Cosmic Kid
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| 12/14/2022 10:47 AM |
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If Morocco wins, they will have defeated all 3 countries that occupied them through their history....and that would be kinda cool.
Small justice, but... |
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Orange Crush
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| 12/14/2022 01:08 PM |
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| That was quick. When France wants to play they are very good. Now Morocco can’t just sit back as they’ve done in previous games. This is good for the game. |
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Orange Crush
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| 12/14/2022 03:04 PM |
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Morocco played well, just missed a bit of luck, and certainly showed they belonged in this semi-final.
Griezmann is the quiet force on mid-field behind this French team. |
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longslowdistance
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| 12/14/2022 07:12 PM |
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| Final next Sunday has a ton of potential. |
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Orange Crush
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| 12/14/2022 07:59 PM |
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| For those who want to believe this is rigged, it’s a match between Qatars two main foreign employees: Lionel Messi en Kylian Mbappé, both playing for Qatar’s main affiliate Paris Saint-Germain. The dream outcome. |
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longslowdistance
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| 12/14/2022 10:31 PM |
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Crap. You may be right.
F'in FIFA for bringing this event to Qatar (bought and paid for). But are you proposing that the refs were bribed too???? For sure Messi got away with at least one and frankly at least two yellow cards two games back. But so did others - conspiracy theorists will call that covering a corrupt ref's tracks, rather than a deer in the headlights which it looked like to me. |
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Orange Crush
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| 12/15/2022 12:25 AM |
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No not suggesting that actually.
All it shows is that simultaneous Qatar investment in this WC and in some of worlds best players at PSG is no coincidence. They’ve tried to write this story using a ton of dough and it seems to have worked.
Somewhat ironically I think Morocco advancing would have made for a better yarn in the Arab world but I don’t think Qatar cares about that, just the western outlook cause that’s where all their investments reside as part of planning for life beyond fossil fuels. It’s a much thicker plot than paying off a bunch of refs. |
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Orange Crush
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| 12/17/2022 12:54 PM |
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Good read looking toward 2026. Look inward.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/world-cup-migrant-soccer-stars-1.6688850 |
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Orange Crush
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| 12/18/2022 09:54 AM |
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Argentina looks to have a lock on this.
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Orange Crush
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| 12/18/2022 10:51 AM |
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| Ha! France woke up. |
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Orange Crush
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| 12/18/2022 11:56 AM |
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Epic. What a game.
Somewhere Ronaldo is gnashing his teeth. |
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longslowdistance
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| 12/18/2022 06:22 PM |
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I was on the trainer during the extra time - usually boring just flew by. Had to dismount for the penalties - too intense!
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Cosmic Kid
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| 12/20/2022 08:33 AM |
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Epic. What a game.
Simply fantastic...stuff of legends. Was streaming it as I was driving back from Boise with my middle daughter and I kept startling her as she was driving as I reacted to the game. 😂 |
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Orange Crush
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| 12/20/2022 08:21 PM |
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Look at that photo of the welcoming crowd in Argentina. Absolutely mad
https://sporza.be/nl/2022/12/20/waanzin-bij-kampioenenviering-in-buenos-aires-spelers-geraken-niet-in-centrum-fans-springen-in-open-bus~1671515985519/ |
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Dale
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| 12/21/2022 01:20 PM |
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| Wow! What crowd. That rivals Trumps inauguration throng s/off |
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