sports Argentina WIN | 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar ??

[Mamamo]

34 minutes ago, Sahn said:

Top 10 highest attendances

Rank	Attendance	Match	Venue	City	Date	Ref.
1	88,966	Argentina vs  Mexico	Lusail Stadium	Lusail	26 November 2022	[237]
2	88,668	Portugal vs  Uruguay			28 November 2022	[238]
3	88,235	Netherlands vs  Argentina			9 December 2022	[239]
4	88,103	Brazil vs  Serbia			24 November 2022	[240]
5	88,012	Argentina vs  Saudi Arabia			22 November 2022	[241]
6	85,986	Cameroon vs  Brazil			2 December 2022	[242]
7	84,985	Saudi Arabia vs  Mexico			30 November 2022	[243]
8	83,720	Portugal vs  Switzerland			6 December 2022	[244]
9	68,895	Spain vs  Germany	Al Bayt Stadium	Al Khor	27 November 2022	[245]
		England vs  France			10 December 2022	[246]

• Lowest Attendance: 39,089 –  Switzerland vs  Cameroon, Al Janoub Stadium, Al Wakrah, 24 November 2022
  
  
  Argentina serving Madonna touring vibes with the most entries in the Top 10 and having those 3 inside the Top 10.  The other 2 played in smaller stadiums. 
  
  If this is no indication of Messi's legendary status and appeal then I don't know what it is. Love him or hate him, winning or losing he truly is the star of this WC. 

Anya's Argentina bringing butts in seats, iktr. 

[azii]

14 hours ago, A.R.L said:

You have to thank those countries for making the best of those Moroccan champions and their coach himself.

 

Your dismissiveness is so transparent  

[Chemist]

17 hours ago, State of Grace. said:

All football fans are insufferable, its not exclusive to Moroccans and migrants in Europe. There's been lots of mess, attacks, fist fights by the English/Argentinian/Brazilian/etc supporters as well.   

Indeed. I live in Amsterdam quite close to where they gather to celebrate. 99.9% of Moroccans are celebrating peacefully. There are always rotten apples that give their fans a bad name but most are just happy that their team is winning.

 

When there is an altercation between Dutch or English fans police is almost never involved but the first sight of violence between Moroccan fans the mobilization of police is INSANE  In Morocco there have been massive celebrations in all cities with no escalation at all

 

 

[A.R.L]

1 hour ago, azii said:

Your dismissiveness is so transparent  

Well, the good sis brought politics into this stupid game, so I reminded ha of what the European countries and their football academies did for some of these Moroccan champions and their coach who were born, raised and trained in those countries. 

 

[mystery]

In a week we will already know the winner!

[Squall]

France - Argentina would be amazing, I wouldn’t be against France - Croatia though 

[Cloudy]

4 hours ago, Embustera said:

Western Sahara was always part of Morocco. This Spanish propaganda needs to stop.

No it was not. The hypocrisy with some of you is real

 

 

[Bloodflowers.]

One more day

 

 

[azii]

1 hour ago, A.R.L said:

Well, the good sis brought politics into this stupid game, so I reminded ha of what the European countries and their football academies did for some of these Moroccan champions and their coach who were born, raised and trained in those countries. 

 

This still does not take away from what they represent to many.

I can also make the same statement and try to undermine so many european teams that would be nothing without players from other descent. 

[mystery]

1 hour ago, Squall said:

France - Argentina would be amazing

It would be such a good third place playoff!! 

[Squall]

2 minutes ago, mystery said:

It would be such a good third place playoff!! 

Imagine pretending to love football and wanting Croatia - Morocco as the finale

[mystery]

4 minutes ago, Squall said:

Imagine pretending to love football and wanting Croatia - Morocco as the finale

Both countries never won before. Imagine not wanting to have a new winner and instead rooting for two countries that already have multiple wins.  

Also who is pretending? Both Croatia and Morocco are playing an interesting game and adjust to their opponents, none of the matches have been boring at all. They deserve to be where they are. 

Edited December 12, 2022 by mystery

[Squall]

5 minutes ago, mystery said:

Both countries never won before. Imagine not wanting to have a new winner and instead rooting for two countries that already have multiple wins.  

Also who is pretending? Both Croatia and Morocco are playing an interesting game and adjust to their opponents, none of the matches have been boring at all. They deserve to be where they are. 

Who cares about them not being World Champions already? It’s football, not some pop girl competition, we don’t give a ****

 

Morocco’s game is non-existent and the stats are quite speaking, football is much more than just having your 11 players playing defensive for 90 minutes; as for Croatia, they are boring and they always need a penalty shoot out to be qualified, nothing impressive

[mystery]

9 minutes ago, Squall said:

Morocco’s game is non-existent and the stats are quite speaking, football is much more than just having your 11 players playing defensive for 90 minutes; as for Croatia, they are boring and they always need a penalty shoot out to be qualified, nothing impressive

So offensive is the only way to play football? Do you want Croatia and Morocco to just stand by and let other countries walk right over them and pack up their bags just because you are rooting for the other countries?  It is so transparent... You could also say that football isn't being aggressive towards the opponents team like Argentina was against Netherlands, or diving like France does often. 

