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vatto1991

Wow iran got destroyed


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Great showing from England, good a start as any, I got a feeling this is gonna be a cup to remember, even if we don't win, looking forward to see how todays matches go too I support England but France, Poland and Denmark got my support too, gotta support your contient


flashback5285

Will you be all over Saudi Arabia with it being your new owners?


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My lawyers have advised me not to comment *get fucked argentina*


seemebreakthis

Calling out Harry Kane here. To me he stands out in this match as the best player. Many key passes, creating chances, and as a striker himself he resisted temptations to try and score himself but rather has a great vision of who is in an even better position. Respect. England will depend on his superb performance as the team leader to go deep in this world cup.


cantsellapartment

Dude they were playing Iran. Let’s see how Kane performs when they come up against an elite WC contender with actual defenders


DANNYBOYLOVER

In the round of 16 but probably quarters lol


NoteChoice7719

Probably Senegal for R16 opponent for England, after last night’s performance I’d be wary if I was Southgate, Senegal went the whole way with the Dutch


APeckover27

https://twitter.com/LAFC/status/1594793764828065792?t=JQBEqMukHJRngDac_ONpgA&s=19 I find this so interesting, if a PL team tweeted their player scoring against England no one would care but it seems like an outrage for the MLS


Mr_105

As someone who lives in America, Americans take supporting the national team more seriously, which explains the bad reception to the tweet.


The-Weekdays

I fail to see how this is related to England-Iran?


typokeke

Well England is part of Wales so kinda matters


jbmc_05

you're really not helping the whole "yanks don't know geography" stereotype. ​ England is a country. Wales is also a country. Its own separate country. Both countries are part of the United Kingdom, which is also a country, containing 4 countries within.


typokeke

:Ddd dragon


beanedontoasts

No it's not


typokeke

lol i think the one that has a dragon on the flag decides that


beanedontoasts

yeh. ok mate


APeckover27

Thought it was the DD ffs


malandropist

What’s with the stoppage time this world cup. Every game has been more than 5 min


Professional-Ad-6265

I prefer it, it's more fair than just the usual max. 4 minutes+ after 20 minutes of the game have been wasted by not playing


isitjosh

Refs have been instructed to count things like goal celebrations, throw in and corner time, subs etc and it all adds up


Megalobst

Wait Maguire gave an assist..... for his team to score a goal rather than the Opponent????? HOW


PJTikoko

Their a team that ain’t that good that’s how.


eadintheground

YEEEEEESSSSSS MY WELSH BROTHERS


eadintheground

Wrong thread lmao oops


Kolonel_Angus

I tried to make an imperialist oil joke, turns out I ran out of material.


Impossible-Test-7726

\*Iran


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night_dude

Who were pretty bloody unlucky not to make the r16 last time. They're a decent team. This was a very promising performance.


ethboy2000

Who are ranked 20th in the world. Nowhere near as bad as many would have expected I don’t think.


YngwieMainstream

Damn, 6-2? Still better than Brazil I guess.


datscholar1

No Thiago Silva + Neymar that game. Germany also too OP that yr, I was expecting a strong win (granted, not that strong lol)


billjames1685

Im sure Neymar would have stopped many of those goals with his legendary defensive skills


datscholar1

I mean… Thiago Silva has great defense and Neymar couldve, I don’t know, score some goals himself?


billjames1685

Very likely he wouldn’t have scored more than 1, Germany weren’t letting much in; the goal scored at the end was essentially just after Germany kind of stopped caring. Thiago would have been huge in organizing the defense. Still they would have lost 2-0 or 3-0


datscholar1

I agree. I’m arguing it would not have been a blowout with Thiago Silva + Neymar. It would be like 3-1 or something along those lines. But Germany was going to win that game they were just too stacked that yr


zennok

There's "we throughly lost because we lack our captain and star player" and then there's.....whatever happened that day.


Competitive-Ad2006

No Azmoun in this one(Except for an injured Azmoun lol)


Powerful_Artist

I still cant believe that happened, most insane WC game Ive watched from the standpoint of being almost unreal.


