Addona Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 I feel like it’s time wasting, but also trying to get opponents sent off … which is despicable… Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) NZ now down to 10 men. Edited June 14, 2022 by Free kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 This Ref doesn’t look capable for this level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addona Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 I don’t like the US much, but at least they don’t the bs that we see from most of the rest of CONCACAF … Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 NZ seems to have picked it up with 10 men Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) the groups are now all set. Four Concacaf teams go to the WC, that's the part I like. The part i dont like, this ticos side is hard to root for. Edited June 14, 2022 by Free kick longlugan, Cowtown Kyle, Gian-Luca and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Credit to the Kiwis. They were down to 10 men and basically bossed the game. Reminds me of the game we had in San Jose although we came closer to scoring. The Ticos will be in trouble in November. gigi riva and Cowtown Kyle 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigi riva Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 The Ticos are a bunch of lucky bastards . I am glad there is more CONCACAF teams that have qualified but like Free Kick stated these Guys are very hard to root for. I would have rather seen a Panama, instead . Hopefully Japan and Germany wipe the floor with them in Qatar. johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shway Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 I was rooting for the Ticos solely based on the optics that @Kentmade mention of in reference to rankings that effects Concacaf. It's a good look that we have 4 teams there. Jedi Ram, Kent and Ansem 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 1 minute ago, Shway said: I was rooting for the Ticos solely based on the optics that @Kentmade mention of in reference to rankings that effects Concacaf. It's a good look that we have 4 teams there. Me too. I'm trying to remember, but I think maybe last World Cup I may not have been pulling all that hard for CONCACAF teams in the World Cup, since performances in the World Cup don't seem to affect how many spots each region gets in the World Cup. But now with Canada qualifying and I'm getting a more upfront taste of what people outside of CONCACAF think of our region (i.e. it's terrible and we are going to get destroyed once we play in the World Cup, in particular against the almighty nation of "Europe") I think it has me fully back on team CONCACAF, and also for the ranking reasons you are alluding to. Free kick, Jedi Ram and Shway 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Free kick said: the groups are now all set. Four Concacaf teams go to the WC, that's the part I like. The part i dont like, this ticos side is hard to root for. I think this might be the first time the number Concacaf teams in the WC equal the number of Comnebol teams. RJB and Free kick 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Well I watched part of the Australia match, and the 2nd half today on a treadmill. I honestly think we're better than all 4 of those teams. Thing about Costa Rica, they've played quite a few high pressure, do or die matches over the last months and are achieving their aims. I'm not so sure they'll be easily beaten at Qatar. Kent, Free kick, narduch and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addona Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 Aren’t we potentially in the round of 16 vs that group winner? Here’s to some massive upsets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil R. Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, Addona said: Aren’t we potentially in the round of 16 vs that group winner? Here’s to some massive upsets! Yes, 1st from our group gets 2nd from Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, and Japan. 2nd from our group gets 1st from theirs. Free kick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Gian-Luca said: I think this might be the first time the number Concacaf teams in the WC equal the number of Comnebol teams. Well, i dont recall the last time South America only sent 4 representatives to the World Cup. Dont know if it ever happened. Edited June 14, 2022 by Free kick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted June 14, 2022 Author Share Posted June 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, Free kick said: Well, i dont recall the last time South America only sent 4 representatives to the World Cup. Dont know if it ever happened. It last happened in 2006, and actually as it turns out, there were 4 Concacaf teams in that tournament as well, though only Mexico made it out of the group stage Free kick, Kent and Jedi Ram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted June 14, 2022 Share Posted June 14, 2022 (edited) By the way, i don't know what thread or section to put this this bit of news. But they made permanent the 5 substitutions rule in international play. https://www.fifa.com/technical/football-technology/media-releases/the-ifab-permanently-approves-five-substitute-option-in-top-level Edited June 15, 2022 by Free kick ImYourKeeper, narduch, Jedi Ram and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 Nice to see these games being played in Qatar in June... Metro and nolando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted June 15, 2022 Share Posted June 15, 2022 14 hours ago, Gian-Luca said: It last happened in 2006, and actually as it turns out, there were 4 Concacaf teams in that tournament as well, though only Mexico made it out of the group stage You've got me curious about this topic. I'm looking back through the years. 2006 is the only other year where CONCACAF and CONMEBOL sent the same number of teams. Interestingly enough, back in 1974 Haiti was the only CONCACAF representative. Africa and Oceania also had 1 each, and Asia didn't have any teams in the World Cup that year. If you go back even further it was very nearly exclusively Europe and South America that were involved. For example, 1966 in England, the only nations outside the big 2 regions were Mexico and North Korea. Earlier than that it seems to always be only 1 or 2 teams from outside UEFA/CONMEBOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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