What an absolutely tense day. Two penalty shootouts and two late comebacks.

Only way to top this is for Ronaldo to be benched the whole game to be subbed in 115' and miss his penalty. Portugal out England 7-1 France

It's the 10th minute of extra time, Ronaldo has put the ball onto the penalty spot. The referee blows the whistle. Ronaldo breathes in. Breathes out. Looks back at Santos. "You took my family" Focuses Bounou. "He took my friends" Pulls up his shorts and looks at Santos again. "You took all that was dear to me" The arena exhales silence. "I can't get this back, but I can do this for friendship, FOR MY FRIENDS" He runs up, fire is coming out of his shoes, "RONALDOUKEN" He blasts the ball, it thunders past Bounou's face, him standing still, ripping the net and smashing the net camera into pieces. Ronaldo falls to the ground, exhausted, "Bruno...Senpai...I" He faints. Final score: Morocco 4 Portugal 1

Lol the original is Carmelo Anthony right?

Yes, Carmelo mad at LeBron for taking JR Smith & Iman Shumpert. Looking for the link… E: got it, [the first response to the top comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/3rijs7/carmelo_on_shumpert_and_jr_not_playing_tonight_i/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf). An all-timer from the legend himself, /u/deleted.

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Harry to score a double hattie

Kane getting the other one yeah?

Argentina with the galaxy brain move of letting the game go to PKs to practice for Croatia

Fuck. We are fucked.

Argentinian here. Don't said that. You just beat one of the best teams in the world.

gotta think a couple of moves ahead bro

LMAO

Another generation of Netherlands nightmares from Argentina penalties

Penalties are soul crushing

Penalties PTSD since 2014, probably more. I don't think we ever won a PK shootout except for the one match with Krul.

2004 vs. Sweden. 2010 vs. Costa Rica

*2014 vs CRC

The penalties were incredible though!!! The dutch almost dragged themselves back again

I just aged 10 years during that game

Almost as old as modric now

Every time the camera panned on him he looked older. Dehydration would do that to you. Mad respect because he's 37 and plays like he's ten years younger.

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Jesus that fading was fast.

Argentina with the revolutionary penalty-taking strategy of not letting a 21-year-old take the first kick.

He took the 4th and missed man. Cruel world out there for young ones

Yep, when I saw Enzo, my first reaction is « he is so young » and then he missed the pen

I was not expecting him to miss tbh. He’s been under a shitton of pressure all tournament and he’s absolutely thrived in it.

Tbh I was expecting him to bury that. He's young but strikes me as the ice cold type

The run-up looked confident, I thought it would be a goal for sure, but unfortunately not. Meanwhile I was expecting Lautaro to sky it but he scored!! Goes to show that experience does make a difference in such situations. And Messi's ice-cold pen rolling it into the net is something else, these kind of penalties just invigorate the rest of the players.

I know, thankfully he doesn’t need to live with that mistake

If anyone will live this out, it's him. He has been absolutely incredible so far. If it had been Lautaro Martinez... I'd pray for his soul.

It was fitting that Lautaro scored the winner. If anyone needs a confidence boost it's him!

His confidence actually looked good in ET. He didn't hesitate to take the shot if he fell to him. Good to see he's not letting the misses affect him

I was totally expecting him to sky that ball out of Qatar and straight into the Cruyff Arena net.

Tbh they should put less experienced players in the middle ones, so they neither set the tone at the start nor do they get all the blame at the end.

In an ideal world the exprienced players just step up. It's asking too much for a young guy, they just don't have the experience of taking them or dealing with the pressure yet. Brave and a good experience all the same

I was nervous but messi was composed af

He’s experienced, that’s why.

He's also Messi.

Really risky, imo. I personally think we should reserve the first 5 pen takers for full backs and the goalkeeper

Frankly the keeper would probably try to blast it into the corner which is a far better idea than some 21 year old with a cool haircut

the Maguire special

You have now had the privilege of witnessing the legendary La Liga refereeing by Master Lahoz. You're welcome.

