The International Football Thread

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

@iseah100, nice way for Vela to come back to your NT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwuq1-cvfJ4

[iseah100 5,612]

@iseah100, nice way for Vela to come back to your NT.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwuq1-cvfJ4

Amazing goal. I was screaming, couldn't stop smiling from kick off.

[Jase 43,479]

3-1 Mexico against the Netherlands.

Hiddink's days are numbered..

[zolayes 14,489]

Lacemakers v fishermen is boring

[dUMB 189]

The players in the main kept a lid on it. Unlike in 1990. ....

That was just few months before Croatian war of independence... and all the things that happened that day on Maksimir Stadium wasn't related to any football topic...

P.S. Croatia B team lost 2-1 against Argentina, and Aguero scored with hand...

I'm suprised that we lost only 2-1 with our B team

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

Pathetic how we dropped out of the ACON due to Ebola reasonings.

Our national side has no incentive and probably won't reach another world cup in my lifetime.

[Jase 43,479]

Calma. It's friendly match. He said before that he will resign if the lose against Latvia.

Yeah but it's not helping his position when he keeps on losing matches, friendly or not.

[zolayes 14,489]

Boring week.

time for fans to recharge batteries the next two months will be frenetic

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

Pathetic how we dropped out of the ACON due to Ebola reasonings.

Our national side has no incentive and probably won't reach another world cup in my lifetime.

What is even more amusing is that Morocco is still hosting the club world cup next month. You'd think they wouldn't want any people coming in if they were so worried about Ebola, but it is what it is.

Sad times for Moroccan football.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Feel sorry for Guus.

Vela, why Gooners dumped him, I dunno.

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

What is even more amusing is that Morocco is still hosting the club world cup next month. You'd think they wouldn't want any people coming in if they were so worried about Ebola, but it is what it is.

Sad times for Moroccan football.

The FA stripped our ability to host it. They are finding another country as we speak. Fuck international football.

[iseah100 5,612]

3-1 Mexico against the Netherlands.

Hiddink's days are numbered..

[emoji16] [emoji2] #NoEraPenal

Feel sorry for Guus.

Vela, why Gooners dumped him, I dunno.

Thought for sure they would have got him this summer, but Alexis became available. Surprised he's still at Real Sociedad. Dortumnd were rumored to be interested.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

[emoji16] [emoji2] #NoEraPenal

Thought for sure they would have got him this summer, but Alexis became available. Surprised he's still at Real Sociedad. Dortumnd were rumored to be interested.

Would love to see him at Dortmund. And Bundesliga will not be too physical for him also, as quite a lot Japanese players has been successful in there.

[iseah100 5,612]

Would love to see him at Dortmund. And Bundesliga will not be too physical for him also, as quite a lot Japanese players has been successful in there.

Me too, favortie national player on my favorite German team? Win win. Yea, the PL is too physical for Mexicans, among others.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

FIFA farce: England bid team could be punished over 2018 World Cup efforts... but Qatar are cleared to host 2022 event!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2833115/FIFA-farce-England-bid-team-punished-2018-World-Cup-efforts-Qatar-cleared-host-2022-event.html

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

FIFA farce: England bid team could be punished over 2018 World Cup efforts... but Qatar are cleared to host 2022 event!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2833115/FIFA-farce-England-bid-team-punished-2018-World-Cup-efforts-Qatar-cleared-host-2022-event.html

getting even better

https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/football-factbox-fifa-report-2018-2022-world-cup-113808125--sow.html

[Viper22 2,418]

Haha it's like a compulsion. They get investigated by a guy who isn't independent anyway and wasn't allowed to investigate the claims fully. And he essentially clears them of corruption (wrongly in most people's opinions, but whatever) but criticises them for a few things and then they publish his findings and edit all of the possibly bad things out of it to such an extent that the guy himself comes out and calls foul.

This current incarnation of the organisation is the most rotten, corrupt, despicable that football has ever or will ever see. And Blatter is the ugly, moronic head of it.

How much longer can it go on? Will/can anyone do anything about it short of boycotting the world cups? (Currently not sure that'd be the worst idea ever, especially if USA, Australia, Belgium, Netherlands and a few others came with us. That would definitely force sponsors to pull out, and it seems the only way to hurt FIFA is to hit their pockets. So that might be the only solution.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Qatar WC would be 'hot'