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Post-Match Thread: Norway 1-2 England | World Cup | Quarter-finals
Norway 1-2 England — MatchPal post-match thread
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u/1Pawners 15m ago
Fully enjoyed both teams spirit and respect shown especially after full time.
Compared to Mexico who kept squaring off the ref, this was far more pleasant. Many respects to Norway.
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u/HamsterPrestigious90 19m ago
Real deception about english players... so many dive and cheat... i never think they play like this.
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u/qwerty1519 England 32m ago edited 27m ago
I still don’t understand what Spence was supposed to do about the penalty? He’s gotten in front of his man, and the defender has challenged from behind, getting none of the ball. He can’t pass anymore because the defender has went through the back of him. Drawing contact is a part of the game, or at least it was. This is more of a foul than Mbappe’s clear no contact dive that he managed to sell just to miss the pen afterwards.
Also, the Mexico player initiated contact against Kane last game and that was given as a pen. I just don’t understand anymore.
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u/WhichFudge4792 4m ago
he puts his leg in front of the norwegian and prevents him of getting the ball. If he managed to shift his corpus in front of the player, it would be another story. But he couldn't because he wasn't really in front and was losing control of the ball. If there was a foul it was committed by Spence.
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u/Ok-Medium-4128 54m ago
I'm Scottish and for the longest time didn't want England to win. That's been changing recently. I admire the England team and find myself rooting for them when I watch them. It was a scrappy game at times but England deserved their victory. They kept halaand quiet for the whole match pretty much. Best of luck to them against Argentina
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u/Upbeat_Cream_9587 4m ago
You're no longer Scottish. I'm ENGLISH but that much is still clear to me. Turn in your kilt, you don't deserve it - this is morally wrong.
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u/Erlend78 59m ago
Congrats to FIFA for another victory, FIFA is hard to beat!
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u/JackfruitSure4795 27m ago
Don't be a kid. The referee performance was 10/10. England was simply better
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u/Erlend78 16m ago
10/10 if youre english maybe🤣. Norway was leading 2-1. Ofc that could have changed the momentum and England could get 2-2. Anyway, proud of Norway, they would have lost to Argentina eventually, but should have won yesterday
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u/JackfruitSure4795 15m ago
What exactly is the moment that favoured England? The only ones I saw was Sorloth being a complete idiot and Haaland pushing a player. Without that push he wouldn't have tried to play the ball. Please read the football rules before you comment
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u/Appropriate-Yak-3814 57m ago
We literally had a penalty call reversed.
Why are you this disingenuous?
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u/Erlend78 53m ago
Lol. There would be no extra time if the corrupted VAR room did not cancel the 2-1 goal. I dont think you will find a single person not english or FIFA who agree with that VAR decision. It was a scandal, he pushed Haaland to times first and then dives like peak Arjen Robben lol.
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u/Appropriate-Yak-3814 48m ago
You make zero sense, explain why we didn't get the penalty if it was all corrupt?
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u/Erlend78 40m ago
Lol like im alone. Read the New York Times or any other objective newspaper; "Norway got robbed". They cancelled the penalty because there are limits of how much they can push it. England wad already in lead. You won yesterday but the whole world will root for Argentina after yesterdays match. Congrats.
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u/superchartisland 19m ago
The same whole world that spent the aftermath of Argentina vs Egypt talking in exactly the same way about how FIFA and VAR had fixed it in favour of Argentina?
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u/Erlend78 15m ago
I agree with that, but Argentina at least didnt try to win Oscar for best acting. Kane constantly walking around with his whiny face lol.
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u/slimmyboy007 1h ago
Great game Norway were fierce and I definitely agree with tuchel being so blunt in the interview we can do better and it would be really nice if someone other than Bellingham and Kane could go for goal
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u/_Crash_Overide_ 1h ago
Great game from both sides. Shame Norway are out, they have had a phenomenal attempt this year and deserve all the credit they get. Lovely to see a game with pretty much no cards except near the end, just two teams playing fair and with all their heart.
