Former Argentina hero disgraces himself and Argentina

RIP Kevin Keegan. SBS news told me tonight that he played 2 games for Blacktown City

Just wow in a really pathetic way. No shame at all

I remember when football used too be a team sport

I used to love Argentina. Can't remember which World Cup, ARG v MEX 30 something passes by Argentina leading inevitably to the goal. Beautiful. Now? Ugly

I heard somewhere that Spain's grassroots coaches are the key to Spain's success. The Spanish "system" or "philosoophy" starts early

And yet everyone mocks the west Asians for their feigning and simulation and time wasting. For me sneaky and brutal are equally anti-football

if Enzo stayed on the field he would have murdered someone

Yeah we'll beat the Kiwis in the finals of both men's and women's. That'll be when there's only Australia and New Zealand left habitable by the climate and nuclear disasters.

Spain are also reigning Olympic men's football champions

Portugal women ranked 22nd in the world. Will they ever catcch up to their Iberian neighbours, the world champs?

Aye laddie, the grrreat Scott McTominay!

Thee whole issue is worthy of a Jonathan Swift satire a la Gulliver's Travels.

Where are Roy Keane and Zlatan when you need them

Gianni Infantino holds Swiss, Italian, and Lebanese citizenships. He was born and raised in Brig, Switzerland, to Italian immigrant parents. He also officially obtained Lebanese nationality through a presidential decree due to his marriage to Lebanese citizen Leena Al-Ashqar. Infantino will...

SBS budget is not what it was in the halcyon days of Les and Johnny

Disagree. Lydia Williams, Tommy Oar and Prince Boateng did a lot of tactical analysis.

Bear in mind though that comparisons with previous cups - number of goals scored etc - are not exact comparisons now because of extra knockout round this world cup, and 72 group games as opposed to 48 group games from 1998 to2022

King hit my arse it was a cuff stay with reality

Are you a human?

I don't think the poblem was England's height, it was that England didn't exploit it enough in either attack or defence

This discussion is also super relevant to Popovic and the Socceroos. I'd been thinking about this before - how do, and how should, the players respond when it's clear that the manager's plans A (and B if you're lucky) aren't working? Surely they should mutiny especially if it's a do or die World...

This is the kind of football discussion I wish we had more of here in Oz. John Terry and Graeme Souness go at it as to whether England's loss was due to the manager or the players. Plus other stuff

Bitter taste but good for you

What's really surprising is that Spain has only won the World Cup once, level with England. They were 4th in 1950, placed 9th in their home World Cup in 1982 (finishing behind Northern Ireland in their group) and have only made the semis twice. In contrast they've won the Euros 4 times: 1964...

Maybe it will be little Evie

That's the whole journey of life in one sentence. (If you're open to change)

Glad I watched this. Have a lot of respect for Volpato's character now as well as for his football skills

I think we need to understand what gentlemanly means. One definition: "A gentleman rests on his elbows and a lady dammit doesn't move."

The Argies have form on this: "Argentina's national men's football team faced severe global backlash after players broadcast a live video featuring racist and homophobic chants directed at the French national team. The derogatory song mocked the African heritage of French players and insulted...

True, but reportedly the Argentinian players backed a request by their camp to FIFA to wear the dark blue

Srrrely they'll be sanctioned and fined for making a political statement on the field of play, not that they'll care

I've never liked the 3rd/4th playoff game. Who cares who is the better loser, and how are the players supposed to lift when it's pretty meaningless

In an echo of history, Scaloni has picked a Simeone in his line up, and kitted the team out in the dark blue Argentina wore when they beat England in quarter final in 1986

As a Villa fan, very happy to see Morgan Rogers in the England line up. With Jed Spence on in at left back, and Reece James at right back, Gordon and Rogers on left and right wings respectively, this looks like the strongest line up Tuchel has put out so far in this World Cup.

If England win the semi v Argentina this morning then both finalists will be aiming for that second star on the shirt. England, their first title since 1966; Spain their first since 2010.

Not to mention the Spanish Armada in 1588

Pele walking into bar with friend, *noise and chaos* "Oh no, it's the English, let's get out of here"

More unbelievable is a Spain squad with more players from Tottenham than from Real Madrid

red

... and refused to leave the pitch, and sat on the reed carpet laid out for the Queen!!! Que hombre!!

"wire of God" love it! Pity they weren't playing in the Azteca

Mr Cool lost his cool. England no. 8 midfielder Elliot Anderson was on his back every move he made in the box

Has anyone else become a Tuchel fan? Not to do with his managerial skills but for his look his eyes his vibe and his antics someone said he's like a Nosferatu and then he goes nuts in the dressing room with the boys Stones pretending he'd injured his shoulder (this just after Henderson) to...

what's State of Origin?

