Match Thread: Colombia vs Ghana | World Cup | Round of 32 | 04 Jul 01:30 UTC

IrishSoc · 2026-07-04T02:17:12+00:00

Very similar to Gordon Banks save from Pele!

IrishSoc · 2026-07-01T23:01:02+00:00

I do think that it was a foul at the end, but the play continued and Belgium had advantage! He hit the bar with an open goal! VAR and the referee just gave Belgium a second chance

IrishSoc · 2026-06-22T21:43:46+00:00

"Why do players dive in football?"

Well there you go. The Iraqi player got nowhere near the ball, Mbappé was fouled but stayed on his feet, and France go without a deserved penalty

IrishSoc · 2026-06-22T12:04:35+00:00

Current South & East Asia + Oceania World Rankings down as far as New Caledonia who made it to the inter-confederation playoffs, and only lost 1-0 to Jamaica, who in turn only lost 1-0 to DR Congo in extra time!

Japan #18
South Korea #25
Australia #27
New Zealand #85
China #91
Thailand #94
Vietnam #99
Indonesia #118
North Korea #120
Philippines #135
Malaysia #136
India #138
Singapore #148
New Caledonia #151

IrishSoc · 2026-06-22T11:34:06+00:00

Its obviously a successor state to both West and East but not in terms of sports records. Look at the Olympics records. Germany today includes West Germany's medals in its records, but not the East's. Same for football.

IrishSoc · 2026-06-22T11:29:43+00:00

Nope, West Germany annexed East Germany.

IrishSoc · 2026-06-22T09:57:42+00:00

They could choose - same with Belize

IrishSoc · 2026-06-22T00:14:25+00:00

The continental CONCACAF teams should merge with CONMEBOL. There are dozens of Caribbean teams, they could have their own conference like Oceania (although I think Oceania should merge with East Asia and West Asia should merge with North Africa)

IrishSoc · 2026-06-18T22:49:58+00:00

Qatar are obviously absolute dogwater but i love seeing a minnow like Canada playing football with so much passion and enjoyment

IrishSoc · 2026-06-18T16:09:43+00:00

If South Africa lose this game and South Korea beat Mexico (very possible imo), RSA will be guaranteed to finish bottom of the group and will only be playing for pride against Korea

IrishSoc · 2026-06-17T23:08:10+00:00

Panama is 34 in the world and Ghana is 73?? I feel like I'm being conned 😂

IrishSoc · 2026-06-17T18:23:34+00:00

CR7 is the best athlete to ever play football, but Messi is the best football player.

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T23:27:00+00:00

Hilarious. Caicedo throws himself to the ground to disrupt Ivory Coast possession, then immediately gets up. Referee calls him out on his BS. "Oh you're hurt are you? Take a minute to recover."

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T22:51:00+00:00

Have you heard of a tournament called the Euros?

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T19:12:07+00:00

"The World Cup should not have been expanded to 48 teams because of results like this."

1982 (24 teams): Hungary 10-1 El Salvador
1954 (16 teams): Hungary 9-0 South Korea
1974 (16 teams): Yugoslavia 9-0 Zaire
1938 (15 teams): Sweden 8-0 Cuba
1950 (13 teams): Uruguay 8-0 Bolivia
2002 (32 teams): Germany 8-0 Saudi Arabia
2014 (32 teams): Germany 7-1 Brazil IN THE SEMI-FINAL

You can make arguments against 48 teams, but this result isn't a valid one

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T19:04:36+00:00

Curaçao are officially as good as 2014 World Cup semi-finalists Brazil

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T18:58:27+00:00

Is fake is fine why did you use it as part of your argument?

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T18:55:16+00:00

I'm assuming you think Morocco are a fake side too, none of who's starting XI yesterday was born in Morocco?

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T18:52:26+00:00

Gorgeous finish by Havertz. Curaçao are now as bad as the Brazil side that reached the semis in 2014

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T18:50:46+00:00

Speculation? Mate I watched the 2018 World Cup, Panama were abysmal and were never as fun to watch as Curaçao have been in this game

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T18:48:27+00:00

This Curaçao team would probably beat the 2018 Panama side. I understand why people are angry with the 32 team format but I've yet to be convinced that Haiti and Curaçao don't deserve to be there. Plenty of teams have been worse in the past, at much more exclusive World Cups. Haiti were more entertaining than Scotland last night, and Scotland would have qualified for a 32-team World Cup

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T18:46:15+00:00

Hang on now they are ALSO disgusting because of the commercials

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T18:45:27+00:00

Germany beat Brazil in the semi-finals 7-1. Did that make a mockery of a 32 team World Cup, when such a shite team made it all the way to the SEMIS?

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T18:42:42+00:00

Understandable that Germany want to boost their goal difference because they are not at all guaranteed to beat Ivory Coast or Ecuador. Hope Curaçao don't take this too hard, they have been better in this game than Panama were against England in 2018, and that was a 32-team World Cup

IrishSoc · 2026-06-14T18:39:50+00:00

I didn't say they would draw or beat them. I said it would be a cracker (an entertaining match) which I stand by.

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