4 hours ago, BruceVC said:

So who is everyone supporting tonight, Spain or France?

France seems the more enjoyable watch, but it wouldn't surprise me if Spain won.

Hopefully France can win it before they bring Merino on to save their asses

Guess Deschamps found out why you need a midfield, disgraceful performance by so many too

What can I say about last night....disappointing result from France

I dont think that first penalty was fair, arent penalties suppose to be intentional? But it doesn't matter because Spain scored another incredible goal and France failed to score any

End of the day Spain outplayed France but I do think Spain is overall the best team of the WC

Well done Spain !!

But France did really well to get this far and I expect a festive and boisterous welcome when they get home

Now its the most anticipated game of the WC so far...England vs Argentina

Its going to be epic

Go England !!!

8 hours ago, BruceVC said:

I dont think that first penalty was fair, arent penalties suppose to be intentional? But it doesn't matter because Spain scored another incredible goal and France failed to score any

It was intentional, on the part of the Spanish player. I've seen that a few times during this World Cup, where the player intentionally places a body part in a position to get fouled. Very crafty. Some players make a living off that, gaming the system. While the called fouls follows the letter of the law, I'm not sure they follow the spirit.

10 hours ago, BruceVC said:

Now its the most anticipated game of the WC so far...England vs Argentina

Its going to be epic

Whoever wins, we all lose.

2 hours ago, rjshae said:

It was intentional, on the part of the Spanish player. I've seen that a few times during this World Cup, where the player intentionally places a body part in a position to get fouled. Very crafty. Some players make a living off that, gaming the system. While the called fouls follows the letter of the law, I'm not sure they follow the spirit.

Absolutely but I also remember a game where the ref said no penalty for that reason

I think it was someone in England? And in this case the French guy had his back to the Spanish player

Simeone's a bigger **** than his dad

Thank the lord someone scored. Up to that point the game was making me sympathise with a certain Event Horizon character's attitude to sight.

2 hours ago, BruceVC said:

I think it was someone in England?

It was the penalty reversal via VAR in England's game against Norway.

Completely correct decision, not just because it made the English fans squeal. You're allowed to protect the ball, but Spence deliberately put himself in a position where he couldn't play it, in order to get in the defender's way and draw the penalty.

Gareth, come back!!

Everything is forgiven

England pulled an England. I still think Spain should win, but who knows.

Hopefully Mbappe goes on a tear and gets the Golden Boot

Deciding to Turtle after scoring might have been a justifiable decision if we hadn't had the Egypt match earlier. As it was, England got what was deserved.

Not overly great from England's leadership group.

A disappointing final result but it was a good game

Firstly the ref was brilliant, it made a big difference watching a WC game without the ref stopping the game every 5 minutes because of exaggerated injuries and desperate attempts by players to get awarded penalties

The game flowed which was great

End of the day England played well but Argentina did what they always do, they somehow come back in an incredibly strong and unstoppable way in the last 20 minutes or less. People use to say " Argentina is fatigued, that's why they do this "

I dont buy that for a second. Its like they reserve energy for an intense onslaught at the end and so far its been successful in every game. And Argentina missed several goals by a fraction, literally hitting the posts

The entire team always coordinates goal attempts, Messi is an exceptional player but its not just about him.

So well done Argentina !!!

But England should be proud of there effort and how far they got, they had some inspiring wins to get this far

Now all my preferred teams are out so who do I support in the final?


Its a tough one but I am going to support Spain. Argentina won the last WC so it makes sense we see an EU team winning this one

I am looking forward to seeing how these 2 teams square off considering there history in past international games. They have faced each other 14 times and its exacty equal around wins

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/spain-vs-argentina-matchup-history-234449522.html
"Few international series could enter a final with a cleaner deadlock.

Spain and Argentina have played 14 times across official competitions and friendly matches, per BolaVIP. Each country owns six victories, while two meetings ended without a winner. Sunday’s game will finally tip the overall record toward one side.

Argentina holds the advantage where the World Cup is concerned, although the sample includes only one match.

The countries met during the 1966 group stage, when Argentina earned a 2-1 win. Luis Artime scored twice for La Albiceleste, and Pirri provided Spain’s goal after briefly bringing the contest level."