Day 5: Switzerland vs Cameroon | Uruguay vs South Korea | Portugal vs Ghana | Brazil vs Serbia

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I only watched the second half, it was a lot of fun!

Viva Portugal! All the Greeks are with you!
 

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Ok so.

Nuno Mendes
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All need to start

Diogo costa…..oh man….
God please no.

I forgot how much of a dirty player he is. It's already bad enough having to watch your team of cheats without that cynical thug kicking everything that moves.
 

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The majority of hate comes from Man United fans. A club that he disrespected and flat out refused to play for. I know you're the biggest stan to ever walk the face of the earth but you cannot be surprised or even against fans of that club hating on him ffs.
It’s done, they didn’t like him he don’t like them, move on. Plus he don’t even play for United anymore which is what they also wanted everyone wins.

The comments made mid game were hilarious
 

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Good comedy match in the end with the goals masking the sheer lack of quality or brains on display. Hope neither of teams make it out of the group. Enjoyed watching Kudus though.
 

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Missed the first half, but that was an entertaining second half. Too bad Williams slipped at the end
 

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God please no.

I forgot how much of a dirty player he is. It's already bad enough having to watch your team of cheats without that cynical thug kicking everything that moves.
:lol:

That's a bit rich coming from a Scottish guy.

How's Scotland world cup going?
 

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I was screaming at my TV when Ghana almost grabbed one there towards the end. Defo showing they’ve not come to mess around this tournament, not that I expected anything less.
 

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They were pretty bad and naive. You have to capitalize that type of defensive mistakes by Portugal

I still give them plenty of credit. Pushed Portugal all the way till the last minute.
 

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Besides the ever excellent Laura Woods, ITV has been a shambles this World Cup.
 

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Did Souness just say "Ronaldo is cuter than a bag of monkeys!"?
 

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None of Guimaraes/Fred/Fabinho starting in favour of West Ham legend Lucas Paquetá.

Not for me, Clive.
 

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Portugal showing us all the ugly aspects of football as usual.

Congrats @SportingCP96 you guys suck :wenger:
We are so bad.

If we play like this vs Korea and Uruguay we will lose.

IF we do get though we will get rinsed in the next round
 

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I still give them plenty of credit. Pushed Portugal all the way till the last minute.
Yeah no doubt. I root for African teams bar against Portugal but I don't think we will have any fairytale run this time
 

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:lol:

That's a bit rich coming from a Scottish guy.

How's Scotland world cup going?
I genuinely don't support the Scottish national team but nice try. A valiant attempt at whataboutery.

Also, are you seriously suggesting that Scotland players are anything like Portugal's when it comes to cheating? That's hilarious.

Portugal and the South American teams are the absolute worst for it.
 

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Seriously? Missed all his chances but scored a penalty.
Some of the man of the match decisions have been crazy. KDB got it last night and came out today and said "They only gave it to me cause of my name, I played bad"
 

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This is why these awards should be taken with a pinch a salt, like Messi's award as player of the tournament a few years back. There's a lot of narrative driving them.
2014 World Cup? 4 goals, 1 assist in 7 games. He had a very good World Cup and was very close to capping it off with an assist in the final save for Higuain losing his composure one-on-one. It wasn't entirely unwarranted, but I get your point regarding larger narratives.
 

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I genuinely don't support the Scottish national team but nice try. A valiant attempt at whataboutery.

Also, are you seriously suggesting that Scotland players are anything like Portugal's when it comes to cheating? That's hilarious.

Portugal and the South American teams are the absolute worst for it.
I was talking about being thugs. Of course you don't root, it's an irrelevant football national team. Keep enjoying the bitterness