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I have the Belgium and Mexico game on DVR - suggestions on which is better to watch?
Brazil x Mexico is the more entertaining one by a mile.
I have the Belgium and Mexico game on DVR - suggestions on which is better to watch?
Yep, Spain plays dominating 1-0 type games. But they need to score a bunch after getting steamrolled by the dutchies. Should make for a fun game.spain are in a dreadful spot if chile tank australia and beat the dutch. presuming the dutch tank the aussies as well, it puts them both @ 6 points with good goal differences. spain will need to destroy australia and chile to be certain. i can't see where the goals are going to come from.torres pls
This is incredibly cool haha
I'm glad you're enjoying the sport mate! Next up: picking a football club )
Missed these two cause of sleeping. Haha awesome.
A stoppage in play occurs, injurie, subs etcToday was a good time as well, mostly because I had a better grasp on how the game works going in compared to yesterday. I seem to be picking up on new things with each match.
One thing I haven't figured out though; under what circumstances is time added to the end of the game (like today's game between Russia and Korea)? I've seen it happen a couple of times but have yet to figure out what the reasoning is.
Today was a good time as well, mostly because I had a better grasp on how the game works going in compared to yesterday. I seem to be picking up on new things with each match.
One thing I haven't figured out though; under what circumstances is time added to the end of the game (like today's game between Russia and Korea)? I've seen it happen a couple of times but have yet to figure out what the reasoning is.
Added time is added depending on the ref, it's supposed to be the time lost during the game due to celebrations, time wasting, etc, but sometimes the game goes so smoothly no time is given at all.Today was a good time as well, mostly because I had a better grasp on how the game works going in compared to yesterday. I seem to be picking up on new things with each match.
One thing I haven't figured out though; under what circumstances is time added to the end of the game (like today's game between Russia and Korea)? I've seen it happen a couple of times but have yet to figure out what the reasoning is.
Today was a good time as well, mostly because I had a better grasp on how the game works going in compared to yesterday. I seem to be picking up on new things with each match.
One thing I haven't figured out though; under what circumstances is time added to the end of the game (like today's game between Russia and Korea)? I've seen it happen a couple of times but have yet to figure out what the reasoning is.
Today was a good time as well, mostly because I had a better grasp on how the game works going in compared to yesterday. I seem to be picking up on new things with each match.
One thing I haven't figured out though; under what circumstances is time added to the end of the game (like today's game between Russia and Korea)? I've seen it happen a couple of times but have yet to figure out what the reasoning is.
There is no reasoning, but it's not completely random. For instance, If a top tier club is losing by 1 at home add 5 minutes. Or, if the USA has a lead in World Cup, add 5 minutes. The opposite also applies.Today was a good time as well, mostly because I had a better grasp on how the game works going in compared to yesterday. I seem to be picking up on new things with each match.
One thing I haven't figured out though; under what circumstances is time added to the end of the game (like today's game between Russia and Korea)? I've seen it happen a couple of times but have yet to figure out what the reasoning is.
There is no reasoning, but it's not completely random. For instance, If a top tier club is losing by 1 at home add 5 minutes. Or, if the USA has a lead in World Cup, add 5 minutes. The opposite also applies.
Right, there's an official reasoning, but in practice it seems to be influenced by factors beyond the actual delays in a game. I've only been really watching soccer for 10 years though so I could be full of shit.I remember reading that there's actually a reasoning for some stuff like subs: Each one adds 30secs of injury time. Dunno if true, but seems possible.
Which matches did you watch?
I remember reading that there's actually a reasoning for some stuff like subs: Each one adds 30secs of injury time. Dunno if true, but seems possible.
I agree, but it seems there is a common theme where an underdog is winning and the stoppage time magically multiplies. Typically underdogs lose so most of the time it is "right".The official guidance for referees is to add 30 seconds for each substitution and goal in a given half, (discretion taken if two subs are made simultaneously.) Rounded down. So 1 sub adds nothing, but 2 adds a minute.
In addition, add any full stoppages in play, and time can be added if one team is deemed to be wasting time on throw-ins, goal kicks, etc.
Watch enough games, though, and you'll see plenty of instances where the stoppage time added just doesn't make sense. Generally speaking though, most referees get it just about right.
They can't stop the clock or else fitness becomes less part of the game.I enjoy soccer, but that is still something I don't really understand, unless the goal is to add additional drama. Having an actual official game clock and stopping in where there are stoppages in play just makes so much more sense to me.
I remember MLS even tried doing it that way (like most other American sports) when they started, but they changed it to be like everyone else. I guess it's just an ingrained part of soccer at this point.
Ah man I was not here for the Brazil match, but am I an asshole for thinking Neymar was fake as hell when he started crying ?
This is great!
They can't stop the clock or else fitness becomes less part of the game.
That said I'd love to see stoppage time become an exact, publicly known science.
Man tomorrow Chile vs Spain, i'm so hyped right now! omg i cant wait!
Sorry if I'm being dense but what does this represent?
Russia...
Sorry if I'm being dense but what does this represent?
I don't get what you are saying no way to in response to me?No way, just think of how many games have been won and lose in the very last seconds of a match, in those extra 30 secs after the stoppage time.
Spain is gonna be out for blood. I'd be worried.
Sorry if I'm being dense but what does this represent?
Right I was being dense. So arshavin would have been the only non Russian league international I suppose. Although he left arsenal last year I think.The number of players in their national team that play in their own country versus abroad.
Edit: who's the one Englishman not playing domestically?
The number of players in the 23 man squad that play in that country's domestic league. You expect teams from big leagues to have a high number.
Edit: who's the one Englishman not playing domestically?
A Cameroon victory would be better as there's no way Cameroon would be able to grab points from Brazil. FIFA won't allow it.Best result for Mexico tomorrow would be a CAM-CRO tie, but I don't see it as likely, so if Croatia win, man, dat third match is going to be super rough.
Russia...
Russia is odd that their league is not very good but all players are in country.
England, Italy, Germany and Spain I can understand as high percentages as their own leagues are world class
Surprised about mexico thier players would benefit from overseas leagues a lot.
They can't stop the clock or else fitness becomes less part of the game.
Here's the reason I root for The Netherdlands (after the USA):
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Russia is odd that their league is not very good but all players are in country.
England, Italy, Germany and Spain I can understand as high percentages as their own leagues are world class
Surprised about mexico thier players would benefit from overseas leagues a lot.
A Cameroon victory would be better as there's no way Cameroon would be able to grab points from Brazil. FIFA won't allow it.
Eto'o may not play tomorrow. I'd say Cameroon is pretty much done.
Russia is odd that their league is not very good but all players are in country.
England, Italy, Germany and Spain I can understand as high percentages as their own leagues are world class
Surprised about mexico thier players would benefit from overseas leagues a lot.
Russia is odd that their league is not very good but all players are in country.
England, Italy, Germany and Spain I can understand as high percentages as their own leagues are world class
Surprised about mexico thier players would benefit from overseas leagues a lot.
Eto'o may not play tomorrow. I'd say Cameroon is pretty much done.
Eto'o may not play tomorrow. I'd say Cameroon is pretty much done.
I remember there being quite a few Russians playing in the Portuguese league in the late nineties to mid 2000s. I think once the Gazprom money started flowing the Russian clubs bought them all back up to boost the league up a little. Alenichev was one of my favorite players when he was at Porto. I believe he's the only Russian to ever lift the Champions League trophy. Scored a beauty coming off the bench in the final. Real clutch player back in his day.