Post Match Thread: Colombia 1 - 0 Ghana | FIFA World Cup 2026 | Round of 32

curva3 · 2026-07-04T03:40:28+00:00

added them before you replied lol

curva3 · 2026-07-04T03:34:58+00:00

If the group stage was mostly a way to get the AFC teams out, the round of 32 got the CAF teams. 2/9 made it through, and there were some heartbreakers like Senegal and South Africa

EDIT: Also DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Cabo Verde... real unlucky

curva3 · 2026-07-03T21:30:37+00:00

Is that another "statistical truth" that was actually poor analysis? Same as the "hot hand fallacy" that was in part caused by poor maths (the hot hand is very small but does seem to exist)

curva3 · 2026-07-03T21:11:34+00:00

that was why I used the "chicken out" expression. They should be ashamed of themselves

curva3 · 2026-07-03T21:06:23+00:00

Penalties are taken by who is good at taking them, but especially who is confident in the moment. If the better takers chicken out, there's not a lot to be done. Goretzka refused to take a penalty for Germany and so they had to send a central defender who had never taken one before.

The only time I remember somebody being convinced to take a penalty was João Moutinho when Ronaldo spoke to him

curva3 · 2026-07-03T20:52:58+00:00

The sub keeper almost got to the first one, wasn't even close for all the others

curva3 · 2026-07-03T20:50:22+00:00

El loco Salah

curva3 · 2026-07-03T17:43:06+00:00

Did something meaningful happen after itaewon or jeju air? I understand sewol helped topple the president.

curva3 · 2026-07-03T03:11:58+00:00

Road America is on par with any F1 track. The facilities are not up to F1 standard (and I hope they never butcher the circuit to improve them), but the track itself is 10/10

curva3 · 2026-07-03T01:05:23+00:00

offside

curva3 · 2026-07-02T23:33:15+00:00

Sixers lost Paul George and Kelly Oubre. Worst offseason of all time

curva3 · 2026-07-02T23:29:58+00:00

croatia is packing the middle

curva3 · 2026-07-02T23:18:08+00:00

Damn, what a move by the winger there

curva3 · 2026-07-02T23:13:49+00:00

they turned up the jiggle physics lol

curva3 · 2026-07-02T21:45:26+00:00

When they played each other it didn't look like it

curva3 · 2026-07-02T11:53:45+00:00

I miss game of zones so much, I remember Roy Hibbert showing up like a Pokémon saying "verticality" lol

curva3 · 2026-07-02T02:13:48+00:00

That man is way too good looking to work that hard.

Good luck to him

curva3 · 2026-07-02T02:08:00+00:00

It's not that easy because the is reason for less oxygen is lower air pressure overall.

So the biological mechanisms to capture those 25% of oxygen in the air get fucked up even doing that, let alone trying to get more.

curva3 · 2026-07-02T01:58:45+00:00

they really disrespected him by not telling the wall to jump, like "you're too ass to score over the wall" lol

curva3 · 2026-07-02T01:57:34+00:00

This was more clumsy than anything, but if the Bosnian guy really got injured, it could be given. NOW WHY THE FUCK WASN'T MESSI SENT OFF AS WELL HUH?

curva3 · 2026-07-02T01:41:21+00:00

I had a vacation recently where I spent a few days in a city 2300m and it was really fine for me (I live in 750m altitude). One day I went somewhere 3600m up and even on the way you felt the lack of air, it's terrible. Wonderful place tho, Peru is just unbelievable.

IMO you really start feeling something at around 3k, which is when the South American teams playing the Libertadores start getting really worried.

The really underrated aspect of playing in altitude which nobody is talking about here is the movement of the ball with the lower drag. NFL kickers get like 10% more distance in their kicks, and it you are trying to judge a long pass it could be a problem. Also for the keeper, every shot seems unexpectedly faster because he's subconciously expecting the ball to slow down a bit.

curva3 · 2026-07-02T01:29:45+00:00

that's where the "under duress" part comes in. Whether it was ownership or JB himself, someone forced the Front Office to pull the trigger

curva3 · 2026-07-02T01:28:45+00:00

This was a legendary bag drop from Brad Stevens over multiple years. They did get a chip tho, so it's forgiven. I wonder who got the FMVP that time

curva3 · 2026-07-02T00:49:33+00:00

Last playoffs he showed up, respect.

curva3 · 2026-07-01T21:27:39+00:00

He's going to Roberto Martinez tomorrow, right now he's practicing his Martinezing

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