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If they did, they didn't show it on the match. The announcers mentioned some pushing and shoving.

Great goal to get the match.
 
Well, Sweden kind of brought that upon themselves. I don't understand why you would defend so far back against 10 men for 20 minutes... Gomez' header and the ball on the post should have been a clear warning.

Belgium was good to watch, though their tendency to get nonchalant in defense might bite them in the ass in the knock-out stage.
 
Colombia gettin it done vs. Poland.

Yeah, they played well. Pretty surprising considering how in the first round of games they were without a doubt among the weakest. In that respect this WC is really interesting. None of the "favourites" has been convincing so far, some have been al over the place and some dark horses are doing great. Would be nice to see Croatia, England or Belgium take it with a great generation.
 
I’m happy if Columbia beat Senegal to advance. I thought Senegal’s performance against Japan should have had them playing short for much of the game.
 
Russia is in the process of finding out what it's like playing against an opponent that's not completely garbage :embarrassed:

I think they'd prefer going back to stomping awful teams.


Fortunately, Russia is back in the locker room, where they can gird up for the next half:

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Great penalty kick :embarrassed:

And what the fuck is up with the Iranian players being so fucking shouty all the time. Calm the fuck down, seriously.
 
Well, this is certainly starting to look like the Battle of Nürnberg... It's strange how Portugal is always involved in these kind of games :tongue:
 
Holy shit! Portugal a cunt hair away from going out there.

Yeah, great group as far as excitement goes. Spain got off lucky as well. Sad for Iran, but at the end of the day, 30-something % possession is going to get you into trouble if you have to win. They were simply not good enough. Not by much, but not good enough is not good enough.
 
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