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 Welcome to the opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2018. Our Russian hosts will play against fellow group A members Saudi Arabia  Kick off will be at 16:00 GMT. Russia should be able to win against Saudi Arabia. The Saudis only won two world cup matches, both in the 1994 WC in the US. Russia has home team advantage, and refs are known to be kind to host nations in the group stages. The Saudis only have an orb.  Still, our resident Russian and Russia expert, Alexeythegreat, is pessimistic about his team's performance. So perhaps we can have an exciting 1-0, where the ref gifts Russia an insane penalty in the 93rd minute. At least Portugal will play Spain tomorrow, so we can expect to see at least one actually decent game. Let's get this over with!
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Jun 14, 2018 13:41
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Lol if you think Russia are going to win, the Saudis are going to dick all over them
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Jun 14, 2018 13:45
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Russia is definitely going to win, and it will be a 92nd minute VAR penalty (or penalties).
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Jun 14, 2018 13:45
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The Russians will win 1-1
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Jun 14, 2018 13:46
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let's all hope for the sink hole
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Jun 14, 2018 13:49
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The ref crew for the opening game Ref: Nestor Pitana (ARG) AR1: Hernán Maidana (ARG) AR2: Juan Pablo Bellati (ARG) 4th: Sandro Ricci (BRA) RAR: Emerson de Carvalho (BRA) VAR: Massimilano Irrati (ITA) AVAR1: Mauro Vigliano (ARG) AVAR2: Carlos Astroza (CHI) AVAR3: Daniele Orsato (ITA) Pitana and Ricci were the likely candidates to get this opening match and FIFA found a way to put them both on it. I'm a little surprised Pitana was preferred for the whistle, though. IMO he is CONMEBOL's #1 and throwing him on the opener could go sideways fast (Nishimura in 2014, anyone?), so I'm shocked he wasn't saved for a bigger game than this snoozefest. And then when you add in that Ricci has a lot more experience using VAR it seems like he would have been the easy pick. If anyone remembers the last world cup, Pitana had Russia/Korea, USA/Portugal, Honduras/Switzerland, and France/Germany. There are four VAR officials. Here is the breakdown of how they are used: VAR: In charge of everything. The only one who communicates with the referees on the field of play. AVAR1: While VAR is doing a review, AVAR1 watches the live monitor in case anyone decides to be an idiot while play is stopped and/or is monitoring live play while VAR decides whether or not to stop it. AVAR2: An AR, they are the offside expert in the group to assist with those decisions. AVAR3: Hanging out in case something happens to one of the other three folks.
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Jun 14, 2018 14:02
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hello yes the world cup is about to begin
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Jun 14, 2018 14:05
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Saudi Arabia winning would be really funny so I hope that happens
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Jun 14, 2018 14:09
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i watched a couple of saudi arabia games in the qualifiers and i still couldnt name a single member of their name
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Jun 14, 2018 14:12
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Hope the opener is Diana Ross level bad.
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Jun 14, 2018 14:13
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Jose posted:Saudi Arabia winning would be really funny so I hope that happens Allahu akbar
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Jun 14, 2018 14:13
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This is probably going to be the only game the Russians win before they crash out in the group stages.
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Jun 14, 2018 14:17
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I hope Russia lose all their matches in an embarrassing fashion.
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Jun 14, 2018 14:28
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Kick-off is at 15:00 GMT, OP We aren't using GMT here in glorious Britannia, as we declare less than 50mm rain per day as 'Summer Time'
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Jun 14, 2018 14:29
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Russia will win this poo poo game
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Jun 14, 2018 14:29
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Hype hype hype
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Jun 14, 2018 14:31
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I can't get enough of are Dan
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Jun 14, 2018 14:34
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This poo poo gon' be good
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Jun 14, 2018 14:38
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Ouhhh you better believe I’m hype and also billing for this weak rear end match 
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Jun 14, 2018 14:40
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ChrisXP posted:Kick-off is at 15:00 GMT, OP Oh, sorry for that mistake. Anyway, it begins in roughly 75 minutes 
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Jun 14, 2018 14:43
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Sneaking beers at work to watch this horrible poo poo.
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Jun 14, 2018 14:43
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I've got football fever and the only cure is GOALS So I may be hosed for this match
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Jun 14, 2018 14:44
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My train is delayed and I can't even sit with a beer and watch the march in case I miss it
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Jun 14, 2018 14:47
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Jose posted:My train is delayed and I can't even sit with a beer and watch the march in case I miss it Watch it on your phone idiot
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Jun 14, 2018 14:53
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ill be sitting in a dentist chair dreaming about watching some poo poo cloggers kick each other in front of millions of screaming russians while this match is going on op
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Jun 14, 2018 14:54
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imo my dentist should make like a russian prison and put a tv in the room so patients can watch the world cup
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Jun 14, 2018 14:55
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Jose posted:Saudi Arabia winning would be really funny so I hope that happens inshallah
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Jun 14, 2018 14:56
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Jose posted:Saudi Arabia winning would be really funny so I hope that happens  op
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Jun 14, 2018 14:58
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i am very hype OP, russia is mostly wastemen, but hopefully smolov/golovin/dzagoev have one moment of magic in them
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Jun 14, 2018 15:01
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All Hail Orb.
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Jun 14, 2018 15:04
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We are only 5 minutes into the preshow and I’m already sick of Fox. They seem to have a shoestring production budget because that intro animation looked at least 15 years old.
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Jun 14, 2018 15:06
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this is going to be the all time worst opening match at a big tournament
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Jun 14, 2018 15:07
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my coworker wants to celebrate losing a bunch of weight by-get this- going to a bar for lunch & drinks and I'm trying to find a way to make it wait until the game is over EST time kinda sucks for this tournament Omnikin fucked around with this message at 15:10 on Jun 14, 2018 |
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Jun 14, 2018 15:07
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tekz posted:this is going to be the all time worst opening match at a big tournament counterpoint: South Africa v Mexico with the vuvuzelas
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Jun 14, 2018 15:08
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TyrantWD posted:We are only 5 minutes into the preshow and I’m already sick of Fox. They seem to have a shoestring production budget because that intro animation looked at least 15 years old. After the US failed to qualify I imagine their budget got cut significantly. The run up to the tournament was not nearly as full of ads for it as last time. At this point they're probably hoping they recoup their losses.
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Jun 14, 2018 15:10
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Omnikin posted:counterpoint: South Africa v Mexico with the vuvuzelas There was a sick goal in that match
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Jun 14, 2018 15:11
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oil vs gas
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Jun 14, 2018 15:11
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I took a few days off work so I could sit around watching the World Cup but I didn't realize I'd also have to listen to Alexei Lalas what have I done
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Jun 14, 2018 15:12
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Kurtofan posted:oil vs gas shitaly isnt in this tournament op
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Jun 14, 2018 15:12
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Omnikin posted:counterpoint: South Africa v Mexico with the vuvuzelas vuvuzelas are cool
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