***Official 2022 World Cup Thread***

My Costa Rican co-worker was really excited about half an hour ago. Now, not so much.
After the first goal, he said "They're going to give up 6 goals if they keep playing like this."

I originally thought he was being melodramatic. Now I think he was being optimistic.
 
I swear fifa has decided that there will be a minimum of 7 minutes of second half stoppage time for each match

US/Wales had 9 minutes added to the 2nd half. That is an incredible amount of time.

Why does every match have so much added time at the end?

FIFA is pushing the policy of "being very accurate" at accounting for stoppage time. The said the same for Russia but they are absolutely taking it to the extreme this time. I like it if it's consistent. I hate the usually arbitrary nature of stoppage time. Mainly because that means it's inconsistently applied game to game and league to league.

Here's an article with some quotes from FIFA:
At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, referees are adding extra time to games. Lots of it.
 
FIFA is pushing the policy of "being very accurate" at accounting for stoppage time. The said the same for Russia but they are absolutely taking it to the extreme this time. I like it if it's consistent. I hate the usually arbitrary nature of stoppage time. Mainly because that means it's inconsistently applied game to game and league to league.

Here's an article with some quotes from FIFA:
At the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, referees are adding extra time to games. Lots of it.

I would love to know where the 5 added minutes are coming from in this match.
 
So how is everyone betting the world cup???? Either all the games are ties or upsets. I'm getting crushed.

I've been very deliberate in these first games to pick ties where the teams are closely matched. It's done well for me. I've avoided the heavily favored matches as the moneyline doesn't pay much out and I'm not touching SGP's on soccer. Goals are too few to be able to count on a specific scorer.
 
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So apparently Japan beat Germany with the power of manga and anime.


Must admit it’s a really nice looking Jersey.
 
Just watched a long highlight reel of the Japan game - that keeper for Japan was a beast
 
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I've been very deliberate in these first games to pick ties where the teams are closely matched. It's done well for me. I've avoided the heavily favored matches as the moneyline doesn't pay much out and I'm not touching SGP's on soccer. Goals are too few to be able to count on a specific scorer.

My buddies that are heavy bettors have been on anytime to score plays for the stronger teams. Yesterday for France Giroud anytime scorer and Mbappe any time scorer was a pretty obvious one that everyone took.
 

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