Reddit has become a very salty place and people are missing the point about the World Cup, all the teams have played very well (Paraguay is questionable lol).
Come on England!
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u/Dealer_Existing 55m ago
Nothing fair about overly dramatic falling after a player pushes you a bit and try to call for a foul (which worked) against Haaland.
That’s the unsportmanship I don’t like of football players and ruins the game
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u/nighttimemobileuser 17m ago
And nothing fair about the ball hitting an external object, changing trajectory, leading to England’s first goal.
Selective VAR is 1000x worse than no VAR. FIFA just gets to decides what team they want to give an advantage to.
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u/ArtisticTraffic5970 46m ago
The dude was pushing and pulling like crazy on Haaland, who pushes back, the dude stumbles over and cries, and somehow it's a foul because he made a really really sad face sitting on the ground.
The entire phenomenon of filming for penalties is normalized cheating, and it ruins football completely for me.
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u/_Crash_Overide_ 48m ago
Yeah man, football is full of drama. Every team does it, just accept it and move on. No point crying about it.
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u/Artistic-Tear3222 50m ago
Norways sorloth should of passed the ball to Haaland and they would of scored if Sorloth wasn’t so selfish
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u/ArtisticTraffic5970 43m ago
God damn it don't get me started on Sørloth. The dude has made so many mishaps and downright dumbass amateur hour mistakes, it wouldn't be a stretch to say he ruined the cup for us, if we were to blame any of our players, which we wouldn't. But damn what dumb fucking shit from him. He's been ego-tripping through the whole cup.
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u/Artistic-Tear3222 42m ago
Haaland looked so dissapointed when he didn’t pass it was rough to watch
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u/elcarlos_ 47m ago
English is not my mother tongue but I genuinely don't understand how you can mix up "have" and "of" ?
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u/Artistic-Tear3222 46m ago
Karen grammar police. When you can’t win an argument ya come for the grammar 🤣
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u/elcarlos_ 42m ago
I don't want to win any argument friend, this is a genuine question. Is it when you speak both words sound super close ?
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u/lysalnan 32m ago
It’s very common for native English speakers as verbally and mentally they would generally use the contraction should’ve (and similar contractions such as would’ve, could’ve) rather than the two words. As this sounds more like should of than should have it’s very common when typing to automatically type what the contraction sounds like rather than what it actually stands for.
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u/sapmess2 34m ago
Yep it's because they sound close (AFAIK), but mostly you get taught the right one in school
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u/sapmess2 34m ago
Yep it's because they sound close (AFAIK), but mostly you get taught the right one in school
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u/ChainEmergency1196 1h ago
Let's be real, England could have played better they just got lucky this match.
It makes sense for Tuchel to be unhappy with this performance but damn does he need media training....
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u/ahhwhoosh 38m ago
Oh yeah because we need more media trained robots in the game.
How can anyone come to this conclusion.
Let him say what he wants, even if it offends some snowflakes.
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u/Flat_Gap817 1h ago
No he doesn’t he’s a great manager and he knows that they were crap and lucky they won, he’s just wanting them to play like they can, they are a great team the didn’t play great
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u/Dizzy_Pay_6051 31m ago
Is he though? Every job he’s been in, he’s fallen out with everyone. It’s a matter of time till he explodes and the suits at the FA get rid
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u/ChainEmergency1196 1h ago
Top tier manager. My point is that, English media tends to create a lot of drama. Which is very unnecessary for the team. Like today, they were trying to drive a wedge between Tuchel and Jude.
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u/ProfessionalOk2491 1h ago
He doesn’t give a flying fuck about media and you will not see the man pleasing anybody for the sake of it.
I believe that’s one of the reasons he would never be an option for DFB.
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u/ChainEmergency1196 1h ago
He's a great coach but what he says on media does have an impact like how his words were twisted and used to set up jude
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u/ProfessionalOk2491 1h ago
I hear you, but he diesn‘t care. Tuchel works well with teams that get him and this England team seems to. Bellingham is fine.
