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June 30, 2018
SportsFilter: The Saturday 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.
Also, is exchanging jerseys after World Cup matches no longer a thing? I hadn't seen it in other matches, though Fox has been jumping back to the studio right after matches ended, so I wasn't sure if maybe I missed it, but Argentina and France aren't doing it. I always thought that was a pretty cool thing for players to do and kind of wished it caught on with other sporting events.
posted by bender at 12:00 PM on June 30, 2018
No more cutaway shots of Maradona pleading like the persistent widow to endure.
posted by beaverboard at 12:17 PM on June 30, 2018
When Argentina was improbably ahead 2-1, why didn't they park the bus?
posted by rcade at 01:36 PM on June 30, 2018
Argentine havehad a terrible coach and with his attacking strength and defensive weakness I'm not sure parking would've workedhad a chance in hell against the French attack.
posted by billsaysthis at 01:18 PM on July 03, 2018
What a day for Mbappe! That kid was everywhere, and that first run from the French half where he blew past everyone before getting taken down by Rojo (who should have been shown rojo) was very impressive.