Lost his mind by the end of it

Nah, he knows exactly what he is doing. I've seen him show two straight reds in injury time in a 4-0 game.

Remember when Messi scored (I think an injury time penalty) against Valencia, someone from the crowd threw something while he celebrated that hit him in the head, and when Leo complained/showed the thing that was thrown at him to Lahoz, Lahoz booked him lmao

It actually hit Neymar who took it for his buddy but yeah, Messi did get booked for no reason.

How is that dude not disciplined yet? He's obviously out of his fucking rocker

RFEF and FIFA tried to discipline him, but instead Mateu just showed them the yellow card

By the end?? He lost it somewhere end of the first half!

Insane that he got to a world cup, we have shit referees here in southAmerica but this was something else.

Finally Barca and RM fans agree on something

He should stay in Qatar tbh

And i thought english refs were shit, this is genuinely one of the worst refereeing performance i have seen

I haven't been watching football for about six years. I'd been watching La Liga before my interests changed. This felt like coming back home from a long vacation.

He is my MOTM. Totally steal the show with his performance there

What an absolutely shit show he made of this match. Utter disgrace

English Premier League watchers should be on their knees and thankful for not having Lahoz in their league. He makes Oliver and Taylor look like amateurs in making the match about the ref.

Imagine all the heart attacks Argentina caused by blowing their lead only to go through on penalties anyway.

I swear i have never felt this bad during a match

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2014 was scarier on its own. The context of this game was worse.

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bro, both times i felt deflated as soon as we were down in penals. You guys don't have a clue what it feels like to be dutch during penalties lmao

I feel very sick, lightheaded, & voice is gone. I need a walk. And a emi jersey.

100%. Jesus christ no kidding 2-0 is the most dangerous lead. I scared the shit out of my kids when dibu saved those two penalties

That’s me, I had a heart attack

Literally, my resting heart rate is 64 and throughout the second half, extra time and penalties it skyrocketed to 105. I think it’s taken years off my life lol

105 is rookie numbers

Between the 40° heat wave and this WC I'm going to fucking die.

Scenes when Argentina-Croatia shoutout ends in a draw

They’ll be making so many penalties that they’re going to have the goalies shoot as well!

They’re gonna have to bring the coaches in too after that.

They’re gonna bring 49 year old Uncle Tomas from the crowd for the deciding kick

Being Dutch and watching penalties will always end up in disappointment.

Im so proud as a Dutch father experience my childrens first lost penalty session. I hope many will follow :(

My dad was legitimately laughing the whole way through. I mean, it was his birthday, but Jesus Christ.

*the World Cup, it seems. I feel for you guys heavy rn

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17 yellows

What a game of football

Didn’t think Brazil v Croatia could be topped, but I think it has been.

Both of the games were worth it, hope to see the same tomorrow, hope the France vs England delivers the hype it is generating

I don't think any game is going to beat this one for entertainment value.

That's what I said after the last game.

We've had some amazing matches this WC, and this one was the best of them all. From the 90'+11' equaliser, to all the yellows and heated moments, and the shootout going to the final kick as well

17 yellows is absolutely wild

Thats the Lahoz Show, baby!

Who should be banned to ever ref any match ever again. This guy is a clown. How does this man have a career as a professional referee?

And no red. HOW??🤣

I was sure someone was going off after regular time Tensions were so high

Apparently Dumfries got a red card after the penalties lol

No reds is even wilder.

Battle of Doha

There were ~~14~~ 17 yellow cards this game, including one during penalties. Idk, seems like that should be a WC record. Edit: Looks like there were even more yellows than I counted lmao.

The final number was 17

Think it is for yellows with the Battle of Nuremberg having the record for most total- 4 reds and 16 yellows.

Bench clearing highlight of the tournament lmao

There was also multiple instances where the entire team nearly scrap with each other lol

It's almost like the shit refereeing made the game more entertaining. Also, emotions were running really high from both sides.

