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What a great WC final.

Of course I fell asleep a couple of times and missed the Argies 2nd goal and Frogs 2nd goal, dosed off slightly after the penalty, so I had to watch the replay this morning.

Had it all. goals, great saves, France coming back 3 times, the two great players of each side delivering, and the drama of a penalty shoot out with maximum pressure. It will be replayed in full by a ratio of 7,342 times to 1 compared to the 1994 final, over the next 50 to 100 years.
 
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EskimoPAFC said:
Yep - that's the thing, it would take most of the need for qualifying away and just have one, ultra-simple tournament. Every game would be a knockout. Every game winner take all. All the small teams get a chance to share the field with a top side. Penalties possible from day 1.

It's revolutionary but its honestly not AS crazy as it initially sounds. It would better mirror the Olympics too (206 "countries" represented in 2020).

I still think its not as good as 32 which is the ideal sweet spot, but I'm not convinced its a worse idea than 64.
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Essentially the same format as grand slam tennis tournaments. I don’t mind it, win 7 games to take home the trophy. Brazil vs Solomons floggings galore in R1 though lol but I guess the same thing happens in tennis and it’s not the end of the world.
 
All the goals - for the record and future reference















The French strike back - 2 in a minute





The little master strikes back





Sometime the handball rule is complete BS. The ball hit the player not the player struck out his arm. Anyway it wasn't a hand it was an elbow.





The penalty shot winner






 
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At the start of the WC I said Oz soccer benchmarks itself against Japan and South Korea. Ended up somewhere in between these 2.

Socceroo
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represents our best ever finish.

2022 (11th)
1974 (14th) of 16 teams
2006 (16th)
2010 (21st)
2014 (30th)
2018 (30th)


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RussellEbertHandball said:
At the start of the WC I said Oz soccer benchmarks itself against Japan and South Korea. Ended up somewhere in between these 2.

Socceroo
@Socceroos
represents our best ever finish.

2022 (11th)
1974 (14th) of 16 teams
2006 (16th)
2010 (21st)
2014 (30th)
2018 (30th)


FkR3WmxaUAANAkz
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Standings like this don't mean a lot to me.

End of the day Japan, Australia and South Korea got to the exact same stage, the round of 16. How they got there and how they went out is secondary.
 
EskimoPAFC said:
Standings like this don't mean a lot to me.

End of the day Japan, Australia and South Korea got to the exact same stage, the round of 16. How they got there and how they went out is secondary.
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You got to have placings at every tournament. Both Japan and Oz won 2 games.

Oz scored 1 goal in each of its 4 games, Japan scored 2 goals against both Spain and Germany, 0 v Costa Rica and 1 against Croatia, lost it in penalties. Korea only won 1 game and went goalless against Uruguay. It might not be a lot, but it still counts for something.
 
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El Zorro said:
This is maybe a better angle:

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There's some great drone footage but Big Footy's media code links aren't working so no point putting it up yet as the URL gets automatically embedded but the videos don't show up.
 
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El Zorro BF has fixed up its coding issues. How much further back do you reckon the crowd goes when the drone footage runs out in post 3163 above?
 
RussellEbertHandball said:
El Zorro BF has fixed up its coding issues. How much further back do you reckon the crowd goes when the drone footage runs out in post 3163 above?
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I did some calculations for you, because I know you'd be interested. I would expect the crowd to be around 700-800 meters each side of the obelisk, along 9 de Julio Avenue. The avenue itself, from building line to building line, is about 100 m wide all along (wider around the obelisk). So, 1,500x100m= 150,000+ m2 plus about 50-100 meters each on the side streets. All together say 200k m2. At 5 people per m2 = 1 million people, which fits with estimates from previous events with perceived similar crowds. My niece and nephew are going tomorrow to welcome the team, so I'll get some first-hand info.
 

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Thought it was interesting that SBS handed over some of the reigns in their coverage to the next generation of fans. I don't really know much work they do in non traditional media, but SBS let them run the World Cup Daily program every night at 5.00/5.30pm looking back on what had happened over night and discussions and previews of the next days play.

I was a big fan of Adamo in Qatar talking to fans of all the different teams. He fell in love with Morocco and their fans and declared he had become Moroccan after Oz was knocked out.

Next step is in the next 4 to 8 years, for one or two of these mid 20 types, to maybe get on the main broadcast panel.





 
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I've said before, but I'm a sucker for video montagues during and at the end of big sporting events where you see stuff never shown before and a replay of the great moments that produced tears of sadness or joy.

This is how SBS ended their coverage yesterday morning after 4 weeks. First Foz's editorial for a bit more than 90 seconds then nearly 6 minutes of the fans, the cities, the stadiums, Qatar, the fireworks and of the great goals, saves, misses, the celebrations and devastation on the field and in the stands, the Copa Mundial up on the podium and then finishing with that catchy short WC Arabic jingle that has been stuck in my head for a month, and the WC Qatar emblem - the swooping curves to represent desert dunes, the unbroken loop depicting the number eight – representing the tournament's 8 host stadiums – and the infinity symbol.


 
The party in the Plaza de la Republica during daytime will be huge, but not a bad turnout at 4am.





 
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