5 OUTTA 5 OUT BEFORE THE SEMIS! 8/8 if you count the Concacaf — Panamá didn't have jack shit to do in a World Cup. Well, neither did Poland, for that matter... But I digress! FUCK 'EM ALL! AND FUCK YOU, SYMBOLS!

i started to write a whole thing about economics, colonial immigration to the metropolis, luck, and managers...

but maybe it’s just that these things come in cycles?

if i recall my history, 1974 was very european-heavy also

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whoa! looks like soup nazi is a really sore loser lmfao

I would say guilty as charged, but more than that I'm reacting to those five South American countries mocking the fuck out of my team. Not that I love my team "despite everything" — Vidal, for instance, is clearly a total DOUCHE and if he weren't so important to the squad...

deep breaths now... deep breaths...

I think you mean "Serenity Now"...

sure why not ha ha

whatever works!

Iit's undeniably Euro-heavy in terms of the teams left but it could be argued this has been an even worse WC for the real European big-hitters - France being probably the only team left with any real international pedigree. Meanwhile if South American football's in trouble, African football seems to have well and truly collapsed. Remember all those hopes we had for Nigeria, Cameroon, South Africa. Not even on the radar anymore. Asia too has at best stood still.

I'll share you the latest news from Belgium :)

This was the review of the Belgian players by magazine called Sportwereld (= sport world)












Neymar in the little fountain called Manneken Pis (little guy peeing)
One of my foreign colleagues once visited Brussels and next day he came to me completely excited saying "Jan! Jan! I saw Mexican Pee" :D Or that's what I understood of him, but it's not

what does saapjen mean?

it's slang for little sheep. It's derived from a conversation between two comedians, but it's in Flemmish so don't ask ;)





Last one:






verlosser = savior

Pickford, Walker, Stones, Maguire, Trippier, Alli, Henderson, Lingard, Young, Sterling, Kane.

Unchanged from Colombia game. Just hoping Sterling and Alli repay Southgate's belief in them.

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nervous.as.fuck.

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man im stuck with some horrible announcing on fox

these motherfuckers are having a sleepy conversation instead of calling and analyzing the fucking game

“the stadium is full and the sun is out... “

“trippier born just outside manchester...”

fucking useless!

fml

no way are we winning this if they score 1st

maguire!

i found a way to sneak in some telemundo hell yeah

good job ingleses. you're playing better.

i had maguire in my fantasquad! lolololol

huge mistake taking him out

Maguire? (not as preposterous a suggestion as it should be)

lol sterling you hog

Sterling. I feel so sorry for the guy but this just isn't his tournament. At man city those are going in but it's just not happening for him. But his pace is killing them. Stick or twist?

he is brilliant just needed to give the ball to kane. give him a boot to the head at halftime and send him back in.

it's so frustrating. Sweden can't cope with him but he's just not finishing. I say stick in the hope one of them has to go in.

you guys are fine. this is easier than the previous game. just don't fuck it up.

If this stays 1-0 to about 60-70, interesting to see if Southgate takes the Dier option again.

and if it goes 2-0 befor 60 then what

celebrate :)

Pickford's on PCP

From an England perspective that was great but I'm not sure many neutrals would've stayed awake for the full 90.

he was brilliant today and to be found EVERYWHERE

from goal line to goal line and almost in every camera shot--kinda like a forrest gump of the game ha ha ha

i don't expect anybody in england is gonna be sober enough to watch the russia game


were you guys watching on FOX as well????

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england played a nice game though and the telemundos were saying kane looked tired

sweden... i dont hate them but glad to see them go. organized but boring team.

Just the bbc.

England were pretty solid. Epic performance by Pickford.

Not Kanes best game. Could well be tired.

Thought Sweden looked impossible to get past until the goal. then when they had to come out they had no real threat. fair to say any of the remaining teams would have got past them.

no of course you dont get fox lol. but they had a couple of announcers this morning, just insufferable, would put anyone to sleep.

so yeah the telemundos were assessing by how fast kane would get into the box. and sure enough he'd just jog there. understandable after the previous game. they still were full of praise for his fine all-around qualities.

now im stuck with 3 swedes in my fantasquad haaa haaa haaa

damn sorry choice

Kane's supposed lack of energy is being discussed in the post-match here too, nothing dramatic though. I think all the players are working on pure adrenalin now.

Feel your pain re FF. And if Croatia go out now I'm basically down to Kane and Lukaku.

apparently the name of the person (not) calling the england game on fox was one DEREK RAE which you guys might know

maybe he was great in his day or something but he just babbled on inanities here... maybe he's senile

derek rae + aly wagner. uffff. never again.

never heard of derek rae, either as a commentator or player.

The BBC have Klinsmann who's just a string of cliches

just now starting to sink in we're in the semi finals.

this is all getting seriously weird

toldja all you had to do was beat colombia.... and maybe putin’s nerve gas

derek rae is some scottish bloviator who wants to sound like an opera tenor. kinda like that “lives of the rich and famous” person

aly wagner is a token lady with the most annoying voice who tends to state the obvious. sure she played for the usa. big woop.

for women announcers i’ll take viviana vila from telemundo 1000 times over. she reads the game extremely well, knows the european leagues thoroughly, makes good predictions, and has a pleasant voice that does not grate

russia on the attack

fml

russia-croatia so far:FUCK THIS DULL BRACKET