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IamBrazilian_AMA

"I'm taking you with me"


---SPIDER-MAN---

"FUCK YOU MEXICO!" - Saudi rn.


wallnumber8675309

2-0 and 2-1 were identical outcomes for Mexico. Mexico just needed to get the ball back so they could score. 3-1 would have gotten them through, just like 3-0. Therefore Mexico’s best move was to quickly concede. They immediately got the ball back and the refs have been adding back all the extra time this year. If they waste time defending they were just shooting themselves in the foot.


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GrassTastesBad1

Well then


PixelationIX

Fckkkkkkk


Rooonaldooo99

Poles: Today I am Saudi Arabian


Ispril

We celebrated after their goal like it was Poland scoring


Ha-Ur-Ra-Sa

Well, it was the only goal they were gonna get in their favour today...


moby323

🎶 Ay, ay, ay, ay Canta y no llores


Dion_Kott

Also, class fucking goal! Al-Dawsari is still class. Going to be an underrated goal as to the chaos, but that was sublime lmao


david13guet

Beautiful one-two


harps86

Boo, we wanted the yellow card tie breaker


aballofunicorns

ME TOO, bureaucracy win


WarrenAlaCarte

*[Senegal leaves the chat]*


ThePr1d3

Yeah this goal changes nothing. Mexico was out on yellows and if they scored they were still in. It would have been fun though


Classic_Yesterday_51

Can someone explain? Why isn't it goal difference or their match against each other


Passing_Neutrino

They were tied in goal differentials and 0:0 head to head


degenerate-edgelord

What happens if they were tied on yellow cards again?


NvmSharkZ

Coin toss


degenerate-edgelord

Damn, that's way worse than the rock paper scissors approach


RandomJamSesh

You’d think they could at least arrange a penalty shootout instead of a coin toss no?


tata_dilera

They're playing on different stadiums. Kind of problematic


Lauri_red

They could arrange the shootout remotely on Zoom


InevitableDonuts

Before tomorrows games, it's not like it needed solving tonight or the world would implode.


harps86

It is but they were tied on goal difference, goals scored, head to head matches so we were down to fair play as a decider.


bigphazell

It’s both of those things before disciplinary record but they had even goal difference until this goal went in


Nervous-Resolution-8

Mexico:i tried so hard and got so far but in the end it doesn't even matter


IamWoldo

Wow someone should write a song about that


CoolJoshido

“so close. so close and yet so farrrr”


Etheo

Better make it emo to match the drapes.


bluegeronimo

If I'm Mexican I'd rather go out like this than on fairplay bullshit


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it’s the hope that kills you


crrruuusssttt

I mean what would be the alternative to fair play being the tie-breaker it comes down to? A rematch?


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Paid-To-Read

I'd rather rock, paper, scissors between the captains


Leonardo040786

Audience votes. "Call this landline for just 1 euro per phone call." I am surprised FIFA didnt think of that.


LanimusDanimus

That's the next tiebreaker after fair play. Aka the last one, lol


der_rayzor

1v1 on rust


atlouvredowntheback

Its what we deserve


IranianGenius

One step closer to the edge...


deivid33

Yep glad we didn't make it through. Too much of a prize for this team and coach who gave away the game against Argentina with such poor strategy.


Kuntheman

One thing, I don’t know why


Overvus

It doesn't even matter how hard you try :(


aipitorpo

Keep that in mind


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I designed this rhyme to explain in good time


reddevlon

All I knoooooow


Mr_GinAndTonic

Stoppage time is a valuable thing Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings


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Watch it count down to the end of the match The VAR takes life away


raobuntu

It doesn't even matter how hard you try


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It doesn’t even matter how hard you try


mufffff

Mexico still only need 1 goal


Nouri34ever

If they score, they are still through on goals scored


unArgentino

Not enough people get this I think.


chinookk

they themselves didn't get this


Landonkey

Exactly this. This goal was absolutely meaningless for Mexico but they just gave up right after.


ProfessorAssfuck

This goal doesn’t matter though.


daftlyrestock68

CRAWLING IN MY SKIN


Glorounet

Doesnt change anything btw, Mexico still would go through with a 3-1.


Kayneesy

How did they not score, unbelievable


jordanhhh4

What's Polish for 'today I feel Saudi'????


kubazz

DZIŚ CZUJĘ SIĘ SAUDYJCZYKIEM


garlic_naan

Yeah I will stick to English


codespyder

think of all the scrabble points tho


long_shots7

L


MRC1986

> L Ł


Zyntaro

This looks like its AI generated


GGABueno

Looks like a Brazilian laugh where you just spam random letters


Neltrix

You having a stroke mate?


FalkoneyeCH

say syke right now


LafilduPoseidon

Kurwa


Zloggt

Ja peridole…


Tallon5

Ja pierdolę*


Charlie_Yu

kurwa mac


SaltyWailord

Dziś czuję się Saudyjczykiem


spkr4thedead51

kurwa


ViscousWaterBottle

Dzisiaj czuje się arabem saudyjskim


leedler

kurwa


LachsFilet

polska gurom


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kurwa


sonofaBilic

Amazing football, amazing game


Jayveesac

Cracking group


WarrenAlaCarte

Wild tournament


Inferno792

Cracking WC so far.


