2022 Fifa World Cup - Group C - Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico & Poland

[Nicky91]

Argentina
Saudi Arabia
Mexico
Poland


22 November 2022
13:00
Argentina Match 8 Saudi Arabia


Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail

22 November 2022
19:00
Mexico Match 7 Poland


Stadium 974, Doha

26 November 2022
16:00
Poland Match 22 Saudi Arabia

Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan

26 November 2022
22:00
Argentina Match 24 Mexico

Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail

30 November 2022
22:00
Poland Match 39 Argentina

Stadium 974, Doha

30 November 2022
22:00
Saudi Arabia Match 40 Mexico

Lusail Iconic Stadium, Lusail
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[Calderyon]

Argentina winner
Mexico 2nd after tough battle with Poland
Poland narrowly 3rd
Saudi Arabia 4th

[Nicky91]

Mexico 1st
Argentina 2nd (but it'll be close with Poland, will also be a fun head to head that one, Lewandowski vs Messi)
Poland 3rd
Saudi Arabia 4th (they're among some of my fave nations but they haven't got a icon similar to likes of Sami Al-Jaber or Mo Al-Daeyea in their ranks for few years now, easy goner here sadly)

[Nicky91]

Argentina are practicing for the WC against Honduras first, and then Jamaica


Saudi Arabia are practicing against Ecuador and USA


Mexico are practicing against Peru and Colombia




Poland got nations league matches against Netherlands and Wales

[Nicky91]

is Lionel Messi going to be lucky this time around? compared to his previous world cup flops


can Mexico survive this group with their combination of experience and talent


can Lewandowski, Szymanski, Zielinski perform well under pressure and make Poland shine?


can the Saudi's go for an upset as the underdogs?

[bots]

The argentina game is on at 10am this morning :laugh:

[Nicky91]

The argentina game is on at 10am this morning :laugh:

who cares about a irrelevant group game from them, when Argentina are already confirmed finishing 1st in their group

[Calderyon]

Saudi Arabia v Argentina 0-0 10AM

Mexico v Poland 0-0 4PM

[MTVN]

Come on the Saudis!

[bots]

i dont remember Messi ever performing well at a WC

[Nicky91]

Come on the Saudis!

and you believe that? after that disasters we've seen from Iran and Qatar



can the Saudi's perform worse, yes i think so



wouldn't surprise me if Argentina wins here with like 6-0 or 7-0

[Nicky91]

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Line Ups

[Nicky91]

saudi's really scrape the barrel with the lack of superstars against the worldclass stars from argentina

:laugh3: what are some countries doing at this world cup, next time we better only have european nations against south american nations

[Nicky91]

https://twitter.com/FrankWielaard/status/1594964434195304449

NOS reporter/commentator Frank Wielaard :)

[Nicky91]

the stadium for todays first game is also the stadium where the final will be played

[Vanessa]

This should be a good match.

[Nicky91]

Van Boekel VAR

omg this could indeed be very interesting :devil:

[Vanessa]

Come on Argentina!:dance:

[Nicky91]

good save from saudi goalie at a shot from Messi

[Nicky91]

fun facts about Argentina staff

Scaloni's assistent coaches are Pablo Aimar, Roberto Ayala, Walter Samuel, all former international big names who played alongside him

[Vanessa]

Omg a penalty or Argentina!

[Nicky91]

no free kick yet, potential penalty check

[Nicky91]

penalty for argentina

[Nicky91]

1-0 Argentina

[Vanessa]

1-0 Get in!

[Calderyon]

Argentina v Saudi-Arabia 1-0 12'

10' 1-0 Messi PK

[Nicky91]

3 points for Argentina it is then, but with how much that is more the question now

[MTVN]

I think that's bs, it's hard enough for a lot of these lower ranked teams to compete without giving penalties every time there's jostling on corners and set pieces

[Calderyon]

So far, Saudis are playing better than Qatar and Iran imo.

It's not saying much, but still.

[Calderyon]

Almost Messi's second.

[Calderyon]

Saudis on route to getting a red.

[Vanessa]

Offside. No goal.

[bots]

2 disallowed goals, i can see this being a controversial WC for many reasons

[Calderyon]

So many offsides.

[bots]

3 disallowed goals :joker:

[Vanessa]

Argentina seem a bit rattled

[bots]

they are paving the way for qatar to win the golden boot :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

only 5 mins extra time :omgno:

[MTVN]

What is with the added time in these games :skull:

[MTVN]

That's been an entertaining game actually so far, Saudis are giving it a go at least playing quite attacking

[bots]

it's going to get interesting when the time wasting teams get into action, we could have 30 mins added on :laugh:

[MTVN]

Keane vs Sounness :joker:

Roy is right we'll see a record number of penalties at this WC if they keep giving those

[bots]

and if a defender touches someone in the box, the opponent is going to fall down instantly

[Cherie]

Keane vs Sounness :joker:

Roy is right we'll see a record number of penalties at this WC if they keep giving those

Roy won :joker:

[bots]

at least they get stuck in unlike the sanitised BBC

[bots]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssss

[MTVN]

Get in!

