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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 12, 2019 19:40:59 GMT
Dammit, I'm going to start a thread about this anyway.
1,000,000 tickets have been sold so far, and 300,000 are still available. 75% have been bought be the French (kind of normal for an event in France) and second in line are the Americans.
Tonight I am watching my first match -- France-Norway -- and I really must admit that it is every bit as exciting as watching men play.
Naturally, I must admit that I don't find men's football very exciting either until they get to the semi-finals or the finals, but I understand that there is something wrong with me. |
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 13, 2019 10:45:44 GMT
Boy, some of those women are nasty.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 20, 2019 17:59:41 GMT
Sweden-USA tonight. It is considered one of the most crucisl matches of the World Cup, because it will decide quite a few up the upcoming matches of the final 8.
It's not really their fault since they are the favourite team for the competition, but they did not make any friends by the way they celebrated their victory over Thailand (13-0), the biggest ever victory in the World Cup.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 21, 2019 4:42:20 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 23, 2019 19:17:47 GMT
And so England has made it to the quarterfinals.
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Post by lagatta on Jun 23, 2019 21:42:34 GMT
Yes, it was very ungracious. And no, this is not out of animus to Trumpland; I'd feel exactly the same if the Canadian side or any other "first world" side acted like that.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 24, 2019 3:03:30 GMT
France squeaked through in overtime.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 24, 2019 17:58:51 GMT
Spain is out so it's going to be Estados Unidos contra Francia for the quarter final.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 25, 2019 20:55:29 GMT
I have rarely seen a match more intense than Japan-Netherlands. Since Japan lost, the only non European team in the semi-finals will be the United States.
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Post by questa on Jun 25, 2019 23:54:02 GMT
Uum...I don't follow this but didn't Australia make it to the finals or something.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 26, 2019 4:40:45 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 28, 2019 11:26:52 GMT
England crushed Norway last night and tonight the United States will almost certainly crush France. That's normal, because they are both the world and the Olympic champions and have been so for more than ten years.
The French won't really mind losing all that much, because it will be a slap in the face to the Donald. Team captain Megan Rapinoe is the biggest LGBT sports star in the world, and she says she "won't go to the fucking White House," win or lose. Naturally, Trump would like her to lose now.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 1, 2019 15:45:35 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 7, 2019 16:45:09 GMT
Looks like the United States is going to clinch the final again as it leads the Netherlands 2-0 in the last five minutes.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 7, 2019 16:55:46 GMT
And so the United States has won the World Cup again. Second time in a row. Maybe this will console the men's team.
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Post by casimira on Jul 8, 2019 0:43:52 GMT
BRAVO and well done to the ladies of the US for their VICTORY!!!!
(and, not everyone from the US is a "Trumper")
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Post by kerouac2 on Jul 8, 2019 5:29:57 GMT
Since France managed to fill just about all of the stadiums for the matches, and the television ratings were just as high as for men's sports, the French are hoping that there has finally been a breakthrough in the French sporting world although equal pay is still a long way off.
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Post by lagatta on Jul 8, 2019 9:30:39 GMT
Casimira, the US side's star player most certainly isn't! She told him in no uncertain terms where to shove it.
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