My nephew has a Chinese dumpling food truck. His camel dumplings were a total hit at Ramadan

Gianni Sycophantino

As I said not even gunna

with the exception of Vini Jr

Over the 108 matches so far I reckon I've lost about 3 hours of actual on-field World Cup football viewing time due to Americans' obsession with celebrities

Ha ha wwwouldn't put it past FIFA but not everything in life is a conspiracy theory there was actually big storm

Waiting ...

Not even gunna ...

ta gueule tu m'emmerde :unsure: :love:

Switzerland were darker

Andy Paschalidis is back?!?! Loved him in the day

Only because they have the street smarts to disguise a dive "Many sports historians and football analysts point to FIFA's 1998 enforcement banning the tackle from behind as a key moment in altering how the traditional South American game was played. Prior to the shift, Argentine football was...

It was a dive worthy of the great dive artist Klinsmann. Blatant and undeniable. Feel sorry for Embola - he was being fouled all day and maybe thought this is the only way I can get justice. But simulation is a yellow card offence and should always be enforced when the evidence is clear.

It will be interesting to see if the rugby scrums in the penalty box in European club football at corners and free kicks will be clampeed down on in the coming season. This World Cup has shown it's possible to police it to a fair degree. Have to assume this was a FIFA directive? Hopefully UEFA...

And yet they want to expand the Club World Cup. FIFPRO must be pretty toothless: What FIFPRO Does Like the PFA, FIFPRO advocates for players on an international scale: Player Welfare: They fight for fair wages, safe working conditions, and proper medical care. Match Schedules: They negotiate...

You're my Wonderwall

I think almost the whole Aston Villa squad has featured in this World Cup for England, Argentina, Senegal, Sweden, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Spain and Scotland

Curacao and Indonesia have a bunch of Netherlands born players. I have no problem with that. And anyway I'd bet Harry likes Vegemite

Careful mate you're straying into dangerous territory. Just get back to football. World cup supposed to bring people together

As a mostly neutral I kept wanting Morocco to make a game of it. But the French never let them. Expect them to be World Champions and go down as one of THE teams in WC history. But come on England!

Morocco are current World Champions at U20 level, beating Argentina in the final (played in Chile) 2-0

Mark Schwarzer and Scott McDonald are right on the ball in their assessment of the Socceroos' performance at 2026 WC

Watching the video he didn't look drunk it was a normal human reaction to a skunk

Beyond who you support or even who wins and loses there are times when football transcends sport and becomes theatre as well. Argentina v Egypt was one of those games. As was Mexico v England.

Well written

We missed an epic chance no doubt about it. We kept our powder dry far too long.

Peter Fitzsimons the rugger bugger private school Fairfax journalist has been taking snide potshots at football forever. But the most egregious, hypocritical bandwagonning came when the vibe in Germany 2006 around the Socceroos was so overwhelming even the league and AFL pundits couldn't keep...

Much better option than the Blut und Boden Hamburger SV

And I forgot Portugal also made the WC semis in 2006

Insycofantino

They're Jackson Irvine fanboys

This was a total contrast to the England-Mexico game the day before.There's a reason tiki-taka has gone out of fashion

Semi-final of the World Cup is absolutely top end That's where Eusebio led Portugal to in 1966. History matters.

Let it be so

Aussie ref at the Azteca good luck mate

Not to mention the ref in Socceroos v Egypt whose failure to bringg out the cards arguably contributed to Bos's injury

Haaland

Football 360 Thomas Sorenson former Denmark GK on Socceroos v Egypt from 10 mins in.

Hire both of them

Popovic in post-game presser talking about the lack of respect for Australia as a football nation. Schwarzer comes back and basically says you'll never gain the football world's respect if you come out to limit the opponent's chances rather than create your own.

It hurts because we could have been the Cabo Verde of the World Cup but the manager castrated our finest attackers

Robert Cornthwaite has been an excellent analyst/commentator on SBS. And he speaks for most fans when he has a go at Popovic for not unleashing our weapons, and worse, stifling their potential

Easy. Stone paper scissors

Miller injured Italiano injured Bos injured who'd want to play right back for Australia!?

No Scotland no party

Personally I'd rather beat Egypt with Mo Salah rather than without him

Only forward I've ever seen joke amicably with the oppo defenders in the box.

respect for da Boss

Haaland is an absolute legend. Fierce warrior but gentle giant.

Wee're really mising Goodwin in that dept. The Goodwin- Souttar Jack in the Box combo had a very good return rate. Volpato's corners have been weak. We are lucky to have 8 rest days before Egypt. Volpato in those 8 days should be like little Evie in the YOUI ad on SBS

It's really amazing how we came into the World Cup without a midfield and then find we had one all along!

Yeah there are considerable differences in thee number of rest days different teams get. I'm sure it's purely coincidental but the USA has the largest no. of rest days

Love the attitude. There have beeen many monumental upsets in World Cup history. If we have a blinder we could do Argentina like we did with Charlie Yankos and that glorious goal back in 1988