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[Harkorede]

This one of the worse pause in football history, probably about 4 minutes and max 5-6 minutes of stoppage time left to play, but play is now being suspended, I wonder how the player would be feeling in their respective dressing room, I think Chelsea might have the better advantage for this pause anyway.

[Rruchi man]

I expect Chelsea to win against Benfica who win against Bayern few days ago.

Brilliant kick from Reece James to give Chelsea the one goal.

Another game suspended due to bad weather, and I am wondering how this will not affect the FIFA World Cup that will be co-hosted by the United States.

[LTU_btc]

This one of the worse pause in football history, probably about 4 minutes and max 5-6 minutes of stoppage time left to play, but play is now being suspended, I wonder how the player would be feeling in their respective dressing room, I think Chelsea might have the better advantage for this pause anyway.

It's just ridiculous. Even if there was something coming towards stadium, they had enough time to finish the game. Now already hour passed since game was stopped and rain didn't even started. There is some clouds visible, but it's sunny in stadium. I read that game should be stopped if there was lightning 10 miles within the stadium.
If they won't change these rules, experience of watching Wolrd Cup next year will be terrible.

[Harkorede]

This one of the worse pause in football history, probably about 4 minutes and max 5-6 minutes of stoppage time left to play, but play is now being suspended, I wonder how the player would be feeling in their respective dressing room, I think Chelsea might have the better advantage for this pause anyway.

It's just ridiculous. Even if there was something coming towards stadium, they had enough time to finish the game. Now already hour passed since game was stopped and rain didn't even started. There is some clouds visible, but it's sunny in stadium. I read that game should be stopped if there was lightning 10 miles within the stadium.
If they won't change these rules, experience of watching Wolrd Cup next year will be terrible.

Yeah, the pause has even taken longer than expected, I tried to checked if the lightning actually occurred but couldn’t find anything, but I saw from an X user that posted that play will resume by 7:25pm local time, hopefully it does, so they can get this done and over with.

EDIT:

Finally, the match is just about to resume!

EDIT 2:

Benfica now might have a penalty here, lol! They do!

[igebotz]

Brilliant kick from Reece James to give Chelsea the one goal.

Another game suspended due to bad weather, and I am wondering how this will not affect the FIFA World Cup that will be co-hosted by the United States.

Yeah that was a great goal, James was unbelievable, made it harder for Benfica to build attack. He's been dit for a while now, hope he continues that way- like the way the manager is managing his minutes.

I mean they had barely 8 mins To finish the game. Ref could have waited abit to finish up the game and. That 2hrs time was uncalledful.


I'm sleeping on Neto, he's been low-key wrapping up points every game.

[Trofo]

This one of the worse pause in football history, probably about 4 minutes and max 5-6 minutes of stoppage time left to play, but play is now being suspended, I wonder how the player would be feeling in their respective dressing room, I think Chelsea might have the better advantage for this pause anyway.

It's just ridiculous. Even if there was something coming towards stadium, they had enough time to finish the game. Now already hour passed since game was stopped and rain didn't even started. There is some clouds visible, but it's sunny in stadium. I read that game should be stopped if there was lightning 10 miles within the stadium.
If they won't change these rules, experience of watching Wolrd Cup next year will be terrible.

Yeah, the pause has even taken longer than expected, I tried to checked if the lightning actually occurred but couldn’t find anything, but I saw from an X user that posted that play will resume by 7:25pm local time, hopefully it does, so they can get this done and over with.

EDIT:

Finally, the match is just about to resume!

EDIT 2:

Benfica now might have a penalty here, lol! They do!

Those pauses are plain stupid. They stopped the game before anything actually came to the field. But that is their lighting safety protocol and you can't really complain.

Di Maria is my new hero, played full minutes of every game here with 38 years on his back. Guys 10 years younger can't last 60 minutes  

Not to mention he made this little beauty pass

[slaman29]

Guess how surprised I was to reach office early and somehow, able to watch the game on friends phone, the entire extra time. Lucky me for this weird delays!

But poor Benfica. If they only just didn't get the shit penalty that was not a penalty they would have lost only 0-1 and be done with it.

But no, go to overtime, get a red card, and make Chelsea look like amazing 4-1 winners

Di Maria deserves better than this, that generation had not many snowflakes.

[un_rank]

I mean they had barely 8 mins To finish the game. Ref could have waited abit to finish up the game and. That 2hrs time was uncalledful.

