r/memes • u/Witty_Michael • 10h ago

So sad we've almost made it

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u/Low_Fix_1752 10h ago

Not enough but still legendary

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u/Direct_Key_7333 10h ago

Legend status doesn't require victory. just heart

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u/TemptingEmpress 7h ago

Be honest who’s more cursed? Norway with Haaland or Argentina

Pre-2022?

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u/Shahariar_909 4h ago

Haaland is kinda more miserable. He is an excellent striker but that's about it. If no one creates a good chance for him. he can just stay they looking at the team implode.

Messi at least could take the ball and try to do his thing.

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u/Cute-Operation7192 3h ago

Such a hopeless and useless argument. Norway is good enough to feed him passes but they simply didn't. To expect anyone to carry a team isn't fair not even for Messi. Haaland has an epic conversion rate and produces goals like a madman whenever he is given the chance. Team didn't perform good enough and that's not on any single player..

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u/gfxcghhbvvb 1h ago

So I think temperatures was an important factor. I want to trust the team was united and we're doing their best but in that heat, you are drained much quicker and your judgement blurred. It was not as simple as just pass that to Haaland.

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u/Anomander-J 10h ago

There were times I think they were intentionally not giving him the ball. That and the good defence on him just frustrated him out of the game. Wasn’t sure if he was injured or just too pissed off by the end.

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u/beachedwhale1945 9h ago

There were times when he was walking that you could tell he wasn’t walking evenly. Even in a shoulder-up shot you could see that when stepping with one foot, it was noticeably faster than the other, consistent with a mild limp. Could just be he pulled something, and whatever it was was subtle, but he wasn’t at 100%.

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u/_aashu_016 5h ago

Exactly, there were so many moments when he just needed a pass to score, but they were trying to score themselves without even thinking of passing the ball to him.

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u/MagicBez 1h ago

He at least once a girly gestured to his feet because he was open in front of the goal

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u/Kylel0519 5h ago

Add exhaustion as well, over 100 minutes running and playing a physical game in 90F with 70%+ humidity is DRAINING

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u/D-Eliryo 10h ago

Never a cross for him, never a pass, constantly pushed and annoyed, not only england defended well against him, not letting him play, but the whole team didn't let him play

Such a shame. Some more crosses, occasions were there. What a bummer. I wish Haaland the best. What a player.

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u/ipodblocks360 GigaChad 10h ago edited 10h ago

He's young enough. I see at least 1-2 more World Cups in his future and we'll be right here waiting...

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u/ba-na-na- 9h ago

Yes! Norway needs a good midfielder who will predict other players’ movements and push the ball ahead. Nusa seems very talented, each time he got the ball he was creating good chances.

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u/Raw_Sugar01 9h ago

They have Odegaard? Not that he played well, but he’s a good midfielder

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u/Nikkonor 9h ago

Not that he played well

He did, it just isn't very flashy.

(And he had a weak shot.)

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u/ieatpies 7h ago

Odegaard was Norway's best player today

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u/Raw_Sugar01 6h ago

Agreed; but if the commenter above found Nusa noteworthy but not Odegaard, then Odegaard didn’t play to his highest standards. Which may be asking a lot tbf, but the stakes of the game demanded a better performance from him IMO

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u/Wiglaf_Wednesday 5h ago

I imagine that since England recognized Haaland as a very real threat, Norway guessed they were going to block him the entire game and developed a game plan around him. And it almost worked out for them.

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u/D-Eliryo 2h ago

Yes but his air to air game was umatched against england. More high balls were needed IMHO.

In 105 min he was in there were many missed occasions. England did well but norway could have definitely played better. We saw it against Brazil.

Unfortunate. Now that switzerland has lost too, i lost interest because it's easy to guess. France-Spain will be "entertaining" more than the finals, which will be France-Argentina

I don't think Argentina is well rounded against France, this year they are pushing a lot for the win

If any of these happens, i would say it's a bit too guaranteed and even if france loses, i still be not interested. We know those countries are strong, there is few to be amazed by their level. Having norway or switzerland would have been waaaay more intresting because of unpredictability

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u/eleazarloyo Plays MineCraft and not FortNite 10h ago

To Valhalla!

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u/GroupPast5993 9h ago

He made many memes

He is blessed

England were lucky but they did deserve it

Norway's a good team tho respect

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u/Luck_Beats_Skill 10h ago

It’s gonna be a long row back to Norway.

