World Cup: Group C discussion

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Martinez scores

Two Martinez goals shit me up
Quintero is a beast but James is just WC

Wow. Gotta feel for lvory Coast.

well done Greece though

Hahahah what a dive from Samaras

Ivory Coast Robbed. Disgusting by Samaras to even claim that as a penalty.

Samaras should be ashamed of himself. He effin tripped hilmself to win the penalty. Seriously feel sorry for Ivory Coast.

Just saw the replay from different angle.
Ivory Coast player really did make contact with Samaras' leg before Samaras fell.

Samaras legit kicked himself

Lmfaoo, knew Greece would be a problem in this group. They are so jammy but they get it done. Funnily enough, they might go further than even Colombia in this World Cup as Greece will "only" face Costa Rica next round.

I don't see Costa Rica losing to Greece. Not now.

it was a pen better angle

wat

It looks like a pen tbh.

Stone wall peno IMHO

In the sense that it genuinely looks like he boots an invisible stonewall...

Cote d'Ivoire boss Sabri #Lamouchi will not extend his deal with the country and will leave his post.

#COL substitute GK Faryd Mondragón is 43 years old. the oldest player ever in WC

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It was a clear penalty. Great finish from Samaras. Really delighted for the big man, a hero of mine.

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James legit tore it up.
Great game from him

Salomon Kalou wasn't sent off for bringing down the last man in the 1st half, pen made up for it

Samaras

We through , good job lads

Glad for Greece BUT

1 I don't understand how they can get qualified whenever with that mediocre team

2 I don't understand how they can passing even the group stage whenever , and when they seem doomed prompty after the first match

Butt wrote:it was a pen better angle

Still can't get over the fact a professional ref actually called that as a pen

Sio stopped a direct attempt at goal from behind , which regardless of the intention or if that was to end as goal or not , it was a definitive about to be goalscoring chance which was stopped by innapropriate means in the box . Obvious , direct touch on Samaras from behind that prevents him to shoot at goal. It was a clear penalty and bravo to the ref who gave it . Sure i thought Samaras had faked it at first , like everyone else at the moment , yet the replay is quite enlightening , not sure what you are on about here .

Going by the rules , that is a penalty . And i say bravo to the ref because not many refs would have risked their heads with such a dubious at first sight incident , which eventually decided the qualification for Greece's favour .

@ Robes , well , it's mostly the group man. I am quite sure any other group and the Greek NT would have been back home by now

But they did well with 10 men against Japan and had quite a good game against Ivory Coast if truth be told. We deserved it really , though i suppose Ivory Coast would seem a far better choice to most neutrals given some of their names. One thing that one should never forget with this particular nt is that , no matter how much behind they are in quality , they will never be afraid of their opponent. No matter how good they are. They have some great mentality going there and they are all very united as a group. All that matter in tournaments , but yeah , it was mostly the group tbh

I personally had us out even before the first game

Forgot to mention and even myself forgot at the time , Samaras never dives. Not sure i have seen him dive once , with the NT at least. He's very sportsmanlike and after the replay i was like , yeah , he never dives ffs . But again , even me who knew that , i thought he dived there . First sight it seemed fake , but it was a legit penalty .