Paarslaars

Dammit... silly mistake of our backup goalie... can't afford that against Spain. Bad way to get taken out of the tournemant but so be it, our boys did well and Spain is a great team.

I'll get drunk if Belgium wins tonight

Exactly. I still make dark jokes today, but it's usually while drinking with friends at a bar, not recorded in a facebook or whatsapp group.

Yeah this was in my country and kinda ridiculous... Don't get me wrong, some of those posts were quite vile: "man that bitch has a punchable face" or "you know the nazi also used to send the gays to camp too". But in the end no actions were committed, just a bunch of college guys with dark humor taking it a bit too far. Unfortunately this started during the whole woke era and they kinda made an example out of him because he was the 'head figure' of the fraternity.

France got past Morocco pretty smoothly, they sure are the team to beat in this world cup. Today we face off against Spain, probably the first match where we are the underdog. Going to be a difficult match, Spain has great possession and hasn't conceded a goal yet this tournament. If we can get ahead quickly I think we are in for a good match, if they get ahead I'm afraid we'll be struggling.

In Paris everything is getting locked and boarded for todays game. They know no matter who wins there will be riots

Yeah we are on the same page there, the only difference is my gut feeling tells me this still has some juice left. That said my gut feeling is basically 50/50 so don't mind me.

The question is, what is different than 3 months ago? They were trading at high levels back then too, did not stop them from doubling. I am sure there will come a moment prices and margins come down but I am not sure this will be within the next year.

Ah great game, totally worth not getting any sleep for! Spain is going to be difficult though...

Ready for it!

Hey we agree on that, I am glad he is playing, I just disapprove the way it happened. Should have just been yellow.

I can concede to this when I see it applied more frequently in the future, without political involvement. But I remain convinced if it was our player, there was no way we would be able to make FIFA make the same decision.

The VAR is ready

For those guys it was a specific rule that suspensions do not carry from qualifiers to tournament.. this is why nobody gave a rats ass about it. Just as nobody cares if he plays or not, people care because this is a fkn US president enforcing rule-breaking favors during a world cup. That is the reality because if FIFA actually wanted to make this decision they would have done this way earlier. Also everyone agrees it wasn't red but this is always yellow. Claiming it wasnt even a foul makes you lose any credibility as far as the game is concerned mate.