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Yeah, but everyone knows the tension among directors in this specific tournament is even way bigger. Funnier thing was that even the flag in the hands of the referee was cause for total panic

All he had to do to win his bet was be prepared for 35 years in a burning Qatari prison hole

No way. That was clear from the first moment but our commentator keeps giving it to him even after the super obvious replays Imagine being the guy who actually made the goal and having Mr Superstar take it away on account of being famous and nothing else.

Haha, did C Ronaldo just go and take all the credits for a goal in which he was just coincidentally there and quite literally didn't even touch the ball?

Also, absolute panic among the TV directors, cutting away as soon as a glimpse of the guy was seen and cutting away even quicker when we saw the referee pick up the obviously super heathen, godless, tyrannical, worst-thing-ever-made rainbow flag

And that's a protester with a rainbow flag. Transported off and one can assume he won't see daylight for the next few years, if the noose isn't already prepared.

Yeah, following those that aren't on TV is an issue, I feel you there Usually for that I use the Datacenter semi-replay function to at least see the splits one by one.

China vs Hong Kong

Is there a viewer number or something for Brazilian TV? I know almost all countries have it, so surely Brazil does, but I have no idea where to find it with my mediocre Portuguese

For this I'm thinkful for the replay options of nowadays, as I'll probably watch delayed as well

Ronaldo ate Sneijder?

Antony wants a yellow card, he is even begging for it, but unfortunately the referee refuses to give him one.

Me until right now: "How do you know that?" Just realized it's tomorrow and of course the start list is out, we're about to start the season Only thing I can think of is that those IBU points from the 2nd and 3rd trimesters of 2020/21 were not taken away and that way he's still high enough. That would be bullshit, but I can't think of another explanation.

Probably because of his 39 points in the IBU qualifying points list. One is removed from that list after five trimesters with no points scored. He obviously scored nothing in the previous season (= three trimesters), and the results in the two trimesters before those are changed to DQ's. Only thing I can think of is that the qualifying points are somehow not taken away, at least not automatically. The races where his results are taken away have the qualifying reports now listed among 'invalidated reports', with him still in it: https://ibu.blob.core.windows.net/docs/2021/BT/SWRL/CP08/SMSP/C74Q_v1.pdf No idea how they've done the whole thing. You sure he'll compete in Kontiolahti?

Oh man today is fun

No idea, but this close to a tournament I'd always feel like getting scammed massively, either by hugely inflated prices or non-existent/invalid tickets

Why no Slovak single mixed relay though? Isn't the point of the SMR that you only need one man and one woman? Or is it because they'll focus on the mixed only and nobody will do double duty like Tachizaki often does?

Awesome to see Baud's podium And perfect use of the mass start format, where it's 99% a ski jumping competition if the best cross-country skiers don't really feel like doing much

Obvious psychological pre-match gameplaying is obvious Both ways.

Maybe they need some pants.

I bet Canada didn't have 1 xG within the first two minutes

Canadaaaaaa

Quite a lot of intensely boring matches but also some fun surprises and results, so 7, as overall I feel entertained

Happy winners celebrate, people who riot are only looking to break stuff and probably don't even watch the match

Sadly to the surprise of nobody, the 'party' in certain neighborhoods of Brussels took 15 minutes to turn into this.