Olympics: Men's and women's football tournaments

[Daisy Jane]

Females are f***ed in trying to win this year

honestly. like i said - if you were going to dock them 6 points - you might as well have just said go home, and come back in 4 years. like if you docked them the 3 against NZ, they'd still be behind, and then you just move on. but the 6? (this isn't justifying it. they did a wrong - they should be punished. so like just send them home. why make them play and basically with this deficit they're eliminated anyway?)

 

[Jussi]

Nigeria fighting hard for the draw vs Spain's women.

 

[Jussi]

Wow, Spain score from a long range free kick. Putellas!

 

[Il Stugotz]

Wow, Spain score from a long range free kick. Putellas!

I think she was aiming for Paralleulo but they deserve to have at least one of their 35+ shots go in. Nigeria had a couple great chances too

 

[Jussi]

USA scores first vs Germany!

 

[Jussi]

Germany equalize!

 

[Jussi]

US retakes the lead!

 

[Jussi]

US 3-1 with the help of a wild deflection!

 

[Jussi]

US seem to have a good decision with the new manager. They're playing much better, modern football.

 

[adsfan]

honestly. like i said - if you were going to dock them 6 points - you might as well have just said go home, and come back in 4 years. like if you docked them the 3 against NZ, they'd still be behind, and then you just move on. but the 6? (this isn't justifying it. they did a wrong - they should be punished. so like just send them home. why make them play and basically with this deficit they're eliminated anyway?)

They play, so the other teams in their group get the same amount of games played, instead of a walkover, and some rest, relative to the other groups.

 

[adsfan]

Canada is shit over spying with drones

Canada's men's and women's soccer teams have relied on drones and spying for years, sources say | TSN

Coaching staff and contractors working with Canada’s men’s and women’s national soccer teams have been engaged for years in efforts to film the closed-door training sessions of their opponents, including during the women’s gold-medal winning Olympic tournament in 2021, sources told TSN.

www.tsn.ca

My daughter, who follows woman's soccer closer than I do, believes that Henroth, the former woman's coach for Canada, and current men's coach for Canada, may have been doing that. She says that he issued a lot of paranoid statements about his team being spied upon in the past.

That would explain the current spying scandal, so Jumptheshark may be correct, whether drones were used or not! I am shocked by this whole mess.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Holy shit, what a goal from Morocco! Insane assist from Hakimi! Richardson finishes!

 

[Jussi]

Egypt beat Spain 2-1, winning the group, both teams advance.

Morocco lead Iraq, Ukraine - Argentina still scoreless.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Rahimi bags his 4th of the group stage and Morocco is up 2-0. Iraq look like they're in complete shambles.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Screamer from Abde. 3-0 Morocco and this one should just be about done.

 

[Jussi]

Morocco up by 3 already.

 

[PanthersPens62]

US men makes the knockout stage for the 1st time in 24 years!

 

[Spring in Fialta]

I'm surprised Morocco-USA is the quarterfinal that gets the game in Paris. Argentina-France, which should be really fiery, will be played in Bordeaux.

 

[Il Stugotz]

Straight red to Marta for kicking Olga Carmona in the head

 

[Jussi]

Straight red to Marta for kicking Olga Carmona in the head

What a sad ending to her international career (?).

16 minutes added on....

 

[Il Stugotz]

Must be nice to control a game for 60 minutes and then get to sub in Bonmati and Putellas

Lots of banged up players from that game, including both goalies, quite a rough one

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I'm surprised Morocco-USA is the quarterfinal that gets the game in Paris. Argentina-France, which should be really fiery, will be played in Bordeaux.

They picked the venues before the Olympics started. They were expecting Argentina-USA and Morocco-France, and that’s not what played out.

 

[Jussi]

USA leading Australia, long VAR check at the end of the first half.

 

[Jussi]

USA double their lead.

 

[Jussi]

Aussies with a come back goal! One goal game!