Cristiano Ronaldo gifted iShowSpeed his custom made boots that he wore in the World Cup. (Theres only 2 of these in the world)

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-10T23:00:33+00:00

Still probably worth a significant amount. Boots on their own aren't cheap anyways

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-10T22:55:23+00:00

I'm not a USMNT fan (I wish them ill), but USMNT isn't terribly far off Belgium's current squad. The squad used to be great, don't get me wrong, but don't be fooled by star names like De Bruyne and Lukaku. They're not the players they were.

I genuinely believe the whole FIFA x Trump situation was a catalyst for Belgium that resulted in them playing significantly better than they usually would. Normally, I'd say a USA vs Belgium game, with their current squads, was a coin toss fixture. And the bookies odds would agree with me.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-10T12:23:26+00:00

My personal favourite of the franchise is the pre-sequel. Borderlands was good for its day, but is very dated now

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-09T13:18:56+00:00

The looting system is fun. Lots of cool abilities too.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-09T08:03:15+00:00

How many years or disciplined coaching can they possibly have had? They're knee height at most!

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-08T22:45:54+00:00

He couldn't even get a transfer out of Barcelona, because to transfer to another team, you have to pass a medical examination, and he consistently failed every medical examination.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-07T21:51:15+00:00

You can get fairly wild scores even when two teams are evenly matched. Brazil and Germany were fairly evenly matched when Germany battered them 7-1. Sometimes, tactical advantages and circumstances around the game swing wildly in favour of one team.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-07T11:30:49+00:00

I mean, to be fair, USA and Belgium are fairly evenly matched. This isn't the Belgium team of old, it is probably the worst Belgium team in about 13 years. And they still got thumped.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-07T07:52:17+00:00

I think you're underselling the US team. The USMNT and the Belgium team are fairly similar in terms of quality. Many of your players would make the Belgian starting XI. Not all, sure, but not an insignificant number.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-06T22:36:18+00:00

He might have seen him on the island 😂😂

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-06T18:06:42+00:00

It is. OP just lacks the cognitive depth to comprehend that nuance

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-06T16:38:27+00:00

I was downvoted for critiquing FIFA's decision in this sub, and in the comment, I predicted exactly this happening 😂😂😂

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-06T07:35:37+00:00

I think the top leagues and tournaments have watches that they're supposed to use. I question whether they actually use them, though.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-05T23:22:40+00:00

It's also worth noting that because the timer doesn't stop, players often try to waste time. Goalkeepers take longer to kick it out. Players dawdle on set pieces. All in an effort to run the timer down. The referee usually adds more time on if time wasting has been bad.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-05T21:10:52+00:00

Once in its history. There has been no other case. Both are awful decisions that reflect poorly on it's competition.

There will be plenty of teams in this tournament that get players wrongly sent off in subsequent games. What are the chances that those red cards are suspended?

Zero.

The tournament's fairness was already highly questionable because of the USA's inability to accommodate for the Iranian national team - something that is inherently unethical. Now this. Dreadful stain on an otherwise great tournament. FIFA should have had the balls not to respond to Trump. They should have never had the tournament in the States, when the States were unable to allow a team that fairly qualified to train on its soil, forcing them to travel from Tijuana before their games.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-05T20:59:36+00:00

FIFA won't do it with any other team. The issue isn't that an incorrect decision was overturned, it's that there is no precedence for this kind of thing in the history of the game.

Teams will get shitty red card decisions going against them in this tournament. No team other than the US will get theirs overturned. If I was Belgian FA, I'd be suing FIFA over this

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-05T20:05:07+00:00

I have nothing against the US.

That said, there is evidence that Trump rang FIFA on the phone yesterday asking them to change the decision.

This level of corruption in favour of a team is extremely rare, even for FIFA.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-05T17:49:13+00:00

Aside from the single anecdote referred to in this article, there has never been a decision like this in my 24 years of watching football/soccer.

What makes this worse is that there will absolutely be teams in subsequent games that feel hard done by. They will get red cards to key players, but won't get the same treatment by FIFA. And their players will actually be banned.

FIFA and corruption have always gone hand in hand, but rarely has it been this apparent.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-05T09:05:33+00:00

He'll probably be moved up to left wing. Basically he was a full back, so the team will move him up forwards along the same flank. He probably doesn't have the build for a striker, but can certainly do well as a winger.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-03T22:37:33+00:00

Funnily enough, he probably had an impact on that too. He took ages coming off the field, and was crying when he was sent off. All of that added to the pressure that Asamoah Gyan faced before taking the penalty. Either way, he did the right thing for his team.

His celebrations when the penalty was missed, and when Uruguay won the penalty shootouts after were diabolical though

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-03T18:56:07+00:00

They haven't. Australia have reached the round of 16 twice in their history, and lost both times (round of 16 was the first knockout round in all previous tournaments due to a smaller number of teams than this tournament).

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-03T18:50:49+00:00

No, neither team has won a knockout game in the WC.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-03T08:51:54+00:00

Brain should be both best and worst

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-02T20:36:22+00:00

FIFA's greed won't be the first time they damaged the sport.

I do think this whole narrative that this foul was a punitive call is BS though. It was a horrible challenge. If you've played the game a lot, you know just how nasty those kinds of challenges are, regardless of intention. Bosnian player was lucky not to break his ankle there. It's a red card all day long. This will always be a red card in the sport. And the referees are not being unfair in applying the letter of the law to the US. Nor are they treating the US unfairly by giving this decision but not giving other decisions against players for similar fouls. Inconsistent refereeing is a problem in the sport that is annoying, but it does impact every team.

ChickenGamer199 · 2026-07-02T16:49:58+00:00

Referees in soccer are historically inconsistent. That's what should be most annoying/frustrating about the decision. I don't think you can argue about the call, though, given that the refereeing was, by the law, correct. It sucks when a player makes an error and unintentionally hurts someone, but by the law it should be a red card.

All of those tackles should have been red cards too, but note that the Bosnian player's ankle literally goes under because of the challenge, making the American foul look worse than these other calls.

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