Fat lot of good it did them in 2006. 
Mexico get pen in the 96th minute. VAR correctly overrules it. They have been knocked out of the tournament.
Which team tires first: the one that's done most of the defending, or the one with all the geriatrics?
My wife and 15 year old son are at the USMNT game in KC tonight. I'm not too jealous. 
@Fedya posted:Which team tires first: the one that's done most of the defending, or the one with all the geriatrics?
Apparently, the one doing the defending. 0-3 from the spot?
The game also featured the highlight from the tournament. Ronaldo bawling like a baby ☺️
Gotta hand it to the Portugal goalie. He's 24 and in his first senior international tournament and he takes his team to the next level. The best part was that none of his saves were fingertips or barely touched; all three hit him smack in the hands. And they weren't terrible shots either. Diogo Costa just read the players exceptionally well and then had the athleticism and jump to get there. So fun to watch.
Now watching the US v Uruguay and the referee from hell...
Mexico was in a tougher group...USMNT once again shit the bed.
US Soccer is a fucking joke...it's what happens when you have no accountability.
Doubt they fire Turdhalter after this disaster, but whatever. 2 more years of the same. If they weren't hosting the WC, I'd have serious doubts about them qualifying under this ass-hat.
I would like to see them get rid of the Halter. I see nothing good on the horizon for this team. Get someone in there who has some imagination and can teach young guys. Use the WC to help drum up interest, bring more guys into camp so there's some real competition (these guys seem so complacent), bring in young guys, and bring the quality players together more often to train.
Look what Hayes is doing to the USWNT roster: no Morgan or Sauerbrunn, she switched some players' positions, and she added several younger players. I think that will refresh the team and tells the older players that their jobs and playing time are not a given.
@PackerHawk posted:My wife and 15 year old son are at the USMNT game in KC tonight. I'm not too jealous.
I hope the concessions were good at least...
Lamine Yamal is already the best playmaker in Europe. Has he turned 17 yet? Crazy! And unlike Messi and Ronaldo he actually defends.
Fedya, Germany is getting chances. This is not over.
You will have a hard time finding two guys as wasteful as Morata and Havertz on the same pitch anywhere.
And just as I write that Havertz misses another chance.
@Fedya posted:Gareth Southgate seems to be doing a good job wasting England.
True dat, but these two guys miss goals. That’s their thing. They get themselves in great positions to miss goals.
Musiala finally woke up. Supremely talented player but he was missing from much of this game.
Goal, Germany. Deserved!
Spain looked toothless at the end of regulation time without Williams and Lamine.
@Fedya posted:Holy sh!t, for once Goalline wasn't wrong.
Don’t get used to it. I’ll be wrong again.
I told you Germany was going to find an excruciating way to lose.
Wow, what a cross and what a finish.
Havertz had the same opportunity early in the game could not generate any power.
WOW !!!!!!
Spain showing no respect for their host
Glad Germany lost given their cynical play especially in the first half. Toni Kroos should’ve been sent off, at least 4 yellow card offenses for him. That English ref had a blinder, yikes.
de la Fuente nearly gave the game away for Spain, bunkering in so much in the second half. Unai Simon with a MOTM performance for me.
The question for Spain moving forward is trying to generate enough pressure once Yamal and Williams get taken off as they inevitably will in the second half.
good call These days Ronaldo is so much better at weeping than he is at putting the ball into the net. Brutal miss.😅