Oh sure, but let’s see Italy beat India in Cricket
I don’t think Italians could handle a week long game lol.
can you imagine how long these games would be if they were in southern europe? They’d be living without internet full time.
Lucky bastards. I wish my country didn’t qualify so I would be spared all those stupid World Cup news and neighbor’s viewing parties.
Guys, you need to get out a bit. Being so upset about others enjoying their time is mad.
Does anyone give a shit about football in those countries though?
Soccer is huge in China
Yeah but what about football?
you mean rugby but played wearing the silly panties, safety boy gear and helmet?
Nobody in the world cares about that
It’s something people cannot comprehend even on a personal level. I don’t care about the world cup for now. People will want to talk about the last game and cannot fathom why I am not watching a 110min game where nothing happens.
Chinese, Indians: They may not give a shit or watch some leagues from Europe if they are into football.
It’s obviously fine if you’re not interested, but it seems unnecessarily aggressive to say “a 110min game where nothing happens”. It also shows how little you know about the sport. Even if they go to overtime (which can only happen in direct elimination matches), that would be 90+30 = 120.
Yeah! Plenty happens! Like a bunch of grown ass men dramatically throwing themselves on the ground pretending to be hurt!
When your mom told you videogames were dumb, this is what she sounded like.
Just to clarify for those not in the US or Europe(the question might also be the answer to topic): what’s the World Cup?
A corruption event held every 4 years where the team that bribes the corruption organization the most get the most favorable placement in the first pairing, and all other strong teams are paired together until they knock each other out.
You also need to pay fealty to the footy corruption organization like charging abhorrent prices for public transit to go see the games, charging insane prices for anything football related, and even crack down on businesses that sell footbal-related specials or sales without also greasing the palms of the footy corruption organization.
Edit:
It seems I kicked the FIFA hornets nest. It’s funny seeing the amount of FIFA defenders rallying against me joking that they rig games for bribes…
So you’re one of the enlightened geniuses that believe that Argentina’s World Cup was not legitimate, huh? You do realize that all of the teams have to be on board for that to happen, right? Even if they were, it would still be incredibly hard to coordinate (if not impossible). They won, and deserved it. Deal with it.
I don’t even know what you’re talking about
They are corrupt, but that has nothing to do with organizing the world cup so one specific team will win it.
It’s a conspiracy theory I’ve heard a couple times that they pair up all the strong teams and the winners typically get a favorable start. I literally couldn’t care less about the world Cup except to meme on it and FIFA though so what do I know. Maybe the corruption company that acts like the soccer Mafia is slightly less corrupt somehow.
I didn’t get the theory. The world cup groups are defined in a televised draw. Are you saying that the draw is fixed?
The draw is fixed. There have been multiple instances of this, most notably France 98, where, as Platini declared years after, they deliberately put France in group C and Brazil in group A, so they wouldn’t meet until the finals.
Yeah the organization that gave trump a FIFA peace prize to bribe him after he was snubbed by the Nobel Prize debacle would play fair… I don’t care whether they really do it or not (they probably do though) I just think memeing on them is funny
You’re talking about a children’s game, mind you.
There are children playing in the World Cup?
I didn’t realize the game they play at the World Cup is fundamentally different than the game of futbol. Thank you for enlightening me. It’s WAY different than the children’s game, my bad. /s
No we are talking about a game. Adults still play soccer even not professionally all over the place. I feel sorry for you people who don’t think adults can have fun. Must be a dull dreary life.
Those sure are a lot of implications about my one sentence reply. Please get more upset.
The majority of adult hobbies are also done by children. If you are too insecure to enjoy something because someone younger does it, that’s your problem. Some of most fun you can have is sharing a bit of wonder with the next generation.
Said nothing about adults not being able to enjoy children’s’ games. Taking it as seriously and getting as upset as these three replies is fucking hilarious to me. Get some perspective and enjoy the game lmao
Agreed. See below (a pictorial guide to this thread)
China is only interested in advanced math competitions, and India only cares about cricket.
Xi Jinping is a huge football fan. China implemented a plan to qualify over 10 years ago but their federation has been rife with corruption. The previous coach Li Tie (who played in Premier league) is in prison for 20 years for bribery.
https://apnews.com/article/china-soccer-bribes-a3fee6547c9fe9f3734d65d23108cf46
Wait, how does corruption lead to bad results exactly? The entire industry is rotten to the core.