World Cup 2022

[Boiler 45,441]

Not really feeling it this time but obviously will watch the games.

 

Hopefully the US coverage is not crappy or I will need a VPN.

 

So what are your predictions?

 

 

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Honestly, when I hear "World Cup," I think of a huge athletic jockstrap.

[Boiler 45,441]

 

Lots of Americans having a laugh

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Viva Ecuador (?).

[Boiler 45,441]

Ouch

[Neonred 3,562]

Will there be 10 or 15 minute condensed versions of the games after the fact for easy viewing?

[TBoneTX 45,244]

5 hours ago, Neonred said:

condensed versions of the games

How about yet more attempted justification that a 0-0 final score indicates a "good, exciting game"?

[MarJhi 958]

16 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

How about yet more attempted justification that a 0-0 final score indicates a "good, exciting game"?

I don't mind a low scoring game in any sport as long as it's because the defenses are playing well. What I DO mind is investing that much time in a sporting event that ends in a tie. 

[TBoneTX 45,244]

I've heard the game described as "kickball."  

[Dashinka 24,478]

On 11/16/2022 at 11:08 AM, Boiler said:

Ouch

Sounds like beer sales will be banned, so I predict there will be a lot of upset fans.

 

https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/beer-sales-banned-world-cup-stadiums-qatar-fifa/story?id=93547583

[TBoneTX 45,244]

9 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

beer sales will be banned

Perish the thought!  But yet another reason for an outraged riot.

[Mike E 11,739]

I won’t be surprised if the event is moved to Europe. That is what should happen.  Cowards at fifa and Budweiser will likely fold.  And after this, expect Canada in 2026 to also ban beer sales.  

[TBoneTX 45,244]

11 hours ago, Mike E said:

expect Canada in 2026 to also ban beer sales

And also quintuple Covid shots.

[Boiler 45,441]

This is going to be more fun than I thought

 

‘I feel gay, disabled … like a woman too!’: Infantino makes bizarre attack on critics
‘Don’t criticise Qatar,’ Infantino tells press conference in Doha
Fifa president accuses western critics of hypocrisy and racism

 

The Fifa president, Gianni Infantino, has accused critics of Qatar’s human rights record of staggering hypocrisy and racism in a bizarre and incendiary attack on the eve of the 2022 World Cup finals.

In an 57-minute diatribe which frequently drew gasps of astonishment, Infantino claimed that western nations were in no position to give morality lessons to Qatar given their past and current behaviour.

“We have been told many, many lessons from some Europeans, from the western world,” he said. “I think for what we Europeans have been doing the last 3,000 years we should be apologising for the next 3,000 years before starting to give moral lessons to people.”

 

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/19/fifa-gianni-infantino-world-cup-qatar

[TBoneTX 45,244]

Sad: With Beer Sales Outlawed, World Cup Attendees Forced To Just Sit There And Watch Soccer

 

DOHA, QATAR — In a move that quickly received international backlash, the World Cup host country of Qatar has banned the sale of beer in or near arenas where matches will be played.  With beer sales outlawed, the World Cup's estimated 1 million attendees will be forced to just sit there and watch soccer.  [...]

 

https://babylonbee.com/news/with-beer-sales-outlawed-world-cup-attendees-forced-to-watch-soccer