The original idea of a penalty kick was to provide a roughly 50:50 outcome of goal / no goal. Messi simply respects the history of association football.
Most tournaments people want to see the host do well.
All goodwill towards the USA has gone with the balogun incident.
The world is now behind Belgium which is funny.
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Folarin Balogun is eligible to play against Belgium in the Round of 16, despite receiving a red card vs Bosnia 👀🔴
FIFA decided to hand Balogun a suspended one-game ban, where the red card stands but he is still free to play 😅
This is the City Barge pub in Chiswick right now. What do you notice? It’s 3pm and they’re open. It’s a sunny day. Yes, that’s right; they have had to remove all of the tables and chairs outside. They have had to destroy their own business. Why? Because Rick Rowe, a Green Party councillor on Hounslow council, who lives very, very, very close to this pub and complains about it almost daily, has banned all three pubs here on strand on the Green Chiswick, from having outside tables. I can only assume he hates pubs, hates business and hates the British way of life. This would usually be buzzing with people enjoying their afternoon. However, they’re the wrong sort of people for Rick.
Iconic Tillman free kick. Favorite USA goal of my lifetime other than the Donovan/Algeria goal. Still reeling from the dubious red card on our best guy…, one team grabbed jerseys for 2 hours to stop advantages, the other team had an awkward collision somehow become a red… what?
I have seen fa cup games between non league teams and premier league teams that were less one sided than this Germany Paraguay game.
The expansion will lead to more knockout games like this.