World Cup Day 10 - Group A Final Day Ecuador/Senegal, Netherlands/Qatar

[Captain Ron 12866]

Elimination Day 1 Groups A and B

 

10:00 AM Eastern/9:00 AM Central Group A

Fox Sports 1:

          VS         

 

Fox:

          VS          

 

 

The current group A standings:

Rnk Country        Pts  GD  GF  GA
1. Netherlands      4    2   3   1
2. Ecuador          4    2   3   1
3. Senegal          3    0   3   3
4. Qatar            0   -4   1   5

The Netherlands should advance, Ecuador and Senegal play for the other place.

[InkaUtexas 25859]

Torn between Ecuador and Senegal. Going to have to think about who to support on this one. 

[Longboard Horn 40293]

I think Senegal beat Ecuador and advances. LOL at Qatar spending all that money just to lose and get humiliated. We can all agree that Qatar is the Texas A&M of the tournament. 

[Longboard Horn 40293]

[ztejas 43411]

Why in the hell is Netherlands/Qatar on FOX? 

[WBT 20561]

FIFA/Qatari mandate?

[Longboard Horn 40293]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

Why in the hell is Netherlands/Qatar on FOX? 

Because Fox carries the rights to the games lol 

Seriously though, I'd rather have the Senegal game on Fox and middle eastern aggy game on FS1

[Longboard Horn 40293]

In honor of having an aggy school in Doha and for spending multi millions just to be the first eliminated, Qatar is wearing new honorary uniforms today. 

[ztejas 43411]

5 minutes ago, Longboard Horn said:

Because Fox carries the rights to the games lol 

Seriously though, I'd rather have the Senegal game on Fox and middle eastern aggy game on FS1

Yes. Obviously. 

Wouldn't FOX want the better game on network? 

I guess since Qatar is the host country they get to be on network. 

I wonder if they can flex other match day 3 games or if every game was decided ahead of time. 

[SimonBolivar 10957]

I was assuming that the casual international soccer fan knows The Netherlands when compared to Ecuador and Senegal that's my only guess.

 

Vamos Ecuador

Edited November 29, 2022 by SimonBolivar

[GhostofDanJones 336]

6 minutes ago, Longboard Horn said:

In honor of having an aggy school in Doha and for spending multi millions just to be the first eliminated, Qatar is wearing new honorary uniforms today. 

That is outstanding! If Qatar wins today(and that's a HUGE IF) will their fans rush the field?

[Ted Lange 16084]

 

[Longboard Horn 40293]

That’s “we are the twelfth man! Whoop!” Translated into Arabic

[alincoln 2371]

The Dutch are starting their most attacking lineup with Depay and Gakpo up front and De Roon in MF.  

 

 

[Captain Ron 12866]

12 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

I was assuming that the casual international soccer fan knows The Netherlands when compared to Ecuador and Senegal that's my only guess.

 

Vamos Ecuador

This was going to be my thought as well. Name over the better game.

[Longboard Horn 40293]

HOLY SHIT THESE GUYS ARE ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY!

 

[Trey3216 15343]

1 minute ago, Longboard Horn said:

HOLY SHIT THESE GUYS ARE ABOUT TO MAKE HISTORY!

 

Yes.  They are going to get curbstomped 

[Trey3216 15343]

I'm seeing -115 for 3+ goals for the Dutch.  Think I'm going to take that for sure.  Only getting +780 for a 4-0 exact score final, but I think it could be 5-0 or 6-1 type score, and my site doesn't even have those scores available.  

[Captain Ron 12866]

For the most part it is going to be Netherlands and either Ecuador or Senegal. Here are the rough permeutations:

Netherlands - advance with a result against Qatar.

Ecuador - advance with a draw or win vs Senegal. Can advance with a loss and Netherlands loss and getting ahead on tiebreakers (currently down on fair play points)

Senegal - advance with a win vs Ecuador. Can advance with a draw and Netherlands loss and making up GD

[WBT 20561]

47 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

 

Hid a secret, huh?  NYT is a little out over their skis with that one.  Seemed obvious when I first saw them.  I mean there was this at the gold cup in Houston last year:

Someone must have told them adding the Arabic to the tshirts for the World Cup would be more convincing.

