That’s obstruction for me by the Belgian defender on the Egyptian winger. Should be an indirect free kick inside the box.
I can’t believe Raskin is on the pitch. His last two contributions have been to blooter a volleyed clearance into the stand under no pressure & then give it away on the edge of the box. What’s his name was taken off for him?
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World Cup games are meant to be played in the open air in unobstructed sunshine.
The crowd coming right down to pitch level as is the case here makes a big difference to how a game looks on the telly.
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They go right there and they probably score
If Trossard were quick he’d win the Balloon D’Or
The Egyptian manager must have a twin brother or a very similar looking brother involved in the coaching staff.
A good old ding dong there. Remainder of this group is a cod
Just looking there, Hossam Hassan is the manager. The Hassan twins (he has a twin brother Ibrahim) played against Ireland in 1990.
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Egypt are a decent side. The only downside to that game was having to listen to Kenny Cunningham.
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The nightmare panel and co commentary team would be Stephen Bradley, James McClean and Kenny Cunningham/Ronnie Whelan as co commentary. How RTE pick them is anyones guess.
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Would the Belgians be bigger cunts than the Dutch? Or is it just the Flemish are the cunts?
We used to have Ossie Ardilles for World Cups
He was grand. Had a bit of aura about him.
Don’t think I’ve ever met a Belgian. The Dutch are unrivalled in the cunt stakes from my experience
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Just seeing now that Pico Lopes actually started earlier against Spain, I thought he was just in the squad and didn’t realize he was a starter. Great stuff!
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Only saving grace for the Dutch is their hatred of Denis Irwin. Would need to see where the Belgians stand in that regard
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Exactly. A bit exotic and left field. Now it is just total dullards on analysis
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Whatever the criticisms of Kenny, I don’t think you’d call him a dullard.
An oddball, maybe.
McClean does not have any enthusiasm for it at all. Given is a poor pundit.
Has Kevin Doyle been on?
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I was at the Euros in 2016. Swedes were sound. Women in the jeans and yellow jersey were a sight for sore eyes. We went to Bordeaux then and encountered the most obnoxious cunts you could ever meet in the Belgians. They all had main character syndrome. Insufferable. Nearly as bad as the Limerick fans we met in the Irish pub in Bordeaux for the Tipp Limerick munster semi final. Eyetalians in Lille were sound and the few I met were happy for Ireland when Robbie Brady scored that goal.
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ITV had Juan Mata and Ange Postecoglou on for Spain v Cabo Verde earlier. They’re at least putting a bit of thought into things.
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