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  1. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    Duke gives Australia crucial win Group D Tunisia 0-1 Australia Australia forward Mitchell Duke dedicated his match-winning goal against Tunisia to his son and said it is "a moment I will hold very dear for the rest of my life". Duke took advantage of a positive start by Australia when he...
  2. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    Lewandowski scores first World Cup goal as Poland win Group C Poland 2-0 Saudi Arabia Robert Lewandowski scored his first World Cup goal as Poland earned a crucial victory over Saudi Arabia that leaves Group C wide open. The Barcelona striker capitalised on an error by Saudi Arabia...
  3. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    Here are what the teams in Groups A and B - whose teams have played twice - have to do do qualify for the Last 16. The top two from each group go through... Group A There was heartache for Qatar on Friday as the hosts became the first team to be eliminated from the tournament. After losing...
  4. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    That's a good point. That's one reason why Luciana lives here. She says Brazil is too violent.
  5. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    This has been a World Cup that has seen Argentina lose against Saudi Arabia and Germany lose against Japan. I think the team that has most impressed me so far has been five-time winners Brazil, who beat Serbia 2-0 yesterday thanks to two goals from Tottenham Hotspur's Richarlison. They look...
  6. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    Looks like it was neither.
  7. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    I don't know if we were better. I think we dominated the opening 15 or 20 minutes then got shit, with too many misplaced passes and the central defenders Stones and Henderson just passing it backwards and forwards between themselves at times like tennis. Kane, who is supposed to be a striker...
  8. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    England 0-0 USA Had England won tonight they would have qualified for the Last 16 after Iran's 2-0 win against Wales. Instead, they drew 0-0 against a team they have never beaten in the World Cup. I remember England being in a shitty 0-0 draw with Scotland in the Group Stage of Euro 2020...
  9. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    It's the World Cup, it's nearly Christmas. Combine the two and you get a World Cup song to the tune of a British Christmas pop classic by Slade...
  10. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    I do think Keane was right. That was never a penalty for Argentina. It looks as though the Argie dragged down the Saudi but won himself a penalty. This is from the same dirty cheating nation which produced Maradona's famous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup: trying to...
  11. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    At the BBC today, things got heated as they do when football is underway in this country. Graham Souness says that Argentina's penalty against Saudi Arabia - which Messi scored - should have been a penalty, whereas Roy Keane says it was never a penalty. I expected Keane to headbutt the shit...
  12. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    England fans in other countries = drunken psychos chucking chairs at Germans and glassing Argies in the face England fans in Qatar with no beer = polite gentlemen giving a lovely interview to GB News They even get friendly with a fan of... Wales I don't like it
  13. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    The supervisor on our 12-8 shift at work - Robert Trojanek - is Polish (he's basically our boss even though he's not the highest rank at Ultra Finishing). Instead of keeping an eye on us - especially us dastardly order pickers - to make sure we were working and not loitering and chatting he was...
  14. Blackleaf

    King and Queen welcome South African president for state visit

    King Charles III meets the South African president on the first State Visit in his reign... The King gives his speech at the State Banquet in Buckingham Palace tonight...
  15. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    Standings Group C Saudi Arabia - 3 Poland - 1 Mexico - 1 Argentina - 0 Group D France - 3 Tunisia - 1 Denmark - 1 Australia - 0 Tomorrow: Group F Morocco Vs Croatia (10:00 UK time) Group E Germany Vs Japan (13:00) Group E Spain Vs Costa Rica (16:00) Group F Belgium Vs Canada (19:00)
  16. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    It's this reason - that it's the first ever winter World Cup (in the Northern Hemisphere) and comes just a few months into the Premier League season when England's players are still fresh rather than in July after a Premier League season when the players are exhausted - why England are going to...
  17. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    Champions France come from behind to convincingly beat the Socceroos Group D France 4-1 Australia Defending champions France delivered a powerful statement of intent by outclassing Australia as Olivier Giroud equalled Thierry Henry's all-time scoring record for the national team. France...
  18. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    Lewandowski's World Cup pain continues Group C Mexico 0-0 Poland Robert Lewandowski had a penalty saved as Poland and Mexico played out a goalless World Cup draw at a fervent Stadium 974. Captain Lewandowski has never scored in the tournament and his wait continues after a tame effort was...
  19. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    Denmark held by vibrant Tunsia in goalless opener Group D Denmark 0-0 Tunisia Denmark were held to a draw by Tunisia in their World Cup opener in a raucous atmosphere at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan. Despite fielding many Premier League regulars, the much-fancied Danes were...
  20. Blackleaf

    2022 World Cup

    Saudi Arabia deliver 'seismic' shock, but don't count Argentina out Group C Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia It will go down as one of the World Cup's biggest shocks. All the pre-match talk was about how this could finally be Lionel Messi's year, how Argentina could be crowned world champions for...