What I don’t understand is if you don’t like the sport that’s fine, I’m not a huge fan of it either, why trash it, I do appreciate the athletic talent and conditioning of the players and it’s pretty interesting how involved the fans and countries all over the world get into it.
The TV ratings for today’s game will dwarf the Super Bowl ratings multiple times over.
I agree. My personal observation. The game ended on a shootout. It seems random to me. Why not a sudden overtime with no goalie? Or instead of 11 players, you have 9 players on the field?
I’m just happy that (1) Argentina won and (2) it wasn’t a 0 - 0 tie....
“The TV ratings for today’s game will dwarf the Super Bowl ratings multiple times over.”
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So very true……
USA as well as world wide?
I agree w/ you on the player conditioning, all that targeted running and dribbling and defending.
But, weren’t soccer players especially affected by the vax shots they were required to take? So many simply collapsed where few did before.
Exactly. I don’t play or understand Go, but I respect the devotion to that game shown by millions of people.
I don’t really want to trash it. I was on the varsity soccer team at U of Washington. Loved playing it but it’s so boring to watch.
It feels like this big deal World Cup kind of gets thrown in your face and I feel like saying, fugeddabouddit.
I was asking today, don’t these guys practice active shooting to the HUGE goal? How can they be so far off?
I’m sorry, I’m sure it’s pretty hard to be accurate with your foot/leg, but half the time they don’t need goalies because the players shoot so far off.
Seems to me not much practice goes into actively shooting?
Yes.
I don’t care for soccer much but will watch the late rounds and final game just to admire the athletic skills and abilities of the players. They are some of the best athletes on the planet.
I think one of the main reasons for trashing it, is the endless fake fouls. The constant sight of players falling and grabbing their leg as if they’d been shot, the seeing a replay and seeing that there was NO contact, AT ALL. It’s the epitome of poor sportsmanship.
Maybe other people have other reasons, but that’s the reason I cannot stand to watch that stupid sport. Even though I do appreciate and enjoy the great skill and plays, I cannot stomach the fake “Oh, I’m in agony” b.s., followed by that same player running at full speed 15 seconds later.
It’s a sport full of deceit and lousy sportsmanship. If you’re going to win, then win, without trying to gain an advantage by essentially lying.