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Post by bbg95 on Jul 23, 2023 10:56:04 GMT -5
So far, choosing sleep has worked out for me. France and Jamaica ended in a scoreless draw, and I saw the one goal in the Netherlands win over Portugal. In retrospect, I wish I had watched Japan's match, though. I'll be sure to check them out when they play Costa Rica in a couple days.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 23, 2023 11:24:21 GMT -5
Lol. Since they kept mentioning LeBron, to paraphrase him, those Irish fans boomed us. This is extremely accurate.
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Post by jayj79 on Jul 23, 2023 13:51:24 GMT -5
did you have to wear your Wellington boots? Even before his great victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, Wellington was on his way to becoming a fashion icon.... I just meant that cold, wet weather often calls for wearing rubberized waterproof boots, AKA Wellingtons/Wellies
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Post by zarsta on Jul 23, 2023 14:41:38 GMT -5
So far, choosing sleep has worked out for me. France and Jamaica ended in a scoreless draw, and I saw the one goal in the Netherlands win over Portugal. In retrospect, I wish I had watched Japan's match, though. I'll be sure to check them out when they play Costa Rica in a couple days. Netherlands - Portugal wasn't all that exciting. I missed the first half of France - Jamaica, but from what I saw in the second half Jamaica did well to keep that scoreless (there was a lot of rain in that one too, tough on keepers) and had a few chances of their own. France looked good in their friendly vs Australia the other week (though they did lose 1-0) so I didn't expect Jamaica to trouble them this much. Jamaica's star player, Khadija (Bunny) Shaw, received a red card at the very end of the game. Was a second yellow for a sliding tackle that was really a bit pointless given how far up the field it was. She'll miss their next game vs Panama.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 23, 2023 22:06:50 GMT -5
Even before his great victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, Wellington was on his way to becoming a fashion icon.... I just meant that cold, wet weather often calls for wearing rubberized waterproof boots, AKA Wellingtons/Wellies ...which in NZ are usually called gumboots. Though the one that takes the most getting used to is that flip flops are jandals.
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Post by jayj79 on Jul 23, 2023 22:38:06 GMT -5
I just meant that cold, wet weather often calls for wearing rubberized waterproof boots, AKA Wellingtons/Wellies ...which in NZ are usually called gumboots. Though the one that takes the most getting used to is that flip flops are jandals. jandals (derived from "Japanese Sandals", although it is actually a brand name according to the internet) seems a bit more reasonable than how some people call them "thongs" as that just causes confusion with the underwear/swimsuit style
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Post by mervinswerved on Jul 24, 2023 0:57:38 GMT -5
Way more Argentina fans here than Italy.
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Post by jayj79 on Jul 24, 2023 1:11:50 GMT -5
Way more Argentina fans here than Italy. to be fair, Italy is twice as far away
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 24, 2023 11:09:02 GMT -5
Lots of scoring in the games today with Germany beating Morocco 6-0 and Brazil beating Panama 4-0. Italy also beat Argentina 1-0.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 24, 2023 22:11:58 GMT -5
Lots of scoring in the games today with Germany beating Morocco 6-0 and Brazil beating Panama 4-0. Italy also beat Argentina 1-0. Enjoyed Italy vs Argentina, neither team was holding back and thought the ref did a nice job of not letting things get out of hand. Germany were looking a bit rough coming into the tournament but they are definitely back to normal. Popp is always great, and think Brand has potential to be a break out star for them. Brazil looked fantastic, very relaxed and the passing was superb. First hat trick of the tournament as well (Ary).
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Post by mervinswerved on Jul 24, 2023 22:31:49 GMT -5
Lots of scoring in the games today with Germany beating Morocco 6-0 and Brazil beating Panama 4-0. Italy also beat Argentina 1-0. Enjoyed Italy vs Argentina, neither team was holding back and thought the ref did a nice job of not letting things get out of hand. Germany were looking a bit rough coming into the tournament but they are definitely back to normal. Popp is always great, and think Brand has potential to be a break out star for them. Brazil looked fantastic, very relaxed and the passing was superb. First hat trick of the tournament as well (Ary). Thought both Italy and Argentina defended well and played very hard last night. Didn't realize Dragoni is only 16.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 24, 2023 23:05:15 GMT -5
Colombia defeats South Korea 2-0. New Zealand and the Philippines are up next.
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Post by mervinswerved on Jul 24, 2023 23:12:13 GMT -5
Colombia defeats South Korea 2-0. New Zealand the the Philippines are up next. Working on finding a dive bar in Auckland to watch NZ-PHI
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Post by zarsta on Jul 25, 2023 0:24:01 GMT -5
Colombia defeats South Korea 2-0. New Zealand the the Philippines are up next. Working on finding a dive bar in Auckland to watch NZ-PHI Did you manage to find something? Not a dive bar, but The Fox in the Viaduct is a sports bar and showed all of the men's WC. Failing that there's always the official FIFA fan area at the Cloud on the waterfront?
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Post by mervinswerved on Jul 25, 2023 1:11:35 GMT -5
Working on finding a dive bar in Auckland to watch NZ-PHI Did you manage to find something? Not a dive bar, but The Fox in the Viaduct is a sports bar and showed all of the men's WC. Failing that there's always the official FIFA fan area at the Cloud on the waterfront? The Fox for the second half of Korea-Colombiq, Mo's for drinks, now Empire for the Ferns.
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