Aussies over France! Womens World Cup Soccer

**Optional** · 08-12-23, 02:10 AM

Apparently, there are about 30 grounds and other locations with big screens setup and they think there is about 250k people who have turned out to watch this match 'live'.

Tournament has been a big success crowd support wise. I wasn't so sure it would not be a flop and crowds would not come out for women before this started.

**Headsterx** · 08-12-23, 03:06 AM

2H underway… still 0-0 so it’s time for Australia to take the lead.

**coop-dog** · 08-12-23, 03:16 AM

why are astralia underdogs live now?

**Headsterx** · 08-12-23, 03:25 AM

Originally posted by coop-dog

why are astralia underdogs live now?

Because France has the capability to score in an instant.

**Headsterx** · 08-12-23, 03:26 AM

Ops, nvm as Aus are now favs… lol

**coop-dog** · 08-12-23, 03:27 AM

Originally posted by Headsterx

Because France has the capability to score in an instant.

australia should be up

**Headsterx** · 08-12-23, 03:32 AM

20 mins to go as we’re going down to the wire! Let’s go Australia!!!

**Headsterx** · 08-12-23, 03:36 AM

It flipped back to France.

**Headsterx** · 08-12-23, 03:41 AM

10 mins to go! This is getting nerve wrecking!

**Headsterx** · 08-12-23, 03:47 AM

Wondering how many more mins will be added for stoppage time, 10 mins?

**Optional** · 08-12-23, 03:51 AM

Originally posted by coop-dog

australia should be up

Frustratingly so!

But who said a 0-0 game can't be exciting to watch.

**Headsterx** · 08-12-23, 03:51 AM

Geez, only 4 mins… ET?

Both teams look exhausted.

**Optional** · 08-12-23, 03:51 AM

Originally posted by Headsterx

Wondering how many more mins will be added for stoppage time, 10 mins?

4 weirdly few for this tourney

Looks like ET on the way

Think Aussies need to win it before PKs

**Optional** · 08-12-23, 03:57 AM

small bet on Sam Kerr to Score First in ET +1100

Let's Go!

**coop-dog** · 08-12-23, 04:09 AM

france goalie is nice .australia better score in et of they are done in penalitys

**Optional** · 08-12-23, 04:10 AM

woah, that would have been an evil way to lose. On a bad ref call.

**Optional** · 08-12-23, 04:35 AM

ooo French change goal keeper for PKs

Thats a good sign for Aussies.

**Optional** · 08-12-23, 04:43 AM

Great start!

**coop-dog** · 08-12-23, 05:02 AM

nice shoot out

**Optional** · 08-12-23, 05:02 AM

Aussie Aussie Aussie!

**Optional** · 08-12-23, 05:03 AM

Originally posted by coop-dog

nice shoot out

That was hectic.

**coop-dog** · 08-12-23, 05:09 AM

Originally posted by Optional

That was hectic.

must have been 4 posts

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 08-12-23, 06:52 AM

Hopefully they go all the way...must be nice to have a national team you can be proud of.

My guess is next World Cup the USWNT will be more focused on soccer...

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-12-23, 05:31 PM

Happy for you, Opti. Hope they keep it going.

**Optional** · 08-12-23, 05:34 PM

Oi Oi Oi

Go you good things.

Forget Spain and Sweden... this cup belongs to either England or Aussies now!

**Enkhbat** · 08-12-23, 08:16 PM

Good to see 1 non European team in the final 4

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 08-13-23, 12:11 PM

Originally posted by Enkhbat

Good to see 1 non European team in the final 4

Are you still in Chicago for school?

Was this your first visit to America? How is it and how is Chicago and your school?

**JAKEPEAVY21** · 08-15-23, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by Optional

Oi Oi Oi

Go you good things.

Forget Spain and Sweden... this cup belongs to either England or Aussies now!

What's the play on Aus vs England?

I put Aus +.5 -160 in regulation in a parlay

**Optional** · 08-15-23, 10:30 AM

I don't know. I bet on Sweden to advance.

Maybe the over?

I'll take Aussies to advance probably. But just as a homer bet.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-15-23, 01:12 PM

Originally posted by Optional

I don't know. I bet on Sweden to advance.

Maybe the over?

I'll take Aussies to advance probably. But just as a homer bet.

Opti, go back in history. Remember the 2002 (men's) World Cup?

There's no question in my mind that South Korea bought the ref for the matches vs Spain/Italy. Ridiculous.

**Optional** · 08-15-23, 10:10 PM

Originally posted by ChuckyTheGoat

Opti, go back in history. Remember the 2002 (men's) World Cup?

There's no question in my mind that South Korea bought the ref for the matches vs Spain/Italy. Ridiculous.

Yeah I recall it pretty well.

Spain has always been crybabies about losing when not supposed to. And maybe one of the most racist places on earth.

They (and the Europe power houses in general) just could not stand for an Asian team beating them or going deep at all.

After all they had made it near impossible to qualify through Asia for decades and now out of the goodness of their hearts making the qualifications a little bit less unbalanced an upstart was daring to beat every team they played.

You'd have to think they bought the ref in about 5 matches they had "no hope" of winning pre tourney to believe that story Chucky.

As I recall it was a dirty third world Muslim country ref in that match as the main reason for the Spanish bleating.

Sth Korea were inspiring that year. Did not lose a match until the Semi I think.

Why are you bringing it up? Thinking the refs favoring the home team?

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-16-23, 08:35 AM

Originally posted by Optional

Yeah I recall it pretty well.

Spain has always been crybabies about losing when not supposed to. And maybe one of the most racist places on earth.

They (and the Europe power houses in general) just could not stand for an Asian team beating them or going deep at all.

After all they had made it near impossible to qualify through Asia for decades and now out of the goodness of their hearts making the qualifications a little bit less unbalanced an upstart was daring to beat every team they played.

You'd have to think they bought the ref in about 5 matches they had "no hope" of winning pre tourney to believe that story Chucky.

As I recall it was a dirty third world Muslim country ref in that match as the main reason for the Spanish bleating.

Sth Korea were inspiring that year. Did not lose a match until the Semi I think.

Why are you bringing it up? Thinking the refs favoring the home team?

No, I don't think there was any parallel. Actually, it was a bad analogy.

I do think historically in the Men's World Cup, the host nation gets every advantage on trying to advance. Re, South Korea:
1) The Koreans played well in the group stage. They drew vs USA, 1-1 in a great match. And they knocked out Portugal 1-0 when the Portuguese players went crazy on Red-card tackles.
2) No ref advantage in the Koreans advancing out of the Group.

I'm telling you, watch the tape of SoKor vs SPA and SoKor vs ITA. The ref was bought:
*Spain crosses that look like they might be goals. Offsides flag goes up.
*Versus Italy, the Koreans flew in with scissor-kicks, no problems. Totti got nudged in the box and went down, TOTTI was the player sent off for diving.

I'll post a video. I'm convinced that the Koreans had those two games gift-wrapped to them.

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-16-23, 08:38 AM

Opti, FIFA has been KNOWN to gladly accept a bribe. Here's one video for starters:

**ChuckyTheGoat** · 08-16-23, 08:43 AM

Opti, see the above. I agree with the poster. Those two games were jokes:

*Vieri/Morientes kept scoring goals, and the refs scrubbed em out.

In any fair world, Italy would have beat the Koreans. Same for Spain, win was stolen.