The Official Football/Soccer Thread: 2017-2018 Season
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2nd half underway
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Gooooooooooooooaaaaaaaal! (Adriano, 49')
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49' MIdfield pass from Ronaldinho to Ronaldo on left-center edge of box, feeds Adriano on center edge, low leftfoot strike beats diving Schwarzer and hits right corner of net Brazil 1-0
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55' AUS Sterjovski rightfoot shot from 25yds high over goal 56' AUS sub Cahill off Kewell on 57' AUS high ball in box has Dida challenging Viduka near penalty spot, Dida unable to hold and ball breaks for Kewell who sideboots leftfooted from 15yds over goal with nobody standing on the line. Unbelievable miss! 68' AUS counter attack allows Kewell to break away but 20yd leftfoot effort flies just over goal 69' AUS sub Moore off Aloisi on 71' BRA counter with Kkaka making long run from midfield and shooting low from 15yds right side of goal, Schwarzer goes down right to hold 72' BRA double sub Emerson and Ronaldo off Gilberto Silva and Robinho on 73' BRA Robinho 25yd rightfoot shot high over goal 75' played Australia still outshooting Brazil 11-8
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Goooooaaaaaaal!!!! (90' Robinio)
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77' BRA low cross from right finds Robinho in front goal, flicks up ball and attempted high volley kick shoots ball over goal from 5yds 78' Ensuing corner from right by Ronaldinho sets up Robinho whose shot is well blocked by Schwarzer diving right 80' AUS corner from right bounces in box for Bresciano to try high volley shot rightfooted from 10yds, Dida able to keep ball out with right hand and recovers to gather 82' BRA freekick from 30yds center blasted off wall by Roberto Carlos 82' Ensuing corner from left by Ronaldinho finds head of Kaka who crashes shot against crossbar and back into play 83' BRA Robinho booked for not standing far enough from freekick 84' AUS inswinging freekick by Bresciano from the right, Viduka with glancing header that just misses far right post 85' AUS long pass from midfield bounces in area for Viduka who beats Dida to ball and lobs just over crossbar rightfooted from 12yds. Very close 88' BRA sub Adriano off Fred on 89' Robinho crashes rightfoot shot off right post, ball rebounds to Fred all alone 5yds in front of goal, taps leftfooted into empty net Brazil 2-0 90' done 3' injury remain
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Match ends. Final scoreline: ![](http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/fantasy/kits/kit-BRA.gif[/img][size=1] ................................................................................... </span>[img]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/fantasy/kits/kit-AUS-res.gif) Brazil 2-0 Australia 1-0 : Adriano 49' 2-0 : Fred 89' GROUP F STANDINGS - 2nd Round qualifiers in bold Brazil ......... 6 Australia ..... 3 Croatia ....... 1 Japan ......... 1
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Official Match Report Man of the Match: Ze Roberto
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PREDICTIONS Brazil 2-0 Australia 3 Daniel / Brazil 2-0 Australia 3 Jackie / Brazil - Australia: 2-0 1 Lonely Driver / Brazil - Australia 3-1 1 Rocío Record / Brazil 3- Australia 1 1 Denny Wingman / Brazil - Australia 2-1 1 Here&Everywhere / Brazil - Australia: 2-1 1 audrey / Brazil - Australia 3-2 1 Sergeant_Pepper / Brazil - Australia 3-0 1 unclesox / Brazil 3-0 Australia 1 silver moondog / Brazil - Australia 4:0 1 marco76 / Brazil 5 - Australia 0 1 Pawel / Brazil - Australia 5-0 Overall Standings 27 silver moondog 26 audrey 23 Sergeant_Pepper 22 Daniel 20 Here&Everywhere 19 Andrea1 19 unclesox 16 Denny Wingman 16 Pawel 16 Rocío Record 15 Lonely Driver 11 Jackie 10 marco76
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unclesox:
Match ends. Final scoreline: ![](http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/fantasy/kits/kit-BRA.gif[/img][size=1] ................................................................................... </span>[img]http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/fantasy/kits/kit-AUS-res.gif) Brazil 2-0 Australia 1-0 : Adriano 49' 2-0 : Fred 89' GROUP F STANDINGS - 2nd Round qualifiers in bold Brazil ......... 6 Australia ..... 3 Croatia ....... 1 Japan ......... 1
I thought it was Robinho. But it was Fred, a substitute! He came in at 85th minute only to score a goal!
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Match #29 1st Round - Group G Leipzig - Zentral Stadion FRANCE -v- KOREA REPUBLIC [size=1] ....... ![](http://www.3dflags.com/media/icon/classic/f/3dflagsdotcom_franc_2faws.gif[/img] [size=1] .................................................................. </span>[img]http://www.3dflags.com/media/icon/classic/k/3dflagsdotcom_kors_2faws.gif) kickoff: 21:00 referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico) temperature: 22°C / 73°F conditions: fair
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The following players are on a yellow and will miss their team's next match if they receive another booking today: France - Eric Abidal, Willy Sagnol, Zinedine Zidane Korea Rupublic - Young Chul Kim, Chun Soo Lee
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France kick things off
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With Korea having 3 players named Kim and 5 named Lee in their lineup, I'm using the names that they have printed on the backs of their shirts. 7' FRA thru ball sends Wiltord into right side of area, Woon Jae comes out to blocked attempted rightfoot shot, ball clear in to touch 9' Deflected short pass from Wiltord gets thru to Henry alone in the box, Henry slots past Woon Jae into left part of goal France 1-0
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11' KOR Ho booked for foul on Malouda 15' played France with 60% possession
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24' FRA good run by Malouda down center of pitch but scoffs leftfoot attempt wide of left post 27' FRA corner by Sagnol from the right headed over at the far post by Zidane 6yds out 29' KOR Dong Jin booked for foul on Malouda 30' played Korea have yet to have a shot at goal. France has 6
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31' FRA inswinging corner from the left headed powerfully by Vieira from 6yds center, Woon Jae gets right hand on ball while falling back on goalline to keep ball out. Replays not conclusive as to whether ball crossed the line. Very close 37' KOR deep freekick left side swung in by Chun Soo, ball bounces past flurry of players and just wide of far right post as Bathez stands watching. It goes down as Korea's first shot at goal! 45' gone 1' injury remain
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Halftime France 1-0 Korea Rupublic 1-0 : Henry 9'
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unclesox:
Undun:
unclesox:
Undun:
Ok, I was actually watchin' this one. If he gives a red card for every tackle someone makes on that field today, they won't have any players left. :
Both red cards were justified imo.
We don't think so, we thought the second was only worth a yellow.
Two-footed challenge from any player deserves red. I don't like it because it's a player from the team I'm rooting for, but reckless play deserves to be punished.
I'm still convinced it deserved red. Ref is standing right in front of the play; Mastreoni came in recklessly with both feet, studs up, "excessive force" as FIFA calls it; and it happened in the Italian half of the pitch as they were playing out of defense. No need for this sort of tackle. Okay, I'm done.
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Back to France-Korea as second half begins. KOR sub Eul Yong off Seol Hyeon on