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Today, France vs Australia. (in progress at time of typing this).

Iya Traoré's French take on it. (I think)
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The Mexicans were very happy when their team won: Mexico fans set off earthquake sensors celebrating seismic World Cup win
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It seems dangerous, though, this football thingy.

https://twitter.com/FutboIStuff/status/ ... 9261036544" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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:laugh:
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As an Australian, I'm very disappointed.

As the husband of a Mexican, I am delighted.

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Argus wrote:It seems dangerous, though, this football thingy.

https://twitter.com/FutboIStuff/status/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ... 9261036544.
:laugh: dangerous indeed :laugh:
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Pop goes the weasel. :crazy:
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Considering the estimated worth of the French side, at $2 billion, and the Australian side at $20 million, I would expect a victorious France on the final scorecard at around 200:1!

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Although Bangladesh have never had a team in the football world cup it is a dangerous place to be
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Yikes! Football is just a game! :flee:
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HansV wrote:Yikes! Football is just a game! :flee:
I tend to agree but others differ. There is a famous quote by Bill Shankly of Liverpool FC,
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."

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Claude wrote:Today, France vs Australia. (in progress at time of typing this).
have they finished yet? I assume this is something like a test match.

New York Times: jonah engel bromwich. “How to sound smart about the world cup

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Claude wrote:Today, France vs Australia. (in progress at time of typing this).
Did we win? I can hardly wait to log in next Friday to find out ...
Maybe there'll be a podcast about it on the ABC.
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ChrisGreaves wrote:Did we win?
Canada isn't even playing.

Probably the reason for your apathy ;-)

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stuck wrote:
HansV wrote:Yikes! Football is just a game! :flee:
I tend to agree but others differ. There is a famous quote by Bill Shankly of Liverpool FC,
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."

Ken
Colombians believe football is important. One World cup player was murdered after a World Cup own goal.

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GeoffW wrote:...Probably the reason for your apathy ;-)
Well, that's a nice change.
Usually stuff gets blamed on my ignorance.

I think I saw that we (France!) beat Australia, but then I thought I saw another item that said that France and Australia were both playing someone else.
Like kids who were sulking and refused to play with their BFF.

From which I deduced that neither team had been knocked out.
But the score I saw wasn't a draw, so somebody one.

So I went on the web and after puzzling over scores for five minutes realised that i was reading about something called "Qualifying" (see "ignorance" above).

This is why I don't follow sports. I generally can't see which way they are going.

:scratch:

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Generally, one team goes from left to right, and the other team goes from right to left. After the interval, they switch directions.

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... Also, if won team has more points than the other, it is recognized that that team one. :thumbup:
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:laugh:
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HansV wrote:Generally, one team goes from left to right, and the other team goes from right to left. After the interval, they switch directions. (You're welcome!)
No, Hans.
That's Field Hockey you're thinking of, what doesn't get played here once the ice melts ...
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