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This world cup has been the most screwed up world cup. At least for me, it seems even more screwed up than some of Kanye's new songs. Germany are out at the group stage. The last time they did that, World War 2 happened. Argentina and Portugal are out as well, making (99%) sure that Ronaldo and Messi are not destined to win football's biggest prize. Kinda feel sad for them. I mean can you imagine if Messi and Ronaldo had a vast supporting cast like France or Brazil. Normally I would include Spain in this pantheon of lists as well, but then with Vady and Russia celebrating...
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Heaven forbid if Vady ever read this, but Russia was the ultimate purveyors of Mourinho sit back-relax-and- DEFEND. Apart from scoring from a somewhat harsh penalty, that's what Russo did. And Vady was grinning like one proud father.
Normally speaking Spain should and probably would have known that Russia would park something. Not a bus, not a truck but one giant train. And that would be okay. Tiki-taka and a huge helping of Diego Costa's brute force would surely breakthrough fierce Russian resistance. And it began well with a comical own goal setting Spain ahead. But as the match wore on and Russia found their supposed 'breakthrough', Spain started getting short of ideas. Iniesta inclusion after half time did little to motivate the La Roja. Of the entire game, only Russia's plan actually succeeded. Vady was impressed.
Think about it, this Russia is the same team which got thrashed by Uruguay. Going against a team which thrashed the mighty Argentina 6-1 was surely going to mean that any Russian underling was going to be savagely beaten by the up-standing Spain citizens. But the match grew so boring that the very scene of people eating a sandwich seemed to interest the television companies. Croatia also beat Denmark on penalties, but that was expected and besides the match was so bloody exciting. There was like a trillion shots, tons of team waves as well as a missed penalty in extra time. That game was so exciting that despite not being either a Croatian or a Denmark citizen, my heart was beating faster than giving my Further Maths exam. France vs Argentina was a genuine classic, with 2 of the tournaments most beautiful goals in one game.
Meanwhile, Spain was dull, short of any creative spark. You feel that even if Messi joined this squad his new teammates would always let him down. And while Spain can rightly complain for Russia playing such rough conservative football, if a favourite can't beat such a team, then how were they going to beat teams like Belgium, Brazil etc. You get the sense that Russia did them a favour. You really feel for Iniesta.
While the Croats might soundly beat Vady's Russo's, they would surely be aware of them now. More than ever. Before the World Cup even began the obituaries for the Russian players as well as the 'moustache' coach. Now the squad is writing their own obituaries for the opposing players, and judging by the weirdness of this world cup you wouldn't put it past mother Russia to at least reach the Semis. If they win the world cup, it will be Vady's biggest actual win. If nothing else, it would make Trump rage more than a child who's chocolate was stolen by his sibling. Believe me, I have a brother. Even if they don't win Vady can proudly say that they have now reached a stage where 2 of the worlds current top players failed to reach. A quarter-final berth itself feels like a World Cup win. Go Russssssssiiiiiiiiaaaaaa.
.Heaven forbid if Vady ever read this, but Russia was the ultimate purveyors of Mourinho sit back-relax-and- DEFEND. Apart from scoring from a somewhat harsh penalty, that's what Russo did. And Vady was grinning like one proud father.
Normally speaking Spain should and probably would have known that Russia would park something. Not a bus, not a truck but one giant train. And that would be okay. Tiki-taka and a huge helping of Diego Costa's brute force would surely breakthrough fierce Russian resistance. And it began well with a comical own goal setting Spain ahead. But as the match wore on and Russia found their supposed 'breakthrough', Spain started getting short of ideas. Iniesta inclusion after half time did little to motivate the La Roja. Of the entire game, only Russia's plan actually succeeded. Vady was impressed.
Think about it, this Russia is the same team which got thrashed by Uruguay. Going against a team which thrashed the mighty Argentina 6-1 was surely going to mean that any Russian underling was going to be savagely beaten by the up-standing Spain citizens. But the match grew so boring that the very scene of people eating a sandwich seemed to interest the television companies. Croatia also beat Denmark on penalties, but that was expected and besides the match was so bloody exciting. There was like a trillion shots, tons of team waves as well as a missed penalty in extra time. That game was so exciting that despite not being either a Croatian or a Denmark citizen, my heart was beating faster than giving my Further Maths exam. France vs Argentina was a genuine classic, with 2 of the tournaments most beautiful goals in one game.
Meanwhile, Spain was dull, short of any creative spark. You feel that even if Messi joined this squad his new teammates would always let him down. And while Spain can rightly complain for Russia playing such rough conservative football, if a favourite can't beat such a team, then how were they going to beat teams like Belgium, Brazil etc. You get the sense that Russia did them a favour. You really feel for Iniesta.
While the Croats might soundly beat Vady's Russo's, they would surely be aware of them now. More than ever. Before the World Cup even began the obituaries for the Russian players as well as the 'moustache' coach. Now the squad is writing their own obituaries for the opposing players, and judging by the weirdness of this world cup you wouldn't put it past mother Russia to at least reach the Semis. If they win the world cup, it will be Vady's biggest actual win. If nothing else, it would make Trump rage more than a child who's chocolate was stolen by his sibling. Believe me, I have a brother. Even if they don't win Vady can proudly say that they have now reached a stage where 2 of the worlds current top players failed to reach. A quarter-final berth itself feels like a World Cup win. Go Russssssssiiiiiiiiaaaaaa.
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