4 added minutes? Were there injuries I don’t remember?
There’s that one guy who keeps lying down with leg cramps.
-xtien
Ugh, 30 more minutes of this now.
A fourth substitute now allowed in Extra Time.
Spain has found a hole on the left side. They setup a tent and lived there for the last 6 minutes, but it looks like Russia finally evicted them.
Seriously. It’s annoying. I wish they would switch the field and probe the wider areas on the other side of the field.
“Turns out he wasn’t injured after all.” SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHocking.
-xtien
Shot on goal by Spain!!! (Easy save by the keeper).
I mean, Spain do know that the object of this particular sport is to knock the ball into the net, right?
Tell us about your tactics, Spain…
Ha. The crowd camera just showed a Spanish fan biting his nails. The commentator: “Well, it is a nail-biter isn’t it.”
I think the commentators are cramping up too.
Also we got a shot of three large Russian fans eating hot dogs or something. Reminded me of George eating ice cream at the U.S. Open.
-xtien
“…they have had so much ball, and done, to be honest, so little with it.”
-xtien
Spain finally has a counter-attack. Look at what happens when you use speed!
Potentially unpopular opinion - I like penalty shootouts.
I love them too. Argentina vs Yugoslavia quarterfinal 1990 penalties is still a cherished memory.
I can’t stand them. It’s not the same game. It’s like, “Let’s try something else.”
“Hey, we’re tied at the end of the basketball game. Let’s have a dunking contest!”
-xtien
I will say that some of this Spanish ball movement is stuff I could never do. Like the no-look, on-target backwards kick to a teammate 15 yards back.
I like the “you just ran your legs off for 120 minutes, let’s try and break you psychologically” aspect.
But then I was stone cold from the penalty spot for my Sunday morning team in front of seven spectators.
Thanks VAR, they were really trying hard for a penalty there.
