World Cup 2026 Round of 16: Argentina vs Egypt

[Sapient Hawk]

No two ways about it.

 

[Sapient Hawk]

I’m sad the Argies won and was pulling for Egypt if only because it would have been a huge boon for England, assuming we make it past the Vikings.

But honestly, it was a clear foul that led to the switch of play and their disallowed second goal. And that wasn’t a foul on Salah at the end - we’d be furious if that was given against us in the PL.

Also, it’s pretty crazy to concede 3 goals in ten minutes and ultimately as much on Egypt as the Argies determination. Great game though. Egypt coach comes across as a right lunatic, mind - has the whole team babbling about conspiracy and god. It’s sport, mate.

It's the Arab World, Old Chap. Everything & anything is a conspiracy.

To deny that would put the Tea Houses out of business across the entire region & herald economic collapse

 

[Trilly]

What does the last sentence of the post say???

 

[BanterJenks]

I genuinely can't believe it. I feel for you man. My attachment to Brazil hasn't been the same since R9 and Dinho stopped playing for the national team but you have an all time great manager just doing the dumbest thing possible for no discernible reason. Speaking of which, I'm trying really hard to convince myself I shouldn't spend a grand on a meet and greet with R9 and Roberto Carlos later this month.

Sounds to me like maybe you should bro.

 

[El Duderino]

What does the last sentence of the post say???

Don't know, if I kept reading I might have had to ban you for this Enzo propaganda.

 

[merciarsene]

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No two ways about it.

yeah.. pretty blatant now

 

[viktor]

 

[SuperGoon]

 

[NieThePiet]

This is just absolutely insane. All fouls from Romero vs Austria, Cap Verde and Egypt. He hasn't seen a single yellow card for these.

How this can't be rigged?

 

[merciarsene]

This is just absolutely insane. All fouls from Romero vs Austria, Cap Verde and Egypt. He hasn't seen a single yellow card for these.

How this can't be rigged?

and now an argentinian tram of referees is going to be in charge of the france match.

argentina is basically the lapdog of ihe imperialist machine hosting the world cup. they finally ruined the world cup too like everything else

 

[Return of The King]

and now an argentinian tram of referees is going to be in charge of the france match.

argentina is basically the lapdog of ihe imperialist machine hosting the world cup. they finally ruined the world cup too like everything else

It’s like Israel’s fake Nobel prizes their economists get while China is building Thorium reactors and curing diabetes Israeli economists keep winning Nobel prizes. It is getting pretty clear the Muslim countries were discriminated against on purpose by racist America and FIFA.

 

[MartiSaka]

Speaking of which, I'm trying really hard to convince myself I shouldn't spend a grand on a meet and greet with R9 and Roberto Carlos later this month.

Use the old adage, if you have to pay top dollar for the service, its generally not worth it. Applies in a number of areas and might hold here @Return of The King.

It would suck if they are just collecting a cheque and going through the motions as often is the case if its some souless capitalist/corporate aligned thing.

 

[Return of The King]

Use the old adage, if you have to pay top dollar for the service, its generally not worth it. Applies in a number of areas and might hold here @Return of The King.

It would suck if they are just collecting a cheque and going through the motions as often is the case if its some souless capitalist/corporate aligned thing.

Were you trying to be funny? Let me know next time I will throw inna courtesy chuckle. Definitely don’t quit your day job; comedy is not for everyone

 

[MartiSaka]

Were you trying to be funny? Let me know next time I will throw inna courtesy chuckle. Definitely don’t quit your day job; comedy is not for everyone

Ouch. Maybe slightly/subtly, but the overall point holds imo, so it wasnt really an outright joke.

 

[Sammy1887]

This is only going to hurt Messi's fake legacy. His entire career is filled with conspiracies.

 

[merciarsene]

This is only going to hurt Messi's fake legacy. His entire career is filled with conspiracies.

the hormone hopped-up hobbit

 

[A_G]

This is only going to hurt Messi's fake legacy. His entire career is filled with conspiracies.

The internet isn’t real life buddy

 

[Makingtrax]

He was clearly tugged back, he has a fistful of shirt in his hands and then the step on the foot too.

Any potential fouls in the build up to a goal are looked at. What are we doing here?

All true but you can see why this wasn’t in the spirit of this World Cup. All the way through refs have been allowing the game to flow, despite minor infringements, since the very beginning, particularly when players make a meal of stuff and throw themselves to the floor, like in this case. And the ref let this one go too. The goal was absolutely stunning and a great advert for the game.

a) VAR forced the ref to change his opinion on letting the game flow and the same could have been done on countless occasions in other matches, but wasn’t
b) despite phases of play, they took the game back a long way, something we’ve very rarely seen before
c) they spoilt some fantastic skill and entertainment, ultimately deciding the outcome of the game too.

How can this be in the spirit of the game?

 

[Sammy1887]

The internet isn’t real life buddy

Agreed but you can't deny whats happening in front of our eyes.

 

[A_G]

Agreed but you can't deny whats happening in front of our eyes.

Maradona cheated and he’s still in GOAT convos