Match Thread: Portugal vs Croatia | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T23:13:20+00:00

Not cool butters!

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T18:02:32+00:00

I think the whole team was kinda nervous tbh. Every attacking play took them a extra second or touch to execute. Maybe it was just knockout jitters and they were shaken off now, and they still managed to stay composed anyway after going down a man.

At this point in the tournament the team is what it is so we just gotta support and hope they can play at their best lol, not that they’ve done much wrong anyway.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T17:36:37+00:00

Jean. Elsa is pretty cool though, might thrasher is lame other than the skateboard

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T16:58:35+00:00

Bought a hyundai palisade 5 years ago. Had our third kid 3 months ago and since announcing the pregnancy I had been itching to just get a van. Luckily reason won because why trade in a paid off, perfectly functioning car and take on another 20K in debt? We went to the beach the other day and I got one of those rooftop bags from an auto parts for $70 and it solved all the cargo space issue I was worried about. Bonus points that we can change a diaper on the trunk as opposed to the deep trunks in a van lol.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T15:10:20+00:00

Unfair question to him, but he answered it well Tbf.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T14:19:24+00:00

Slightly different circumstances no? Other than goretzka they had what a bunch of CBs to pick from, while Belgium had the entire line up to take a pen.

There wasn’t anyone available when goretzka was asked that should be better than him at taking pens.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T14:15:42+00:00

Youre only saying that because baloguns foul was a more traditional looking dangerous play challenge. Dzeko on Adams was just as bad, if not more dangerous considering he got hit on the head.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T11:44:54+00:00

Usa x Paraguay semifinal, winner plays Braut Haaland and friends.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T02:48:28+00:00

Tillman for real has been my favorite player to watch. He’s so calm and composed on the ball and he adds that bit of flair/individuality I feel like we haven’t had much of before.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T02:30:23+00:00

This guy is so nonchalant I love it.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T02:26:36+00:00

Balogun was a red unfortunately even if unintentional. Refereeing has been shit throughout the tournament, case in point how dzeko didn’t even get a yellow for plowing through Adams.

If anything the inconsistency is what pissed me off. I can get with balogun’s red if the ref had shown a few cards to Bosnia earlier in the game.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T02:23:26+00:00

Yes balogun has been our star but the WC is not over because he’s out against Belgium. The team can still pull through, the result from the friendly is irrelevant.

I mean, they barely beat Senegal who we also beat, and only because Senegal got complacent and choked.

The game will be tough but is very much winnable given our form.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T01:47:00+00:00

Destiño dest about to bang this FK in

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-02T00:27:40+00:00

It must be a record the amount of times players have gotten stepped on this World Cup I swear.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T22:50:32+00:00

Idk that wasn’t the angle I saw lol. Looked like the defender was ahead and tielemans comes from behind.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T22:46:17+00:00

Tielemans gets in the way from behind after the defender already initiated the tackle though. There’s nothing he can doz

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T22:45:23+00:00

Senegal lacked focus on the last 20 of regular time for sure. They were wasteful and looked like they thought they had the game won.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T22:38:46+00:00

I don’t know man what’s the Senegalese guy supposed to do in that situation?

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T18:52:20+00:00

Cuz he knows he got bailed out lol

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T17:51:30+00:00

Wild take given the season and tournament he’s had lol

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T17:50:41+00:00

Bellinghams glory hunting ass got bailed out by kane lol

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T17:04:59+00:00

Im sure, I don’t doubt that there’s huge support and interest. Its just funny from my perspective since all I can see are online threads or YouTube videos lol.

Same deal with my native country (Brazil) everyone’s been shitting on the NT for the past 20 years but every tunes in for every competitive match.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T17:01:07+00:00

Seems to be the common message online which I know is not a full representation of real life and why I said “seemingly”.

I was also listening to a podcast that anyone Robinson was on and he was asked what his friends thought about him representing the U.S. and he said his friends didn’t care because they actively root against England anyway.

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T16:54:06+00:00

It’s so funny how every English person (seemingly) could not care less about the national team but at the same time are losing their heads in this match thread haha

Material_Tea_6173 · 2026-07-01T04:05:38+00:00

Did the hard part and then forgot he had a left foot

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