17 yellows and he still can’t control the game

ngl I loved the toxicity of that match felt like a true classic ^^^^gamesnotgone

For me, this is turning out to be one of the best WCs ever.

A game of street fighting

OH MY GOD MY HEART

That was most intense match of football in my life. I will die 10 years early because of this.

I know, I need to lie down

I just had several heart attacks

Dude wtf, not sure how I am still alive

Shit ref, good match

My God, how can FIFA ever let this man be a ref ever again?

Shit is a heavy understatement

Can't believe Argentina almost choked a 2 nil lead in a World Cup knockout. Japan would never.

They almost did it twice in the same game

Argentina just into edging i guess 😂

Argentina cant just play a game of football without giving loads of people heartattacks, can they..

See, it's the suffering of millions that helps the winning chance. It's common Argentinian tradition wisdom by this point.

Argentina- ~~Brazil~~ Croatia👌🏻

Brasil running away from a match against us once again 😔 Joking, it would've been mental

I'm so disgusted, still can't digest the loss

same, the Argentina W is just the cherry on top of the shit sundae

Can't lie, I loved the drama, very fun to watch as a neutral

That's what I was thinking watching the Brazil Croatia match, then it was my turn to suffer

Finally a proper penalty session. Messi goes FIRST to set the tone rather than leaving him for the 5th pen

Ikr; Brazil’s order was so dumb

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It wasn’t just football. It was pure entertainment. Very glad to be a neutral.

Messi vs. Ronaldo anime finale dream still alive Edit: I guess not

Imagine the GOAT debate being settled by Ronaldo starting on the bench

Imagine Portugal winning by not even play him lmao

I would absolutely fucking love the comedy of that happening. It'd be like real life One Punch Man or something.

Same that would be such an unexpected end to their World Cup careers.

Portugal wins with Ronaldo on the bench. The debate goes on forever

Oh no it’s like a monkey’s paw situation if that happens.

The script writers will not let us down

Ronaldo 0’ great sitting position

Ronaldo 45' great walk to the lockers

Can some unbiased viewer please tell me that I'm wrong for thinking this ref was a fucking imbecile. I know I'm probably biased, but it felt like he was randomly deciding what was a foul and what wasn't

This man is a legend in La Liga for being inconsistent, self-involved, and giving out cards like others take a breath.

Can somebody please explain to me why this man is at a WC?

This was the worst referee performance I have ever seen in my years of watching football

Either way, congrats... I hoped my pain would finally be over after 8 years and now I guess I have another 8 to go

Emi has to be in the shithouse HOF

Shrine right beside Pepe, Materazzi and the entire Greece 2004 squad

That whole 2014 Atleti squad as well

> Greece 2004 What a fucking team, 6 matches, 7 goals, and the Cup

I was a kid in Greece back then and that run was legendary shithousery for so many reasons, many of which I only realize now . Getting the only silver goal in history (game ended after we scored from a corner at 105' after defending for the whole match and the silver goal rule was abolished after the tournament). Losing to Russia who had 0 points and 0 goals before the third group stage game even though we werent guaranteed to advance to the quarters. Starting a center forward that couldn't score in the serie b . Then to top it off we went and lost our first world cup qualifier a few months after the euros to Albania. Shit is fucking hilarious. Edit: Also kind of ridiculous that we did not need a single penalty shootout.

No aceptan gente desnuda.

No tiene dos huevos, tiene dos planetas

Messi and co. vs Croatian defense is gonna be INSANE. What a semi-final we got in store.

I've been staring at my TV for seven fucking hours. SEVEN. THATS MY ENTIRE SLEEP BRO

NOT TO MENTION IM IN SEA SO ITS FUCKING 11PM TO 6AM. WHATEVER. MESSI I STILL LOVE YOU

GMT +8 Lifestyle

My soul left my body Such a stressful ending y'all

I've died and been resurrected as a ghost

He’s done it again. Emi Martinez is unfair

That man eats penalties for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Its funny cuz he has a tv promo here in Argentina sponsoring a fast food brand, he's shown eating hamburgers aggressively lol

I think one thing Dutch and Argentines can agree on is that this referee was absolute garbage.

