Napoleon

No one has FS2 ? I don’t have it, but I thought that someone would. I accidentally fell asleep for a couple of hours or I may have looked for the game on the interwebs or in Spanish.

My concern is that Uruguay will rest most of its starting lineup and the USA could possibly match what Panama does. I would not have thought that before seeing that Uruguay beat Bolivia 5-0 and waited until the 83’ (2 subs), 86’ (2 subs), and 89’ (1 sub) before using all their subs. They waited until they were up 4-0 before making subs. Uruguay has 6 pts & +6 GD. -The can draw & win the group. -They can lose to the U.S. by 1 or 2 goals and still win the group. If the U.S. wins, Panama has to win by a 2 goal margin MORE than the U.S. wins by, and they have to do it WITHOUT their Side Show Robertito field general.

That arena had roughly 60,000 people in it (tickets sold?) for a 6pm kickoff so that it could be finished before a presidential debate in an election year. I don’t think that the capacity of that stadium is 120,000. Also, this is CONMEBOL’s tournament! US Soccer & CONCACAF have no say in the scheduling. It doesn’t help that even the USA’s soccer fans are clueless.

Dude! He did it for club AND country!! Club Sammich: Then later he was just getting a bite of some Italian, because he was starving in Brazil’s World Cup. After taking a tour of Camp Nou (in 2017), you could pay to take a photo next to a green player cutout and then they would impose the player of your choice onto the player. I chose Suarez and then I acted like I was about to chomp into him for the photo. 😁 Love that “Ouch!-Oh!” gaucho.

Ref abuse…

Playing well and looking "fit".

1) I'm wrong. 2) I'm nuts. ...yet... 3) The referee agreed with the VAR refs when deciding NO FUE UN PENAL. ...which means... 4) I am right.

Where is the ball being kicked? A) Towards the end line? B) Towards midfield?

Regarding Ecuador handball not called a PENAL! 1) Yes the ball hit his hand. 2) The hands were up in a natural position when you are lounging to get a foot on the ball. You raise your hands to counterbalance the leg. 3) The ball was kicked AWAY from goal and TOWARDS midfield. 4) (a) The hand was brought in towards his body while (b) The player turned his upper body to protect his face from getting smashed by the ball. 5) There was zero intent to play the ball with his hand, solely an effort not to get killed as a ball was getting cleared OUT of the box from close range. 6) PKs are almost never given when a player is touched while taking the ball AWAY FROM THE GOAL & HEADING OUT OF THE BOX. No PK was the correct call. Maurice Edu and Dr. Joe sounded like idiots for not even contemplating the things I mentioned. Nacho Tots =

Most people I know who went to Texas know about nothing about Texas baseball. Only a a few friends probably even know that there has been a coaching change. I couldn’t have told you the name of the Texas coach or A&M’s coach a month ago, but I did remember that TCU’s coach went to A&M within the last 5 to 7 years. 🤷‍♂️ I know more now and think that it’s funny, but this is barely a sigh on the national sports scene. Full Disclosure: I am also nose deep in all of the Euro & Copa America soccer going on right now while keeping an eye on the grass court tennis season leading up to Wimbledon. Before that I was all about the Stars & Mavericks and the ladies softballers up until they lost to OU in the WCWS.

Venezuela and Ecuador absolutely are the two best teams in this group. Ecuador is far and away the best team in this group, but they got fucked by the Valenzuela red card. We are lucky that Mexico’s 3rd game will mean something to their opponent. This way they won’t be given a free point or three.

The Turks are like the Serbs of Asia Minor.

GERMAN LESSON #1 So people realize that “Schloss” (or “Schloß” as it’s normally written) just means “Castle” GERMAN LESSON #2 “Gretchen” is really just German for “Karen”.

Vamos Fucking Ecuador!!! 🇪🇨 Plus, I like their kits.

A 6 on 4 break when Czechia would have been bunkering because they would have had the lead. This ref may need to be burned at the stake.

Absolutely Czechia should be up and going through. 60K angry Turks are more than this ref wanted to deal with.

The drama was real! Willie Nelson put down Trigger and pulled on a Croatia 🇭🇷 kit! He then gets a PK in the 2nd half to take the lead, which would send them through to the round of 16, but Italy’s gargantuan goalkeeper, Gianluigi Donnarumma (actual name), knew exactly where the musical elf was going with his shot and made a beautiful save to his left. As the ball circled the field with Croatia retaining possession, cameras catch Willie with his hands on his face in disbelief. He completely blew it! But before FOX/FS1 can show a replay of the failed PK, the ball return to in front of the goal where Donnarurumma once again makes a stop, but the spritely elf darts for the rebound and turns and skies a shot over Mount Etna to redeem himself. Late in regulation Willie is taken off because he is 90 years old and his chicken legs need to be saved for the knockout stages as long as Croatia can hold on. Due to mafia ties with UEFA, 8 minutes of stoppage time were given to help the Azzurri come back for a draw that would send them through to the knockout stages , but all looked lost, before… Father Guido Sarducci got the ball… …and no one expected the defender to dribble the ball, but Guido took Autobahn Route 1, straight up the middle of the field to the edge of the 18 yard box where he lays the ball off to his left before clattering into a Croatian wall that would make the fortified walls of Dubrovnik’s port jealous. On the left wing was dual national, Leonardo Di Caprio, who not surprisingly had never score before for Italy, but no matter. Leo lined the ball up and with his right foot, he hit a beautiful curler around the keeper to the back side netting sending the Italian fans into a frenzy! And the cameras then cut to Willie on the bench. The whistle was blown immediately after the restart, Italy was moving on, and the coroner was called for Willie.

US Soccer finally saved themselves from themselves and hired a top coach who is NOT from the USA. 🇺🇸 Unlike that disaster of an assistant-turned head coach who took them to the last Women’s World Cup, and who had “Women’s soccer’s answer to Gregg Berhalter.”, they got a coach who wants to win with the best team. I think that having a reduced roster, which is the way at the Olympics, helped the new coach trim the olds, because everyone is going to need to be able to run their asses off and likely be available to play a second position. Thanks Alex, your work is done here.

Reminds me of the USMNT with Berhalter.

One of my favorite things is hear “GOOOOOOOOLLLL!!!!” Out of windows… -Di Maria’s goal vs Switzerland late in O.T. (118’)* -Higuaín’s goal vs Belgium (YouTube) Fucking love the screams when I can’t be in front of a TV. *I was in the Recoleta Cemetery giving a tour to some UT business school students (some undergrad, some grad school), so I had to miss OT. We’re not too far into the tour, but fairly near the middle of the walled cemetery with 12” to 20” tombs of various architectural styles around us and I heard… A low wind blowing sound that slowly started building and then exploded in a tidal wave of sound that came crashing down on us like several tons of ocean water and I got goose bumps as some of the kids kind of wondered what that sound was. I was grinning like the Cheshire Cat and taking huge breaths before explaining what we just heard. Love that memory. Love hearing “Gooolll!!!” out windows. Something I definitely miss.

Two Argentine’s offsides but were at both posts, so it’s a good goal. In my opinion.

The ball seems to be crawling along the grass. I don’t think that they re-watered at halftime.

Rodrigo de Paul is looking like a Canadian in tonight’s match.

Carli is getting more and more pregnant with each half of soccer.

#TrueFax