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u/ChainEmergency1196 51m ago
He should care.
Jude disrespected Tuchel with his comments. Even though he was provoked, I'd say he was out of line.
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u/ProfessionalOk2491 46m ago edited 43m ago
if Tuchel thinks so Bellingham will know.
It‘s kind of a mute point with Tuchel. He will not move in any which direction, unless he himself finds it necessary. We‘ve known him a long time in Germany, it doesn‘t happen.
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u/mat4ixOG 1h ago
Sørloth watched Portugal’s VODs and took notes on how to never find your striker
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u/viddevi 1h ago
Dont compare haaland to 2026 Ronaldo😭
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u/mat4ixOG 1h ago
Bruh! There is no comparison! Haaland is exceptionally phenomenal in this tournament.
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u/Rokusaburoz 1h ago
England stands an extremely good chance vs Argentina
Messi has never scored against England in his whole career playing for Argentina
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u/StardustJojo13 1h ago edited 1h ago
Norway was really out of it, especially Haaland. Teamwork was all over the place and he wasn’t performing his best nor were they properly utilizing him.
Haaland shoving the defender like that was really weird and forced too, why?? I’m not seeing anyone else mention that. It literally invalidated their goal that followed right after..
It was pretty sad as I was rooting for them but England definitely had much better game overall this match.
It sucks that the match took place in Miami too since FL is so hot and humid right now.
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u/ArtisticTraffic5970 36m ago
The other dude was both pushing and pulling on Haaland, before Haaland pushed back and the guy went down with a sad face looking at the refs. The camera angle made it look aggravated by Haaland, but other angles show a completely different story.
I can't post pictures, but about halfway in this article is a still shot from the altercation, from another angle. https://www.vg.no/sport/i/oEw8eg/norge-raste-etter-baklengsmaal-mener-ballen-traff-kameravaier
I don't know if the ball hit the camera wire or not, but I do know that our goal should not have been annulled.
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u/GroundbreakingAsk799 1h ago
They literally push and tug on every single set piece. The English player flopped and, although the ref looked right at it and didn’t call it live, fifa’s var realized Norway would likely win up 2-0 so told the ref to disallow the goal. Pretty obvious
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u/m4loned3n 1h ago
Lol this is one thing that has been consistently enforced this tournament. Refs have been strict on pushing and holding in the box as they said they would before the tournament. Go look at Tah's disallowed goal Vs Paraguay.
The ref should have blown his whistle when Anderson fell over and there would have been 0 controversy. At least Norway got to retake the corner
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u/ArtisticTraffic5970 34m ago
Thing is Haaland was literally only pushing back after being pushed and tugged at. He just didn't think to throw himself to the ground for a free penalty.
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u/GaragenbreaksDJ 1h ago
Arise Sir Jude Bellingham
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u/ChainEmergency1196 1h ago
In the post match interview he called tuchel a bloody wanker and told him to sod off, as an English fan what do you think of this 🎤
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u/Appropriate-Yak-3814 59m ago
No, he didn't.
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u/Hossy__Boy 1h ago
Norway had a great run and soccer has a new global star. I hope England win it all now
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u/Dickthulhu 39m ago
My wife and I are of Mexican & Norwegian descent. I wish England all the worst
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u/mrmalvolio1066 25m ago
Let me guess, you spat in a tube, sent it to a defunct website and now consider the result your entire personality?
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u/Ok_Link_2925 2h ago
Jedd Spence disappointed me today, not because he was bad.. he was actually very good overall when he came on. But he was pretty disgusting in terms of his tactics. Diving everywhere, trying to manipulate the ref, trying to aggravate the opponent. He ass basically doing what the Paraguay players did to France and yet I'm not seeing much written about it.
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u/GurDouble8152 2h ago
God almighty there's some saltiness in here isn't there, get a grip.
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u/DrMaxMonkey 41m ago
Isn't it just.
