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FIFA World Cup - Qatar 2022

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  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Laddick01 said:
    Gotta admit I've not seen much of Theo Hernandez but from what I have he seems very suspect defensively.
    Well he isnt even the best full back in his family, the French Phil Nevile if you like.

    This is France's 7th World Cup semi final.  IF it takes England another one before we get to a final, like it did France we might get there by about 2042.
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 6,365
    Where was this French finishing against us..
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Giroud really should have scored that.
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Morocco are making more of a game of it but the French look dangerous every time they attack. Think they will get one or two more before this game is out.
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    edited December 2022
    That was a 10 m race between Mbappe and the defender. Defender had a 5 m head start. Mbappe won by a metre. He really is insanely fast.

    Massive let off with the resulting Giroud miss.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Leuth said:
    What the *hell* was that yellow for Boufal?
    They showed the replay and it still looked like a penalty not a foul the other way, maybe (probably) I missed something?
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,319
    Exiled_Addick said:
    That was a 10 race between Mbappe and the defender. Defender had a 5m head start. Mbappe won by a metre. He really is insanely fast.

    Massive let off with the resulting Giroud miss.
    Often wonder if Mbappe will end up having similar injury issues to Owen
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,316
    Morocco player not given a yellow for a genuinely bad tackle back then too. Bizarre stuff
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,883
    Amazing effort, so unlucky.
  • cafcnick1992
    cafcnick1992 Posts: 7,413
    What an effort that is.
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  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    edited December 2022
    That would've been an unbelievable goal in a World Cup semi final. Huge save from Lloris who turns into a monster at these major tournaments.

    France getting very lucky again.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    Callumcafc said:
    That would've been an unbelievable goal in a World Cup semi final. Huge save from Lloris who turns into a monster at these major tournaments.

    France getting very lucky again.
    You'd be gutted!!  Great effort. 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    1-0 HT

    Very good half of football - glad Morocco didn't crumble after losing that early goal.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954

  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    Where's Peter Walton when we need him?  :D
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,954
    I get that Hernandez touched the ball, but he follows through on the player after that, rather than being fouled.

    At best it's just a clean tackle by Hernandez, definitely not a foul and a yellow card for Morocco.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,855
    Addick Addict said:
    Should we really be surprised that Argentina made the WC Final? Much as been made of the Saudi defeat but they fell asleep for five minutes and paid for it by conceding two goals. Interestingly, they had the same spell of a lack of concentration late on against the Netherlands when they let in two in seven minutes. The only other goal they've conceded in the tournament was an own goal from a deflected shot that wasn't heading anywhere near the goal.

    The Saudi loss is their only defeat in the last 42 games and that run dates back over three years to 6th July 2019. In that time they've played the World ranked number one, Brazil, three times and beaten them twice and drawn the other one and didn't concede a single goal in those matches. By comparison, France (assuming they make the Final) have lost four of their last 11, kept just one clean sheet in that time and conceded in every one of this WC. Ignoring any bias they were extremely lucky to beat us too. 

    Messi has carried them to the Final but a one man team doesn't lose just one game from 42 and if they can keep their concentration at the back I think they will win. With or without Messi making the difference. 
    Yeah, if we forget the four goals they conceded when they fell asleep for a bit and the own goal, they have been defensively sound. 

    In other news, Harry Kane has been exceptional from the penalty spot this tournament apart from when he had that  one moment when he lost concentration and blasted one over the bar. 
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Exiled_Addick said:
    That was a 10 race between Mbappe and the defender. Defender had a 5m head start. Mbappe won by a metre. He really is insanely fast.

    Massive let off with the resulting Giroud miss.
    Often wonder if Mbappe will end up having similar injury issues to Owen
    One nasty hamstring injury could really ruin him. Always a risk with pacy players. He's not in their bracket yet anyway, but hard to see him having the length of career at the very top that Messi and Ronaldo have had, although to be fair Ronaldo somewhat reinvented himself as his pace and athleticism started to fade a bit.
  • JaShea99
    JaShea99 Posts: 5,458
    Love that. Great tackle.
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Morrocco remind me a bit of us at our best in the 90s and 00s. Committed, pragmatic football but can really play a bit when the opportunity arises.
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  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,968
    edited December 2022
    Infantino looks a proper c*nt in those trainers. Oh.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    JaShea99 said:
    Love that. Great tackle.
    Quality. Loved that. Amrabat been my favourite player (that I didn't already know) from this tournament.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,791
    Defensively France look woeful
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Oh my word. Inches from a tap in.
  • MrBurns
    MrBurns Posts: 1,286
    TS get on the phone and put an offer in for Amrabat 
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,168
    Need to score here. France all at sea but it won't stay like this all half.
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,812
    That pass inside the full back was every bit as good as Messi’s ‘pass of the tournament’ not a mention by the commentators 
  • MrBurns
    MrBurns Posts: 1,286
    This place is going to go nuts when Morocco score. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    When the likes of Amrabat chose to play for the country of their parents, rather than the Netherlands in his case, I can't imagine that he expected to be slugging it out in a WC semi final for Morocco!
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,765
    This game is playing out almost exactly the way the quarter-final did on Saturday. France are such a weird side to play against. They're not untouchable but at the same time, you always feel like they're ready to go up a gear and score again if you do equalise against them.

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