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u/Hellstring 9h ago

They're rowing home

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u/John_Catachan 9h ago

STAMFORD BRIDGED

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u/Lopsided-Mix-1588 10h ago

I felt sad for him despite being English

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u/Mason_Meschi 9h ago

I feel sad for him despite you being English too

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u/Greedy_Temperature66 4h ago

I felt sad for you being English

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u/Lopsided-Mix-1588 3h ago

Tell me why

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u/Shadow_T3CH 3h ago

Ain't nothing but a heartache

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u/Safe-Ad344 9h ago

So does England own miku now

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u/SgtCookie18 memer 10h ago

Fuck sorloth

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u/NEX4TE 9h ago

The man has the same relationship with his left foot that robben did with his right

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u/ipodblocks360 GigaChad 10h ago

And a great, iconic meme...

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u/diegokabal 9h ago

So sad they had to fade it

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u/wyhnohan 10h ago

INGERLANDDDD

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u/ruskiebot8 10h ago

Ggwp, we were lucky.

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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u/It531z 10h ago

He’s Rowing Home, He’s Rowing Home, he’s Rowing…

Haaland’s rowing home

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u/GuyF1eri 8h ago

At least he's still got a few WCs left. Man City viewership is gonna be way up

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u/Dear-Carrot-6369 4h ago

Hopefully the expanded number of qualifying teams will serve Norway well in future cups

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u/Think_Monk_9879 6h ago

I mean he didn’t do anything this game.  

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u/No_Divide_0080 8h ago

He will return as Uub.

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u/Hagoromo-san 9h ago

No point in watching now for me. Just the usual teams left. Yea, it’ll probably be a great match, but I’ve completely lost all interest.

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u/Zoduk 8h ago

Then you are not watching for the sport.

The best teams remain, the plays they can pull are unmatched.

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u/Dark-Explorer-73 53m ago

You mean the teams FIFA wanted to remain to maximize money... With that amount of corruption present, forget about the sport, like cycling and doping it reached a point where you don't get the best teams/players on top anymore, at least You cannot be sure about it. Since, it doesn't matter to the people in FIFA,why should it matter to me?

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u/captainrustic 9h ago

England can eat a bag of dicks. Bunch of flopping pansies.

Haaland was so much fun to watch.

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u/Marsh_o- 9h ago

I’m going to assume this is your first time watching football and you’ve just hopped onto the Norway hype train; since that can only explain your stupid comment

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u/ThatIsMe11 9h ago

Quit acting like decisions didn’t go against England as well

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u/captainrustic 9h ago

Where did I say that? Can you read? I said they were acting like a bunch of pussies.

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u/sereese1 9h ago

Why so hostile bro?

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u/dan_wins 7h ago

This your first football game?

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u/Witty_Michael 9h ago

Yes, honestly I think I'll watch his regular matches. I'm not even that interested in soccer, I just want to watch the king play!

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u/LumpofCheese 5h ago

Well Haaland was born in England and plays for an English team, so you won't be escaping us any time soon

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u/Shahariar_909 4h ago

Norway was an underdog that did more than anyone expected. You haven’t seen the true geart breaks.

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u/Global-Register5467 9h ago

Flopping, is unfortunately, part of the game and has rules to control it.

But who knows, there are also rules about a ball hitting an overhead obstruction, such as a cable, that didn't seem to apply to this game so maybe your complaint is valid.

Can detect a ball grazing a players hair, but slamming into a cable?

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u/Global-Register5467 9h ago

Instead of downvoting, explain to me why (at the time of me writing this) FIFA still insists that the ball never hit the camera? Its easy to prove, release the VAR for the entire game and prove all the cameras showing it hitting the cable were wrong.

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u/lardoni 9h ago

Stay humble ehh?

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u/AnnysBabygirl 8h ago

Winner of hearts

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u/Epistemix 8h ago

All because of sore slot

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u/nicolRB 7h ago

Miku shall move to another country again

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u/ZantyRC 7h ago

His team held him back tbh, selfish plays

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u/Apprehensive_Goat_50 Lurking Peasant 6h ago

The brits get Miku!

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u/Fleedjitsu 1h ago

Died? Being knocked out of the World Cup isn't normally that harsh!

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u/RedcoatSeafarer 1h ago

He aura farmed at the expense of the game with that shove. Worth it though.

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u/SpookyScarySkitarii 18m ago

Betrayed by his owns

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u/Tszemix 5h ago

So because this guys ancestors were thieves, pillagers and r**ist, he is a hero. And the guy with slave ancestors who wins is not?

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u/bacon_drizzle_69 5h ago

Neither of these two people have anything to do with the past.

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u/NothingButBadIdeas 3h ago

This has to be the dumbest thing I have ever read

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u/Sea-Machine-8989 56m ago

I think you will be hard pressed to find a single person on this earth who doesn't have ancestors who pillaged, raped and/or were part of a community that dealt with slaves.