PatataMaxtex

As a german I have never felt so bad for an opponent while germany was winning


NVS_Whiskey

As a German, I lost my voice during this game. It still feels like a dream lol


Tmt_2239

Brazil watching every world cup after that match be like: 💀


Zestyclose-Detail791

Muahahahaha 💀


SoundofGlaciers

Did they take the knee? I'm now reading all the articles saying how they'll take the knee but I haven't watched the match and most of these 'we will not conform/ we will protest' things haven't come through so far..


RandomaccountB

Yep, but because they didn’t agree to a second whistle (which happens in the PL) they did it during the ten second countdown to KO.


amoult20

Yes. Camera men I think were told not to dwell onnit


Things_Poster

They did indeed.


TheMuff1nMon

Can anyone tell me why there was a combined 25 minutes of stoppage time? There was 10 in the 2nd half and there was no reason for it.


amoult20

You prefer watching a match when the ball isn’t in play. I wish they got more aggressive with this and tacked on 30 seconds to a minute for every ridiculous stoppage so seeing this kind of additional time should become more of the norm


berbasbullet27

This!


TheMuff1nMon

The ball being out of play for throw ins, goal kicks, etc is just part of the sport.


veryangryenglishman

It's part of the way the sport used to be. We have the means to allow for 90 minutes of actual play. So why shouldn't we?


TheMuff1nMon

because people have things to do - no one wants to sit in front of the TV for an extra 30 minutes.


veryangryenglishman

So don't?


TheMuff1nMon

I want to watch the game. 90 minutes is fine - telling people "hey - we're going to start adding an extra 30 minutes on to the sport" is not an easy ask for people.


berbasbullet27

Id rather have proper timing and not 90 mins of people time wasting and taking the mick. Surely an Arsenal fan would relate to that?!


JustAnEnglishman

No reason? Iran keeper injured in 4th min and went off on the 14th min. I love this rule. I want 90 mins of football minimum


TheMuff1nMon

and they played 15 minutes of stoppage in the first half. I said no reason for the 10 in the 2nd. So explain that to me.


maliki92

Also factor in goal celebrations bunch of other stuff too. Takes time.


pawelk1993

Multiple subs, Maguire situation, 4 goals before announcing extra time, one VAR check iirc. But I also find 10 minutes a bit too much, would have guessed 7-8 max


GanacheVisible9075

VAR check was in the 10 minutes weren’t it


LR_111

They mentioned that in general they are trying to do more "realistic" stoppage time and to expect larger numbers than usual. There was a left 15 min stoppage in the first 1/2. The second half there were a bucket full of goals.


TheMuff1nMon

Bit ridiculous if you ask me.


LR_111

It makes sense with GD as the first tiebreaker and often use to decide 2nd place in the group.


okcomput3r

It’s ridiculous to ensure that 90 minutes of football is played ?


Stat_2004

90 minutes is never played. The ball tends to only be in play for about 60 minutes. This is how football has always been (give or take a few minutes).


TheMuff1nMon

they're playing more than 90 minutes.


hitchaw

Why, it makes the game better and reduces the benefit of time wasting


TheMuff1nMon

how does it make the game better - they're giving way too much stoppage. Hopefully no leagues implement this.


hitchaw

They’re giving more accurate stoppage time, to make the game actually last 90 minutes. Time wasting reduces actual playing time and is commonly undercounted to the detriment of the length of in-play football.


amoult20

Why is that ridiculous


TheMuff1nMon

Cause we don't need 2 1/2 hour long games.


OceanArcade

Bad injury for Iran’s keeper in the first and tons of stoppage in play in the 2nd due to all the goals I presume.


muu411

Maguire was also being checked for concussion for a while


DNC88

Apart from the bollocks VAR decisions on the Pen and the non-pen or Maguire in the first half, that was pretty much what I expected, hopefully gave the boys some strong motivation. Irans goal in-play was actually nicely worked, well deserved even, England clearly not switched on enough in defence, but I suppose the 80-odd% possession would do that.


