Can't say that it was undeserved. Spain is soooo boring to watch..... 

 

But sorry José, you're wrong. Israel last two Eurovision-wins (before this year) was in 1998 (when France won the World Cup as hosts, so that's true), and 1979, when there was no World Cup!

(They did win Eurovision in 1978 as well, when Argentina won the World Cup as hosts)

Croatia vs Denmark wasn’t five minutes in, and it was already 1-1. Wild scenes.

On 6/28/2018 at 4:27 AM, I Am A Swede said:

Germany's failure is the source of much merriment on social media.....

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44632592

 

 

 

On 6/29/2018 at 8:06 AM, Cat said:

 

Bless Eric Braeden! Her never met an exclamation mark he didn't like!!

 

 

I saw that! They also had fans congregating outside the South Korean embassy and cheering and saying Mexico adoptes SK as its brother now. Then a couple of Korean diplomats came out and somebody whipped out the tequila and next thing you know, the diplomats were taking tequila shots with the crowd! lol

 

I've been rooting for Mexico to go through since their first game. Something about the way they joyfully play makes them 'my' team. I'm bored with Brazil, France and the other usual suspects. I don't think Mexico will make it all the way, but Imma cheer them on for as long as they hang on.

 

 

That's Mexico for you.

The Croatia/Denmark match was boring except for the first five minutes and maybe the last 15 (with the penalty kicks). Denmark could have won that, but I’m happy for Croatia.

France vs Argentina was insane. 4-3!

 

Rooting for my babies Mexico right now!

Oy. Stick the proverbial fork into Mexico. Brazil and Neymar just too good today.

Wow, Japan f’d up.

What a turnaround! Belgium looked down and out, but showed great spirit. Very hard on Japan of course, with the final goal just seconds before full-time.

Less than ten seconds from Japan's corner to Belgium's 3-2! Incredible speed!

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become??  Except for the parks where mainly immigrants have local matches, soccer in America (football to everyone else) has been the domain of privileged white kids for generations now.  Total opposite of practically everywhere else on earth.

 

Darn at this Belgium vs Japan!!! This is vicious. 

Yay, quarter-final!  

And we do it without any major stars. I bet Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the self-proclaimed god, feels rather sheepish now. Without him the team-spirit has carried us further than we ever got with him.....

 

Colombia is making this such a physical match, and it’s costing them.

What an equalizer in stoppage time for Colombia!