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Iraq beat Korea on penalties and will face Uruguay on semis. We played a friendly against them before the tournament started that ended 0-0.
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 14:37 |
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the two key players will both be on the left side in that match. laxalt for uruguay has been incredibly impressive to me and like wise ali #3 for iraq
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Laxalt's main problem is that he lives up to his nickname: "Bucket". He plays with a bucket on his head most of the time, but yesterday was the first time he looked up often and made some very nice passes so maybe he's working on that. He's got skills but the most impressive thing about him is incredible work rate and his almost Cavani-esque stamina. The only whole Iraq game I watched was against Chile and I liked them a lot. Lots of skill and speed going on, a very Asian-style team.
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Iraq is a weird team in that their footwork is lacking in many respects but they keep running and blocking crosses like it's nothing. I wonder if they have good doctors, hmmmm.
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I don't notice footwork-lacking teams because I'm uruguayan and don't know what good footwork looks like. All I know is kicking it up for the forwards and absorbing pressure.
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Ghana/Chile is pretty fun to watch. Ghana just equalized in the 72nd minute.
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Chile's passing is abysmal at times. There's a number of pretty great players but it seems like they keep losing the ball and it's just annoying.
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Ghana should be up like 4-2. So many missed opportunities.
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This has to be by far the worst Youth WC in terms of attendance. All the stadiums are empty.
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Benne posted:Ghana should be up like 4-2. So many missed opportunities. They're ghana regret missing all those chances
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How the hell did that miss ![]()
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Benne posted:How the hell did that miss It's called a crossbar.
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Chile scores!
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Benne posted:How the hell did that miss I think you mean how the hell did he miss. Nice racism though ![]()
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Now Ghana scores! Great game this.
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two games with lots of goals, good entertainment really
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Iraq vs Ghana in the final, book it.
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Haha, what the gently caress was that goal? The defenders just looked at the ball.
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tetsman posted:Iraq vs Ghana in the final, book it. France will win it all imo.
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I love that Ghanian supporter in diapers. It represents this whole game.
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Polidoro posted:France will win it all imo. Yeah probably.
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Polidoro posted:Haha, what the gently caress was that goal? The defenders just looked at the ball. I think each other thought the other had it and the goalie assumed they did too. What a cracking extra time
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ayb posted:I think each other thought the other had it and the goalie assumed they did too. What a cracking extra time And that is a Chilean defense. Also I'm still sitting here crying.
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So, there's paper talk about how the Iraqi keeper is older than 20. He supposedly played for Iraq in 2005 making him 12 years old if his current birth date is correct. It all started with Chilean paper El Mercurio. He's supposed to be this guy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbgY4VryEy4 I don't really see it, but it's nice to have some controversy and that will be a good excuse if they kick us out.
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Apparently the source for everything is this artcile
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except that its noor sabri
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Yeah, I already said that the guy in the video doesn't look like the current keeper. It's more than likely bullshit.
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the other article might all check out, though. i wouldn't be surprised.
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France beat Ghana 2-1 to move on to the U20 finals. Meanwhile, Iraq just took a 1-0 lead over Uruguay. ![]()
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Uruguay is playing like poo poo. I don't see us getting back into the game unless we change our entire midfield.
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that ali fella that i rate scored the goal from left back
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Bet Iraq is happy we liberated them now
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hope iraq goes through on penalties so that france can play against a country they and the uk created the borders of to intentionally marginalize the religious population and create nationalism within the regionvaginal culture posted:Bet Iraq is happy we liberated them now
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Iraq's keeper is gonna be in a body cast by the time PKs start.
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Congratulations to France for winning the Cup.
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The Uruguay keeper is pretty drat awful. His positioning on the goal was ridiculous when everyone except him knew that the Iraqi player was gonna go for goal.
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Iraq is fun to watch they are quite good at improvised attacks
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Iraq is a fun team to watch because they try extra hard because they don't want to let their grandkids down.
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Old or not, someone should buy that Ali Adnan guy cause that guy can play. I heard he could stay at Turkey and play for Galatasaray.
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# ? Jun 11, 2024 14:37 |
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On a related note, does anyone know how many clubs have a category one academy in England?
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