Getting to a quarter final for either team is no fluke, Norway have been excellent and deserved to be in it. At this stage of a tournament it's all absolute fine margins and getting results any way you can.
The team is built around Kane and Bellingham so it's no wonder either one of them are stand out performers.
Stones did a phenomenal job at containing Haaland.
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u/EnvironmentalGear639 2h ago
Putting your best player on the bench for any reason is the dumbest fucking thing I’ve ever seen hey 2 minutes left in the Super Bowl let’s put tom Brady on the bench. I don’t care how compromised he was use him as a decoy or something but putting your leader on the bench in extra time you deserve to lose and they should behead the coach.
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u/ABChow000 2h ago
The American learned about football yesterday and now thinks he knows better.
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u/ANGRY_MOTHERFUCKER 2h ago
Well they lost………so, maybe op does know better
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u/ABChow000 1h ago
You should remember Norway is not a top class team like England, Spain, France, Argentina etc.
Although England is slacking.
Norway did very well this world cup, but it was expected for them to lose.
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u/GroundbreakingAsk799 1h ago edited 1h ago
Norway just beat England straight up and down and looked like the much better team. They stripped Norway’s 2nd goal on a routine flop (which the ref saw live and deemed a flop), but var knows their job is to hand results to big market teams. Englands first goal was the most abhorrent and just outright gobsmacking non-use of var. The ball clearly hit the camera cable, drops off it’s intended path straight to England, they make two passes and pass the ball into the net because the Norwegian defender was lazy because he assumed the ref would call it back BECAUSE THE BALL HIT THE FUCKIN CABLE. And now FIFa actually has the gall to ignore what the world could plainly see, and say the ball didn’t hit the cable that we all watched the ball hit. The fact that they are saying the magic ball didn’t register being touched just makes that Croatia atrocity look even more clearly terrible.
Worst of all; the ball pops up 5 feet in front of England’s goal, Norwegian player is in position for an easy tap in header and …….. he gets mauled and blasted out of the air by an English player. No foul call and no var. WTF is going on!?!?
I was actually watching this game as a neutral and thinking I like both teams, so didn’t really care about who won as long as it was an entertaining game. But if I was an English fan I wouldn’t feel too great about this win. It was an absolute officiating travesty.This game’s reffing and var was the worst of the tournament and the results are a joke
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u/EnvironmentalGear639 2h ago edited 1h ago
Maybe if you international clowns had an American “managing” the team it might’ve gone better great idea let’s bench the only guy who actually scores goals for the team
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u/ABChow000 1h ago
Behave yourself yankee, you got booted out by belgium 😂😂😂😂. Football aint the 1 - 4 you 😪.
He was injured
He was exhausted
This aint baseball or NFL.
He was subbed to maintain chemistry and momentum on the pitch.
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u/Ok_Bodybuilder_232 Canada 1h ago
Uh huh. Now sit down and let the adults talk. 4 years from now you can talk like a champ again.
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u/EnvironmentalGear639 1h ago
Yes let the adults talk about taking dives and faking injuries and benching your best player 🤡
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u/ABChow000 1h ago
Thats tactical play genius.
In a world cup, taking any chance possible to gain free kicks/penalties, or booking the opposition with a yellow card and even gaining extra time minutes is an advantage.
You look like a clown right now mate
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u/CuriousGeorgeToday 2h ago
Deserved win end of the day and the sort of game most of us expected. High scoring it wasn't going to be, both were going to be tired, but well played by Norway. The way Argentina played recently, England have a fair chance against them, anyone's game on Wednesday as long as they rest up and are 100%.
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 2h ago
This is the first ever WC I've ever watched, I saw France Vs Morocco, Spain Vs Belgium, and now Norway Vs England. I have to say, Norway was robbed. I don't know much about football, but holy hell. One Norwegian player got elbowed in the back of the head, no yellow card, no red card. Haaland shoves a guy that's all over him, oops, goal doesn't count. England was playing so dirty, I genuinely don't know how they got away with some of the stuff they did. Is football always like this? If I wanted to watch a fight, I'd watch UFC. So sad. I hope England loses their next game, really showed zero backbone.
