The Beautiful Game (The All Inclusive Soccer Thread)

[Ello Sailor]

You're so mean

[Ello Sailor]

Mbappe go home!!!

terrible year for this dude

Terrible

[washing machine]

Would it be fair to say that Spain/Cabo Verde was the 2026 marquee Spain matchup in retrospect? France really didn't seem in it.

[VinylGuy]

You're so mean

im racist

In all seriousness, he is the best player of all time from France and will probably be the best scorer in the history of the world cup and he is relatively young and has what, two more in him? well see...but also, he is failing at the Madrid, he left PSG with a lot of problems and never won the champions there and then they win two champions in a row, so for a player like him, this year was just not what he thought i guess.

Still, probably the best one in his position

[VinylGuy]

Would it be fair to say that Spain/Cabo Verde was the 2026 marquee Spain matchup in retrospect? France really didn't seem in it.

France fell apart with the penalty and never recovered yeah

[epilogue]

That makes sense and it honestly feels like a fair representation of what little I do see in my algorithm (such as it is). Thank you for reaching out and I certainly don't want anyone to think that I'm saying the Argentinian people as a whole a racist or whatever. There's context to all of this and I was trying to be funny as regarding previous posts made at/to me while also understanding that as a US citizen I don't really have a leg to stand on.

It was supposed to be honest, good faith, good natured banter about the World Cup. I'm just bad at the internet ( as you know ).

I understand and I may be a little touchy about this but I love this country so much, and that whole thing has been relentless for several weeks. Two-bit Influencers making "here's why you should hate Argentina" content because they know it'll do numbers. The people I know who live here find it confusing and sad

I totally understand that. I see that kind of shit here all the time, too.

[epilogue]

Congrats to Spain!

[washing machine]

Will we keep this thread going during league play? What's everyone's teams? I've settled on Everton, Dynamo, Kairat and Malaga. FOR LIFE.

[VinylGuy]

Will we keep this thread going during league play? What's everyone's teams? I've settled on Everton, Dynamo, Kairat and Malaga. FOR LIFE.

Paraguay has a few words on this...

[washing machine]

Oh yeah? Am I picking Paraguay player rivals?

Open to some Comenbol and concacaf teams. Liga MX is right in my backyard...

[E.H. Ruddock]

Not sure why so many people are surprised Spain won. They are a good team

[VinylGuy]

Oh yeah? Am I picking Paraguay player rivals?

Open to some Comenbol and concacaf teams. Liga MX is right in my backyard...

Look out for Conmebol ‘s River Plate.

[VinylGuy]

Not sure why so many people are surprised Spain won. They are a good team

I guess France was a fav because of how they won every game whole Spain shower a more solid game

[Farmer John]

For me, this World Cup peaked when the U.S. lost to Belgium. Sorry, America, but nothing's going to top that high

[spike]

That makes sense and it honestly feels like a fair representation of what little I do see in my algorithm (such as it is). Thank you for reaching out and I certainly don't want anyone to think that I'm saying the Argentinian people as a whole a racist or whatever. There's context to all of this and I was trying to be funny as regarding previous posts made at/to me while also understanding that as a US citizen I don't really have a leg to stand on.

It was supposed to be honest, good faith, good natured banter about the World Cup. I'm just bad at the internet ( as you know ).

I understand and I may be a little touchy about this but I love this country so much, and that whole thing has been relentless for several weeks. Two-bit Influencers making "here's why you should hate Argentina" content because they know it'll do numbers. The people I know who live here find it confusing and sad

Argentines catching that heat usually reserved for Americans.

[Chris_H_2]

Go La Scaloneta

[Jorge]

I think there's a good chance England utterly humiliates Argentina today

but

Still rooting for my boys

[Chris_H_2]

I think there's a good chance England utterly humiliates Argentina today

but

Still rooting for my boys

way to "both sides" the match

[epilogue]

When we find out that England coach has murdered 80 people, fucked their corpses, eaten of them what he could before burying the rest in his neighbor's hedges, I will not be the least surprised.

[epilogue]

I could never ref a World Cup game.

I'd just keep punching Harry Kane in the face.