Russia '18 | The 2018 World Cup

[oojason]

 

Wikipedia page for the 2018 WC: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup

FIFA's official 2018 World Cup website: www.plus.fifa.com/en/showcase/2018-fifa-world-cup-russia/23d4162e-fd0e-4f42-a2d6-8614c4115335?gl=gb

FIFA 2018 WC Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCGIzmTE4d0hww7NG9ytmooEUZov2k-23

Unofficial Playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjhApnhXA4Ws9mptxdoog8AjnBlkVJymC

 

 

'What made Russia so 2018?' - 2 minute FIFA video...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVt1rt9FpUc

 

 

'BBC FIFA WORLD CUP RUSSIA 2018 INTRO'...

 

 

'Fifa World Cup 2018 launch trailer - BBC Sport'...

 

 

'ITV Sport FIFA World Cup Russia 2018 Title Sequence'...

 

 

'2018 FIFA World Cup | Forget | ITV' trailer...

 

 

'Vladimir Putin welcomes football fans before World Cup 2018'...

 

 

'The 2018 World Cup Official Film - Dreams' - from FIFA...

www.plus.fifa.com/en/content/dreams-2018-fifa-world-cup-official-film/ebdce1da-ab82-4c0b-a7d3-b4fc71030339?gl=gb

 

 

'Live It Up' (Nicky Jam song, with Will Smith) - 2018 official song...

 

 

'TOP 10 GOALS | 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia' - from FIFA...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw34wMAqWzc

 

 

All Goals - Russia 2018...

 

 

All Goals - Russia 2018...

 

 

 

 

The Opening Match : Russia 5 - 0 Saudi Arabia

 

or...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXIzAFLiXPE - 5 minute video

 

 

Uruguay 3-0 Russia

 

 

Russia 3 - 1 Egypt  (f*** Ramos)

 

 

Portugal 3 - 3 Spain 

 

^ or full match from FIFA, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFbyNU6UQQs

 

 

 

Spain 2 - 2 Morocco

 

 

France 2 - 1 Australia

 

 

Perú 2 - 0 Australia

 

 

Argentina 0 - 3 Croatia

 

 

Nigeria 1 - 2 Argentina 

 

 

Serbia 1 - 2 Switzerland

 

 

Costa Rica 2 - 2 Switzerland

 

 

Mexico 1 - 0 Germany

 

 

South Korea 2 - 0 Germany

 

 

Mexico 0 - 3 Sweden

 

 

Belgium 5 - 2 Tunisia

 

 

Belgium 1 - 0 England

 

 

 

Poland 1 - 2 Senegal

 

 

Poland 0 - 3 Colombia

 

 

 

 

Last 16...

 

France 4 - 3 Argentina

 

 

 

Russia vs Spain (Russia win 4-3 on penalties)

 

 

Belgium 3 - 2 Japan

 

 

England vs Colombia (England win 4-3 on penalties)

 

 

 

 

The Quarter-Finals...

 

Uruguay vs France

 

 

 

Brazil vs Belgium

 

 

England vs Sweden

 

 

Russia vs Croatia

 

 

 

 

The Semi-Finals...

 

France vs Belgium

 

 

Croatia vs England

 

 

Post-Match Analysis...

 

 

 

3rd Place Play-Off...

 

 

 

 

 

The 2018 World Cup Final : France 4 - 2 Croatia

 

8 minute highlights...

 

 

12 minute highlights - from FIFA...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rtw9uCevMg

 

 

Full Match Replay - from FIFA...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvV6aUki6LU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'FIFA World Cup 2018™ Final Review: France 4 - 2 Croatia' - TIFO Football...

 

 

The Best of the 2018 World Cup - from FIFA...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EznKiydfQO4

 

 

'Russia 2018: An Unforgettable World Cup | Tournament Wrap' - from FIFA...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILOFwBBcGv4

 

 

All of France’s 2018 World Cup Goals - from FIFA...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CxBahfrabk

 

 

 

'Panini Album "FIFA World Cup Russia 2018" - 100 % COMPLETE'

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brazil at the 2018 World Cup in Russia...


Brazil at the 2018 World Cup : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_at_the_2018_FIFA_World_Cup

www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/archive - and then select 'Archive', then 'World Cup', then which World Cup you'd like to see video footage of...