I seriously don't see the issue, both teams have provided us with dramatic games and surprises throughout this World Cup. I watched all of the games and both teams put up a fight and deserve to be in the semi. It further cements how balanced the Croatia vs Morocco match was and how hard the group was for Belgium and Canada. 

The "stats are quite speaking" as you say, with Morocco not conceding even ONE goal besides an own goal. They held their ground against the 2018 runner up, third place), former World Champions and previous Euros semi finalists, they defeated Portugal despite playing the latter portion of the game with one player less. 

It is hilarious to think both teams are here only based on penalties and luck when they went through much tougher opponents than anyone else and walked out on the other side.

Japan seemed like the stronger side and struggled to score after half time and missed all but one penalty. Brazil were such HUGE favourites and yet they failed to score before extra time then Croatia tied. Spain was the favourite and struggled to score against Morocco and then missed all of their penalties, Portugal was the favourite but failed to score against Morocco and lost in regular time. 

Just say you are pissed because you root for France and be done with it. If Morocco is so bad and boring like you said I guess then France won't have any issue defeating them on Wednesday? 

[Chemist]

I agree that Croatia is boring but Morocco is as exciting as France or Argentina so they 100% deserve to be in the semifinals

[A.R.L]

1 hour ago, azii said:

This still does not take away from what they represent to many.

I can also make the same statement and try to undermine so many european teams that would be nothing without players from other descent. 

Those who were also born/raised and trained in those countries?

 

[Squall]

22 minutes ago, mystery said:

So offensive is the only way to play football? Do you want Croatia and Morocco to just stand by and let other countries walk right over them and pack up their bags just because you are rooting for the other countries?  It is so transparent... You could also say that football isn't being aggressive towards the opponents team like Argentina was against Netherlands, or diving like France does often. 

I seriously don't see the issue, both teams have provided us with dramatic games and surprises throughout this World Cup. I watched all of the games and both teams put up a fight and deserve to be in the semi. It further cements how balanced the Croatia vs Morocco match was and how hard the group was for Belgium and Canada. 

The "stats are quite speaking" as you say, with Morocco not conceding even ONE goal besides an own goal. They held their ground against the 2018 runner up, third place), former World Champions and previous Euros semi finalists, they defeated Portugal despite playing the latter portion of the game with one player less. 

It is hilarious to think both teams are here only based on penalties and luck when they went through much tougher opponents than anyone else and walked out on the other side.

Japan seemed like the stronger side and struggled to score after half time and missed all but one penalty. Brazil were such HUGE favourites and yet they failed to score before extra time then Croatia tied. Spain was the favourite and struggled to score against Morocco and then missed all of their penalties, Portugal was the favourite but failed to score against Morocco and lost in regular time. 

Just say you are pissed because you root for France and be done with it. If Morocco is so bad and boring like you said I guess then France won't have any issue defeating them on Wednesday? 

Did I even say football was only being offensive? If you want to discuss, try at least not to be biased and treating my posts fairly. I said it was more than defending… which means it’s a combination of both. Morocco sure didn’t take many goals but they have been constantly dominated and pressured. I mean, their possession was around 20-25% against Portugal/Spain which is incredibly low. It worked and that what matters in the end but it’s not the kind of team you want to follow because of their spectacular or exciting game.

 

They sure had a nice run so far, I am not denying it but yeah. Croatia - Morocco is far from being an exciting finale and it has nothing to do with France. I would have said the same thing if France was out and Brazil or other teams were still in the competition.

 

Morocco can win but no matter the results, I know it won’t be a game as exciting as the one against England.

 

As for Croatia, they didn’t show much.

Edited December 12, 2022 by Squall

[McNulty]

Morocco had the hardest run to the semis compared to any team, they deserves to be there more than anyone

[Bloodflowers.]

Argentina vs France will be a cute little match on Saturday evening

 

 

[Bloodflowers.]

@GentleDance Croatia vs Morocco is like our Fiona Apple/Bjork vs Alanis Morissette/Tori Amos war threads coming to real life, we LUV 2 c it

 

 

[ichabe]

I am rooting for Morocco, Afrikan-Arabian excellence, Also Croatia for the new finalist. But I have been predicted something worse to be honest which is why i think Argentina and France would enter the grand final.

Edited December 12, 2022 by ichabe

[GentleDance]

14 minutes ago, Bloodflowers. said:

@GentleDance Croatia vs Morocco is like our Fiona Apple/Bjork vs Alanis Morissette/Tori Amos war threads coming to real life, we LUV 2 c it

 

 

I'm expecting Fr**** to stomp but MA/CRO would be a collapse

 

 

 

 

[Sahn]

Croatia and Argentina were the sub-champions in 2014 and 2018. 

Both will go all out. 

[Ayanaa]

Morocco for the win!!!! Netherlands got robbed and Messi is such a loser, I just realized I can't stand neither or Messi or Ronaldo 

[Dialamba]

1 hour ago, Squall said:

Imagine pretending to love football and wanting Croatia - Morocco as the finale

Like people aren’t serious