WWE... er, World Cup spoiler

[sarisataka]

England v Argentina, at the 1st half "hydration" break 11 fouls, no shots between the two teams

[sarisataka]

1. At halftime they are tied 1-1 on yellow cards

Argentina leading 12-7 on fouls

No one has yet made a good threat to score

[Ponietz]

3. Rice's free kick to Stones in the box came close

[Ponietz]

2. Same old same old from Argentina

Foul your way to victory and if that doesn’t work, start flopping around.

[Coventina]

4. Grrrrr

[mcar]

5. They should be carded every time they swarm the ref like that

[sarisataka]

7. That is why I have never liked Argentina

or have any respect for Maradona. Their talent is undeniable, but they always look for the shortcut.

[Iggo]

6. England shoulda hurried up on that corner kick at the end of floppage time.

Look at my watch, sucker!

Moded!

[Ponietz]

8. Golazo!

Argentina stopped fouling.

[Ponietz]

9. Credit to Argentina

The game finally settled down. But I’m really surprised England would go into a shell. It was coming even after heroics by Spence and Pickford.

[sarisataka]

11. They took what England was giving

which was too much.

It may be hard for England to switch out of the total defense mode

[Ponietz]

14. We've seen it happen so many times

It’s hard to understand why they started playing on their heels. The prevent defense prevents winning.

[sarisataka]

10. 1-1 in the last minutes

England was giving too much space to Argentina and it cost them

[Coventina]

12. Well, FUCK. I hope Spain destroys Argentina.

For once, I'm going to root for the colonizers.

[sarisataka]

13. This is going to be remembered as an epic choke

in WC history, assuming England can't find a miracle

[Coventina]

15. Aren't England kind of known for Epic Chokes?

[sarisataka]

16. Disappointing their fans is kinda their trademark

[Reader Rabbit]

17. Playing to win vs. Playing not to lose

Any team that tries to sit on a lead is going to get burned in the end.

[malaise]

19. THIS

Rec

[Arthur_Frain]

22. Yes and

Much of the game? England looked like castoffs from a Monty Python’s Flying Circus sketch on soccer.

There was nobody home on most of their crosses in the first half, nobody near.

[malaise]

18. And spoiler

Argentina win

[ananda]

20. It will be Spain v Argentina

I was hoping England would make it.

[sarisataka]

21. Credit to Argentina

they wanted it, they believed they could do it, they did it.

England sat back and got burned.