Football 2022 Discussion Thread

[Griff88 2,009]

 

Football tragedy in Indonesia: A match between Arema vs Persebaya (two rival teams from East Java) ended 2-3 and the subsequent riot caused over 120 deaths.

 

Home fans (Arema) began climbing the fence and entered the field, started destroying things before the police used tear gas to disperse them. Unfortunately it caused more panic and a stampede happened.

 

34 people died on the spot, over 90 died in the hospital….

[heywoodu 16,062]

2 hours ago, Griff88 said:

 

Football tragedy in Indonesia: A match between Arema vs Persebaya (two rival teams from East Java) ended 2-3 and the subsequent riot caused over 120 deaths.

 

Home fans (Arema) began climbing the fence and entered the field, started destroying things before the police used tear gas to disperse them. Unfortunately it caused more panic and a stampede happened.

 

34 people died on the spot, over 90 died in the hospital….

That is one of the worst mass police actions in quite a while in terms of visibility....whoever was in charge there and gave the tear gas order is directly responsible for dozens and dozens of deaths  

Edited October 2, 2022 by heywoodu

[Griff88 2,009]

54 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

That is one of the worst mass police actions in quite a while in terms of visibility....whoever was in charge there and gave the tear gas order is directly responsible for dozens and dozens of deaths  

Yeah it’s crazy… They’re just like using the whole frickin stock they brought to the match

[bestmen 2,907]

200 dead

 

 

[Makedonas 2,239]

After 19 years of being "homeless," AEK Athens FC new stadium is finally ready and they had a grand opening celebration:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Dennis 762]

 and  are preparing a joint bid for the 2030 World Championships with…  

 

At least according to some serious rumors. 

[Makedonas 2,239]

We are bidding with Egypt and Saudi Arabia. Three different continents in one bid...

 

Personally I miss the days of one or at the most two countries hosting (provided that they were neighbours). Now it's simply too much...

[hckošice 15,608]

Slovak Football Federation announced that the 20th November we will play a Friendly match against Chile.

 

Nothing so exceptional in this sentence you will say, anyway, this will be the official farewell of Marek Hamšík with the National Team. Still not known how many minutes he will play in the game, certain is just that he will be the team captain.

 

Marek last appearance in the NT was in 2021 in the home game against Slovenia during the 22 WC qualifier. It was his 135th official match for Slovakia (He is already the record holder, also the all time top scorer of SVK NT with 26 goals)

[Monzanator 4,798]

Well, Chile won't have to travel far given they will play Poland on 16th November I suppose this fact isn't unrelated

[MHSN 3,783]

Qatar will replace China and will host 2023 Asian Cup

 

I believe Qatar can't host it in Summer (because of the weather). I assume it will be moved to late 2023 or January 2024.