[Vanessa]

Saudi Arabia are playing better. Argentina needs to wake up! Be more aggressive.

[Calderyon]

1-1

[Zizu]

Keane vs Sounness :joker:

Roy is right we'll see a record number of penalties at this WC if they keep giving those


They’re still arguing according to Lee Dixon !

Can’t see Roy taking kindly to Graeme saying he’d learn more if he listens

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[Zizu]

The point Souness was making is correct though

The directive is apparently to give penalties if the defender isn’t looking at the ball .


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[bots]

they were both right was what was funny about it

[Vanessa]

They’re still arguing according to Lee Dixon !


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:joker: that was hilarious!

[bots]

yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[Zizu]

WTF is happening


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[Zizu]

they were both right was what was funny about it


Exactly


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[Vanessa]

I have seen Argentina playing better than this. :ninja2:

[Calderyon]

Argentina v Saudi-Arabia 1-0 12'

10' 1-0 Messi PK

Argentina v Saudi-Arabia 1-2

48' 1-1 Al-Shehri (Albi-Rakan)
53' 1-2 Al-Dawsari

[MTVN]

What a game!

[bots]

you have to hand it to SA they have got Argentina rattled and are playing really well

[Vanessa]

Saudi Arabia excellent so far.

[Crimson Dynamo]

wow :shocked:

[Zizu]

Saudi can easily win from this position
They can press and spoil ( foul) as the ref is letting everything go


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[Zizu]

you have to hand it to SA they have got Argentina rattled and are playing really well


I hope we don’t play them :)


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[bots]

i thought i would give the game a quick look, and its ended up being epic lol

[Vanessa]

Three changes for Argentina.

[Crimson Dynamo]

so glad i put a bet on the Argies to win the WC

[Vanessa]

Saudi Arabia deserve to win this game. They've been far superior.

[Calderyon]

Argentina v Saudi-Arabia 1-2

48' 1-1 Al-Shehri (Albi-Rakan)
53' 1-2 Al-Dawsari

Argentina v Saudi-Arabia 1-2 78'

[Zizu]

Studs showing save ..https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221122/b15072a7e5ad38798a8ebb269c7c7159.jpg


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[Crimson Dynamo]

I remember well when they lost in 1990 and how much of a shock that was (Cameroon) but they still went on and made the Final where they lost to the Krauts

[Calderyon]

That hit looked brutal.

[Vanessa]

Omg I hope the player is ok :shocked:

[Crimson Dynamo]

that looked awful

[Zizu]

That hit looked brutal.


Why did it take so long to stop the play ?

Especially given they were wasting time at every opportunity


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[Zizu]

Spain lost their first game when they won the World Cup


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[Calderyon]

Upset is complete.

[Crimson Dynamo]

unbelievable scenes

[Calderyon]

Argentina v Saudi-Arabia 1-2 78'

Argentina v Saudi-Arabia 1-2 FT

[Zizu]

So we have apparently played an extra game .. in injury time add ons ..


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[Calderyon]

What an accomplishment to the Saudis.

[bots]

Argentina were poor after the first 15 mins

[Crimson Dynamo]

lol at all the people who went to that game to see the amazing Messi

:laugh:

[Zizu]

lol at all the people who went to that game to see the amazing Messi

:laugh:


To be fair he shouldn’t have even played ..
He’s missed training with a bad ankle sprain ..https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221122/8bfc935bf6eb3a960db97da757ed995d.jpg


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[bots]

lol at all the people who went to that game to see the amazing Messi

:laugh:

As i was saying earlier, i only have memories of Messi being poor at every world cup he has been at

[Calderyon]

Argentina were poor after the first 15 mins

They played very nervously and timid at times.

[Zizu]

Interesting to see they play The Business by Tiesto before every game


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[Nicky91]

seems Van Boekel didn't sabotage the away team hard enough :sad:

[bots]

this game has lady lines people

[Calderyon]

Mexico v Poland 0-0 1'

[Cherie]

this game has lady lines people

We love lady lines people

[Zizu]

…

[MTVN]

Boringggg

[Mystic Mock]

Spain lost their first game when they won the World Cup


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That's true tbf.

Argentina are certainly still in it to win it.

I've got to give Saudi Arabia credit for the bamboozle result of all-time though, I didn't even think that it'd be close for them, so well done to them on this.

[Nicky91]

as expected still 0-0


since they are two equally matched teams

[Crimson Dynamo]

never a pen

[Vanessa]

Great save!

[Crimson Dynamo]

justice!

[Zizu]

A draw now ( Mexico v Poland ) will presumably make it easier for Argentina to qualify, I guess


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[Calderyon]

Mexico v Poland 0-0 1'

Mexico v Poland 0-0 FT

[bots]

the only good thing about that game was the mexican fans :laugh:

[bots]

got to love it .... Saudi Arabia have made today a public holiday so they can celebrate beating Argentina :laugh:

[Crimson Dynamo]

https://twitter.com/Football__Tweet/status/1596136027877298176?s=20&t=H33IKUYvC5prlIsDe8chSQ

[Nicky91]

Poland - Saudi Arabia, come on Saudi's, one more win and ur through pls make that happen :fc:


Mexico hopefully winning against Argentina and Argentina are out (no shocks for me as Messi has never performed well in world cups)

[Calderyon]

Poland v Saudi-Arabia 1-0 63'

39' 1-0 Zielinski (Lewandowski)

[Calderyon]

That was a very weak penalty.