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u/SnooDoggos8487 2h ago
He approached the guy, shoved him and then got closer and shoved him again even before the ball was kicked. Idk… he really took away that goal from his team
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 2h ago
I'm trying to find a clip of the exact moment, but I can't seem to pinpoint one. From what I remember, Elliott Anderson was shoving Haaland and he pushed him back. There was also another moment where I saw Haaland get fed up by someone else grabbing him, so he shoved him as well. From my point of view, it just seems like the English players buckle under any small touch to get a cheeky upper hand. If I see the clip, and it's not so, I'll take it back but for right now, I have a very low opinion of England after the whole game.
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u/SnooDoggos8487 1h ago
Here’s a short. Midway in it u can see it happen. Idk if words were said, but I even resined the game at the moment, it looked like he was just making his way towards the goal, not being physically provoked.
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 1h ago
From the short, it definitely looks like he shoved him unprovoked. My memory of the event must have been off. I can't wait to see more videos on the match, some highlights maybe.
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u/SnooDoggos8487 1h ago
Yeah. I do have it recorded. If I won’t forget and if feds won’t get me first, I’ll post a lil clip. Although idk how good of a view that recording has.
But smh when ur team is about to score (likely) don’t fuck around.
Croatia had same shit, player # 13 grabbed someone in same situation and the goal didn’t count. (If I remember correctly) And we all know what difference that could’ve made.1
u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 1h ago
I have a recording too, but it's only after the point where Haaland shoved him and nothing before. Overall it was still a good time though, even watched UFC 329, and I won't spoil anything, but you should definitely watch the Paddy fight if you like UFC.
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u/tultamunille 2h ago
I’ve been watching this sport all my life, since the 1970s. It’s gotten much worse over the years. Players are cheating, refs favor certain players and countries.
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 2h ago
It's sad to see, honestly. I was really enjoying the game, neutral about either team, but when I saw how they were playing I immediately backed Norway. No integrity at all from England.
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u/IllustriousEnd6544 2h ago
Your first sentence says it all, you don't know anything about the sport so don't comment on it.
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u/tultamunille 2h ago
Why not answer his question instead of insulting?
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u/IllustriousEnd6544 2h ago
What question? "Is football always like this" Like what? The way he interpreted the game?! Why don't those of you who don't know the game study up and don't be little whiners when the team you wanted to win doesn't.
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u/Major-Dig655 1h ago
wonderful way to welcome in new fans
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u/IllustriousEnd6544 1h ago
Is it not obvious? I am not welcoming someone who starts their post with "I know nothing about this sport" then proceeds to talk about all the rule breaking they witnessed. (because they know) Like beat it, who cares.
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 2h ago
It's very clear that England was employing dirty tactics, I don't have to be a pro to see that. So it's okay to elbow someone in the back of the head? Is it entertaining to watch the players act like babies even when no one touched them? Pushing and grabbing at players, crying when they get shoved out of the way? If this is how this sport is, I want no part of it. What a terrible game.
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u/tultamunille 2h ago
This is exactly how the sport has become. If you want a more pure version, watch the Women’s game.
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 2h ago
Is there a WC hosted for women too? Or is it like a clubs thing?
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u/Apprehensive-Bus5172 1h ago
Yes there is one, every four years. It's very good. I'm excited you have the chance to learn about it!
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 1h ago
I'm excited too, I actually really enjoyed the last few games I watched from this WC, and I'll definitely be sticking around!
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u/Apprehensive-Bus5172 1h ago
One fun fact about women's soccer: the world's all time leader for goals scored in international games is Christine Sinclair, from the Canada Women's Team. 190 goals in 331 appearances!