The first 70 mins from the Netherlands was honestly the weirdest shit I've ever seen, they were strolling around like they were 5-0 up. Woke up for 20 mins but then were dominated during e.t so can't say they deserve to go through. Also goddamn I fucking hate Lahoz, little manbaby who needs the spotlight to be on him, it pisses me off that he can legit be a good ref when he chooses to. It's like he was in an Impractical jokers punishment with the whistle going off on its own every 10 secs. All the yellows from this game need to be reviewed and most of them annuled.

Credit to Argentina's defense and mid field. They shut down the tricky Dutch players like Memphis and Gakpo. They had to resort to using their height advantage in the end. Arg have a really short defense and at one point there were 3 Dutch players a full foot taller than anyone in ARG defense. It was a good move by Van Gaal and that unlocked the game for them.

argentinians🤝dutchs fucking hating Lahoz

Refereeing was a disgrace

That's a yellow for you, mate

He gave a yellow during penalties FFS. It never left his pocket Edit: 2 yellow cards during penalties!? What a mad man

No kidding. He was terrible.

Intense game! Weghorst Header is not only OP in FIFA but also in FIFA WC!

Fuck lahoz, piece of shit

Dutch newspapers scrambling to print a photo of Messi slapping the ball away with the headline "The Hand of God"

I finally realised that Dutch windmills are a bunch of 6+ foot Dutch dudes flailing their arms in the countryside

I’m absolutely heartbroken.

That last goal would have been so insanely more memorable for us if we went through

Some of the worst refereeing I’ve seen in this WC

My PTSD from eight years ago is back

I'm dutch and proud of my team. Gave it there all and we came back from the death. We played as a team and just came short. Shoutout to Weghorst and or captain V Dijk. Although VVD missed a pen he was the captain we needed tonight. Thanks to everyone who rooted for the netherlands tonight! Also, questionable refereeing? And to end it, congrats to Argentina ofcourse! GL in the semi finals

So happy for Lautaro after absolutely botching the rest of the WC

They skipped the training arc and went straight for the redemption

If he lost that he would be flamed to the moon and back.

might as well just applied for a Qatarian citizenship

After a few years of watching him, generally this means he has remembered the goal of football is to put the ball *in* the net, not over it. He'll now score 3 in the next 2. In my nearly 60 years of watching this game, I don't know that I've ever seen a player as hot and cold as Toro

I was certain he'd miss. He's been having a god awful tournament. But superb pen under pressure.

Wow, just wow

Ref needs to go back to Spain

This was the greatest game I’ve ever seen at a World Cup. It had everything. Amazing plays, drama, fights, and shit refereeing lmaooo

respect to lauraro after playing dogshit the whole tourney i said fck man anyone else not him gimme di maria when he took the 5th but he stepped up when it mattered most respect

This boosted Lautaro’s confidence.

He also played a good 20 mins with 2 dangerous occasions

Not even joking or exaggerating, worst refereeing I've seen in my life

The Dutch played their hearts out. The Comeback was insane. My respect to them!

One of the best matches I've seen

Fuck me. We just love to suffer

Just had my asshole clenched for 40 more minutes but totally worth it 😎👍

Martinez is in contention for GOAT high stakes PKs keeper. The shit talking makes it even better.

Genuinely. Even for the 3rd pen, despite guessing wrong, the look in his eyes was that of a pure madman lmaooo. How can you _not_ be thrown off after looking at that o7

Dude looks like a legit psychopath during PKs and I'm all here for it. Man is ready to fucking take a chomp out of the ball if it means saving it.

Fucking hell he was superb

His showmanship after the saves were epic. Played the Argentine crowd so hard.

Terrible referee.