Football 2023 Discussion Thread

[thepharoah 2,413]

 

[owenp_23 564]

The Gulf Cup final is set as  def.  2-1 and  def.  1-0 to advance.

 

 has not taken home the trophy since 1988. They were eliminated in the semifinals in the previous edition.

 last won the tournament in 2018. Oman did not make it through the group stage in 2019.

[thepharoah 2,413]

4 hours ago, owenp_23 said:

The Gulf Cup final is set as  def.  2-1 and  def.  1-0 to advance.

 

 has not taken home the trophy since 1988. They were eliminated in the semifinals in the previous edition.

 last won the tournament in 2018. Oman did not make it through the group stage in 2019.

I thought I'm the only one following this tournament,  but thx god I'm not lonely  BTW this the worst ever edition of Gulf cup I've ever watched, maybe the Yemeni edition was worse,  but technically all teams are poor, the less post team wins, KSA participating with a mixed read of youth and junior and Qatar sending a team with the substitutes of WC and some young players affected the tournament , I guess it was a predicted final at the end of the day,  also the atmosphere of Iraqi fans are the best part of this tournament sadly more than 6 died to a traffic accident before Iraq's match yesterday 

[owenp_23 564]

2 hours ago, thepharoah said:

I thought I'm the only one following this tournament,  but thx god I'm not lonely  BTW this the worst ever edition of Gulf cup I've ever watched, maybe the Yemeni edition was worse,  but technically all teams are poor, the less post team wins, KSA participating with a mixed read of youth and junior and Qatar sending a team with the substitutes of WC and some young players affected the tournament , I guess it was a predicted final at the end of the day,  also the atmosphere of Iraqi fans are the best part of this tournament sadly more than 6 died to a traffic accident before Iraq's match yesterday 

As this is the first time I have ever followed the Gulf Cup it also the best I have seen.

[owenp_23 564]

Quarterfinal matchups at the OFC U-17 Championship:

 

 vs  (21 Jan, h. 16:00 UTC+12)

 vs  (21 Jan, h. 19:00 UTC+12)

 vs  (22 Jan, h. 16:00 UTC+12)

 vs  (22 Jan, h. 19:00 UTC+12)

 

The two finalists qualify for the U-17 World Cup.

Edited January 18, 2023 by owenp_23

[thepharoah 2,413]

 

 

i don't think FIFA will have the courage to return Matches to Iraq after what happened in Gulf Cup , 1st Organizational problems and some fights in VIP section in opening match , then stampede before final match before the start f the game of 7 hours 1 person died and tens injured and even there's some talks that the final will not take place and it'll be moved to neutral country 

[thepharoah 2,413]

It's really sad that Iraq paid lot of Millions to organize this event and at the end this happens 

[thepharoah 2,413]

the Iraqi federation confirms that final will take place at time 7pm Iraqi time 

Edited January 19, 2023 by thepharoah

[thepharoah 2,413]

 

Sport Tv the biggest sport channel in Portugal has bought the rights of Saudi League ofc you know why 

[heywoodu 16,004]

16 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

 

Sport Tv the biggest sport channel in Portugal has bought the rights of Saudi League ofc you know why 

For Ettifaq vs Al-Fateh of course, obviously  

 

 

PS: Those top two on the left, is that their trademark 'goal celebration' that their PR agency came up with like with all those 'stars' nowadays?  Nowadays you always know a goal is not very important when the player does their PR-thingy afterwards, whereas the actually important goals are celebrated with real emotion and cheering and running and jumping