FIFA World Cup 2018

[Finnice]

I have neither Belgian chocolate nor English toffee. Or bier from those countries. For tomorrow there is both champagne and rakija & Croatian fig cake.

 

[allezfred]

I will be cheering for the country with the red white and blue flag.

 

[Buzz]

Congrats to Belgium on winning 3rd place and sorry England couldn’t, but both teams are very young and super talented. They will be back! Hopefully they will be conditioning themselves to playing in extreme heat. Now I am ready for the gold medal game!

 

[quartz]

Wheeeeee! Here we go - rooting for Croatia today!

 

[Buzz]

Here we go!

 

[Lara]

Missed the intro, grr. And it’s too early for beer.

It’d be so amazing for Croatia if they won this, though I still expect France.

 

[Lorac]

I'm cheering for Croatia - better to be beaten by the winners than the loser IMO!!

 

[escaflowne9282]

Allez les Bleus!!!! IMHO ,they're overdue

 

[kosjenka]

Allez Hrvatska

 

[Buzz]

France up 1-0!

 

[quartz]

Well that sucks!

 

[Lorac]

Well that was against the run of play but it was an own goal - heart-breaking!!!

 

[Lara]

First ever own goal in a WC final.

 

[Buzz]

All tied!

 

[quartz]

Well that’s better!!

 

[Lara]

!!!

 

[Lorac]

Only what Croatia deserve!!!!

 

[Vagabond]

Ça alors!

 

[Lorac]

No way was that a deliberate hand ball!!

ETA: No way was that a penalty

 

[Buzz]

Penalty!

 

[quartz]

Oh dear......

 

[Buzz]

I wouldn’t want to be a penalty taker in a World Cup final for nothing in this world!

 

[Lorac]

Damn!!

 

[quartz]

Dang.

 

[Buzz]

2-1 France!

 

[Finnice]

Merde!

 

[Lorac]

BBC pundits reckon the 2 French goals are lucky - coming from a free kick that wasn't -agreed as the French player fell over with no contact from the Croatian player- and a penalty that wasn't - again agreed as that was not a deliberate hand ball. Croatia have been the more attacking team and France do not deserve their lead at all!! I really hope the final is not decided on those awful decisions.

 

[Vagabond]

Champagne or slivovitz? Any preferences here?

 

[Lara]

TSN panel also disagreeing with the penalty (one called it shocking) and free kick. Hopefully the second half will have less controversy!

 

[taz'smum]

Yayy!! Allez les bleus !!
Absolutely p*ssing it down in Lyon, torrential rain, which is a shame for all the cafés with big screens showing the game live onto seats set up on the streets