prairiecanuck Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Quote 1 minute ago, Gian-Luca said: Not going great for the Middle East on their home turf thus far. And 14 added minutes until the half England may just be this good, but I expected more from Iran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 The 2nd England goal came off a corner that Iran didn’t need to concede. They are going to try to go full Kevin McKenna mode* in the 2nd half. *Damage limitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 14 minutes of extra time, that's insane. I was really hoping that Iran would make things a little more difficult than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 What’s up with this stadium? Why are there massive gaps between the back of the goals and the stands, has it been built for multi use? narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, Greatest Cockney Rip Off said: What’s up with this stadium? Why are there massive gaps between the back of the goals and the stands, has it been built for multi use? This stadium has/had a running track based on a Google image search Greatest Cockney Rip Off 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Among other things, Iran looks like a team that could use some speedy players narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, Greatest Cockney Rip Off said: What’s up with this stadium? Why are there massive gaps between the back of the goals and the stands, has it been built for multi use? it hosted the 2019 world athletics championships. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalifa_International_Stadium narduch and Greatest Cockney Rip Off 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 The comeback begins! Only another three to go! The Real Marc and narduch 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) I had forgotten how many group stage matches at a World Cup are often duds. Hoping Canada's matches can avoid the same fate. Edited November 21, 2022 by jonovision narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, jonovision said: I had forgotten how many group stage matches at a World Cup are often duds. Hoping Canada's matches can avoid the same fate. Even yesterday's game was pretty boring, at least during the parts I watched The Real Marc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Not that we can draw too many conclusions from this game, but Canada is a better team than Iran, England is a better team than Belgium. Our game should be closer than this one at the very least. England took their foot off the gas, but the minute or two surrounding Iran’s goal, they looked like a really good team. We can definitely show that sort of effort. jonovision 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) Game is not even a sell out. 45k in a stadium that holds 68k. Edited November 21, 2022 by narduch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InglewoodJack Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, narduch said: Even yesterday's game was pretty boring, at least during the parts I watched Senegal - Netherlands is going to be the first competitive game where both teams could actually theoretically win, so you hopefully won’t see one team stop trying after 45 minutes. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonovision Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I don't think Senegal will put up much of a fight either. narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king1010 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, narduch said: Game is not even a sell out. 45k in a stadium that holds 68k. Are you sure about that? They were originally going to expand to 68K but I don't believe they went ahead with that. Think capacity is around 45K. EDIT: Fifa says 40K capacity. https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/khalifa-international-stadium Another source says 45K https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/qatar-world-cup-2022-stadiums-how-big-is-khalifa-international-stadium-who-plays-there-what-games-will-it-host-and-how-much-did-it-cost Edited November 21, 2022 by king1010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, king1010 said: Are you sure about that? They were originally going to expand to 68K but I don't believe they went ahead with that. Think capacity is around 45K. I honestly have no idea. My Panini World Cup sticker book says capacity is only 40k. Wikipedia says 68k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I don’t recall 10 minutes worth of injury time in this half narduch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 Just now, Gian-Luca said: I don’t recall 10 minutes worth of injury time in this half Do we really need 10 minutes in a 6-1 rout? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 England beats Iran 6-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 Next up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 US must be loving that Iranian performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gian-Luca Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I have counted 3 “I think it’s important”‘s from De Guzman today thus far, though I missed some of the halftime show while shaving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narduch Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 Just now, SpursFlu said: US must be loving that Iranian performance Iran is still going to beat them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Just now, narduch said: Iran is still going to beat them I dont know.. they looked like dog ass today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 minute ago, SpursFlu said: I dont know.. they looked like dog ass today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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