@mbeisen@0xSearchie We (dutch here) weren't colonized by spain. We were part of the holy roman empire. And when that got divided we got paired with spain instead of the rest of germany, I don't even know why. It's not like the spanish came and conquerd us, they inherited us.
@NatashaPP@KyleLeith@FPLMaineRoad 30 out of 35 people in my work poule picked belgium. Everyone with ball knowledge knew belgium was better. Americans hype too much.
@SadnanAhmed7@FPLMaineRoad Literally 30 out of 35 people in my work poule had belgium for the win. And we had to pick before the trump shit kicked off. Everyone with ball knowledge knew belgium was better before the match. 4-1 was a bit surprising, but not massively.
@GreatJobPal@Katalystk69@itsJohnRocker Our standard of living is higher than in the us, on average. Their ceiling is higher, but the spread is way lower in western europe. Our bottom is higher. The us is only better when you are rich. There is a lot wrong with my country, and the EU, but i prefer it over the us.
@GreatJobPal@Katalystk69@itsJohnRocker Not thanks to you, thanks to your grandfathers. We will be eternally thankful to them, but we don't own the current america anything.
@GreatJobPal@Katalystk69@itsJohnRocker America is one of, probably the biggest threat to europe. Which is why we are working hard to get more independent. I guess that is the only credit I can give this US, by showing their true colours they gave us the urgency of getting less dpendend on the US.
@AP_Honolulu@BelRedDevils Your grandfathers did this. We will be eternally grateful to them. But the current americans are moronic trash, they can't stand in the shadow of that previous generation. We don't owe this america anything.
@TheMainGregory@TVietor08 Its not about the advantage. The us will go out in the next round at the latest anyway. This is the first time in world cup history a player who received a red card can play the next game. It is a clear sign corruption has now spread to the pitch, its a new low.
@jameswells51@bil_prag@stoolpresidente No, he still served the first game. This is the first time in world cup history that a player who received a red card can play in the next game. It was worse enough when the tournament location process was corrupt, now corruption has spread to the pitch.
@InvertTheWing@nreal420 France and spain play good football, especially france. England is just not fun to watch. I am dutch, and despise france because of eu reasons, but I enjoy seeing them play so much I want them to win this tournament. Which is a weird feeling for me.
@Frankosj99@MarkovicNeb And now there are more concacaf than afcon members in the round of 16. And the 2 african teams that made it needed penalties. Seems like the african teams have more than enough slots.
@BenTodar@danielanadj77 True. Although I am not sure they will loose, it is pretty close. We will see, it is a shame this fixture is this early in the tournament, it would have been a worthy quarter final.
@NdimJesus@danielanadj77 I have important meetings at work on tuesday, I need to be well rested for that. We cannot control everything, and I would like to keep my job.
@Frankosj99@MarkovicNeb Half of the best 48 countries on the fifa ranking are european. Europe has too few slots. Which we accept with grace because we are happy to give other countries a shot. But don't say we have too many slots.
@weixcuz@richyrichblack@MarkovicNeb If you look at the fifa ranking top 48 countries only europe and south america are underrepresented. Africa, but mostly asia and north america have too many places. Just based on that, not saying they should get less places.
@josoap2023@saint_marcus66@MarkovicNeb I don't think so. The only team that has a shot is morocco, they are the only african team I fear. And of course we immediately have to play them. But there are still 4-5 teams in this tournament that are better than morocco.
@saint_marcus66@MarkovicNeb Algeria has to get at least a point against austria, thats not exactly certain. Congo will probably get that needed win. And they qualified with 10, tunesia is already out. Not entirely sure what your last point was.