Some japanese honeys need to find themselves some great big burly blokes from Europe and get on with it
FIFA World Cup 2018 - Round of 16 [30th June, 1/2/3 July] **spoilers**
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Some japanese honeys need to find themselves some great big burly blokes from Europe and get on with it
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Jamie carragher and slippy G are worse IMO
So, Manchester City & Chelsea & Totenham & Manchester United 3 vs Japan 2.
Kevin de Bryune has succeeded to clinch this precious win.
Much fairer and interesting to watch Belgium vs Brasil than Japan vs Brasil (Japan have no chances against Brasil).
After the losses of Italy, Holland, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Germany, that would have been simply too much.
Kevin de Bryune has succeeded to clinch this precious win.
Much fairer and interesting to watch Belgium vs Brasil than Japan vs Brasil (Japan have no chances against Brasil).
After the losses of Italy, Holland, Argentina, Spain, Portugal, Germany, that would have been simply too much.
Great match.
Seemingly a fair bit of anti Belgium sentiment on here. I'm impressed by them. Easily the best European team in the tournament so far. I think they have a lot going for them with only a lack of pace at the back a real worry. Martinez is playing his hand perfectly . Ok so the first goal was slightly lucky but it was one of the first times where a Japanese player didn't go and challenge for the ball and let Vertongen to put it back in the "mixer". I think they can beat Brazil as the style of play will suit them better. Unlucky Japan but I think the better team went through.
Seemingly a fair bit of anti Belgium sentiment on here. I'm impressed by them. Easily the best European team in the tournament so far. I think they have a lot going for them with only a lack of pace at the back a real worry. Martinez is playing his hand perfectly . Ok so the first goal was slightly lucky but it was one of the first times where a Japanese player didn't go and challenge for the ball and let Vertongen to put it back in the "mixer". I think they can beat Brazil as the style of play will suit them better. Unlucky Japan but I think the better team went through.
Think you guys might be the issue if you struggle to understand them
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People say Japan had no change against Belgium either and it was anything but.
You wouldn’t know how it could’ve turned out.
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At least Japan can go home with their head held high given their all and had a real go.
so about 5 foot then?
This x100.
They were the better team and robbed. The first Belgium goal was undeserved.
I thoroughly enjoyed watching Japan play and think they should have won. The skill that they have to come up with to compensate for a lack of physicality is commendable.
They should have gone home earlier instead of Senegal. Senegal were clearly the better team in that group but stupid luck for them....
Belgium looked much better once Fellaini came on. Before then they were struggling. Japan had great movement, and played in acres of space loads of time. I thought they deserved to win. And they certainly played with heart and style. They're the side I'd rather watch play.
Still, I think you're probably right that Belgium were the better team overall.
Belgium are playing a lot like England teams of the previous two world cups - the main difference seems to be the coach is picking up on when things aren't working (sometimes a bit belatedly) and not afraid to respond to that and in enough time to make an impact - rather than the pointless desperate last 5 minutes chuck anything at it or sit in disbelief of the previous couple of English managers.
They got a bit lucky today but that probably wouldn't have happened if the manager hadn't made the changes he did at the time he did.
They got a bit lucky today but that probably wouldn't have happened if the manager hadn't made the changes he did at the time he did.
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"Almost unanimous support" makes perfect sense, tho? It was nearly unanimous. What's not to understand?What a great sentence. Reminds me of when one of our regional sales managers had "almost unanimous support" for his new project
Of course I can understand them, it's just they sound so neanderthal.
If you're talking about me, I've nothing to be bitter about, I don't work in Sales and he wasn't my manager - it was just a ColemanballOOoooooooOooo. Thibaut u dodgy.
That reminds me of the time when staff are bitter about their more successful managers
They should have gone home earlier instead of Senegal. Senegal were clearly the better team in that group but stupid luck for them....
Well they clearly were not the better side, if they could not play fair, you have to take ALL aspects into account.
Personally i would love to see the fair play rules extended, for example you get three yellows in a match you get -1 goal, you get a red card you get -2 goals, you get a clear game with no cards at all, you get +3 goals.
With VAR now (and a fair few adjustments as to how it is implemented) there should be zero reason for any fouls to go unpunished, and should be easy to spot deliberate versus accidental.
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