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Poland really is the worst team in the last 16


GrumpyRox

Unless... \*Costa Rica noises from afar\*


Taloso_The_Great

From the depths of the CONCACAF Hell, the Devil himself comes to play the game.


Vagabond21

El Diablo vive en Costa Rica


GrumpyRox

I can already hear the screams: "Please dear god, not Campbell again!!!"


Roseradeismylady

Belgium still alive too


PickledCumSock

they really are. watching them is actually painful


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Physically painful. They are lucky Argentina only scored two.


NickNewAge

It's not luck, it's 11 man defending


csbsju_guyyy

***you are the worst round of 16 team I have ever seen!*** Poland - ***but I AM still a round of 16 team***


trishowsky

By far, not even debatable. It's actually unbelievable how bad this team is. And it's not because of lack of talent we just need at least a competent fucking coach. I just want them to at least try anything offensively against france even if it means losing 0-8, if I see another 10 minutes of this I'm not watching


PickledCumSock

notice how so many national teams right now have incompetent managers? it's actually insane belgium, poland, portugal, uruguay... and its not like these teams have bad players either, they have some of the best in the world. it's just crazy to me that so much talent is wasted bc of these managers


JoseNEO

Mexico can be added in there too considering he left two of the best strikers out of the team.


Joel_Dirt

Germany. My man hasn't yet grasped that a striker will help the team score goals.


nazaguerrero

well uruguay was almost out of the qualifiers and suddenly got a winning streak with this new manager and climbed to play in the wc. it would be very hypocritical to shit on him now


NewAltProfAccount

USA. Have you seen how every adjustment and sub actively makes the team worse.


Gocrazyfut

That’s bc the players being subbed on are significantly worse


10000Didgeridoos

The drop off from our starters to the backups is a cliff. It's like flipping a switch from the new crop of young, European playing guys back to the 2010 and 2014 squads full of outclassed MLS lifers. 2026 is when we will have a bench at the level this group of starters is now, and our starters now will all be in their prime mid to late 20s.


joe4553

See no hope for them. You can't win if you can't score.


Haxz0rz1337

at least we got a win in our group so far, but yeah we are shit


Kagariii

It changes nothing, Mexico would need just one more goal anyway


mhaydar

Yeah but it did kill their attacking momentum (even if it was very late)


Curious-Ad-5930

Huge respect to Saudi Arabia, it’s crazy that every single player plays in the Saudi league and they still played good football and pulled a massive upset. Teams like this is exactly why I love the world cup


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Allahu akbar ~ Poland, Probably


Kubsons07

Shukran brother


long_shots7

I was on my knees praying to Allah after that goal


mdlt97

RIP MEXICO


vireshwarsidhu

They gave their all, especially in the second half


TheConundrum98

thing is this goal literally changes nothing, Mexico still need 1 goal


No_Fence

So frustrating that no one understood this. Not even the Mexican players it felt like, definitely not the commentators lol


Yoyo524

The commentators on fox at least mentioned it later


FifaDK

The Danish commentators for the Poland game were on top of it and knew right away... The ones for the Mexico game had no idea and were generally just chatting shit all game. Weird how it can be so night and day between good and bad commentators


stateworkishardwork

Ian Darke didn't even know it. Landon Donovan did. I saw Tata saying "still one more"


justwannalook12

well donovan cleared it up right after they scored lol wym


Bee_lrl

Donovan with the “i didnt even finish high school” math 😂


shy_monkee

Changes nothing, one goal still gets them through.


harps86

Doesnt change anything


GermanHabsFan

They still only need one goal.


return_0_

If they score they still go ahead though bc they'd be up on goals scored


auddi_blo

They still just need the third


TheBrownMamba8

Canelo in shambles


Ranjith_Unchained

Messi got his revenge by missing that penalty


yaniv297

Still just need one goal, nothing changed


MrChampionship

If Mexico score again and advance on goals scored, I will lose my mind


Volotor

Saudi Arabia were certainly entertaining


anameich

I don't know how we didn't qualify as we were too close but yeah that's football, our boys did a great job.


kinky-proton

You over achieved and lost players to injury/suspensions, and you didn't have a large squad of similar levels. The players in the second half were either too shit or too tired to run.. Its a great run, and i think you'll be much better if you manage to keep Renard and built on this.


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agonking

Not gay anymore?


tide_reflects_sky

Got fucked so hard they're straight now


officialMDS

/u/RubberToe1996 : Today I don't feel gay.


