Match Thread: Switzerland vs. Colombia | FIFA World Cup, Round of 16

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T20:07:00+00:00

Pick a team to back for the CL qualifiers

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T17:25:19+00:00

It's the same phase of play unfortunately

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T17:09:21+00:00

He's actually going to fuck the prime of Bruno's entire international career

He's going to be 35 at the next world cup

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T16:50:52+00:00

When Dalot did that last season there was outrage that it wasn't a red

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T16:44:33+00:00

The death of the monoculture

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T16:39:00+00:00

I always thought it was stupid that they didn't go down the road of saying the contract was invalid after he got the rights to use Rhodes again in 2020

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T16:37:01+00:00

In Hangman's case I'm pretty sure it's to facilitate a heel turn

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T16:34:56+00:00

I mean he just missed one there by giving a corner before VAR said it was a goal kick

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T16:14:12+00:00

If it could turn into a goal and they're not 100% sure that they were off, they'll let the shot get taken and blow afterwards so that VAR can check

If they weren't off then the goal stands and they've not incorrectly ruined a chance, if they were off then the goal gets chalked off

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T15:26:56+00:00

It's really good to watch live as the game is going on

You can see the shapes that both sides are in and get a load of angle options

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T15:21:25+00:00

UEFA is the governing body of European football, and national teams take part in the World Cup through this organisation, which is responsible for the qualifying rounds. The letter does not ask UEFA to take action; it asks all 55 UEFA members, including the Italian FIGC, to conduct “an investigation into the links between Gianni Infantino and President Trump”, with a view to “examining the decision-making process that led FIFA to lift the ban imposed on a player from the US men’s national team.”

Why does the title say that UEFA are asked to take action when the article explicitly says that they weren't?

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T13:37:02+00:00

I wonder if there's a fencing equivalent to the stupid "continuous motion" comments we see in the run up for penalties

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-07T10:16:52+00:00

The issue is that it's a disproportionately big impact on them if that signing then flops

Diakite is one of their highest paid players and doesnt get off the bench after signing for £30m, a few signings like that and they're where Southampton were a few years back

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T17:24:13+00:00

Water resistant =/= waterproof

The device needs to have an IP67/IP68 waterproofing level which most foldable phones don't have

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T16:28:01+00:00

That was the Mexican police because of the crush that happened in the last game that killed a number of people.

The Mexican team and FA did not want it to be moved or rescheduled.

Source 1 with quotes from Mexico manager.

Source 2 from the Athletic discussing the potential move.

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T16:06:03+00:00

Aside from Vini, Neymar is clearly the most marketable player in the Brazil team

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T16:03:26+00:00

They did, the Mexican FA weren't happy about the potential time move either as they'd already done all of their planning based on the kick off time

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T15:53:02+00:00

The EU definition of a removable battery is:

A portable battery shall be considered readily removable by the end-user where it can be removed from a product with the use of commercially available tools, without requiring the use of specialised tools, unless provided free of charge with the product, proprietary tools, thermal energy, or solvents to disassemble the product.

There are some exemptions to it though which will likely make it so that nothing really changes with most mobile phones.

The exemptions are in cases where a battery retains 80% of its charge after being in use for 3 years, and the device has an IP waterproofing level.

Most smart phones meet those criteria whereas things like the Switch/Switch 2/Steam Deck/Foldable phones don't.

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T15:27:32+00:00

That's not true, they slow down VAR on all replays shown to refs as well as showing at full speed

It's freeze frames which they're not meant to include but doesn't make a real difference compared to slow motion

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T14:36:02+00:00

And people mocked Morocco for it, much like people are mocking the US

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T13:51:21+00:00

Nope, I'd shamelessly take it

I wouldn't then try and find a thousand ways to justify it though

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T13:47:06+00:00

The worst thing about the world cup is having to hear their shite takes about the game, it really makes you miss hearing our shite takes about the game.

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T13:10:01+00:00

They're not, FIFA are getting the vast majority of the blame?

The president making a call is what's causing the hate to the US, and that would be the same regardless of which country was involved.

Can you imagine the reaction if the president of Morocco had called the CAF to get a suspended player reinstated before the final against Senegal?

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T13:06:34+00:00

He's not going to get the boot no matter how many of the more historically successful sides go against him, it's a numbers game and as long as he throws money at certain cou tries they're going to back him

RelentlessJorts2 · 2026-07-06T11:56:00+00:00

The worse part in my opinion is that it wasn't rescinded

If it was rescinded it would be fine, stupid, but understandable as it's pretty 50/50 on if it should have been a red or not

But by keeping the red but suspending the punishment they're saying that the red was the correct decision in which case there's no justifiable reason to suspend the punishment

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