 

 

1st Group Match : Brasil 1 x 1 Switzerland

 

 

 

2nd Group Match : Brasil 2 x 0 Costa Rica

 

 

3rd Group Match : Brasil 2 x 0 Serbia

 

 

Last 16 Match : Brasil 2 x 0 Mexico

 

 

Quarter-Final Match : Brasil 1 x 2 Belgium

 

 

 

 

Who made Tite's 23-man squad? : www.goal.com/en-gb/news/brazils-2018-world-cup-squad-who-made-tites-23-man-squad/yhwr3wmukfzp1nkbzutivb6x4 (Alisson & Bobby)

Brazil's chances at the 2018 World Cup (pre-tournament) : https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/brazil-got-a-lot-better-since-the-last-world-cup/

Brazil is a changed team since 2014 : www.washingtonpost.com/news/soccer-insider/wp/2018/06/08/neymar-is-back-but-brazil-is-a-changed-team-and-country-since-the-2014-world-cup

Brazil's Neymar has spent 14 minutes on the floor in the '18 WC : www.cnet.com/culture/world-cup-brazils-neymar-has-spent-14-minutes-on-the-floor/

‘I do exaggerate’: Neymar comes clean on his 2018 diving : www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/neymar-admits-he-exaggerates-injuries-in-statement-addressing-world-cup-criticism/37167193.html

World Cup 2018: Neymar sparks debate with dives, flicks and tears : www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44582171

World Cup 2018 Review: Brazil - 3 Best Performers : www.sportskeeda.com/football/world-cup-2018-review-brazil-3-best-performers-ss

As Brazil Crashes Out, the Magic Appears to Be Gone, Too : www.nytimes.com/2018/07/06/sports/world-cup/brazil-vs-belgium.html

World Cup 2018 Never Stopped Captivating : www.si.com/soccer/2018/07/16/world-cup-2018-russia-review-drama-excitement-france-champions

Live Comms of Brazil v Belgium - as it happened : www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/brazil/world-cup/live-commentary/live-commentary-brazil-vs-belgium_329991.html

Brazil 1-2 Belgium match report : www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/06/brazil-belgium-world-cup-quarter-final-match-report

Belgium hang on to knock Neymar and Brazil out of World Cup : www.espn.co.uk/football/report/_/gameId/498145

Brazil team reaches home after WC heartbreak : www.indiatoday.in/sports/fifa-world-cup-2018/story/brazil-team-reaches-home-after-world-cup-heartbreak-1281055-2018-07-09

'Neymar - WC Exit saddest day of my life' : www.scmp.com/sport/soccer/article/2154262/brazils-fifa-world-cup-2018-exit-saddest-moment-my-career-says-neymar

 

 

^ For all of Neymar's quality, finishing, skills and what he brings to the Brazil team... he doesn't help himself or his team-mates with antics like this. Often slowing the game down and in doing so... against the very tempo that suits the Brazil team. Never mind his hogging of the ball to showboat some fancy and needless 'skills' against an opponent Neymar has adjudged to have 'done him wrong' - again slowing down the tempo and overall play. Neymar is now 30 - and about time he wised up and starts play his part of being in a team once again.

At one point Tite had Brazil playing as a quality attacking team without Neymar - not sure why Tite went back on himself and let Neymar return to wreak this kind of bulls***.

 

 

^ 'The Russian president awarded Infantino the Order of Friendship at the Kremlin on Thursday and thanked him for his "glowing assessment of our efforts".'

www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/11727231/watch-vladimir-putin-gives-fifa-president-gianni-infantino-a-medal-after-world-cup-praise (2019)

 

'Infantino's admiration of Putin leaves FIFA exposed' (March 2022 article)

www.independent.co.uk/news/vladimir-putin-fifa-ukraine-london-linkedin-b2026243.html

 

 

If anyone has any good stories, memories, or videos to share from the 2018 World Cup, please post them up...

 

 

 

[oojason]

YNWA.tv Mega Thread for The 2018 World Cup - all 211 pages of it...

www.ynwa.tv/topic/157814-the-2018-world-cup

 

The day of the 2018 WC Final itself starts on Page 198...

www.ynwa.tv/topic/157814-the-2018-world-cup/page/198/#comment-4253843

 

 

[oojason]

Some articles on the 2018 World Cup in Russia...

 

Fifa apologises for video showing Crimea as part of Russia: www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/30/fifa-apologises-video-crimea-ukraine-world-cup (2014)

Russia 2018: Why human rights matter at the World Cup: www.amnesty.org.uk/russia-2018-why-human-rights-matter-world-cup

HRW on Russia 2018: www.hrw.org/tag/world-cup-2018

Human rights breaches in Russia ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/human-rights-breaches-in-russia-ahead-of/product-details/20180614CPU19262

The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia: Sponsorship and human rights: https://sporthumanrights.org/library/the-2018-fifa-world-cup-in-russia-sponsorship-and-human-rights

FIFA’s foul play at the 2018 World Cup Russia: www.sporthumanrights.org/library/fifas-foul-play-at-the-2018-world-cup-russia

