Group Stage drama, pt. 2

Group Stage drama, pt. 2

Nov 29, 2022

More early matches

The Americans tied England 0-0. This is the worst score of all time. I can deal with 1-1 or 2-2, but 0-0 is just going up and down the pitch with absolutely nothing happening. And England is full of guys from the Premier League! And the Americans held them to 8 shots. Crazy. I heard some commentators saying this was like a win. No, it wasn't.

Qatar lost to Senegal and that was the end of their tournament. Have the hosts ever exited this quickly in the past?

And I forgot to mention Neymar in my last post. Neymar turned his ankle during the match and afterwards, they showed a pic of said ankle - it was completely blown up. He will miss the rest of the group stage matches with that injury. Heal up, Ney.

Argentina bounced back with a win over Mexico 2-0. This was one of those must win games for Argentina and Leo Messi came through. I'm still enjoying a laugh over what happened in the Argentina dressing room: A video on twitter showed Messi removing one of his boots with a Mexico shirt nearby on the floor. Meanwhile, Mexican boxing superstar, Canelo Alvarez, took offense to Messi's foot on the Mexico shirt. He tweeted something to the effect of 'you better hope I don't find you,' or something like that.

Check my twitter feed for the direct quote.

Croatia beat Canada 4-1 to send our northern neighbors home from the tournament.

Brazil beat Switzerland

Portugal beat Uruguay in a match that featured a phantom header. Did it or did it not touch Ronaldo's head? The official word is no.

And Tuesday's matches might send the Americans home with the Canadians.

Coming Up Tuesday

Netherlands vs Qatar @10am EST - Qatar is already eliminated; Netherlands lead Group A

Ecuador vs Senegal @ 10am EST - I'm watching this one if I can. Senegal need a win to make it through.

Iran vs US @ 2pm EST - US has to win or go home

Wales vs England @ 2pm EST - Must win for Wales

Enjoy the matches! There's more to come!

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