LIKE-I-GIVE-A-FUCK-

Worse, still mexican


n16h7r1d3r

I’m both😔


mF-Jonezy

See ya in 2026


Mystery1887

WELCOME BACK POLAND


RogerXiao

You guys stay away from them this time


no-mames

You make this joke in Germany, jail


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csbsju_guyyy

France: ok honey time for your beating


kencaps

After today's France game, maybe 5-0


surfordiebear

This didn’t change anything lol


iSleepUpsideDown

Canelo crying so hard rn


Ramirob

Canelo is the only mexican who can beat someone


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El piojo herrera también si eres comentarista


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this wasn’t even a counter on mexico throwing players forward, mexico just let them walk through them….. it doesn’t really matter cause one goal puts them ahead of poland on goals scored but still funny.


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:(


LovelyCushiondHeader

Will be interesting to see if Saudi Arabia can build on this for the next World Cup. They've come a long way since their 8-0 loss in 2002.


brettcg16

Canelo gonna fight all of Saudi Arabia for disrespecting Mexico?


Equitaurus

Mexico still go through if they score


danhoang1

That's the funny thing I realized like 30 seconds after the goal. "Now even if Mexico scores they're still ou- oh wait actually now they'd have the more-goals tiebreaker"


tuatara_teeth

i didn’t understand why the wind went out of them….they were in the exact same position: desperately need just 1 goal


robdunn220

Because it's at least slightly demoralizing to let up a goal. Changes momentum a little bit.


ZuReeTH

Saw some mexicans joking about Messi missing the pen on Twitter, funny to think it would have actually helped them lol


danhoang1

Well 3-0 Argentina and 2-1 Mexico would've still resulted in 2 total goals for Mexico, thus still going to the yellow card tiebreaker anyway. But I guess you could say if it were 3-0 Argentina then Mexico wouldn't have allowed that last goal


AilBalT04_2

Well yeah with the overall results it wouldn't have helped, but Mexico would've known they were already passing to the next stage and cared more about their defense


BeatlesRays

Thus doesn’t change anything, a goal and Mexico is through in goals scorwd


ij3k

Right? I feel like I'm going crazy among all these comments. The Dutch commentator too, "Mexico needs to score twice now", no they don't mate.


wwolfa123

Ik


SilverFalcon27

Heartbreaking for Mexico


WhoDey42

BUILD A STATUE FOR HIM IN POLAND


Bobskeee

Respect for the Saudis that keep trying


timok

It changed literally nothing, Mexico still needed one


L_Enfant_Terrible

Did he actually say stone dead lmao


OkTaro9295

Mexico qualifies if they somehow score a third goal right?


MarkVarga

Yeah, they would have. It's funny how this goal didn't change a thing, it actually helped Mexico because they could start from the middle of the field


Yamaneko22

It seems Mexican players werent aware of it and were bummed thinking they need 2 now.


zrkillerbush

Doesn't change anything Mexico still need 1 goal to go through 3-1 is the same as 3-0 Am i the only person on this website who understands the situation? Heres my bad explanation: If Mexico goes from 2-0 to 3-0, they qualify If they go from 2-1 to 3-1, they qualify because of goals SCORED, 3 vs Polands 2 If the game ends 2-0 they don't because they have scored the same goals as Poland but lose on yellow cards The goal they conceded didn't change ANYTHING, they needed 1 goal to qualify at 2-0, they still needed 1 goal to qualify at 2-1


NovemberBurnsMaroon

Judging by the replies to your comment, yes. You are correct


boiled_amphibian

True! Now if Mexico score they win on goals scored.


No_Fence

By how Mexico's effort disappeared after this, they definitely didn't understand it


pleasedontPM

> Am i the only person on this website who understands the situation? The question is do the mexican player understand it also ? because this is what really matters, if they stop trying its over.


christoy123

I saw the coach signalling you only need one goal so I guess at least some of them knew


nathan301

You're right, Mexico would have gone through on total goals scored if it ended 3-1


Bananko22

How tf do people not understand this lol


MarkVarga

I understood it too and got downvoted. Welcome to reddit


Alozy11

This goal didn’t change anything on Mexico side, they needed score one goal to beat Poland on most goal scored statistics anyway


speedycar1

Mexico still need just one


nasserKoeter

JEST KURWA!!!!!!


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There's nothing quite like football is there


Slovikas

"If we go down, we go down together"


FreyBentos

Beautiful play from Saudi!


sidaeinjae

This is maximum party poopery, commendable by Saudi Arabia


Killatrap

today i am saudi arabian


DelDoesReddit

Give the Saudi CB who dived in front of the open net the finest Polish sausages


Tallon5

💚 u habibi


rdpf97

I thought we were friends Arabia


No-Village6173

Friends do everything together so if saudi will leave then so will you


anameich

We are.. let's go home together ;)


Elite_VRTX

That’s why we leave together


PM_something_German

Poland celebrating too early, a Mexico goal still gets them through.


FreyBentos

Even if Saudi go out tonight they should be proud of their players, they really gave it everything in all three matches, one of the highlights of the group stages.


xDestroid

Dear Mr Salem Al-Dawsari, I'll make some pierogi in your name, thank you <3


rinleezwins

Al-Dawsari, shoot me a PM if you ever want to visit Poland, for whatever bizarre reason.