[MTVN]

Very entertaining game so far

[Crimson Dynamo]

Oh dear

[Nicky91]

well done Robert, with your first goal this WC :clap1:


a veteran star like you deserves at least one goal here

[Calderyon]

Poland v Saudi-Arabia 1-0 63'

39' 1-0 Zielinski (Lewandowski)

Poland v Saudi-Arabia 2-0 FT

82' 2-0 Lewandowski

[bots]

will argentina be on their way home after tonight? I think they might

5 changes in the argentina team

[Calderyon]

Argentina v Mexico 0-0 HT

[Cherie]

On this showing they will be out

[Calderyon]

On this showing they will be out

Yes, it's not looking for them.

Horrible playing currently.

[Calderyon]

Terrible free kick from Messi.

[Calderyon]

There it is though, yet again.

That shot was very nice.

[Calderyon]

Argentina v Mexico 0-0 HT

Argentina v Mexico 2-0 FT

64' 1-0 Messi (Di Maria)
87' 2-0 Fernandez (Messi)

[arista]

Argentina v Mexico 1-0 70'

64' 1-0 Messi (Di Maria)

Yes someone had to score

[arista]

Arg the better team

2-0

[Calderyon]

Poland v Argentina 7PM
Saudi-Arabia v Mexico 7PM

[bots]

alvarez is playing well

[Swan]

That is the most pathetic VAR pen decision ever made. An absolute joke.

[Swan]

Justice!

[bots]

fair result that he missed

[bots]

it was a great save by the keeper

[Swan]

That his 2nd pen save this world cup iirc

[Calderyon]

Poland v Argentina 0-1 59'

46' 0-1 Mac Allister (Molina)

Saudi-Arabia v Mexico 0-2 56'

47' 0-1 Martin (Montes)
52' 0-2 Chavez

[bots]

boom

[Swan]

So, what happens if Mexico win 2-0 and Argentina win 2-0. Poland and Mexico will both have 4 points, both a 2/2 goal difference, and the head to head was 0-0?

[bots]

it goes to a coin toss eventually

[Swan]

it goes to a coin toss eventually

Seriously?

[bots]

Seriously?

maybe they changed the rules but i do remember a team going through on a coin toss in the past .... i think it was germany :laugh:

[Calderyon]

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/fifa-world-cup/story/4812365/world-cup-22-tiebreakers-group-stage-points-level-explained

[bots]

it was italy won a coin toss at the euros in 1968 :laugh:

[Swan]

https://www.espn.co.uk/football/fifa-world-cup/story/4812365/world-cup-22-tiebreakers-group-stage-points-level-explained

Thank you
it was italy won a coin toss at the euros in 1968 :laugh:

Jeez :laugh:

[bots]

argentina deserve to win this game, no question about it

[bots]

boom boom

and it was the city lad Alvarez

[MTVN]

Oh dear Poland

[bots]

poland are ahead on fair play against mexico :joker:

so now fouls in these matches really count

[MTVN]

Poland need to try and grab a goal as Mexico look well on top still

[Calderyon]

Poland v Argentina 0-1 59'

46' 0-1 Mac Allister (Molina)

Saudi-Arabia v Mexico 0-2 56'

47' 0-1 Martin (Montes)
52' 0-2 Chavez

Poland v Argentina 0-2 73'

67' 0-2 Alvarez (Fernandez)

Saudi-Arabia v Mexico 0-2 70'

[MTVN]

'Poland haven't had a yellow card tonight'

'I find that ridiculous'

Really Danny Murphy :think:

[bots]

danny murphy talks some ****

[bots]

argentina will get another goal

[bots]

A good Argentinian name that McCallister

[Calderyon]

Free Kick to Mexico.

[bots]

wow lol

[Swan]

Well, that's that then. Goodbye Mexico.

[bots]

thats poland through

[bots]

france have an easy match next

[MTVN]

Well I'm pleased for Poland, the commentators wanted them to get knocked out so badly

[Calderyon]

Poland v Argentina 0-2 73'

67' 0-2 Alvarez (Fernandez)

Saudi-Arabia v Mexico 0-2 70'

Poland v Argentina 0-2 FT

Saudi-Arabia v Mexico 1-2 FT

90+5' 1-2 Al-Dawsari (Bahebri)

[Calderyon]

Argentina & Poland advance to last 16.

[MTVN]

Bit disappointed for the Saudis but they had their moment in the first game, bet they wouldn't trade that just to get knocked out a game later

[Nicky91]

that Poland coach is a real sweaty mcsweatface :laugh3:


i so wanted Mexico to make that 0-3, just for him :hehe:

sadly wasn't meant to be