Ffs, how many chances do Morocco need?

disappointed that morocco couldnt put one of their 12 chances in

why do those balls fall to benatia? jesus.. anyone else...

est wrote:

Pepe fucking hate that cunt. One of the biggest pieces of shit in football. And that's saying something.

If he played for United he might be considered as a great character, true grit etc.

Clrnc wrote:

I can't believe Morocco played 2 good matches but yet can't score and is going out now. What a shame.

well you gotta have people who can score.

For all the good that Amrabat is doing too, he keeps overplaying it.

arsedoc md wrote:

that's not a dive. He fell under the weight of his character.

I think you win the internet today.

Clrnc wrote:

I can't believe Morocco played 2 good matches but yet can't score and is going out now. What a shame.

This is why we pay the premium for strikers. Scoring Goals is what the game is all about. A prime Mustapha Hadji in this team and most likely they would have got 2 or 3 and strolled our with a win

FFS.. Morocco decidedly deserved something from this match.. such a shame

Ronaldo got you boys riled up today. He’ll wrap up the golden boot against Iran, even before we go to the group stage

flobaba wrote:

Clrnc wrote:

I can't believe Morocco played 2 good matches but yet can't score and is going out now. What a shame.

This is why we pay the premium for strikers. Scoring Goals is what the game is all about. A prime Mustapha Hadji in this team and most likely they would have got 2 or 3 and strolled our with a win

Yeah. Both the strikers they have is crap. Good defence, top midfield but crap strikers. What a shame, I had them down as the most balanced and skillful African team of this world cup. Reminds me a little of the class of Algeria last world cup, exactly same weakness.

Portugal - Ronaldo aside - have been awful, and disappointing. I had thought they would offer far more than this, but Guedes, Bernardo and Carvalho looks static.

Fox pundits saying the same thing.. if it wasnt for ronaldo, they would have lost to spain and probably didn't win this game.

Xcdude24 wrote:

Whoever said Morocco reminded them of late era wenger was absolutely spot on

Thanks for agreeing.

As much as I enjoyed that Portugal-Spain clash, I don't really want to see the Portuguese second best their way through the entire tournament while winning like in the Euros.

USArsenal wrote:

Fox pundits saying the same thing.. if it wasnt for ronaldo, they would have lost to spain and probably didn't win this game.

Speaks volumes of his ability. This Portugal team is a carcass. They were played right off the park by Spain. In my World Cup prediction draw I had Morocco finishing 2nd in this group. Guess I was wrong, but intrinsically this is a stronger team than Portugal, they just lack finishers. Portugal have a team that is at once old and inexperienced, they have some flashy players but are built around a central midfield with no soul.

When you do a proper post-morterm of the Spain game you will see that Spain had significantly more possession, and scored very good goals. Portugal scored static or opportunistic goals completely around the run of play thanks to one man. They could quite easily be on 0 or 1 point.

Compared to the all time greats, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have been underwhelming while playing for their national teams. If you don't have any top 5 players alongside you, it's getting difficult to perform like you do for the refs favorites, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

Spain are so tedious to watch here. Someone needs to do something exciting soon.

This is like watching us at our worst.

Need Monreal to open things up.