2018 World Cup running thread

Especially our darker countrymen.

"There will be girls who meet men, and then they will give birth,” Pletnyova said via translation. “Maybe they will get married, maybe they won’t. But the kids will suffer, just like they suffered [after the Moscow Olympics].”

“It’s the children who suffer and have suffered since the Soviet era.”

If you do have sex, don’t mix races


Russian lawmaker warns against sex with foreigners during World Cup: 'If it's another race, it's worse'

 

Soooooo, how does somebody stuck at work stream the games for free?

 

Fox Sports Go if you're a cable/satellite subscriber.

 

Duh, totally forgot about that. Thanks.

 

She honestly followed it up with, “I’m not a nationalist, but...”

 

Well, these certainly do look like the two worst teams in the tournament.

 

"They needed to do something to get these people on their feet; get them off their couches at home. Ultimately a goal it's what you wanted; it doesn't always happen that way but it did today."

Wait what?

 

These announcers are making me fall asleep.

 

Watching this game has made me realize two things: first I really miss being able to turn on the Premier League on the weekends and second, American announcers are awful.

 

Portugal.

 

I think part of that is because they are calling it from here in the USA and not in the stadium. (I think. I don't remember which crews are actually over there.)