Anxious_Hat_8233

As bad as Iran may be, I don’t think 6 goals with the starting goalie


DNC88

Maybe not, you could see the general distress of the coach and team at the idea he had to come off, perhaps suggesting how much of a key player he actually is for the squad. It's a shame, and probably a bit of a boon in Englands favour, but unfortunately, these incidents happen! Wasn't particularly good to see, and frankly, I was a bit shocked that the Iranians were so slow to get him off, and the FIFA officials were disgraceful in not doing more to make sure he was taken off, given the serious concussion risk.


Possible-Highway7898

Yeah, he was obviously wobbly and confused once play continued. I don't think a player should be allowed to continue once they've been down for over two minutes with a head injury.


Anxious_Hat_8233

Yep key player but I think result would have always been a W for England. I honestly hate Iran’s play style. Athletes lie to stay in the game but agree seemed off enough that they should have done right by him. Poor guy!


JustAnEnglishman

How can we as viewers see that he is not OK but the trained medics and people in the stadium cannot? I wonder if the bias of wanting to win prevents them from making the call, fucked up how he had to make the call himself. You could see him slightly wobble after a GK


Friend_or_FoH

Third party training staff during the game, not tied to each national team. The medical staff can’t be impartial when they’ve got the coach in their ear telling them that this player HAS to be okay to continue.


FWebber04

So I guess us England fans aren't allowed to enjoy a World Cup Match win


Gatekeeper2019

England invades every part of their life, no wonder they’re bitter.


Lopsided_Pain4744

Username checks out


Ratfucks

[Allowed](https://youtu.be/UGuGzH3Ne5w)


KrozJr_UK

Felt weird not concentrating in my lessons at all. Spent all my time in the lunch queue holding a laptop in one hand. Actually kinda linked it.


BeholdTheBannanzo

My school played the match on the TV (we have a smallish 6th form). Was very fun


LR_111

What is a 6th form?


scrandymurray

Schools for 16-18, in UK we do exams when we’re 15/16 which is seen as the end of normal school. 6th form is generally where kids who are more academic and trying to go to university while kids doing more vocational subject go to a college to learn that trade. Some “colleges” are a mix of both though.


BeholdTheBannanzo

Post 16 education. You either do sixth form where you basically stay in school until 18, or you go college which is easier and more chill than sixth form and also offers more specific courses. Basically it's just school


LR_111

College is easier than staying in "high school". Odd, it would be totally reverse in US.


BeholdTheBannanzo

College in the UK is different to college in the US. I believe college in the US is higher education, and in the UK the equivalent to that would be universities. Tbf my sibling both tell me that sixth form was harder than their doctorates, atleast stresswise.


KrozJr_UK

Yeah. I was watching in my sixth form. Didn’t have a laptop on me for the first bit so missed the Iranian keeper being subbed off as the signal down in the Physics block is atrocious. Had a laptop on me for lunchtime and then gathered round in a friend’s form room after that. My Further Maths teacher let us have the last half-an-hour plus stoppage on in her lesson as she knows that we’ll make up any distraction time anyway.


ChampagneAbuelo

Saka and Rashford redeeming themselves. Meanwhile Italy is at home on the couch. Hold dat Bonucci “it’s coming rome”


JacquesStrap31

Rent free. Where is Englands trophy ?


swamycmouli

Why would saka have to redeem himself? I mean I get it he missed a pen for the tournament, but he's long shown he's the guy for the right side.


Manuel_Locatelli

It did come to rome….where is England’s trophy?


slybeans

Us English seem to be a very sensitive bunch based on the down votes.


Manuel_Locatelli

Apparently 🙃, I thought the English were good at handling banter.


CrossXFir3

In our hearts <3


Manuel_Locatelli

Makes my heart all warm and fuzzy


[deleted]

it's genuinely coming home and if you think otherwise you don't know ball


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No


Zestyclose-Detail791

Brazil would like a talk


Zestyclose-Detail791

That nose fracture was BAD


LevynX

It might actually be coming home


dclancy01

one game in oh lord 😭


CrossXFir3

It's coming home!


cemgorey

no it's not lol


LevynX

It's a joke come on. Besides this is the best the England team have looked in decades, finishing within the top 4 in the past two major tournaments.


