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gTank
Profile Joined January 2011
Austria2667 Posts
July 09 2026 20:25 GMT
#3161
On July 10 2026 04:51 FlaShFTW wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 09 2026 21:52 sharkie wrote:
England winning (It's coming home) with Tuchel as coach...

Do I want Tuchel as a WC winner or Argentina winning another cheated WC?! :D

Worth noting that no team in the history of the World Cup has ever won it with a non-national manager.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_winning_managers#Winning_managers


I would say that Tuchel would qualify as a great coach if he manages to win the World Cup. Success on club level and on national team level as well.
One crossed wire, one wayward pinch of potassium chlorate, one errant twitch...and kablooie!
GTR
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
51693 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-07-09 20:31:42
July 09 2026 20:30 GMT
#3162
what an absolute dog shit pen from mbappe

On July 10 2026 05:25 gTank wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 10 2026 04:51 FlaShFTW wrote:
On July 09 2026 21:52 sharkie wrote:
England winning (It's coming home) with Tuchel as coach...

Do I want Tuchel as a WC winner or Argentina winning another cheated WC?! :D

Worth noting that no team in the history of the World Cup has ever won it with a non-national manager.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_winning_managers#Winning_managers


I would say that Tuchel would qualify as a great coach if he manages to win the World Cup. Success on club level and on national team level as well.


only two managers to win a world cup and champions league - marcello lippi and vincente del bosque
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Gorsameth
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands22619 Posts
July 09 2026 20:42 GMT
#3163
On July 10 2026 05:30 GTR wrote:
what an absolute dog shit pen from mbappe

Show nested quote +
On July 10 2026 05:25 gTank wrote:
On July 10 2026 04:51 FlaShFTW wrote:
On July 09 2026 21:52 sharkie wrote:
England winning (It's coming home) with Tuchel as coach...

Do I want Tuchel as a WC winner or Argentina winning another cheated WC?! :D

Worth noting that no team in the history of the World Cup has ever won it with a non-national manager.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_winning_managers#Winning_managers


I would say that Tuchel would qualify as a great coach if he manages to win the World Cup. Success on club level and on national team level as well.


only two managers to win a world cup and champions league - marcello lippi and vincente del bosque
I cheer for every stutter step penalty that fails.

Screw that shit, just take a decent run up and slam the ball into a corner.
It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
Slydie
Profile Joined August 2013
2007 Posts
July 09 2026 21:00 GMT
#3164
I did not like that Mbappé had to wait so long before the penalty. What was that about? It was clear as a day.

That was a pretty boring first half! The French attack is great, but it would be foolish to open the door for Marocco's lethal counters.

Marocco is getting absolutely nowhere vs. France's established defence. France has a fantastic team!
Buff the siegetank
justanothertownie
Profile Joined July 2013
16343 Posts
July 09 2026 21:03 GMT
#3165
On July 10 2026 06:00 Slydie wrote:
I did not like that Mbappé had to wait so long before the penalty. What was that about? It was clear as a day.

That was a pretty boring first half! The French attack is great, but it would be foolish to open the door for Marocco's lethal counters.

Marocco is getting absolutely nowhere vs. France's established defence. France has a fantastic team!

On german TV they said that VAR checked a possible instance of someone talking while shielding his mouth with his hand. Very unfortunate way to handle this.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France13021 Posts
July 09 2026 22:22 GMT
#3166
Difficult match, we had many occasions but failed to score so it was very stressful. Mbappe saved the day (other than that missed pen + occasion), then it was less stressful.
Morocco didn’t attack much though, even as they were down 0-1 or 0-2 they didn’t try much, dunno why?

Either Spain the big favorites of the tournament, or Belgium who got momentum with the red card fiasco and their decisive win versus USA ; so this semifinals is going to be rough
Rooting for Norway, Switzerland and may the best team win between Spain and Belgium
WriterMaru
aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands4019 Posts
July 09 2026 22:26 GMT
#3167
0.06 xG after an hour for Morocco and 0.14 at the end vs 3.05 for France, that was a terrible game for them. They should have let us win, really ;P. At least no more honking around here tonight!

WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27410 Posts
July 09 2026 22:31 GMT
#3168
Pretty comfortable for France in the end, expected a bit more from Morocco.

Hopefully my prediction that one of the top seeds will lose this round isn’t accurate as the most likely candidate is probably England haha!
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
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PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7758 Posts
July 10 2026 04:17 GMT
#3169
Wait, I thought the match was rigged with Argentinian refs so that France gets eliminated???
IdrA fan forever <3 || the clueless one || Marci must be protected at all costs
aseq
Profile Joined January 2003
Netherlands4019 Posts
July 10 2026 04:31 GMT
#3170
They can only do that if the match is really close, otherwise it would be too blatant. Stuff like not going to VAR on any ARG goals, but carefully checking back a full 30secs on an EGY goal. The ref was already pushing it in the Paraguay game, FIFA must have told the all refs afterwards to be a bit more careful not to be so obvious, but still help Argentina. ;p.
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18752 Posts
July 10 2026 06:51 GMT
#3171
On July 10 2026 13:17 PoulsenB wrote:
Wait, I thought the match was rigged with Argentinian refs so that France gets eliminated???


You don't know how match manipulation works do you?
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France13021 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-07-10 07:06:05
July 10 2026 07:05 GMT
#3172
On July 10 2026 13:17 PoulsenB wrote:
Wait, I thought the match was rigged with Argentinian refs so that France gets eliminated???

As long as Argentinfantino is still in the cup there will be doubts
They try very hard to shit the bed though, which makes Infantino sad
WriterMaru
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7413 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-07-10 07:20:25
July 10 2026 07:20 GMT
#3173
On July 10 2026 05:25 gTank wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 10 2026 04:51 FlaShFTW wrote:
On July 09 2026 21:52 sharkie wrote:
England winning (It's coming home) with Tuchel as coach...

Do I want Tuchel as a WC winner or Argentina winning another cheated WC?! :D

Worth noting that no team in the history of the World Cup has ever won it with a non-national manager.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_winning_managers#Winning_managers


I would say that Tuchel would qualify as a great coach if he manages to win the World Cup. Success on club level and on national team level as well.


How far does Tuchel have to come to stay on as manager? What's the sentiment?
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Slydie
Profile Joined August 2013
2007 Posts
July 10 2026 07:33 GMT
#3174
I think the main reason why Marocco "didn't do much" was that the French defence is really, really good! They tried their counterattacks and everything else, but it was all stopped.

Their set pieces were mostly disappointing, they should have known that was one of their best chances when the counterattacks were taken away.
Buff the siegetank
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7413 Posts
July 10 2026 07:42 GMT
#3175
On July 10 2026 06:00 Slydie wrote:
I did not like that Mbappé had to wait so long before the penalty. What was that about? It was clear as a day.

That was a pretty boring first half! The French attack is great, but it would be foolish to open the door for Marocco's lethal counters.

Marocco is getting absolutely nowhere vs. France's established defence. France has a fantastic team!


I think there were multiple instances checked.
1. The Doue tackle vs Hakimi
2. if it was actually a penalty. TBH it looked a lot like a dive to me. German ref commentator said it as well. Mbappe was on his way down waaaaaay before the contact.
3. Someone mentioned a hand/ mouth gesture though I haven't seen any pictures
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
PoulsenB
Profile Joined June 2011
Poland7758 Posts
July 10 2026 08:35 GMT
#3176
On July 10 2026 15:51 sharkie wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 10 2026 13:17 PoulsenB wrote:
Wait, I thought the match was rigged with Argentinian refs so that France gets eliminated???


You don't know how match manipulation works do you?

To clarify, my post was a joke.
IdrA fan forever <3 || the clueless one || Marci must be protected at all costs
Gorsameth
Profile Joined April 2010
Netherlands22619 Posts
July 10 2026 08:40 GMT
#3177
On July 10 2026 16:05 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 10 2026 13:17 PoulsenB wrote:
Wait, I thought the match was rigged with Argentinian refs so that France gets eliminated???