 

Edited November 29, 2022 by WBT

[Captain Ron 12866]

Ecuador appears to be ok to defend and counter. They have sprung a few counter attacks that have given them some scoring chances. Nothing yet.

[Longboard Horn 40293]

Netherlands strikes first!

[Captain Ron 12866]

No real shock there. They are probably going to fuck Qatar good to make sure they win the group.

[Macklemore 2876]

Oranje!! Qatar losing hate to see it hahaha

[ztejas 43411]

21 minutes ago, WBT said:

Hid a secret, huh?  NYT is a little out over their skis with that one.  Seemed obvious when I first saw them.  I mean there was this at the gold cup in Houston last year:

Someone must have told them adding the Arabic to the tshirts for the World Cup would be more convincing.

 

I don't understand who would do that for $20. 

[Captain Ron 12866]

Just a reminder Groups A&B are matched up.

Winner A vs 2nd B is in the top bracket

Winner B vs 2nd A is in the bottom bracket.

[Macklemore 2876]

21 minutes ago, WBT said:

Hid a secret, huh?  NYT is a little out over their skis with that one.  Seemed obvious when I first saw them.  I mean there was this at the gold cup in Houston last year:

Someone must have told them adding the Arabic to the tshirts for the World Cup would be more convincing.

 

There was an article in the NYT about this. Qatar paid ultras from the Arab countries like Lebanon to be their fans. Pathetic that FIFA picked a country with no soccer tradition to be host of the world’s most important sporting event.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/28/sports/soccer/world-cup-fans-qatar-ultras.html

[ztejas 43411]

3 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

Just a reminder Groups A&B are matched up.

Winner A vs 2nd B is in the top bracket

Winner B vs 2nd A is in the bottom bracket.

The Dutch need a good ass-kicking. 

[Captain Ron 12866]

And now we have some Ecuador/Senegal drama.

 

That's a foul and penalty.

[Loch Ness Monster 3533]

Lol penalties

What an odd thing with soccer 

Edited November 29, 2022 by Loch Ness Monster

[PittsburghTiger 6175]

The Senegal fans in white body paint and white face is making me laugh.

[Captain Ron 12866]

And Senegal scores.

 

44' the teams through (for now) are Netherlands and Senegal.

Edited November 29, 2022 by Captain Ron

[WBT 20561]

Lions go ahead!

[kingkoopa6 8345]

Oooooo

[Captain Ron 12866]

Ok, that dive alone makes me want Senegal to make it through.

[MNLonghornFUKM 8817]

flop of the tourney goes to 13 on Ecuador

[Longboard Horn 40293]

If you have to import fans and pay folks from other countries to be "fans of your country's team" then you don't deserve to be in another WC or host. 

[ztejas 43411]

Has anyone ever seen De Jeong and Joe Burrow in the same room? 

[Macklemore 2876]

Poor aggy……..errr Qatar. DeJeong with a goal!

Edited November 29, 2022 by Macklemore

[Captain Ron 12866]

27 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

The Senegal fans in white body paint and white face is making me laugh.

Those guys are pretty funny. I like their spirit.

[kingkoopa6 8345]

Sha kaka!

[Macklemore 2876]

whoops it was a handball. I want more goals for the Netherlands.

Edited November 29, 2022 by Macklemore

[kingkoopa6 8345]

Wow 

[Captain Ron 12866]

Ecuador equalizes. Gonna be a fun last 20+ minutes.

[WBT 20561]

Goooooooooool Ecuador.  They go back into qualifying position.

[Captain Ron 12866]

Wait - that looks offsides.

[WBT 20561]

Defender on the post in the no offsides position.

[Captain Ron 12866]

VAR complete, it was on.

[kingkoopa6 8345]

Lmao. They wanted to check the goal. Hahha 2 dudes in the net 

[SimonBolivar 10957]

1 minute ago, WBT said:

Defender on the post in the no offsides position.

Come on man what are you doing way down there keeping everyone onsides?

 

 

 

 

Ohhhhh what a comeback shot by Senegal.

Edited November 29, 2022 by SimonBolivar