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  • RC7RC7
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    jobo wrote: »
    How is football interest in Japan these days, @4EverBonded? Is it still mostly for a select group of hipsters, or has it been embraced by the general public?

    And can you watch it on mainstream TV channels? I am going to Japan in early July with some mates, and we were hoping to get to watch some of the matches over there. At least the final! :)

    Hipsters? My experience of Japan is that while it’s not as popular as Baseball, it’s still well supported. I’ve been to two A-League games and they were both packed. All ages in attendance.
  • 4EverBonded4EverBonded the Ballrooms of Mars
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    Soccer is probably nearly as popular as baseball, yes. It is hugely popular in Japan and has been for some time.
  • jobojobo
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    Thanks @4EverBonded and @RC7 for the information! I am asking mainly because I recall that four years you said something about it being difficult to watch the World Cup in Japan, @4Ever. But that might have been for other reasons? ;)
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Football isn t hip to begin with.
  • DCisaredDCisared Liverpool
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    Croatia have some absolute ballers don't they. So lovely to watch at times. Should be a good game this against the argies.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
    Football isn t hip to begin with.

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  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    Croatia takes the lead! Ouch, that was not good by Caballero…
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    What a clanger haha
  • JohnHammond73JohnHammond73 Lancashire, UK
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    Great finish though.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Shocking second goal good finish though Argies stopped playing
  • jobojobo
    edited June 2018 Posts: 7,506
    Seems Argentina are playing a 3-0-7-formation. An isolated back three that has no one to play to since the rest of the team is standing on top of each other right in the central area Kroatia have most of their men. I have no idea what their game plan is?

    No width, no movement
  • DCisaredDCisared Liverpool
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    Modric and Rakitic turning it on this 2nd half.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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    3-0! Wow!
  • jobojobo
    edited June 2018 Posts: 7,506
    Anyone could turn it on against this Argentina. They are looking like headless chickens.
  • RC7RC7
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    Messi anonymous. Again.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Ouch thats gonna hurt
  • DCisaredDCisared Liverpool
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    RC7 wrote: »
    Messi anonymous. Again.
    Still the best player in the world by a mile.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    RC7 wrote: »
    Messi anonymous. Again.

    He is not on Ronaldo's level not surprised Messi barely had an influence in the game
  • jobojobo
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    DCisared wrote: »
    RC7 wrote: »
    Messi anonymous. Again.
    Still the best player in the world by a mile.


    Those who say otherwise are usually United supporters. Even Real Madrid fans are less fanatic
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited June 2018 Posts: 17,372
    This Croatia win makes things interesting for Iceland.

    Haha, they just showed a little reportage with two Icelandic blokes who just arrived in Moscow after driving a car from Reykjavík.
  • RC7RC7
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    DCisared wrote: »
    RC7 wrote: »
    Messi anonymous. Again.
    Still the best player in the world by a mile.

    I would say, ‘most naturally gifted’. Seems to be losing his competitive edge in my opinion. There’s a myth that Messi is some sort of reluctant genius. He buys into his own hype as much as Ronaldo, but Ronaldo makes no secret of it.

    Messi wants everything he does to be magical. Ronaldo will tap it in from a yard and take his shirt off. I respect that.
  • j_w_pepperj_w_pepper Born on the bayou. I can still hear my old hound dog barkin'.
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    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    This Croatia win makes things interesting for Iceland.

    Haha, they just showed a little reportage with two Icelandic blokes who just arrived in Moscow after driving a car from Reykjavík.

    All I can say to that... is "HUH!"

    Maybe Germany will be kicked out by the end of the Sweden game on Saturday, but I may still have the Icelandic team to root for. I like underdogs, and a Cincinnati- or Cardiff-sized country gettin.g that far just feels right.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Still gobsmacked that Argentina- Croatia ended the game with all eleven on each side on the pitch. What a bunch of butchers on both sides.

    That said what a mediocre Argentina team, they do Messi no favor.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited June 2018 Posts: 17,372
    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    This Croatia win makes things interesting for Iceland.

    Haha, they just showed a little reportage with two Icelandic blokes who just arrived in Moscow after driving a car from Reykjavík.

    All I can say to that... is "HUH!"

    Maybe Germany will be kicked out by the end of the Sweden game on Saturday, but I may still have the Icelandic team to root for. I like underdogs, and a Cincinnati- or Cardiff-sized country gettin.g that far just feels right.

    I can't agree more! There's also the (fun) fact that their manager, Heimir Hallgrímsson, still works as a dentist. I mean, if books haven't been written about this team already, someone should definitely write it.
  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
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  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
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    j_w_pepper wrote: »
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    This Croatia win makes things interesting for Iceland.

    Haha, they just showed a little reportage with two Icelandic blokes who just arrived in Moscow after driving a car from Reykjavík.

    All I can say to that... is "HUH!"

    Maybe Germany will be kicked out by the end of the Sweden game on Saturday, but I may still have the Icelandic team to root for. I like underdogs, and a Cincinnati- or Cardiff-sized country gettin.g that far just feels right.

    Then you must like Belgium too? ;)
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Torgeirtrap wrote: »

    Rest players for the flight home?
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Oh I did enjoy that match last night...thank you Croatia,for a fantastically enjoyable couple of hours.
  • Fire_and_Ice_ReturnsFire_and_Ice_Returns I am trying to get away from this mountan!
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    Good decision not giving Neymar that penalty, I hope Costa Rica get something from this game.
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Fantastic spot by VAR...that bloody penalty could have put Costa Rica out of the World Cup,just a shame that cheating little shit Neymar wasn't booked.
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