both teams are so shit the game is actually entertaining

didn't get the first time, thanks m8!

I just laughed at an actual possibility that I can live in the world where oyarazabal is a fucking golden ball winner.

Genuinely thought it couldn't get worse than the semi final choke.
It could.
Holy shit what a shit but entertaining game lmao

easiest player of the tournament win ever, rodri can score 5 for all everyone cares, it will be given to messi

nothing beats the sheer shithousery and memery of a big team losing to a tier 3 shitter in an open qual buddy.
https://www.hltv.org/matches/2347747/vitality-vs-9z-blast-premier-spring-showdown-2021 - this single game did more damage to zywoo's legacy than his loss at cologne this year

first 3 lines were taken from hltv, right?

we have the bellingham over pedri and that's what matters

I am probably just two footing the first player I meet when the 2nd half starts, just to escape the stadium asap

rip to france then because the 2022 final definitely wasn't good for their nerves

he looked 30 even when he was 22

the true world cup trophy was eliminating paraguay

This spain defence is too good, spain 2-1 imo

going through lobotomy and alcohol and convincing myself it's the final

Argentina vs Spain in the finals
Either messi ballon d'or or yamal ballon d'or
It was supposed to be france vs england :((((

Imagine being 0-2 down at half time and hearing Shakira's ''Waka Waka'' through the locker room walls....

holy shit how can an attack of dembele, mbappe, olise, barcola, doue, cherki produce the mbappe special in the semi finals?

how is that plan of yours to watch every team in vct my friend?

ngl I dislike the new maps but I just love erangel

damn, glad you voiced your idea, +1 my friend, exactly what I was thinking!

yet it will still be more relevant esports-wise, content-wise, attention-wise, player-wise than games like siege or cod or apex. So, is it really killing the game? I am not here to say the updates are good, I just find it incredibly funny that both cs and val fanbases claim their games are dying yet when you look into all the available data even at their lowest both cs and val demolish cod, apex and siege

val and cs are both apparently dying yet they shit on siege/rivals/ow and any other 5v5/6v6 shooter. Both have reached the level where their only competition is the other one. LoL is too big for both cs and val, and other games are too insignificant to rival any of them imo.

I mean even watching trace rn, I am a cs fan, so just an opinion from the side, they are playing in such a dogshit way as if they just either do not care, or like actually trying to lose as fast as possible

bro it's so dogshit I would deadass investigate their accounts for some crypto info, shit looks shady af

it probably is happening, let's be fr. It's not even china hate, it's a fact, both cs and dota scenes were deeply involved in blatant matchfixing there. It's just that teams that are not the very best, or fell off still need cash and go for matchfixing. Chinese matchfixing scene is huge, they are so big and so influencial they were even involved in CIS/EU matchfixing scandals in dota. I remember watching a CIS youtuber Morf, basically ex-OG player Taiga (dota) first match fixxed with the russian matchfixing scene, and then when the russians realized he is reliable and money flows, they involved China.

gosh y'all vct fans are blessed that you don't have a lot of bettors, otherwise half of vct would already be involved in some schizo ''conspiracy'' list of chinese mafia betting spies

probably DMA cards, radar apps, lots and lots of crypto accs, hidden telegram chats

poor man's grand final

I mean yeah, most CIS pros from dota (mostly) say that a lot of teams view EWC as valuable as TI, because of its huge ass prize pool, and it's basically ''TI for prestige, EWC for money'', so I would assume most games function like this

I am ready to sing wonderwall with you if england wins the WC bud, just some lovely banter :D

messi is 39, he is at the level where he doesn't even surprise me anymore, bellingham is 23, any time his national team or his club are in the shit, jude is the man you look to.

fuck that convo, I am asking the question when he gets knighted

norway would be on the level of serbia without him, be fr

never seen a human this clutch since prime ronaldo in UCL, this man is genuinely unstoppable in the clutch, 2023/2024, euros 2024, world cup 2026, just 23 years old, so excited to see so much of him on the biggest stages

if I were english I would shit myself from the idea of going to pens with Eze on the pitch, feel for ya man

WENGER RULE I PRAY FOR YOU EVERY DAY I BREATHE

pedri vs bellingham as a debate is just low iq, they are two different archetypes

ye, jboen replaced him from big's academy until at least the end of 2026 afaik

I mean jboen is amazing in terms of skill, but this series vs jame just shows he lacks experience. can hit a godlike shot and then die for no reason what so ever. Just lacks experience, but a good pick up

you call me a crayon eater out of the fucking blue on a normal discussion of a knife attempt and when I say something back I am the schizo?

holy shit champs winner over here, you are playing fucking PUGs, if you genuinely claim you lose cuz of ''retards who go for dumb plays consistently''', you just don't understand how PUGs work. Fucking IGL wannabe, use fucking teamspeak next time you play with a duo instead of discord for less input lag. fnatic already prepare the contract for your transfer mr. future tier 1 pro

Usually people like you are the morons who die in a 4v4 and claim they went for the ''info play'', when in reality you whiffed a spray in the back and died like a bot

Still, I find what Kane did impressive. Perhaps Olise even, crucial for both bayern and france, but that's my opinion, I love olise's playstyle

Might give a hot take, for me personally UCL should matter more than world cup in ballon d'or convos. Unless norway produces an absolute golden generation, best Haaland can realistically hope for in world cups is like top 8/4, a croatia 2018 type run. Yet this guy is one of the world's best. But, due to their citizenships, mbappe will consistently beat him in international comps cuz mbappe plays for france and haaland plays for norway

I mean, you give a 2023 ballon d'or because of a trophy won in 2022? You give it to Rodri and not Bellingham/Vini? Raphinha ain't even in the top 3 for 2025? one of the best defender seasons of all time in 2019 who led his team to 97 points, a UCL loses to a guy who won la liga and lost to the defender in the semis of UCL? 2020 not awarded even though Lewa was a machine? Haaland loses despite breaking records and having a treble??

wow the probability of a round loss goes from 2% to 17%, holy fucking shit, I will never ever go for a peek when the bomb is planted and there is no fucking time left for the guy in the clutch!

I still scratch my head at how modric won in 2018 over CR7, like, I love Modric, but that was ronaldo all year long, I am sorry

I mean just the idea of giving a guy who went trophyless in a season but ''he won a world cup!!!'' just doesn't strike me as a ballon d'or winner. Great season, Mbappe deffo wasn't the issue in Madrid, but the standards are so high for him they will probably just give it to Kane

esports as a whole are not a stockfish engine, shit may happen or may not happen, the risk is so low you might as well go for style/bold plays

I would call your take ridiculous, but given how weird the ballon d'or has been since 2018/2019, yeah, probably