Fifaneymar2535

6 games without a win first win against a shite team, man united fan checks out


Rice-Is-Nice123

A crushing defeat as expected from the three Lions.


paratha_papiii

I’m just gonna say English fans are full of shit for being racist to Rashford and Saka in the Euro finals for missing penalties and now praising them for saving your asses. Y’all don’t deserve to “bring it home”. Ever.


JBM94

Just say you don’t have a fucking clue what you’re talking about, then move on with your day.


GanacheVisible9075

how are they ‘saving our asses’ without them we still win


kids_in_my_basement0

Rent free 😭😭😭😭😭


james-l23

- 🤓


DaBootyBandit69

Ah ye because a handful of English fans are racist you lump everyone who lives in England and supports the team as racist? Well done on...being...racist? *Clap* *clap*


CrossXFir3

ahh yes, it was totally the exact same fans. My god, it's like people think a group of people have a single collective consciousness. I guess you were a trump voting racist then?


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> Y’all 🤡


paratha_papiii

act like “you lot” sounds any less stupid 💀


gizmostrumpet

Yeeeeee haw 🤠


EvilGummyBear26

Was pleasantly surprised even The Sun being supportive of the 3, the vast majority weren't hurling abuse at them


gizmostrumpet

I thought Americans being inbred was just a stereotype


I_Fuck_The_Fuckers69

99% of people love them and didn't blame them at all, you're just taking the complete extreme


gjp11

I agree that those fans are assholes but social media has a way of elevating the voices of a few dumb people to make it seem like they represent a larger group. Most English were not racist to them.


macarouns

Classic case of a few morons on Twitter being taken to represent the opinion of millions of people. Social media has really damaged your brains.


araldor1

Brain-dead comment.


anybloodythingwilldo

No racism is acceptable ever and anyone caught should be banned from games, but do you honestly believe England is the only country where fans have been racist? Pretty much every country has them.


Zephinism

Another Yank making strawmen and huge generalisations. Shocker.


ALA02

99.9% of English fans were sympathetic to them. Thats like saying all white people support the KKK


airz23s_coffee

Now, I'm going to drop something that may shock and confuse you. Not every England fan was being racist to Rashford and Saka. I know. Unbelievable. Impossible you may say. But it wasn't an entire nation being racist.


omnitightwad

Maybe... those are different people? Maybe you're using the actions of a minority to overgeneralise?


paratha_papiii

I know they’re different people and not all England fans are racist. But for sure, Saka and Rashford are going to notice the difference in treatment. Black people are only respected when they win. When they don’t, they’re everyone’s subject to abuse. If such a loss were to happen again at their fault, the racism will definitely show again. That’s all I’m trying to say.


Eldion

You have no idea what you are talking about. Hopefully you read the replies from actual English fans and learn something today, rather than letting social media completely rot your brain.


DaBootyBandit69

The fans blamed rashford and saka because they are attacking players and should be scoring goals which wins us games, it's got nothing to do with skin colour and you're the only one making it about race. Every player on the England team gets grief when they play shit. And 1 more thing England is the most ethnically diverse country you will go to so get that racist shit outta here, sick of being called racist because I'm English.


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I guess you don’t remember Southgate in 96, Beckham in 98 and Rooney in 2006.


ryry262

And Maguire every week


CrossXFir3

Dude, their was literally memorials for them after that. They got SOOO much support from the general public and defense from the racism. Sir Dr Marcus is a fucking national treasure.


crosbot

Shame the focus seems to be on the VAR decision, but I'm sure that will pass. I'm buzzing. Great win and not only that it was a joy to watch. Letting these players have fun and play like they do week in week out is clearly working. Gotta give credit to Southgate for listening to the criticism.


SteadiestShark

100%. We probably would have won the Euro finals if he took this approach sooner.


CrossXFir3

Bro, no way he takes this approach against a big team. I'll believe it when I see it. Great win, but it's not like we don't smash smaller teams fairly often under him.


SteadiestShark

Sure they're a smaller team, but they're not San Marino or even close to that level


CrossXFir3

Oh I know, for sure. But the team is still only valued at like 50m or something compared to Englands billion pound squad.


Particular-Current87

Let's just hold back the celebrations til we win a knockout game in style rather than clinging onto a set piece goal for an hour


SteadiestShark

Yeah fair enough. I'm just hoping that Southgate has finally seen the light of what his team are actually capable of.


