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World Cup Round of 16 - Dec 5 (Japan/Croatia, Brazil/S. Korea) & 6 (Morocco/Spain, Portugal/Switzerland)


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  On 12/6/2022 at 5:48 PM, Patricio Swayze said:

Wow. Was not expecting that at all. I work for a Spanish company. Trying to not rub it in colleagues faces. Lulz.

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If there is one country that was going to blow it - it was Spain, only because Italy failed to qualify.

This game was ripe for Spain to blow it.

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  On 12/6/2022 at 5:52 PM, Starfleet Command said:

Why do they allow these games to end with penalties versus continuing sudden death?  Seems like you might as well flip a coin to pick a winner if you're going to allow penalties to decide.

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Sudden death? There is no golden goal rule in extra time 

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  On 12/6/2022 at 5:53 PM, Macklemore said:

Sudden death? There is no golden goal rule in extra time 

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Well then, additional periods of extratime with the winner being the team leading at the end of the given extratime period.  Beyond being dumb and injecting a ton of luck into the outcome, it seems the current rules would to some extent incentivize underdogs to play as conservatively as possible in the hopes that you can reach penalties.  

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  On 12/6/2022 at 5:52 PM, Starfleet Command said:

Why do they allow these games to end with penalties versus continuing sudden death?  Seems like you might as well flip a coin to pick a winner if you're going to allow penalties to decide.

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Personally, I don't like 0-0 games being decided by PK's at the end but they can't play forever. Soccer prides itself on games being under three hours long, most are simply two-hour affairs.

I was only half-watching today's match from the house while working (sort of). Spain out-possessed Morocco 77-23, outshot them 13-6 (1-2 on goal) and he eight corner kicks to zero. Spain had several near-misses in the second half and ET. Morocco had one or two chances that I recall but spent most of the time just packing their end with 10 defenders and mucking up the match. I don't like seeing that rewarded with a flukey win in PK's but Spain absolutely blew all three of their tries there.

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Spain has reverted back to classic Spain.  
 

I think this goes to show just how awesome Iniesta really was - in that he could overcome the traditional Spanish implosion at least once.  Of course, it could just be that the Dutch (late round only)implosion tradition is even stronger.

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  On 12/6/2022 at 5:52 PM, Starfleet Command said:

Why do they allow these games to end with penalties versus continuing sudden death?  Seems like you might as well flip a coin to pick a winner if you're going to allow penalties to decide.

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Because after 120 minutes, a lot of these guys have basically sprinted 5 to 8 miles.  They will barely be ready in 4 or 5 days as it is.  If you keep going until a golden goal, the level of play goes down, people get hurt, and no one will be ready for the next match.

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shows what I know...

 

I was literally typing that the Portugal team attack seemed like it was really missing an attacking spark.... and the guy who replaces CR7 houses the ball on his first chance

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