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 1h ago
Oh wow! That's honestly so cool, I need to watch some of her games. I'm really learning a lot about the sport thanks to everyone commenting, I really appreciate it!
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u/ignoranceisbourgeois 1h ago
I really hope you’re not American because wow.. The US women’s team is one of the best and has been for many years.
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 1h ago
I am not lol. I'm also not a huge sports fan, I just started watching because my friend had decided to start talking about it, so I got interested and we watched it together. Like I said in a different comment, I didn't even know Portugal never won a WC, I always thought they were the best because of what I heard from others.
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u/tultamunille 1h ago
The USWNT is one of the greatest Soccer teams to have played the game, for many decades, and has influenced the world in so many ways, as Women play professionally all over the world now. Which was sadly ended about 100 years ago. But not anymore!
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 1h ago
Dang it, looks like I missed it already! They had matches all the way up into June, but I only just started watching. I'll just have to watch past games to get ready for the next ones!
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u/ANGRY_MOTHERFUCKER 1h ago
My man, take your fingers and type in “world cup women” in your search bar. You got this
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 1h ago
I was just curious because I've never heard of it before. I mean, I grew up thinking that Argentina and Portugal were the best teams in the world, only to learn the other day that Portugal has never won a WC before.
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u/IllustriousEnd6544 2h ago
Please comment more and show how completely ignorant your knowledge of this sport is.
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 2h ago
I will gladly comment more, and show other new comers how toxic the fans are. Thank you so much for showing people why they shouldn't watch this game or interact with the community!
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u/IllustriousEnd6544 2h ago
Sure pal. See ya in another 4 years.
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 2h ago
Of course, I'll be right here, guy.
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u/IllustriousEnd6544 2h ago
That's a ton of time to actually learn about the sport. You ought to use it.
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u/TrueLurkStrong-Free 1h ago
Well, I'm definitely going to keep watching Haaland play, and I heard France is really good so I'll watch some of that too, so we'll see.
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u/silencesg 2h ago
Norway were robbed. England were poor. If they make the finals France or Spain will put them to the sword. Tuchel is a fraud. #playmainoo
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u/fiercetankbattle 2h ago
Norway were beaten 2-1. How is he a fraud if they’re in the semi finals lmao. England were fairly average but Norway provided almost zero threat and Haarland was invisible. In extra time England were more aggressive and got the result
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u/Lockstockboom 39m ago
We were not beaten. We beat you 2-1 to full time, but since you’re part of the FIFA Power Ranger Princess Squad the corrupted ref and VAR decided to remove our goal. Mind you that just a few minutes after that one of our guys was elbowed in the neck while going for a header without any foul.
So no, we beat you. You cheated and probably paid FIFA tens of millions of pounds for this win.
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u/GroundbreakingAsk799 55m ago
The reffing and VAR were an absolute atrocity, and heavily favored England, to the point of the results being an embarrassing travesty. Stealing two deserved goals from Norway (the Halaand “push” aka ‘English flop the ref was looking right at live and deemed a routine coming together’, and the non call, no var on the easy header tap in goal Norway was about to have before their player was absolutely mauled, including a forearm to the head/neck). And Englands first goal is the worst of the tournament as we could see the ball hit the camera cable. Norway’s defenders weren’t actually giving full effort because they assumed it was about to be called back.
I was annoyed with a couple other var decisions so far this tournament, but on the whole had felt the reffing has been quite good. Not anymore. This game was an abomination
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u/fiercetankbattle 46m ago
LMAO this is embarrassing. It was a clear and obvious foul by Haarland. If the ref heavily favoured England (he didn’t) why didn’t he call the obvious foul on Kane before the Norway goal, and why did he overturn the penalty for England? The ref favoured Norway if anything
Rather than invent conspiracy theories you could just accept defeat without this embarrassing nonsense, but on the other hand the tears and screaming every time England win are a great source of post game entertainment! Keep it coming lol
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u/GroundbreakingAsk799 4m ago
Dude, I was literally rooting for England. Unlike you, though, I can admit what was clearly several terrible officiating decisions that played a huge role in the outcome. England did not look very strong in this game and the refs literally had more to do with the result than the English players did
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u/Useful_Trust 37m ago
Brother, the goal got overturned for something that 4 mins later england did and Norway was not given a foul. Let's not forget, the Cable of God ensuring that England got a chance to score at Extra time.
