World Cup Qatar 2022 - Desert Strike

[dug]

Ah well. Can't deny Portugal have been great to watch.

[Bacon Horsemeat]

3 minutes ago, SeanR said:

uh…

 

For a glorious 9 minutes, all the planets aligned

[Gabzy]

🤩 amazing performance so far.

[footle]

Ronaldo having to smile as his international career ends.

just think about Portugal’s “movement” if he’d been on since the start

[Ork1927]

Whoever is Ramos’s agent is a happy man tonight as he is now worth additional World Cup zillions and the transfer window opens in less than a month.

[Plissken]

The crowd appear to be 70% starfuckers.

[GwiDan]

2 minutes ago, Plissken said:

The crowd appear to be 70% starfuckers.

You’d be furious if you paid to go there and he didn’t come on though. 

[Ry]

Swiss just imploded. Portugal have been great but I didn't expect this. 

 

 

[Fierce Poodle]

Absolute shit free kick from Ronaldo there 

[deerokus]

The crowd barely acknowledged the hat trick scorer and give a huge rapturous applause to the sub. Pretty pathetic, real charity match vibes.

[Nick R]

Possession in contest stats appear on TV: 44% / 11% / 45%

 

Commentary: "44+45 doesn't add up to 100!”

[Plissken]

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He's getting on a bit and doesn't have the pace that he used to, but he is still able to fire a free kick straight into the wall just like he always could

 

[Marlowe]

 

Just now, GwiDan said:

You’d be furious if you paid to go there and he didn’t come on though. 

 

Only if you're a tourist watching the game through your iPhone camera. No Portuguese fan is there cheering louder for Ronaldo coming on than for the guy coming off who just scored a hattrick on his first World Cup start.

[footle]

He can outrace someone if he has a three metre head start.

[Bacon Horsemeat]

Unlucky mate

[Fierce Poodle]

Miles offside, dozy bastard

[Plissken]

Oh, that was quite, quite lovely.

[Bacon Horsemeat]

OMG that was epic

 

The ball is actually stuck in the net!

[Naysonymous]

[Nick R]

OK that's a very pretty goal.

[Fierce Poodle]

Amazing how Portugal have done this without the urge to perform a moronic dance routine.

[Gabzy]

Feels bloody amazing 

[ryodi]

It feels like there have been a lot more one sided last sixteen ties then usual at this World Cup.

[Stopharage]

2 hours ago, Ry said:

Swiss to win tonight. 

 

No one gives them a chance but they are one hell of a team. 

To save me looking, did you tip Costa Rica to beat Spain?

[Bacon Horsemeat]

Still not as bad as Brazil vs Germany 8 years ago

[Naysonymous]

2 minutes ago, Fierce Poodle said:

Amazing how Portugal have done this without the urge to perform a moronic dance routine.

They just don’t have that sense of Samba that their colonial brethren ooze. 

[Fierce Poodle]

Already excited to meet Portugal in the semis. Finally some decent opposition.

[englishbob]

Looking like a Brazil vs Portugal final - although it has been a bit like the FA Cup rather than the World Cup so anything could happen

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/schedule

[dizogg]

10 minutes ago, englishbob said:

Looking like a Brazil vs Portugal final - although it has been a bit like the FA Cup rather than the World Cup so anything could happen

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/schedule

Based on what goals scored? Football doesn’t really work like that when you get to the nitty gritty.

[englishbob]

2 minutes ago, dizogg said:

Based on what goals scored? Football doesn’t really work like that when you get to the nitty gritty.

 

You want me to base what on what?