2018 FIFA World Cup Finals

[Robin]

I haven't seen any coverage yet but i hope the BBC aren't doing what they did for (I think it was) the Sochi games and substituting Cyrillic letters into words in their animations. If I see "я", "и" or "д"; I read them the way they sound. Not as "r", "n" or "a".

I got the feeling they were trying to be, for want of a better word, exotic and embrace the culture of the host country. To me, it came across as insulting to the host nation and the audience who were presumed to be ignorant.

It was probably just me. Sorry.

Yeah sometimes in trying to be culturally relevant they can accidentally be culturally ignorant. I haven't seen the BBC World Cup intro but the studio is just a standard modern affair. Meanwhile over at ITV they are pretending it's Moscow in 1890's!

 

[Jimlaad43]

He was always going to get that hat trick.

What a game!

 

[Dennisch]

What a great game to miss. Dammit.

 

[Jimlaad43]

Did De Gea do anything good for Spain in that match?

 

[boiltheocean]

Wow. Incredible game. Iran top of the group.

 

[Phoenix]

What a beautiful game to watch!!!


Fantastic entertainment!

 

[C-ZETA]

Well, that was rather good. More like that, please.

 

[dacc10]

That was intense

 

[girabyt3]

That was beautiful!!!

 

[Carbon_6]

Ronnie might have grabbed the headlines, but Nacho's shot was insane!

 

[Dennisch]

DeBruyne shows that the Belgians team mentality is just fine, with almost breaking a leg of fellow Red Devil Januzaj.

 

[Liquid]

DeBruyne shows that the Belgians team mentality is just fine, with almost breaking a leg of fellow Red Devil Januzaj.

No-one believes me when I tell them about the main French-speaking and Dutch-speaking animosity amongst the Belgian camp.

Yeesh, Belgium have yet to shake that tag of being a team of individuals.

 

[Dennisch]

No-one believes me when I tell them about the main French-speaking and Dutch-speaking animosity amongst the Belgian camp.

Yeesh, Belgium have yet to shake that tag of being a team of individuals.

It seems to be a lowland curse. Oranje had the problem that it was the big Cities (Amsterdam, Rotterdam) vs the rest. Thankfully we lost that mentality and traded it for a bunch of sad ****ers who can't play for ****.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

What a game that I missed earlier, watched the highlights though.

 

[andrea]

And the first penalty of the tournament goes to.. you guessed it.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Ronaldo was earlier fined 18.8 million Euros and given a suspended two year jail sentence...

….then he scored a hat-trick at the World Cup.

 

[boiltheocean]

tfw you nail a hat-trick against the country who announced they fined you €18.8 million just before the match.

 

[Robin]

When they told him how much his World Cup goal scoring bonus would be he worked out how many he needed to get in to make the fine go away!

 

[torque99]

The BBC have a free to download PSVR app so you can watch the match in VR in the crowd (PS UK only I think)
https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/product/EP9000-CUSA12250_00-FIFAVRLIVE000000

Also brilliant match last night SpainVsPortugal:tup:

BBC HD Highlights (click you tube link on video as no external url allowed)

 

[MUSC4EVER]

France 0-0 Australia so far on a marathon day of WC matches.

France not having all their own way, Australia doing quite well.

 

[Brend]

Good to see this France team act like a bunch of Jessies anytime someone puts in a tackle.

 

[Phoenix]

VAR just got used way after a penalty situation with Griezmann.

Referee first said play on, then went to the monitor to then revert the call, and call penalty.

He was not wrong, but it took way longer than it should have....


Not by any means perfect system...

 

[Brend]

What a joke. Griezmann is an embarrassment.

Absolutely wrong decision, the actual contact was outside the box and he falls seconds after any form of contact.

Justice is served. Come on the Aussies!

 

[Touring Mars]

Australian penalty

Justice is done.

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Bit of an iffy call for the first one.

What was Umtiti doing, the stupid idiot!

 

[Touring Mars]

"The Hand of Umtiti" - doesn't quite have the same ring to it...

 

[MUSC4EVER]

Pogba with a goal, ball was just about over the line!

 

[Touring Mars]

I so want Iceland to win, but I fear they might be heading for a thumping.


edit: And Iceland miss a sitter...

 

[Crazy Taylor]

Give that ref a red card for that.

 

[Dennisch]

MESSI MISSES A PENALTY .