I slept off waiting for the game to resume. I could not exactly see the reason for the break and 2 hours is quite a long time to keep a game paused, a game I watched 2 days ago had really heavy rainfall but still continued. Players lose momentum and there is less rest time between matches. The fans also lose the vibe of the match and some may not be able to return to finish the game.

Really dominant display from Chelsea, at least for the part of the game I watched. They played a really good opponent and controlled the pace of the game. Benfica did not have a shot on target until very late in the match.

- Jay -

[igebotz]

Those pauses are plain stupid. They stopped the game before anything actually came to the field. But that is their lighting safety protocol and you can't really complain.

You could tell from the ref reaction and decisions that he wanted that break so badly cause he's favorite Benfica were already down, just waiting for the game to end so they can go home, he gave them another 2hrs to rest and come back to award them a shitty penalty last minute.

Nice bet slip Snake - now I'm not mad at the penalty anymore. Congratulations.

Really dominant display from Chelsea, at least for the part of the game I watched. They played a really good opponent and controlled the pace of the game. Benfica did not have a shot on target until very late in the match.

James and Cucu shutting the wings, Lavia and Caciedo closing the middle, it was hard to create anything - for the first time in this tournament, Enzo Mascara came up with a better lineup.

USA shouldn't be hosting any major tournaments - pausing a game for 2 hrs for a mere thunderstorm is a job.

[un_rank]

James and Cucu shutting the wings, Lavia and Caciedo closing the middle, it was hard to create anything - for the first time in this tournament, Enzo Mascara came up with a better lineup.

USA shouldn't be hosting any major tournaments - pausing a game for 2 hrs for a mere thunderstorm is a job.

I have to postpone my next hate watch to the semi-final. I am not holding up much hope for the Palmeiras game, they are a decent side but Chelsea should have enough to go through.

The rules should be changed to give some bit of autonomy to the officials on when to stop or restart the game. Besides the weather, I think they should have hosted the maiden edition in Europe and then try it out in some other place depending on the outcome.

- Jay -

[buwaytress]

Hmm... you're 13 points behind me and 150 points behind the leader and you decided to give up so early? 
I made a big mistake in this round by deciding to use my first boost (I should have done everything in the group stage by the way) and chose double points for the captain, although I should have chosen +2 points for advancing to the next round.
If some miracle doesn't happen, then after 1/8 I will also finish my participation. And apparently I will finish with Fantasy in general 

Yeah. Not typical of me but it's a short tournament and I always knew I'd have some difficulty in giving the care needed, but the early mistakes were a huge blow. No way top 5 slack off now. Much better to focus on getting Superbru as finely thin margins as possible. For example, changed my picks 1-1 to 1-2 to Chelsea at the last minute, feeling that Extra Time would result in a penalty. Turns out I wasn't far off. Only got 1 point, but so did every other Chelsea pick, so it keeps me at pace!

You are not doing bad in superbru and you are currently in third place.
I messed up with my Palmeiras vs Botafogo prediction but this was not easy match to predict.
I expect Chelsea to win against Benfica who win against Bayern few days ago.

Yeah, perfect Palmeira score and Chelsea crazy game puts me a little bit stronger. Not certain how things look, from 1st to 15th place is only 2 or 3 games' worth of points. So I just need to keep adjusting picks as we get closer to the games.

Chelsea were frustrating to watch. No danger of allowing goals, but you weren't feeling like they were so threatening either. When Cucu's the best looking player you feel afraid. Nkunku to the rescue, eh?

[igebotz]

I have to postpone my next hate watch to the semi-final. I am not holding up much hope for the Palmeiras game, they are a decent side but Chelsea should have enough to go through.

The rules should be changed to give some bit of autonomy to the officials on when to stop or restart the game. Besides the weather, I think they should have hosted the maiden edition in Europe and then try it out in some other place depending on the outcome.

Estevao appears to be Palmeiras' only attacking threat; keep him out, and you've now eliminated 80% of the attacking threats.  I am confident that Cucu will take good care of him.  You're going to hate-watch as we lift the trophy 

I expressed the same concern; I had no idea what they were hoping to achieve by having it in America instead of Europe. Nobody cares about football in America..

[Trofo]

I expressed the same concern; I had no idea what they were hoping to achieve by having it in America instead of Europe. Nobody cares about football in America..

That is not exactly true. There is plenty of people that care about soccer in the America. Problem is Trump declared all of them illegal aliens and now they are afraid to come to the games. That is the main reason there is so little supporters on the stands in my opinion. Could be completely wrong, maybe we have some native that could let us know.

