Mexico will implode against Brazil. But I will probably eat my words. Whatever the outcome, I am enjoying the matches.
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ChizzDizzle
Trad climber
Rocklin,CA
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Jun 29, 2018 - 08:13am PT
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Neymar should get a Yellow for every roll he did in the last game. That play on the sidelines where he rolled about 6x was so bad. And then pops up like I'm good. He is probably the biggest diver in the tournament
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 29, 2018 - 08:16am PT
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I'm not so sure I'd say Brazil is looking much better. It's very hard to tell things from the Group stages. Last World Cup they looked much better in the groups stages than they did this time. But then they got completely walloped by Germany.
OTOH, while there's a handful of teams that almost certainly will get knocked out in the round of 16(Russia, Japan, Denmark), after that for the top 10 or so teams, it's pretty hard to pick any significant favorites. The only team that has really consistently played well is Croatia.
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plund
Social climber
OD, MN
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Jun 29, 2018 - 11:31am PT
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After watching them dismantle Argentina with relentless pressure, I'm for the Croatians. Agree with SteveP re: cohesiveness, and I dig how tireless their midfield is. They press the ball-handler so quickly, anywhere on the pitch. Not too heavy on the dramatics, either.
Cannot abide Mexico, one of the prime examples of constant 'embellishment' and cheap-ass ticky-tack crap behind the play.
Just don't know if Ronaldo can be denied in the end.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 29, 2018 - 01:50pm PT
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I hope France crushes Argentina. I’ll be hiking the Hardangervidda so will have to give it a miss.
England vs Croatia for all the marbles! 😽
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 30, 2018 - 12:24pm PT
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Wow, what a game today! France could win this!
Double wow for Edinson ‘El Assessino’ Cavani!
Both Portugal and Uruguay have pretty sh!tty goalies.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jun 30, 2018 - 01:28pm PT
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Yes, great game this morning. And France should actually have an easier time with Uruguay than Argentina.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 30, 2018 - 02:00pm PT
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With Cavani they have no chance. Without him it will be a yawner.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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What a game - Japan and Belgium!!!! Much respeto to Japan. Staying in a 6 room motel in Bumphuk, Norge and I could hear the yelling for every goal from most of the rooms! 🤪
Lukako totally won it by dummying the pass, huh?
Watched a replay of Spain-Russia earlier. They both suck.
Gotta say Belgium and France are my short list.
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TRo
climber
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What Reilly said--Japan attacking to the end. Essentially lose the game on their own corner kick.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Yeah, there have been a couple duds, but on the whole, I think I like this world cup better than the last one. There have been a few really outstanding games, with both teams really going for it.
Feel a little bad for the Japanese. A slightly more conservative approach would likely have seen them through in a big upset.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I feel really bad for Japan - they played with integrity: no diving, no whining, no cheap fouls.
They just got beat on a good outlet by Courtois, who otherwise was not on his game, and a couple more great passes and Lukaku’s brilliant dummy.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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they played with integrity: no diving, no whining
You mean unlike, say, Neymar?
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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England!!! (only because Scotland is not in there)
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Well, Steve, pretty much all the S American and Iberian teams if we’re honest, huh?
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Stimbo
Trad climber
Crowley Lake
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It is a shame but I think the two best teams will not meet in the final:
Brazil v France
They should meet in the semi's and it will be a great match. Both teams are deep with talent. This has been a fun World Cup. You never know who will win until the final whistle. As for Neymar, he is an amazing player but his "dives" are an embarrassment. Hopefully the officials will start showing some yellow cards to set a precedent.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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That Uruguay goal was pretty excellent.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
Valles Marineris
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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Great game this morning with France out-playing Uruguay offensively and defensively, winning 2-0 and advancing to the Semi-finals.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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^^^ Exactly the score I predicted.
I’ve got Belge 2 - 1 Brasil
Take it to the bank!
Halftime:
I got my two goals! Kompany shoulda been credited for the first. I think one more for each are coming. Did I mention how I love Lukaku? He has such instincts and such a touch for an NFL outside linebacker! we
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splitclimber
climber
Sonoma County
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You should've put money down on that prediction
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Sports betting is illegal in Norway. 🙁
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BooDawg
Social climber
Butterfly Town
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England shut down Sweden 2-0, and I guess I'm rooting for England VS France in the final.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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France-Belgium should be an excellent match.
And England is likely to be favored against Croatia now. They haven't exactly played well, but they've beaten the teams they needed to. They could easily make it to the final, then who knows? Despite the fact that Harry Kane, and perhaps Maguire are the only English players that might start for either Belgium or Croatia.
