Well today the end is really upon us at 10, the battle for third place.
England v Belgium. I’m not sure who will win but I hope for an exciting match!
Tomorrow, the final match is at 11. We can’t wait!
by Alain Chamot (1971-2020)| 23 Comments
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Well today the end is really upon us at 10, the battle for third place.
England v Belgium. I’m not sure who will win but I hope for an exciting match!
Tomorrow, the final match is at 11. We can’t wait!
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Platonailedit
Belgium does english and scores under 4 minutes.
raven
Damn it , I had to start a bit late and I KNEW I shouldn’t look here.
raven
Fuck it, I may as well go live and miss the 1st 25 minutes.
ThresherK
Looks like I picked the wrong month to quit day-drinking.
I can call it brunch, right?
Le Comte de Monte Cristo, fka Edmund Dantes
Watching it now. It started as a bit of a snore, but now they’re getting into it.
Third Place is a tough thing to get excited over for any player – the NCAA may have been onto something when it got rid of that other game at the final four.
Platonailedit
Belgians are more likely to go up 2-0 than the english equalizing.
laura
OT, RueMara hit her target!11!
raven
In the old Illinois State High School basketball tourney the 3d place game was often spectacular! Also, the NFL had this
Amir Khalid
@laura:
Yay!
As for the football, I can see both sides are trying, but with nothing of consequence to play for — a week from now, no one is going to care, or remember, who won — this match has always been like a late-season league match between the 12th and 13th teams in the league table. Could this match go to extra time and penalties?
raven
@Amir Khalid: A week from now nobody will care about any of the tournament unless they care.
Platonailedit
Fantastic goal line save from the Belgians. It was a sure fire goal for England until it wasn’t.
Amir Khalid
A whole bunch of near misses for England. Great attacking play keeps ending in a striker not connecting with the last ball, or a wayward shot.
Platonailedit
Good to see both sides attacking now.
And Hazard makes it 2-0.
Amir Khalid
With England busy up front, Belgium make a dangerous break, but Jordan Pickford saves England’s bacon.
And as I type, Belgium catch England on the break and this time it’s 2-0. That’s third place decided, then.
Platonailedit
Belgians deserve the 3rd place. Their breaks are fabulous.
Gin & Tonic
@raven: Drove to Logan last night. Braintree interchange to Central Parking was 20 minutes in Friday evening traffic (not rush hour, but some slowdowns.)
Amir Khalid
@raven:
The bragging rights for the World Cup champions last for quite a while — all the way to the next season of club football, which starts about a month from now.
Platonailedit
Well, that’s it then. For all the football is coming home hype, not even a consolation prize. Lesson for pundits.
Amir Khalid
Is anyone really staying to watch the third-place prize presentation?
Amir Khalid
@Platonailedit:
I wouldn’t really blame the pundits. It’s England fans who get like that every time England seems to have a halfway decent side.
Mike J
If anyone is in Maui today, go shake the hands of the crew of OxoMoxo who will be finishing dead last in the Victoria-Maui race after they dropped their spinnaker, stopped the boat, and freed a sea turtle trapped in an abandoned fishing net.
Amir Khalid
@Mike J:
Congratulations to them for choosing wisely. A life is more important than any sporting contest.
cain
Y’all, I’m in Madrid right now and going to find an Irish bar to watch it. Too bad it wasn’t going to be Spain vs .. it would have been fun to watch in this city. I’ve been having nearly l10 ten days of an amazing trip. I’m really happy but also heat strokin.. totally need more electrolytes! Cheers!