Today’s World Cup Third Place Fixture
Croatia 🇭🇷 vs Morocco 🇲🇦
Pick your winner.
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JML
I find 3rd place games to be weird. Think this might mean more to Morocco than to Croatia, but you never can really tell.
Bruce K in ATH-GR
@JML: I always think of it as the bronze medal game. Kind of like the Olympics, in a way, complete with corruption.
Omnes Omnibus
Morocco was the first country to recognize the independence of the US.
Omnes Omnibus
Well, this could be a wild one.
phdesmond
exciting so far!
Alison Rose
Just got up and turned it on, already 1-1 in the 14th minute! Not bad :)
Alison Rose
Booooooo
phdesmond
GOAL! Croatia 2-1 Morocco (Orsic 42).
phdesmond
Telemundo announcer described the Croatian player leaving the pitch as looking “disconsolate.”
phdesmond
could it be said that the striker Vlasic was … in a pickle?
Alison Rose
@phdesmond: LOL, I think of that every time I see his name
Alison Rose
Aaagggg could’ve had an equalizer there
phdesmond
@Alison Rose:
when the Telemundo announcer calls Croatia “el conjunto balcanico” i can’t help hearing “the volcanic team.”
Alison Rose
Well, I’m bummed, I really wanted Morocco to get this. BUT–they finished better than 28 teams, so that is still something to be very proud of.
Geminid
@Alison Rose: I bet the Moroccans will be real heros back home. They represented their country well.
Morrocco is an interesting country. It may be the most modern of all Arab countries. They are working on a high speed rail line as well as developing huge photovoltaic arrays that will export electricity to Europe.
Alison Rose
@Geminid: Yeah, I’m sure everyone in the country is incredibly proud of them!
Bruce K in ATH-GR
@phdesmond: Could be worse. When South Korea was still in the tournament, Greek commentators always referred to “Notia Korea”.
“Notia” («νότια») means “south”, not “north”, in Greek. (“North” is “voreia” in Greek.)
phdesmond
@Bruce K in ATH-GR:
familiarity with a language leads to love of that language.
James E Powell
Back in the ancient times before the Super Bowl, there was a game like this in the NFL called the Playoff Bowl. Vince Lombardi called it a losers’ game; he coached it a couple times.
PAM Dirac
@James E Powell: I actually went to one of those games at the Orange Bowl in Miami in the 60s. It was the year Tom Matte had to play QB for the Colts because of all the injuries. It wasn’t memorable except for that trivial fact.
Msb
Aww, I was rooting for Morocco, too. They did great, though.
sab
@Msb: My husband is pissed. His ex married a Croatian American.