Day 2: England vs Iran | Senegal vs Netherlands | USA vs Wales

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Coverage has been rediculous here, ITV interviewer asking Dutch fans why they are in Qatar and why they are not boycotting.
 

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Coverage has been rediculous here, ITV interviewer asking Dutch fans why they are in Qatar and why they are not boycotting.
It is pretty much guilt tripping, but I'm not sure he was actually supposed to ask them that. The discussion was about the Fifa app and then suddenly he was asking that - pretty unfair and puts fans into a very difficult position.
 

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so many empty seats at this senegal/netherlands match....tells you all you need to know as to why it was a mistake to play this in Qatar
 

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Even without Mane, think Senegal could be difficult to beat
 

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Feck me I'm excited. I apologise in advance for my behaviour should we lose today.

Or win.
Good luck. Hope you win always had a soft spot for the Dutch.
 

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Chelsea won the CL with Werner and Havertz. PSG didnt with Neymar, Mbappe and Messi. You dont need to best forward line to win. We have a strong defense.
Excellent point. If Greece managed to do it at a major tournament with a solid defence, the Dutch can.
 

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Looks about 25 to 30 percent full.

Why is twenty five changing to 'Googleplex'?
 

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It is pretty much guilt tripping, but I'm not sure he was actually supposed to ask them that. The discussion was about the Fifa app and then suddenly he was asking that - pretty unfair and puts fans into a very difficult position.
Yes it's not fair at all.
 

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So strange to see the stadium half empty. I remember going to my first ever World Cup (USA 94) and the atmosphere was electric. This is the complete opposite of that.
 

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Stadium should fill out apparently issues with ticketing app, which is a joke really shouldn't be happening.
 

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It's such a shame Mane is out, Senegal have a team with players that play regularly in the big leagues. With a fit Mane they would be genuine knock out stage contenders.
 

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Are they going to play "Lets get down to business" on repeat at every game?

I thought these people have money, they couldn't buy rights to a second song?
 

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Have always preferred ITV's coverage of these tournaments to the BBC.
 

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van Dijk makes Koulibaly look tiny :lol:
 

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Shed a tear for Timber who was told he had to reject a move to United to stay at a struggling Ajax side to make the starting XI, only for him to end up on the bench anyway.
 

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Tried to get England tickets v Iran on the official FIFA website. Kept getting told it was sold out/unavailable. Turns out over 20,000 were unsold/did not attend. Maybe giving such a large allowance to the Qatari's wasn't such a wise decision.
 

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Forgetting the amount of money FIFA made giving this tournament to Qatar, they surely must think it's an absolute disaster seeing this many empty seats on the second day.
 

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Makaay and Hasselbaink hardly got minutes and now they would be one of the starplayers. Times have changed:(
Hasselbank would be considered an elite forward in this day and age given the scarcity of forwards at the moment. Left foot, right foot, header. Man was a machine.
 

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Forgetting the amount of money FIFA made giving this tournament to Qatar, they surely must think it's an absolute disaster seeing this many empty seats on the second day.
My buddy lives there and could get any ticket to any game he wanted
 

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Not many Dutchies there.

I'm so used to the orange army and filling out stands in F1 for Max