{"id":49141,"date":"2022-12-19T09:28:07","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=49141"},"modified":"2022-12-22T09:28:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T14:28:16","slug":"the-world-cup-summed-up-in-one-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totfc.net\/?p=49141","title":{"rendered":"The World Cup summed up in one picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/qatar_martinez.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-image alignnone wp-image-49142 \" src=\"http:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/qatar_martinez-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/qatar_martinez-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/qatar_martinez-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/qatar_martinez-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/qatar_martinez-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/totfc.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/qatar_martinez-2048x1151.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">No booze allowed in stadiums<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Players and attendees expected to adhere to Islamic laws, primarily abstaining from sex, alcohol and consumption of meat<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Allegations of people paid to be fans<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">News then broke of said payment to said fans were reneged upon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Controversy over the disallowing of rainbow armbands, threatening actual in-game punishment for those who defy, resulting in players all not wearing them in fear of yellow card penalties<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Qatar was the first host country team in World Cup history to lose their opener, mostly because they had no business participating in the first place<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Argentina also lost their opener, to Saudi Arabia, in a highly speculated (by me) fixed match<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">The World Cup app used for attendees to access stadiums crashed, resulting in hundreds of fans unable to get into games<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Cristiano Ronaldo\u2019s signing with a Saudi club for a gozillion dollars overshadowed Portugal, resulting in him falling out with the team and getting benched<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Argentina and the Netherlands had a battle royale disguised as a futbol match where there were 18 yellow cards issued and a player kicking a ball full force into the Netherlands\u2019 bench, erupting in a fight<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">American sports journalist, Grant Wahl, has an aneurism <em>and dies<\/em>, in the middle of the Argentina\/Netherlands match<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Underdogs Croatia and the first-ever African and Arab nation, Morocco, advanced to the semi-finals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">But got bounced by powerhouses, Argentina and France<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And despite ugly matches against Saudi Arabia and the Netherlands, Argentina ends up winning the World Cup<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Where goalkeeper Emi Martinez immediately makes an ass of himself and his country with this meme-worthy photo that will plague the rest of his career and Argentinian futbol until the end of time<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">However, despite all of my criticisms and snarky tone in regard to the Qatar World Cup that shouldn\u2019t have happened, even I have to admit that it was one of the most exciting tournaments, like ever.\u00a0 At least as long as I\u2019ve had any interest in World Cup futbol.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">In spite of the typical powerhouse final between Argentina and France, there was a level of parity shown by a lot of the world, saying they\u2019re catching up in terms of skill.\u00a0 Even Korea made my entire tournament by winning a critical match against Portugal in dramatic fashion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Goalkeepers stole the show in my opinion, with numerous GKs throughout the field demonstrating all sorts of ice water in their veins, stopping shots and looking like gods throughout the numerous shootouts that occurred once the knockouts began.\u00a0 Croatia and\u00a0 Morocco\u2019s especially did yeoman\u2019s work for their countries en route to their path to the semis, and had either of their semi matches went to PKs, the ending might\u2019ve been a different story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">So it\u2019s kind of an unsurprising irony that Emi Martinez ends up winning the Golden Glove award for best GK of the tournament.\u00a0 He won it solely because he was basically the last GK standing for the winning club, but not because he really deserved it.\u00a0 Sure, he stopped France twice in the shootout that decided the game, but the reality is that he still let Mbappe and even the Saudi club eat his lunch numerous times beforehand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">And maybe it\u2019s because he\u2019s aware of the irony that he decides to act like a clown with his award, but more likely because the fact that he\u2019s just a dumb jock, lucking into success at a children\u2019s game.\u00a0 Either way, as funny as I do think the photo is, I have this feeling that this is a shot that will lead to a lot more regret than it will entertainment for him.\u00a0 Not only is going to be immortalized in countless memes in coming years and generations, it\u2019s going to be the poster image of any and all goalkeeper fuckups, Martinez\u2019s, Argentina\u2019s, Liverpool\u2019s or anyone else\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Championship glory lasts forever, especially for those who experience it first-hand, but a good mocking meme not only also lasts forever, but it has greater reach to those among the casuals and those just looking on the internet for people to pile on to.\u00a0 The glory of Messi\u2019s triumph will live for those who love futbol, but the goofiness of Martinez will reach far beyond and define the entire tournament for the unofficial wrath of the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No booze allowed in stadiums Players and attendees expected to adhere to Islamic laws, primarily abstaining from sex, alcohol and consumption of meat Allegations of people paid to be fans News then broke of said payment to said fans were reneged upon Controversy over 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