Germany 2006 was 20 years ago.
>>152268343Last time italy played a ko match
>>152268343I was born a month after that world cup. Was /sp/ a thing back then?
>>152268997Kill yourself
I was 14 jesusI still feel young and adventurous at 33. The missus is trying to domesticate me though
It really sucks that all World Cups now have to be in multiple countries
>>152269058>2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia enters the chat
>>152269426>Either in multiple countries or in November2018 really was the last good world cup
>>152269048i'm also a 92 chad but i have lost the will for living and every day is torture
>>152269033/thread
>>1522694362018 was shit2014 was the last good one, had such good games
>>152269048>>152269465based fellow 92 chads
>>152268997Based
>hmmm, yes, I will play Julio Cruz instead of Messi
>>152269426That's the biggest mockery possible, yeah. They're making countries like the US, Canada, and Mexico host together because they are megalomaniacs ... but fucking Saudi-Arabia gets a pass. The Saudis will have to build every single stadium new. And their renders look even more fake and impossible than Qatar's, and the Qataris were already massively bullshitting, as everyone knows. Meanwhile, FIFA also have the nerve to talk about "sustainability"Really makes you wonder how much the Saudis paid for thisApart from them, only three countries have a shot at hosting alone because FIFA wants their dick so badly: China, the US, and maybe at some point in the future IndiaI also fully expect FIFA to expand the World Cup to 64 teams relatively soon. Hosting alone will be even harder then
>>152269627checked the wiki and one of the stadiums was planned to be in in NEOMwell, yeah, tough shit, kwab
>>1522694842014 felt more "right" than 2018, Brazil simply has a different attitude and feeling to it than Russia does. But the 2018 World Cup still was alright, and Russia was a valid choice for a host in general. Definitely a lot better than a tiny repressive oil state with no football history or culture whatsoever that has 100,000 actual citizens and 3,000,000 quasi slaves and can't even host the tournament in summer (they initially promised they would, but then conveniently broke that promise)And also better than 48 teams playing in three countries
>>152269661A stadium in a fucking skyscraper. And it's arguably not even the dumbest proposal. One of these things looks like a video game glitchThese countries should not be hosting World Cups for various reasons
>>15226834320 years of hurt ago. Don't downplay our trauma.
>>152268997/sp/ became a thing in 2008The archives are funny. Every 4channer was a turbo virgin weaboo back then so the website seethed about a normalfag board getting added.
You can't imagine how painful it feels to lose a WC final on penaltiesThen make it 2
>>152270036/a/ loved spee though, I think it was mostly /v/
>1988 is closer to 2006 than we are to 2006
>>152268343>tfw I can remember all the talk about our future Pelé, Walcott>tv shows bringing it up that it was 40 years after 1966 so clearly the stars were aligningClearly 2066 is the year
>>152270580>We're closer to the 2118 World Cup than we are to the first World Cup in 1930
>>152270567doesn't matter anymore as both tranime in video gayms are just as popular as sports nowadays
>>152270580Hard to wrap your head around how rapidly the world changed in 1990-2010
>>152268343>Germany 2006 was 20 years ago.Jesus ChristI remember that summer so vividly, I was 13Remember seething that my parents took us all out to dinner when England played Sweden and a fit waitress saw I was frustrated to be missing the match so she kept coming up to our table and giving me updatesAlso remember we went on a great family holiday to Mallorca that summer and I got drunk for the first time with some other kids who snuck some beers out of their parents holiday villa and we drank on the beach while our parents were all getting drunk in the portSimply great times, growing up in pre-crash Europe in the 2000s was absolutely amazing
>>152270036And the only reason this board was created was because of pic related
>>152270683nothing will compare to how it changes between 2020 and 2030
>>152268343Who was in the wrong here?
>>152270580>>152270683>>152270788
>40-somethings were watching the 2006 World Cup who were at Wembley in 1966
>>152271061The guy who let a simple yo mama comment define his legacy and arguably cost his country the World Cup in his final game
>>152269048>>152269465>>152269519'92 GODS in attendance
I just rewatched Brazil vs France, honestly it's unbelievable how shit the level of play was back then. The players make the most retarded decisions imaginable. Pep saved the sport
>>152271401I said this before and got shat on. People romanticize soccer from 20-25 years ago because of how many stars there were realitve to now. But I'm reality the games were so much worse. >Tactically far below anything nowadays>Wingers pointless crosses into the box x100>Pointless skill move that gets by the defender maybe 1/10 times to make a nice highlight >Shot outside the box number #283738 that goes miles over the crossbar>None of the defenders can make a pass or play out the back>Fullbacks are 100 times better nowadays >Fitness levels much much better nowadays >Midfielders had ages on the ball realitve to now to fuck around The thing is this era sucks but most of the players are told to play that way. It's all about efficiency so a lot of the flair from the game is gone
>>152277035you can make 5 subs now, which is the biggest bullshit ever introduced to the sport.
>>152277630this and VAR have raped football into the semen slurping sport it is today. also faggot redditors getting involved
WHEN I GET OLDER, I WILL BE STRONGERTHEY'LL CALL ME FREEDOMJUST LIKE A WAVIN' FLAGAND THEN IT GOES AND THEN IT GOES BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
>>152285127Based
>2020 was 16 years ago
>>152284217VAR is the absolute worst. Sucked all the soul out of the sport. No goal will ever again be celebrated with the joy they once were because there's always a doubt in your mind that VAR could disallow it. Imagine the 1999 CL final with VAR bullshit. Is it a goal? Can we celebrate? Have we made a comeback? Who knows!
>>152285127zoomers will never know this bliss
