***Don't Cry for Me Argentina V Hrvatska - World Cup Semi Final 2022 ***

written in the stars

I’ll switch it off now as not listening to that gushing nonsense

Mes crying on unders

save of the tournie? unreal

good save

Croatia have defended pretty well until tonight. then they let Argentina slice right through the middle.

It’s soda law I backed the wrong SA team though

Said several times the Croats wont score, their luck has run out.

where did they get 4 minutes from?

They didn’t deserve to get this far anyway

Should have gone out last round if not earlier ffs

They’ve fluked their way through again on penalties

Argentina justifying the short price

Gvardiol should concentrate on defending rather than touting himself to clubs duringa. world cup.

100m?

LOL

Literally having Messi in the World cup final probably increases viewership by 1 billion, FIFA know the score.

This game shows the limit of having a forward with no pace ala Richarlison

Aye mes it’s all b0llocks

Awful first game and since then they’ve pretty much breezes through

If I were the Argentina manager I'd take Messi off and rest him for the final, this game is done.

you could see from the argie crowd vs saudi that the powers that be wanted messi all the way, will be interesting to see VAR and ref if they have france in the final...

It’s all suss for me

It feels so flat now like you know what’s coming ...

I’m just glad I got some on 10 after that Saudi game, but it’s no consolation for what’s coming ffs

It’s going to mean avoiding the media entirely for a few days

37 year old who can barely jog tearing it up...

If Collina chooses that Italian Referee to Ref the final then I'll be shifting big greens over to Argentina, Messi is an Italian name as well, they might be 8th cousins, 15 times removed, doesn't matter, these Italians are all about family.

argies going to have all the bias in the final for sure. messi winning world cup would be the qatari dream.

Messi Mpabbe both owned by the Qataris... Mmmm

maybe the pen was harsh, looking at replays.

Corrupt hosts get their dream final

This ref in the studio sticking up for his official buddies.

Dec 13, 2022 -- 7:57PM, SontaranStratagem wrote:

Messi Mpabbe both owned by the Qataris... Mmmm

only have to look at the ref in england match. even tried his best not to give the 2nd penalty but they knew that the foul was too blatant to get away from...

Dec 13, 2022 -- 7:58PM, mesmerised wrote:

This ref in the studio sticking up for his official buddies.

wants his future pay cheque...

maybe spoiled the game though

Ang

At this point it’s not worth getting raged about

They’ll get what’s coming to them

Strangely the media are no longer mentioning rainbow hats and corruption though

Funny that eh

We live in a fooking simulation said it for a while now

More chance of getting money from "mydiesel claim" than Croatia getting back into this.

If you look at Croatia's run in both World Cup's, they've been pretty lucky, all these penalty shootout wins. drew 5 out of 6 matches in the knockouts in 90 minutes, before losing in the final, just a shame we were robbed of a Brazil/Argentina semi.

shows you how objective it is ,Matterface ,Mcoist,and Dixon all said it was a penalty ,Neville ,Keane,and Wright say it wasnt ,its a matter of how you view it ,as Walton said ,can you imagine if they hadnt given it.

this is the worst world cup i have seen in my life time. very few real quality players.

no real technical skill just big strong pacy athletes.

why hasn't 35 year old Messi been subbed and sent back to the hotel to rest?

They've a final on Sunday!

It’s the obvious anti climax angle though

Messi gets the official stamp as the “goat”

It’s mind numbing

HUGE LULZ So many anti-argie/Messi fans. ITV pundits crying like lil bitches over a CLEAR pen..the same mug **** who were calling for MYTHICAL pens for England the other night. PATHETIC beyond words. DESPERATE mugs everywhere backing Croatia allowed the Argies to go off at EVS

if it is a pen what is the goalie supposed to do to not give a foul? If the ball hits him as Walton just said? Or just for the attacker to run round him as he had time to do? If there was a movement to the player then fair dos but there wasn't, he planted his leg the only place he could and the arg player mis-kicked , realised and ran in to him.

Goalkeepers are entitled to stand in the box and try and save shots.

GK runs of his line and barges into attacker at set piece = foul against GK

Argentina and Messi barge into GK in a Qatari World Cup = penalty...

That’s pretty much it

If I was a striker at every corner I would run into the keeper and scream for a pen

The quality overall has been poor. France not as strong as last WC, Croatia the same, Brazil little or no better than last time, Spain flattered to deceive, as did Portugal, Germany hopeless, Belgium hopeless, Holland limited and England tidy but unimaginative and lacking in real quality. Apart from losing their heads 20 minute from time against Holland, Argentina have had it far too easy.

They make up the decisions as they go it’s micro managed bs

to add i have backed arg to win the thing in a few bets!

on bbc site Shearer and Rob Green ex goalie both thought it was a pen ,so expert count 6 for 3 against ,as i said its objective .

you mean subjective

its definately one of them mes

he planted his leg > out of line with the ball. That Y it's clear pen. Whether it was deliberate or pure misjudgement is irrelevant. The keeper **** up and he KNEW it. That's why there was no major protest from the hacking bastard.