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SteveW
Trad climber
The state of confusion
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Heartbreaking for Russia.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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"Harry Kane, and perhaps Maguire are the only English players that might start for either Belgium or Croatia. "
Nonsense. The only players in the Croatia squad that could get into the England squad if they were club teams are Modric and Rakitic. England has more talent, more depth of talent, and play better football. Belgium shades England on talent, Croatia is nowhere near either of the two nor France.
You're right. I had a brain cramp while writing that. Meant to say Belgium or France.
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John M
climber
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Jul 10, 2018 - 11:18am PT
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France vs Belgium is on right now. Semi finals..
England vs Croatia tomorrow same time.
Edit:
wow.. great save by France's goal keeper. 22 minute mark. very high level play going on.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jul 10, 2018 - 11:53am PT
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Pretty even so far. Both teams have had some pretty good chances, and both keepers have made a critical save.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 10, 2018 - 01:33pm PT
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Good clean game tonight. Got to watch it on a big screen in a restaurant in Lofoten with French, Italians, Germans, and Norskies! Waay gud! France was deservedly a shade better. I was a little bent that Hazard got hacked twice down the stretch with no calls but I won’t lose sleep over it. How great will an England - France final be?
GO ENGLAND!
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Jul 11, 2018 - 12:32pm PT
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England and Croatia on now, tied 1-1 early in 2nd half.
Here's my inexpert opinion: Croatia is MUcH better, they just about scored as I type this (off the goal bar).
But it's soccer, so England has a faint hope of keeping it tied and winning on penalty kicks. (But at least based on the butt whippin they're getting now, may be a long shot.)
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John M
climber
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Jul 11, 2018 - 12:50pm PT
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England controlled the first 60 minutes of the game. They had Croatia on their heels for the first half. They barely missed a number of tries. Then Croatia seemed to pick it up in the second half. England kind of went to sleep. Croatia scored and England got completely disheveled. It has taken them awhile to start bringing themselves back. There is a 30 minute overtime. So I don't believe that they are just hoping to hang on until penalty kicks.
Thats my inexpert opinion.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Jul 11, 2018 - 01:23pm PT
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Well with all due respect to our respective inexpert opinions, I stand by my assessment--I didn't see the beginning of the game, but since I've been watching, it's been incredibly one-sided, you could call if a blowout if they were playing a game where people actually scored more than once in a blue moon. First overtime period just ended-- England has been hanging onto dear life pretty much the entire time, I am sure they are praying to be able to have a coin-flip (penalty kicks).
I'd be interested in someone's opinion who has ever watched a complete soccer game (not me), as this just seems like an incredibly one-sided affair.
Bam=-Croatia just scored as I was typing!
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jul 11, 2018 - 01:28pm PT
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Croatia, a population of 4 million, and can soon be in the finals - 6 min left...
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John M
climber
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Jul 11, 2018 - 01:31pm PT
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I watched the whole game. Believe what you want man.
Things changed at about the 60 minute. If you started watching at that time, then I could understand your opinion.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jul 11, 2018 - 01:45pm PT
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Congrats Croatia, and well done to a young English team.
France - Croatia coming...
The excellent French team is the favorite... anything can happen...
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Russ Walling
Social climber
from Poofters Froth, Wyoming
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Jul 11, 2018 - 01:47pm PT
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One sided? hmmmm.... I watched the whole match and would not say that at all... England a bit flat after the equalizer, but a good game on the whole.
Not enough shots on goal to really make it happen though... refs a bit inconsistent but equal...
Go Croatia!!!! Frenchies be damned!!!
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mooch
Trad climber
Tribal Base Camp (Riverkern Annex)
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 11, 2018 - 02:08pm PT
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A few missed oppotunities for Kane in the first half. Stoked that Croatia is head to the finals against France. Gonna be a tough fight for them, especially against this young lad....
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John M
climber
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Jul 11, 2018 - 02:27pm PT
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I was mostly reacting to the contention that Croatia was much better. It was a good game until England went flat. The first half could have been 2-0 England, or 1-1. It just looked to me like England had more chances and won more balls. Then they just seemed to go flat. Some of that can be attributed to Croatia's forwards, who in the second half turned it up another notch and were contesting every ball, whereas England's backs were playing sloppy. Because of that, Croatia tied it up and England seemed to lose their way.
I like Croatia. They have had some tough fought matches. I didn't know if they would have enough in the tank after their win over Russia. I will root for Croatia over France. Go American Fries! Oh wait.. it was Freedom Fries. oops.. bringing politics into it.