World Cup fever, gay rights abuses and war crimes – it’s an ugly mix: www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/13/gay-rights-abuses-war-crimes-world-cup-russia-fifa-putin

 

Fifa urged to rethink staging 2018 World Cup in Russia: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26679542

Usually boycotting a world sporting event would seem extreme, but this is Putin's Russia we're talking about: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/editorials/world-cup-2018-russia-boycott-human-rights-syria-sports-politics-a8399031.html

Russia’s bloody World Cup (2018): www.hrw.org/news/2018/07/13/russias-bloody-world-cup

BBC should have spoken up about Russia at 2018 World Cup: www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-63720785

FIFA Broke Own Human Rights Rules for World Cup Hosts: https://sportandrightsalliance.org/fifa-broke-own-human-rights-rules-for-world-cup-hosts

World Cup 2018: Fifa admits workers have suffered human rights abuses: www.theguardian.com/football/2017/may/25/fifa-world-cup-2018-workers-human-rights-abuses

Russia: World Cup 2018 exposes digital rights abuses: www.article19.org/resources/russia-world-cup-2018-shines-exposes-digital-rights-abuses

 

This World Cup, let’s talk about Russia’s LGBTIQ rights record: www.vox.com/first-person/2018/6/15/17468282/world-cup-fifa-russia-2018-lgbt-rights

Don’t Forget Human Rights Issues as Russia Hosts the World Cup: www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/russia-fifa-world-cup-human-rights-controversies-2

THE WORLD CUP, RUSSIA AND CORRUPTION: WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?: www.transparency.org.uk/world-cup-russia-and-corruption-what-s-problem

I'm gay, I work in football and I'm tired of being told 'not to be political' about the World Cup: www.independent.co.uk/voices/world-cup-2018-gay-russia-lgbt-football-chechnya-lgbt-human-rights-a8400356.html

Putin decrees to award FIFA President Gianni Infantino with Order of Friendship: https://tass.com/sports/1043536

FIFA President discusses 2018 legacy and sustainable growth of football during visit to Russia (2021): https://inside.fifa.com/about-fifa/president/news/fifa-president-discusses-2018-legacy-and-sustainable-growth-of-football-during-v

Calls for Russia to lose World Cup place may grow so deafening that even Fifa has to listen (2022): www.thetimes.com/world/russia-ukraine-war/article/calls-for-russia-to-lose-world-cup-place-may-grow-so-deafening-that-even-fifa-has-to-listen-mz7kr5cd0 - or here: https://archive.is/trozR

Russia complains to FIFA over inclusion of Crimea on Ukraine's shirts for FIFA World Cup playoff: www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124122/rfu-ukraine-crimea-complaint

 

'Gianni Infantino dodges question on Zoom about if he is keeping the Order of Friendship medal given to him by Vladimir Putin and FIFA silences media to prevent follow-ups when he doesn’t answer.'...

Infantino sits on fence over his old pal Putin (2022): www.insideworldfootball.com/2022/02/25/infantino-sits-fence-old-pal-putin/

Fifa's Russia ban is not about morality - Gianni Infantino simply had nowhere left to turn: www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2022/02/28/fifas-russia-ban-not-morality-gianni-infantino-simply-had - or here in full: https://archive.is/yyQSd

FIFA has finally acted against Russia, but it doesn’t undo a long history of cosying up to Putin (March 2022): https://theconversation.com/fifa-has-finally-acted-against-russia-but-it-doesnt-undo-a-long-history-of-cosying-up-to-putin-178035

FIFA ends total ban on Russian football teams (Oct 2023): www.politico.eu/article/fifa-ends-total-ban-russian-football-teams

 

Still, at least FIFA will have surely learnt from all this for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar... right...? Oh, oh I see.

 

[libero]

The next time me and the mates do a Draft Pick game can you do my research for me???

5 off us, 1 is the judge, pick an event/comp/season, then pick a team from anyone who played in it.

A draw is made to see who gets first pick, then 1-4 get a pick in turn, then its 4-1 for another pick, repeat ad nauseum until you have a team off 11.

Obviously a player can only get picked by one so you end up having to have alternatives to what your first X1 would be.

Fills a couple off hours and with beers involved usually descends into chaos when the final arguments for your X1 are put to the judge. We have only done it on Zoom so far, dont think it lends itself to in person, laptops might end up trashed 

[oojason]

'How did Russia Win the 2018 World Cup Bid?' - 9 minute video from TIFO Football...

 

 

'How FIFA corrupted the World Cup' - 13 minute video from VOX...

 

[oojason]

'Football's Shameful Role In The Rise Of Vladimir Putin' - from HITC Sevens...

 

 

'Why FIFA Prefers Working With Dictatorships' - from HITC Sevens...