SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
I wonder how many of those ARG fans booked hotel rooms for an extra week. Man, that's a long way to travel to see your team get beaten up and (probably) eliminated from the tournament.
posted by grum@work at 04:05 PM on June 21, 2018
Is there an honorary consolation game for finalists from the previous WC now in turmoil?
posted by beaverboard at 05:13 PM on June 21, 2018
Yeah, the winner of honorary consolation game for finalists from the previous WC now in turmoil plays the winner of the US, Italy, Netherlands, and Chile group.
posted by prof at 09:32 AM on June 22, 2018
Ah yes, the famous Group of Dead
posted by cixelsyd at 10:20 AM on June 22, 2018
Working theory: one of Willy Caballero's legs is longer than the other which is why he regularly tops the ball like that.
posted by yerfatma at 03:23 PM on June 21, 2018