[Football] World Cup - Day Fourteen... The knockout stages begin.

[jonny.rainbow]

The over the top Messi praise is similar to the attention Jimmy White got every year at the Snooker World Championships.

I think it comes from people wanting to see a truly gifted player succeed at the pinnacle tournament of their respected sport.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I think what bugs me so much about the Messi hype is the way he gets absolutely gushing praise for doing really quite basic stuff. That goal was a decent finish which most top level players would expect to take in that position, but because it’s Messi it’s “a moment of magic” and “world class”.

If Rashford or Foden score exactly the same goal tomorrow they’ll get a tenth of the praise for it.

But it was a great finish, blocked off by two defenders but he threaded through the legs of one and just beyond the ‘keeper. I’m sure if anyone else scores like that they will get similar praise.

 

[A1X]

Is anybody else irrationally annoyed when commentators trot out the records when a team scores first.

So you're telling me, in a sport where games are often decided by a single goal, scoring first... is an advantage?

No team has ever won when falling behind less than 30 seconds before the final whistle.

 

[zefarelly]

Some of these bookings are absolutely bizarre, what do the referees see?

Brown envelopes, or at a higher level, brown leather briefcases.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

But it was a great finish, blocked off by two defenders but he threaded through the legs of one and just beyond the ‘keeper. I’m sure if anyone else scores like that they will get similar praise.

Not just that. He does it virtually every single time.

 

[amexer]

I thought it was an assist from Mac Can anybody confirm this because BBC give a different player

 

[Eric the meek]

I thought it was an assist from Mac Can anybody confirm this because BBC give a different player

I'm happy to confirm it was Mac, but I'm biased.

 

[Weststander]

But it was a great finish, blocked off by two defenders but he threaded through the legs of one and just beyond the ‘keeper. I’m sure if anyone else scores like that they will get similar praise.

This. It was a brilliant goal. Unphased by the apparent lack of space, he created the opening out of very little.

 

[Weststander]

I thought it was an assist from Mac Can anybody confirm this because BBC give a different player

MacA assisted the assister.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

It

I thought it was an assist from Mac Can anybody confirm this because BBC give a different player

It wasn’t Mac. He passed it in to someone else who touched it to Messi

 

[A1X]

Whoops

 

[The Wizard]

Ryan

 

[Weststander]

A mistake forged at the Amex.

 

[dazzer6666]

Oh Maty…..oh dear oh dear.

 

[Zeberdi]

OK Maty Ryan having to come out to meet Messi et al but WHAT A BLUNDER there!

 

[Springal]

Shock…

 

[A1X]

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Bit harsh.
The games not played in slo-mo, I bet in real time through all those legs, Ryan didn't have a chance.

Jocko hammered the ball in, the fella didn't have a chance to close control, but it popped out to Lesser Mac Allister who hit it first time.

You've got to expect a goal 9 times out of 10.

It was in the middle of the goal and down so slowly for it, you would expect a top keeper to do better for it in my view, it wasn’t really hit with power either.

 

[Elbow750]

Which is why we have big Bobby Sanchez...

 

[zefarelly]

Pea Brained clown

game over.