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That sounds so petty Have some confidence, jeez. Why focussing so much on things like pain and Messi

Yeah, I did take a little glass of something nice for every Dutch goal and a glass of nice American 35% Southern Comfort after the final whistle, but I'm not that far away to make that mistake

I much more enjoyed the tournaments without the Netherlands in the past twenty years than the awful Euro 2012 where there was almost literally not a single moment of joy as a Dutch fan (like, not even a moment of hope or some cheering or something). There's not as much hype when not qualifying, sure, but there isn't much hype for most things anyway nowadays and going out in the group stage with only losses and draws is just one big disappointment

Sure, that's annoying indeed, but it seems so typical for certain players to totally lose their shit over some nonsense insults and care more about reacting to it than just ignoring it and focus on the match Come on, they literally do what he wanted

I mean the quarter final is Friday night, which is perfect in terms of work and obligations and such

That was a lot more tense in the end than I'd hoped with a two goal advantage But once again, at least the quarter finals And that is at Friday night, absolutely perfect

Aaaaand we're back to those silly losses of possession like in the group

USA is dominating this so far.

Also no Alex Telles anymore, for what it's worth.

In semi-related news: Pelé is no longer responding to his chemotherapy, and is now getting palliative care, according to one of the bigger newspapers in Brazil. Sounds like he might not see the end of this World Cup..

Because luckily we're a community that appreciates other sports more than the usually overrated regular national leagues with the same kind of matches week in week out

[hide] Knockout Stage December 3rd - December 18th, 2022 16 Nations, The Winners of each Round of 16-Matches will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Round of 16 - From Group E to H Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 5th 2022, h. 18:00 Japan 0 1 Croatia December 5th 2022, h. 22:00 Brazil 1 0 South Korea December 6th 2022, h. 18:00 Morocco 0 1 Spain December 6th 2022, h. 22:00 Portugal 1 0 Switzerland [/hide]

[hide] Knockout Stage December 3rd - December 18th, 2022 16 Nations, The Winners of each Round of 16-Matches will qualify for the Quarterfinals. Round of 16 - From Group A to D Date & Time (GMT +3) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 December 3rd 2022, h. 18:00 Netherlands 2 0 United States December 3rd 2022, h. 22:00 Argentina 2 0 Australia December 4th 2022, h. 18:00 France 2 0 Poland December 4th 2022, h. 22:00 England 2 0 Senegal [/hide]

Nobody is, I don't think any tournament in recent history had a more boring winner

Ah yeah, other than being out of form and looking awful, half the Dutch team is also sick now.

England, Croatia and the Netherlands at least didn't lose against some relatively small opponent and so have one good point against all other 'big' nations, but yeah...none of them were exactly convincing, to say the least. Every single 'big' nation has looked either weak or been in serious trouble at least in one match. If ever there was a chance for another nation to win it...

I would find it cool as well, but also am starting to think a little about the troubles and safety in the cities here and in that sense it's significantly better if Spain wins and Morocco only has one more match after which to riot because they won or riot because they lost

Well, group won, so other than a bit of an annoyed feeling, quite literally nothing changes

Netherlands - Argentina England - France Spain - Portugal Historically speaking, that could be some fantastic match-ups in the quarter finals Only the one with Brazil isn't really a big one in that sense.

And by super coincidence some red shirts with some bad words to Xhaka, super coincidentally

Well this was a fantastic end to a truly fantastic third and last round of group matches

Well, there should definitely be 3 or 4 extra minutes besides the 7 original minutes there thanks to Serbia thinking it's WWE

Serbians totally losing their minds like bulls on a red flag

Suddenly Netherland's godawful group stage is looking pretty good, ar least no loss

Ok, Aboubakar beats him