No worries lads - hope we all got a little something out of it - even for the members who don’t usually watch or like football.
Personally, I thought it was a really enjoyable tournament - some quality footy, great goals, some surprises, uncertainty, and a maybe a change in just how effective the ‘outsiders’ or so-called ‘smaller’ teams can indeed compete with the ‘big boys’.
‘Russia 2018 - An Unforgettable World Cup’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILOFwBBcGv4
‘30+ Amazing Goals Of The World Cup 2018’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74R_T2pYTEQ
‘World Cup 2018 Highlights & Moments’ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POU02IGaSps
However… this is worthy of note:-
Why didn’t any ‘World Cup heroes’ stand up for Russia’s LGBTQ+ people? - an opinion piece from The Guardian
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_2018_FIFA_World_Cup_controversies
‘A Croatian family walking through Brussels gets the most heart melting congratulations as their country reaches World Cup finals’ - https://streamja.com/BOA5
‘France’s Kylian Mbappe, 19-year-old phenom, will donate World Cup earnings to charity’
Croatia fans watch the game in Stradun Square, Dubrovnik:-
Croatia fans welcoming their team back home (500k+ welcomed them - Croatia only has a population of 4.3 million people)…
French celebrating their win…
Some photos of French fans welcoming back their team:-
The next World Cup may be quite a strange, uncertain and likely controversial event…
Qatar 2022…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_controversies
Revealed: Qatar’s World Cup ‘slaves’
Thousands of Qatar World Cup workers ‘subjected to life-threatening heat’
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Qatar
Qatar Is Building A $45 Billion City From Scratch For The World Cup That It Might Lose
Of course, there’ll be the 2020 European Championships, 2019 Copa America, 2022 World Cup Qualifying and various other international tournaments before then…
as well as the club competitions too, and just football in general - OT.com’s general football / soccer thread