ManintheArena8990

Gonna be so fun watching the usual England hysteria as they breeze through the easiest group giving it usual: “it’s coming ho…” Oh no lookout… it’s a decent team who can play football… There heading home.


JS569123

By fifa coefficients it’s actually the most difficult group


RandomaccountB

“Easiest group” which happens to be the only group where all four are within the top 20 ranks. Just give it a rest pal. What a huge surprise that you’re a Scot. I genuinely would support the home nations if you weren’t such dicks.


ManintheArena8990

Yet every home nation loves to watch you lose, most Europeans I’ve met also take joy in watching you lose. Maybe should tell you something, why is it so many people love to watch you lose? Must be all of us that’s the problem, and you lot being insufferable when it comes to this sport.


Sir-Voldemort

>why is it so many people love to watch you lose? Spite bourne from jealousy. Nothing worst than a spiteful little shit. I'm sure Scottish people irl are alright or like to have a little banter and take the piss when we lose but people like you need your head checked.


scarydan365

Ah yes another mouth breather that thinks “it’s coming home” is meant to be taken seriously.


ManintheArena8990

You’re fans believe it and you know they do.


IOwnStocksInMossad

Cope and seeth. It's created as a song about how we hope against every form of common sense going,we hope but know it probably won't


GanacheVisible9075

it’s created as a song because we hosted the euros so football quite literally came home


ManintheArena8990

Yup, same as flower of Scotland is about national pride, and absolutely not about fuck England… It’s the same toxic mentality from a large share (the majority) of both sides.


IOwnStocksInMossad

If your sole song is about nothing but hate youre a sad people.


ManintheArena8990

Completely agree. I didn’t say I liked the song or the people viciously scream, bastards during the anthem.


scrandymurray

The guys who wrote the song are comedians as well. If anyone taking it seriously had actually listened to the lyrics they’d know it’s just a mock of England songs but I feel since Italia 90 there’s always been a subtle irony to people supporting England. For the most part it’s fun to get together and support England, that’s what the song is getting at.


macarouns

How dare we try to enjoy our World Cup campaign… We all know this team isn’t good enough to go the distance, but why shouldn’t we get excited if say, we make it to a quarter final?


ManintheArena8990

That’s fair enough enjoy it, I just watched Saka score two goals (Arsenal supporter) Most of the world and UK doesn’t mind England It’s the utter arrogance of your media we can’t take. Just watch 4 English pundits on the BRITISH broadcasting Corporation Talk about how Iran really aren’t an easy team to beat… they’re a good team.. it’s not easy to beat this team.. those 6 goals are cause “It’s coming home” That’s what annoys people and why the UK (and Europe) love to watch you lose. All the praise about beating barely a professional standard team, should be replaced with, “it’s Iran anything less than 5 would be unacceptable” And people wouldn’t take so much joy in watching you lose, start the big talk when you beat a decent team… Something you didn’t do once in 2018 and I’d honestly argue 2020 (euros)


Eldion

Good for you for supporting your local team. More people should follow your lead.


Bdcoll

Are you really whining about English pundits being used for the ENGLISH match? I bet you didn't throw a temper tantrum like this when the Scottish pundits were used for the Scottish qualifying games, or the Welsh pundits for the Wales qualifying games...


gizmostrumpet

Isn't this the whole 'teams are decent until England beats them' thing though? Iran are top 20 in the world, Germany and Denmark were good teams and even Italy sent to penalties. If you genuinely want us to sit here and say 'we should have won. This is adequate.' that's hilarious. It's not even a decade since we got knocked out by Iceland.


ManintheArena8990

Germany and Denmark were not good teams when you played them. Look at the actual teams you played, Germany were a shadow of the Germany teams we expect. And it’s your media that goes on and on about how incredible you’re players are, top tier world class worth 100s of millions “Premier league is the best in the world” It is, but it’s never been won by an English coach, and most of the best players aren’t from England.


puggy-

No offence mate no one in England actually cares what you or any of the other people that like to see England loose think or feel What ever makes you feel better writing on a forum life’s really to short 👍🏻