****Soccer is the Greatest Sport on Earth In-Game****

[braves]

VAR!!!

 

[KJ]

LOL Sanchez was 20 yds offside

Makes up for that bullshit at the end of the first half

 

[gunner4ever]

seemed a smidge offside but I didn't see any special camera for a better view to say for sure

anyway we deserved this one!

 

[Pyppurs]

first one was off

 

[Pyppurs]

second one wasn't

 

[KJ]

Haha

 

[Pyppurs]

Those are from VAR, not me. They need to make the VAR presentation to viewers more transparent.

 

[KJ]

VAR wasn't looking at that one and obviously they should have been...still hilarious

 

[KJ]

And if VAR calls the first one offside (which it was apparently) I don't like it

Need some human element no matter what the get off my lawn assholes say and that was a goal, get over it

 

[guaranteeed]

I like it but it needs to be improved, not sure exactly how but I think issues come up

like the Pepe goal today, how long do they go back for an offside, is there a set time? is it based on possession etc.

also if they go back and look and say sanchez was onside, but in the view he's clearly fouling someone too, what do they do then

 

[~Utah]

Fox has Mexico on a channel that a lot of people don't get?

Telemundo it is!

 

[braves]

Huh? It's on the main fox channel

 

[braves]

The guy calling the game is just terrible so I may change to telemundo as well

 

[~Utah]

check my twitter braves

I have some other shit on Fox

 

[braves]

Yeah I just saw. Where are you , Salt Lake ?

 

[~Utah]

Yeah I just saw. Where are you , Salt Lake ?

yep

 

[~Utah]

Telemundo makes the game more exciting anyway tbh

 

[~Utah]

you have to shoot from there and not try to draw the pk

 

[braves]

I think that is consistently a top 10 market in the country for soccer viewership( could be dead wrong) .. weird

 

[braves]

Telemundo makes the game more exciting anyway tbh

The guy on fox says " ready , aim, fire" when they are taking free kicks

 

[~Utah]

I think that is consistently a top 10 market in the country for soccer viewership( could be dead wrong) .. weird

yep but the people watching here would probably prefer Telemundo anyway

 

[~Utah]

The guy on fox says " ready , aim, fire" when they are taking free kicks

so ive made the right decision

 

[braves]

You think they going put Russia and USA in the same group at World Cup, haha

 

[~Utah]

its a random draw braves

no its not fixed

 

[~Utah]

well at least they are showing signs of life on offense

 

[braves]

its a random draw braves

no its not fixed

I know what they claim lol

 

[~Utah]

looks like a small Mexican contingency in the crowd

only like 8,000 people from outside of Russia showed up for this, which is a disaster

I might not be going next year, I saw tickets could cost $700 a pop for group stage games? Fuck that

 

[~Utah]

VAR that

 

[braves]

$700 ?? Wtf

 

[~Utah]

$700 ?? Wtf

that's what I said, I might go to Portugal for a couple of weeks instead

Good stuff by VAR there

game feels wide open

 

[braves]

Gurv, I've got mix feelings about VAR, it's going turn into the NFL with all these stoppages

 

[~Utah]

Id rather they get it right Braves

There is too much money involved in this sport for them to leave it to the refs

 

[~Utah]

FUCK

what a strike

 

[~Utah]

goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllll

 

[braves]

Game on

 

[~Utah]

The fact that Russia is getting these kind of chances is a really really bad sign for Mexico

 

[braves]

Mexic defense is just shit

 

[~Utah]

USA should have done better, just watching this...

nice save by Akinfeev

 

[~Utah]

that was a really nice goal

 

[~Utah]

this was not the game I was expecting

 

[~Utah]

god they are such shit and so slow

 

[~Utah]

Ronaldo nets a penalty

 

[braves]

god they are such shit and so slow

Russia? I agree they always look a step slow

 

[guaranteeed]

Russia, us same group confirmed for 2018

 

[~Utah]

Bernardo Silva for Portugal

2-0

damnit

come on you island people

 

[~Utah]

Russia? I agree they always look a step slow

For soccer being really popular in Russia its staggering that they have no unique talent

 

[guaranteeed]

For soccer being really popular in Russia its staggering that they have no unique talent

They have fallen behind in hockey too

Post ussr they have struggled

 

[~Utah]

They have fallen behind in hockey too

Post ussr they have struggled

putin took over in 2000 but hopefully in about 2004 he realized its time to turn sports around ( I know it was talked about prior to the Olympics). Maybe in 4 years or so they will come out of the woodwork

 

[braves]

Russia have to go for it, think we see more goals

 

[braves]

How many Guys on the Germany B team are starters? Because , they more than held their own against Chile who is a legit top 10 team.