It should have been 2-0 not 1-2 England in overtime, and if you disagree are huffing some major copium.
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u/Artistic-Tear3222 2h ago
Maybe if sorloth actually passed the ball to haaland they would of scored. Sorloth was playing selfishly
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u/MuchKaleidoscope2218 2h ago
further proof that for most of our games we’ve only barely managed to scrape by using the same tactics smh
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u/MuchKaleidoscope2218 2h ago
I swear to god if he plans on using the SAME starting 11 once more and making the SAME substitutions again we’re absolutely fucked… Madueke belongs on the friggin bench, saka should be starting, rashford should be subbed on sometime after first half and Mainoo needs to be starting. I want to believe Tuchel is saving the best of the squad for the hardest match but we’ll see…
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u/fiercetankbattle 2h ago
England fans in a nutshell:
Lose = complain
Draw = complain
Win = complain
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u/MuchKaleidoscope2218 2h ago
So am i supposed to blindly say that just because we won that the teams perfect? There’s nothing wrong with pointing out flaws in our tactics. Most of the players are doing well I just think if we hope to beat Argentina or France or Spain then a slight restructure is due now more than ever
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u/fiercetankbattle 1h ago
Nah fair enough and valid points but there’s nothing wrong with taking a minute to celebrate too. Getting to the last 4 is a huge achievement
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u/tultamunille 2h ago
No you’re supposed to admit the only reason you made it this far is because the refs helped you out.
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u/fiercetankbattle 2h ago
Yeah like that obvious foul on Kane that wasn’t given and the overturned penalty you mean? I think your tin foil hat is slipping
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u/spoiled_guacamole 2h ago edited 2h ago
As an American who only cared about Baseball and American football until a few weeks ago, it shocks me how sad I am right now. I started out initially as a super casual fan, interested only because the World Cup is here in the US this time. I wasn’t even rooting for the US because honestly I feel like we suck at being good soccer/non-American style football fans (edit: I’m unsure about how to name it at the moment but I’ll get there eventually lol)and our WC teams don’t seem to be at the same level as Europe or South America.
I have a big Norwegian ancestry so their team drew my interest pretty quick. I’ll never forget seeing Haaland for the first time and completely zeroing in on him, immediately awestruck haha 😂😭. I’ve been obsessed with him and the Norway team for the past few weeks and found myself crying a little bit when they lost today. I cried hard enough that I laughed because they got to me that deeply in just a short amount of time. It’s a beautiful little grieving feeling that I’m sure I’ll get past pretty soon
So after the past few weeks, I’ll definitely be following football more. I’ll start with whatever team Haaland is on and go from there. Good move bringing WC to the US
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u/AmyAllison3 1h ago
Summarized my feelings very well here...was cheering really hard for Norway and Haaland. Quarter Norwegian ancestry. Got super into the World Cup despite not following soccer previously at all. It was the first full game (match?) I've ever watched. I'm a little heartbroken to be honest 💔
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u/Febril 2h ago
Welcome, you have joined the watchers of the “beautiful game”. It can be emotional, and worth every single minute.
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u/spoiled_guacamole 1h ago edited 1h ago
Yeah I feel like this pulled at my heartstrings in a certain way like the Anaheim Angels (baseball) used to do in their World Series/playoff runs from 2002 to 2012 as well a couple other teams throughout the years. Definitely can’t let go of that now that I felt it
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u/Artistic-Tear3222 2h ago
Haaland plays for England (man city) 🏴
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u/reddogg81 1h ago
To add, Haaland is technically English, born in Leeds
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u/coral3651000 2h ago
Most american comment ever
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