World Cup Qatar 2022 - Desert Strike

[Yobo Ahoy]

McCoist really hates goalkeepers doesn't he? That 3rd save from the header was a beaut, apparently it was just 'good' though. 

[Yobo Ahoy]

Edit: unless they are German, now he's rimming Neuer.

[Yobo Ahoy]

Yaaaaaaas about fucking time.

[Hamus]

GET IN! Japan must have a decent XG here, that miss a while back was a glaring one.

[Art Vandelay]

The Japanese blueprint of riding your luck all game and then going full court attack like madmen in the last quarter is one I can get behind.

[Yobo Ahoy]

Argshdhrhbdbs

[ryodi]

Control, finish brilliant.

[Yobo Ahoy]

Amazing! 

[Hamus]

That is one hell of a goal.

[Art Vandelay]

Feet like pillows, what a goal that is.

[The Fox]

Comical defending from Schlotterbeck, who looks absolutely useless, but what a finish.

[ckny]

Just turned it on after seeing the score - Germany's kit

[Boothjan]

Dreadful defending but what a first touch that was from Asano - Bergkamp-esque.

[carlospie]

9 minutes ago, ckny said:

Just turned it on after seeing the score - Germany's kit

Itl be a tenner in sports direct soon!

 

I want Japan to win the whole thing now 😍😍😍😍

[Mr Do 71]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

[Bacon Horsemeat]

LETSGO JAPANNNNN

[Gabe]

Great win for Japan, but I don't know why Matterface was trying to make out it was a bigger shock than Saudi Arabia's win.

 

Also made me chuckle when he said "ITV - always great drama" considering they've shown all three 0-0s so far. He's such a tool. 

[Hanzo the Razor]

Listening to the Five Live commentary is making me nostalgic for Stan Boardman. The gloating about "The Geeermans" is quite sickening.

[Hamus]

Albert Einstein, Rutger Hauer, Michael Schumacher, Boris Becker, Ludwig van Beethoven, we have beaten them all! David Hasslehoff, can you hear me! Your boys took one hell of a beating!

 

Spoiler

Rutger Hauer 😉

 

[Hamus]

That finish reminds me a bit of when Suarez smacked us up in 2014.

[Art Vandelay]

The way they're banging on is ridiculous. An upset yeah, but a decent Japanese outfit beating an indifferent Germany isn't really a shock. Just shows how little actual knowledge some of these pundits have outside of the small bubble of Premier League football.

[Bacon Horsemeat]

"you can't take anything away from him"

[Azrael]

Thank you Japan, won my first WC bet 

[Smoothy]

1 hour ago, carlospie said:

Roy Keane is right. Harry kane should walk out of the next game with a yellow card, who gives a fuck.

 

No way FIFA are gonna yellow card every single captain, every game.

 

Leadership is about taking action, not hiding like a coward. 

This is what I said the very moment it was known that The FA had folded (on Monday).

[glb]

10 minutes ago, Azrael said:

Thank you Japan, won my first WC bet 

I circled them winning last week when I saw they were 6/1 and forgot to back it 

[Boothjan]

21 minutes ago, Art Vandelay said:

The way they're banging on is ridiculous. An upset yeah, but a decent Japanese outfit beating an indifferent Germany isn't really a shock. Just shows how little actual knowledge some of these pundits have outside of the small bubble of Premier League football.

 

Too right.

 

Japan are decent - and they proved that, particularly in the 2nd half.  They've never really clicked during previous World Cups despite having decent squads.  Germany's squad is light years behind where they were 8 years ago.

 

Whereas Argentina are rightly seen as proper contenders with strength all over the pitch and the world's best player as their talisman, and were up against a Saudi Arabia side who have up until now looked like rank amateurs compared to other sides in every World Cup they've qualified for.

 

Both Japan and Saudi Arabia deserved to win, but the latter is a MUCH bigger shock.

[Stopharage]

My investment in a Japan shirt already paying off. What a cracking second goal, although the German defence was pretty ropey..

[englishbob]

Spain up next - won't be paying much attention to this one while it's on. Haven't watched them play in yonks now, have they changed tactics or are they still aiming for the highest amount of passes in a game and trying to just walk the ball into the goal?

[nakamura]

My Ultimate team looking a lot less mental at the moment! 

 

But yeah, not a huge shock but a very satisfying win. Japan have bags of talent, just often lacked belief. Today had both. 

[Azrael]

26 minutes ago, glb said:

I circled them winning last week when I saw they were 6/1 and forgot to back it 

 

7/1 on Paddy Power before k/o. Only put £2 on it but made back what I'd lost on my previous bets