Sunday, July 15, 2018

Russia upsets Spain

Hey!  Hey listen!  Well, listen with your eyes, I suppose, unless you have a screen reader or something.

No!  No digressions!  Soviet win - are supreme!

Yeah.  Russia beat Spain in penalty kicks.  Spain's out and Russia advances.  If it's due to FIFA corruption and black arts it was super subtle, too.

So Spain ran circles around Russia most of the game.  Literally, in the first half - Spain's only point was an own-goal from a Russian defender.  Most of the first half Spain just passed the ball around, not even trying to score.  Now maybe this was Spain thinking very little of the Russian team, and maybe this was Spain taking the piss, and maybe this was Spain taking a dive.  Hard to say.

Russia scored in the 40th minute on a penalty kick, and it went into halftime tied.

There was a quick clip during the half-time show of Putin and Gorbachev (!!) sitting down to a meal of Roasted Pig - but I think that should really be Roasted LONG Pig because it looked more like a teenage boy than swine.  I suppose those are pretty close?  The presence of 13 robed figures dressed all in scarlet in the background of the room seemed a bit sinister too - maybe some kind of Russian elite guard, and not a cabal of sinister monks, performing a dark Football ritual. 

During the second half the game got a LITTLE more interesting - but Spain was still dicking around and it went tied into overtime and beyond.

Then Russia got 4 of the kicks to Spain's 3.  Win for Russia!

Spain really looked dominant during the game - flukes like this happen all the time, during the Cup matches, but maybe it wasn't a fluke.  Maybe there is a conspiracy by FIFA and Putin's forces, to create the narrative of the scrappy Russian underdogs, overcoming adversity and emerging dominant.  I'm certain that's how Putin sees Russia, after all - we'll see how things play out!

Russia now goes on to play the winner of Croatia vs Denmark.  That game is currently tied, 1-1, as we go into the half.  I'll write again later today!

  -Dave


Rob said: Hey my prediction is good into the quarter finals. Thanks to Dave for the A+ reporting, that's how I know.

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