As long as Argentinfantino is still in the cup there will be doubts
They try very hard to shit the bed though, which makes Infantino sad
Quansah's red ban getting extended for an extra game so that he will also miss the game vs Argentina if England beats Norway sure isn't going to help the conspiracies...
It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland27410 Posts
July 10 2026 11:19 GMT
#3178
On July 10 2026 16:20 Harris1st wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 10 2026 05:25 gTank wrote:
On July 10 2026 04:51 FlaShFTW wrote:
On July 09 2026 21:52 sharkie wrote:
England winning (It's coming home) with Tuchel as coach...

Do I want Tuchel as a WC winner or Argentina winning another cheated WC?! :D

Worth noting that no team in the history of the World Cup has ever won it with a non-national manager.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_winning_managers#Winning_managers


I would say that Tuchel would qualify as a great coach if he manages to win the World Cup. Success on club level and on national team level as well.


How far does Tuchel have to come to stay on as manager? What's the sentiment?

He’s probably done enough already I reckon. Unless they get absolutely hammered by Norway

Being only the third team to beat Mexico in the Azteca is one of England’s better World Cup results and they were good against Croatia. Ropey at times in other games admittedly.

Outside of the Southgate era, making a quarter final and playing reasonably well is a decent tournament for England

I think England fans are less knee-jerk than some others, a decent start in the job tends to earn you another tournament. If the same weaknesses and patterns keep repeating, people do lose patience though, as with Southgate

Personally speaking I think he’s done pretty well, but he’s made some pretty big blunders, notably his full-back selections for this tournament. So I’d hope that’s rectified by the Euros, where England should be amongst the big favourites again
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10566 Posts
Last Edited: 2026-07-10 17:46:20
July 10 2026 17:40 GMT
#3179
On July 10 2026 06:00 Slydie wrote:
I did not like that Mbappé had to wait so long before the penalty. What was that about? It was clear as a day.

That was a pretty boring first half! The French attack is great, but it would be foolish to open the door for Marocco's lethal counters.

Marocco is getting absolutely nowhere vs. France's established defence. France has a fantastic team!

It was a dumb challenge but Mbappe was already falling down before contact honestly. It's like, dumb tackle so pen, but also he's diving? Idk, just give both of them a yellow honestly xd

On July 10 2026 20:19 WombaT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 10 2026 16:20 Harris1st wrote:
On July 10 2026 05:25 gTank wrote:
On July 10 2026 04:51 FlaShFTW wrote:
On July 09 2026 21:52 sharkie wrote:
England winning (It's coming home) with Tuchel as coach...

Do I want Tuchel as a WC winner or Argentina winning another cheated WC?! :D

Worth noting that no team in the history of the World Cup has ever won it with a non-national manager.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FIFA_World_Cup_winning_managers#Winning_managers


I would say that Tuchel would qualify as a great coach if he manages to win the World Cup. Success on club level and on national team level as well.


How far does Tuchel have to come to stay on as manager? What's the sentiment?

He’s probably done enough already I reckon. Unless they get absolutely hammered by Norway

Being only the third team to beat Mexico in the Azteca is one of England’s better World Cup results and they were good against Croatia. Ropey at times in other games admittedly.

Outside of the Southgate era, making a quarter final and playing reasonably well is a decent tournament for England

I think England fans are less knee-jerk than some others, a decent start in the job tends to earn you another tournament. If the same weaknesses and patterns keep repeating, people do lose patience though, as with Southgate

Personally speaking I think he’s done pretty well, but he’s made some pretty big blunders, notably his full-back selections for this tournament. So I’d hope that’s rectified by the Euros, where England should be amongst the big favourites again

I think when Trent has a full season with RMA, he'll start getting the callups again. Reece James probably played his last England tournament, dude is just way too injury prone to rely upon in these tournaments. He might get called up for friendlies and Nation's League but idk about World Cup or Euros anymore.

But agreed that the other fullback selections are super head scratching. Lewis Hall out injured meant Livramento should've been the obvious candidate as a dedicated RB instead of having Djed Spence play semi-out of position.
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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10566 Posts
July 10 2026 22:43 GMT
#3180
Shame that Courtois got injured. Lammens fumbled that last goal. Spain still look like the most complete team but the backline hasn't really been tested all that much. France vs Spain is gonna be fireworks and must watch television.
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