I was hoping for a better game, or a closer contest at least. Hope tomorrow's game is more of a spectacle.

The dispute over the pen is odd.

So many think it is and so many it's not.

Well var can't help... Stick with ref.

does anyone know if Messi gets an assist for the Alvarez goal ,he passed it to him initially ?

33333333333333333

gets an assist for that one

He's magic

gvardiol is supposedly worth 100m

But Croatia are a good passing team.

A truly flat ending to this World Cup

yes i dont need an answer about the first one now ,that was the assist to end all assists ,brilliant .

Twilight Messi heard the silly HYPE and decided to ROAST him

he's had a good tournament, but tonight he's been skinned. Not many defenders would've prevented that, tbf.

How did we lose to this rag outfit 4 year ago

The gushing well and truly started even in this thread

gareth sat back and asked them to score instead of telling our players at 1 up to play and get more

unless mbappe has a stormer in the semi and or final, messi wins the golden ball

the first 5mins u knew game over

croatia passing it around scare to pass forward

they look old and have no pace in the side

Mpabbe probably wins the golden ball

Croatia just have to quality up front whatsoever

no quality

More muggy than Spain this. Even when 2 down still not trying to score. At least Spain got penalties.

every argie match has felt like buenos aires !

messi's best world cup by far.........he got his country to two world cup finals. defo a better international career than ronaldo.

God knows what Brazil are thinking being knocked out now, Argentina showing to be more tactically astute.

disappoimting from Croatia, maybe the extra time games have taken it out of them

great opening post mes, nailed it

This will be Argentinas 5th World Cup final since 1978,thats quite a record !!

bet they don't add much stoppgae time

Yes we’ll played mes

Had 2-0 and 3-1 but Croatia are turd and haven’t looked like scoring

France into 6th major final from 1998 Is a good record

got to admit the Argentine fans been amazing in this tournament ,created great atmosphere .

what's the Argentina economy like these days? Can't be that strong, can it? Surprised so many of them can afford it.

70 percent inflation

Dec 13, 2022 -- 8:57PM, Des Pond wrote:

what's the Argentina economy like these days? Can't be that strong, can it? Surprised so many of them can afford it.

Argentinian FA were given loads of freebies which they gave to fans and got them very cheap flights. Though there were loads of empty seats there yet the official attendance was the capacity...

that's what i thought. fake fans? I dunno.

only the 2nd SF since 86 won by 2 or more in 90 mins. The other was Brazil v Germany 1-7.

Why do rich professional players have such bad haircuts? Don't they have hairdressers in Argentina? At least the the guy with the revolting rat-tail is gone.

just look at their faces ,theyre argies alright ,stories of people ther selling houses,cars to make the  journey ,as they really fancied themselves this time after their long unbeaten run .

They're Messi fans more than Argentina fans, they're locals and people from all over rather than Argentinian

argentina has a population of 47 million........they have plenty of wealthy people as well...........

i thought the rich ones preferred polo to football.

You'd have to hope France win tomorrow or there mightn't be another enjoyable game

I hope France win, but Morocco are so solid, I wouldn't rule out an upset. Albeit an unlikely one.

Hope France win the whole thing so we dont have listen to constant 5hite about Messi being the goat (Great player that he is)

That game this evening was awful. Knew after 5mins Croatia were toast as they passed it backwards and looked scared of making a mistake rather than being positive. Gvardiol is the epitomy of modern football. If you are either Big of quick, you will go for 50m minimum

100m for him and hes had his pants pulled down all night ffs

why are audi advertising a car that will never be built??

****

Rafael Felipe Scheidt?

The full stadiums at these Argentina games for me tells a story

They set it up for most other nations to boycott it through their media propaganda but the Argentines were given freebies and free tickets...

The Messi thing totally makes sense now. The true biblical energy tournament.

What a pi$$ poor semi that was.

Putting out Brazil for that?

Deprived us of what would've been the game of the tournament.

Argies now the team with most penos awarded in single tournament.

The first pen tonight was a joke. Keeper stood his ground and got run into.

Croatia though were awful tonight. The 2nd and 3rd goal were amateur hour. No player in either case should be able to run that long with the ball. You step in as a defender and take the yellow if needed. Only Kovacic and the keeper took a yellow

I still cant wrap my head around anyone paying over 100m for that centre back. Lovren was shocking as well.
Too many old legs and no young ones coming through. Croatia are funny. Kick on 4 years and they might not qualify for the next world cup with so many of their big names aging.

Croatia are funny. Kick on 4 years and they might not qualify for the next world cup with so many of their big names aging.

actually im talking nonsense with 48 teams next time, only san marino and ireland wont qualify