[Gost ms]

For the first time, Messi is going to play with his former team. This match may not be easy for Messi at all. Playing with the champion club of this season in UCL. Messi fans all over the world are waiting for the game today. On the one hand, this is the first game with Messi's former team and on the other hand, the champion team of this season. Although it is impossible to predict the future, we are very optimistic that we will see a very beautiful game.

[igebotz]

I expressed the same concern; I had no idea what they were hoping to achieve by having it in America instead of Europe. Nobody cares about football in America..

That is not exactly true. There is plenty of people that care about soccer in the America. Problem is Trump declared all of them illegal aliens and now they are afraid to come to the games. That is the main reason there is so little supporters on the stands in my opinion. Could be completely wrong, maybe we have some native that could let us know.

Trump is not afflicted with the CWC, and are you saying that those declared illegal aliens are more populated than legitimate aliens?

They do watch soccer, no question, but it cannot be compared to basketball or the NFL over there; only a small percentage of people genuinely enjoy football.  None of the United Soccer League clubs were able to fill the stadium on their own soil. .

[Harkorede]

PSG vs Inter Miami actually have a packed stadium, maybe they only care about certain teams/players, I don’t know the exact stadium capacity but it’s pretty filled from my TV’s view…

Messi to get 1+ shot on target @ boosted (promo)  2.00 Odds is supposed to be a no brainer right ?

[KTChampions]

PSG vs Inter Miami actually have a packed stadium, maybe they only care about certain teams/players, I don’t know the exact stadium capacity but it’s pretty filled from my TV’s view…

Messi to get 1+ shot on target @ boosted (promo)  2.00 Odds is supposed to be a no brainer right ?

Doubtful. It seems to me that if PSG plays serious football, Messi will not see the ball. He will go a maximum of 5 meters in the area of ​​the central circle with it  Another question is how serious this game will be, maybe PSG will win in energy saving mode.

P.S. Damn, time zones have let me down again and it turns out the game is already underway. Well, it looks like PSG want to win big today judging by the first minutes.

[Harkorede]

PSG vs Inter Miami actually have a packed stadium, maybe they only care about certain teams/players, I don’t know the exact stadium capacity but it’s pretty filled from my TV’s view…

Messi to get 1+ shot on target @ boosted (promo)  2.00 Odds is supposed to be a no brainer right ?

Doubtful. It seems to me that if PSG plays serious football, Messi will not see the ball. He will go a maximum of 5 meters in the area of ​​the central circle with it  Another question is how serious this game will be, maybe PSG will win in energy saving mode.

P.S. Damn, time zones have let me down again and it turns out the game is already underway. Well, it looks like PSG want to win big today judging by the first minutes.

It’s been a complete dominance from PSG for the half an hour here, PSG aren’t even allowing Inter Miami any space or combine 4 string passes together, but I don’t think it can be done for the entire 90 minutes and just one opportunity or free kick might be all I need to get a Messi shot on target.

[Trofo]

PSG vs Inter Miami actually have a packed stadium, maybe they only care about certain teams/players, I don’t know the exact stadium capacity but it’s pretty filled from my TV’s view…

Messi to get 1+ shot on target @ boosted (promo)  2.00 Odds is supposed to be a no brainer right ?

Doubtful. It seems to me that if PSG plays serious football, Messi will not see the ball. He will go a maximum of 5 meters in the area of ​​the central circle with it  Another question is how serious this game will be, maybe PSG will win in energy saving mode.

P.S. Damn, time zones have let me down again and it turns out the game is already underway. Well, it looks like PSG want to win big today judging by the first minutes.

It’s been a complete dominance from PSG for the half an hour here, PSG aren’t even allowing Inter Miami any space or combine 4 string passes together, but I don’t think it can be done for the entire 90 minutes and just one opportunity or free kick might be all I need to get a Messi shot on target.

2nd half was much better for Inter Miami, PSG made a couple of changes and dropped into lower gear. Messi had some nice moves, expected better first touch from Suarez when Messi found him.

Anyway, finally got a nice captain call. These points from hakimi are locked in, no more twisting.

[igebotz]

2nd half was much better for Inter Miami, PSG made a couple of changes and dropped into lower gear. Messi had some nice moves, expected better first touch from Suarez when Messi found him.

Anyway, finally got a nice captain call. These points from hakimi are locked in, no more twisting.

Why is Suarez acting like he's 40+?  I had not seen him play in ages, but thanks to CWC, he ruined every counter-attack and goal-scoring chances they had.  The Inter Miami team are clueless; only Messi was playing today.

Sticking so early? What's the fun of the game brother?