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blahblah
Gym climber
Boulder
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Jul 11, 2018 - 02:37pm PT
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Look I don't know much about soccer but I know something about a good old fashioned butt whuppin when I see one. Admittedly I started watching after England scored and wasn't paying that much attention anyway, but I saw enough to see that England was desperately hanging on for dear life most of the game.
Here are the relevant stats:
Shots (on Goal)
Croatia: 22 (7)
England: 11 (1)
The 22 to 11 margin is pretty much a blowout I'd say, but the real diff is between the shots on goal (which I think is the only way to score in this game, unless there's another way I don't know about).
I did see Croatia got penalized a little more so they could have cheated some, hard for me to say.
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kief
Trad climber
east side
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Jul 11, 2018 - 02:49pm PT
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England rode the luck of the draw throughout the tournament. Has any team ever gotten so far while creating fewer chances against such marginal opposition? Ten goals out of twelve from set pieces. One goal an accidental deflection. Yeah, they demolished Panama. Meanwhile Belgium disposed of Brazil and Croatia took apart Argentina. Croatia seem unlikely to prevail on Sunday, but least it will be a final with two teams that played memorable football to get there.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jul 11, 2018 - 03:01pm PT
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Yeah, that was not really great showing from England. They did look better for much of the first half, but didn't really take enough advantage of it.
They never really played any strong teams at full strength...Belgium played their B team, and Colombia was missing James Rodriguez.
Against a Croatia team that should have been much more tired, it was England that looked like they ran out of gas and ideas.
Maybe next time try picking fewer Spurs players ;-)
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Clovis, CA
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Jul 11, 2018 - 04:50pm PT
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Go Croatia!
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Jul 11, 2018 - 09:07pm PT
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Plucky Croats.
I imagine the proper term is Croatian but I stick with Croat.
GO, CROATIA
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 12, 2018 - 11:44pm PT
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England had the game in hand and then played not to lose while Croatia played to win. I was splaining that to La Femme about 30 seconds before Croatia scored their first. Full credit win.
Final should be very entertaining but France is too big, too fast, and too skilled with a better keeper.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 13, 2018 - 05:28am PT
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and...it would be hard for me to imagine the Croatian players being able to recover in time after such an effort. France not only has an extra day of rest but was able to take care of business with Belgium in 90 minutes.
edit - blahblah, the Belgian side also had quite a mix of folks with African roots.
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 14, 2018 - 09:21am PT
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Belgium 2 , England 0
yawn.
England goes out as 4th best team, and gets $22 million in prize money? for what? they won only 2 games in regular play, against powerhouses Panama and Tunisia.
On the other hand, Belgium goes out with head held high, having lost only one game, and they presented great spectacle in every one of those games.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 14, 2018 - 10:05am PT
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Roberto Martinez is a genius for getting those guys to play so well. They don’t have overwhelming talent. Fellaini is past his prime and I don’t think Lukaku has reached his, plus he could stand to lose 15 pounds.
Really like Croatia but I gotta go with La Femme’s crew. We’ll be watching it on top of a mountain in arctic Sweden! WOOT!
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little Z
Trad climber
un cafetal en Naranjo
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Jul 15, 2018 - 08:11am PT
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first ten minutes and it's Croatia who are playing like they want it
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Jul 15, 2018 - 08:30am PT
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that was a superb Croatian strike
good match so far
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 15, 2018 - 08:31am PT
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Perisic certainly put a bulge in the old onion bag! Helluva game!
It’s partay time in Sverige! Woot!
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Jul 15, 2018 - 09:17am PT
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Refs need to give more penalties for grabbing other players. The beautiful game is getting ugly.
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Jul 15, 2018 - 09:28am PT
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garbage time now at 4-2
put in Carmelo Anthony!!
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jul 15, 2018 - 09:45am PT
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There must not be a word in Croatian for ‘quit’. Respect!
BTW, a tip of the hat to the refs for this game and the vast majority I saw.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Jul 15, 2018 - 10:09am PT
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Croatia gets huge points for the effort they put in. And an amazing tournament for Modric.
In the end, I think France had just a little too much talent. And they were very well coached. Brilliant move to take off Kante for N'Zonzi.
Can't believe Pogba whiffed on that one at the end...he'll never see an easier chance off a free kick.
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Marlow
Sport climber
OSLO
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Jul 15, 2018 - 10:11am PT
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My compliments to France. Didier Deschamps has built a team where even extreme individualists like Paul Pogba takes responsibility and contributes as a team player. France deserved the title showing stability at a high level through the whole tournament. And well played by Croatia. Silver to Croatia is a more incredible achievement than gold to France...
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