u/fireproofpoo

Portugal vs Spain 20:00 BST at Dallas Stadium

It doesnt get much more heated than the international rivalry between Spain and Portugal! Both sets of fans will be wanting the bragging rights!

On paper Spain are the stronger side, but anything can happen in knockout football!

This should be a brilliant watch for the neutral..

USA vs Belgium 01:00 BST at Seattle Stadium.

Lammens has been an unused sub this tournament and will remain so unless something happens to Courtois.

Best of luck to all reds involved today!

What a game!

Everything was set up for England to struggle tonight but a Jude Bellingham double and a Kane penalty was enough to see 10 man England qualify despite being up against it from the first minute!

Mexico were the better team for large portions of the game, but I'm glad I slept through the day to be able to watch on of the all time great/ controversial knock out games!

England vs Norway next.. Can they do enough to stop the Striking Viking from advancing to the semi finals?

The Striking Viking proves to be too good on the night and Norway advance to face England or Mexico in the quarter finals.

Cunha has turned up this tournament 3 goals scored and he played his way into the starting team after benching for the first game.

Glad he's coming back to Carrington injury free!

Morocco had a fairly timid first half, but were easily the better side against Canada in the second half last night.. Mazraoui's Morocco will face France in the quarter finals

Brazil vs Norway 21:00 BST at New Jersey Stadium.

Both Casemiro and Cunha are likely to start tonights games which could go eitherway! Brazil are the better side on paper but Norway aren't exactly push overs!

This should be a great game for the neutrals!

Mexico vs England 01:00 BST at Mexico City Stadium

Rashford will feature tonight, but its anybodies guess if he'll start or Gordon will start. Both players have been more effective from the bench this tournament!

Mainoo is likely to remain an unused sub, but if he does feature, I'm sure he's ready to take his chance.

Mexico are very much the home side with only 3000 tickets allocated to England fans whilst playing in the 83,000 capacity stadium in the capital of the host country!

The winner of both of tonights games will meet in the quarter finals!

Brazil/ Norway will play Mexico/ England on Sat 11th July at Miama Stadium

Canada vs Morocco (Mazraoui) - 4th July 18:00 BST at Houston Stadium

(Casemiro, Cunha) Brazil vs Norway - 5th July 21:00 BST at New Jersey Stadium

Mexico vs England (Rashford, Mainoo) - 6th July 01:00 BST at Mexico City Stadium

(Bruno, Dalot) Portugal vs Spain - 6th July 20:00 BST at Dallas Stadium

United States vs Belgium (Lammens) - 7th July 01:00 BST at Seattle Stadium

(Licha) Argentina vs Egypt - 7th July 17:00 BST at Atlanta Stadium

Manchester United will be represented in 6 of the 8 matches in this round of the knockout tournament!

Best of luck to all of them!

With a population of approx 600,000 and a GDP of of $3.45bn (0.01065% of the United States)

They have held their own over 90 minutes against Argentina, Spain, Uruguay and Saudi Arabia!

That was one of the best World Cup matches I've ever watched and these guys have held their own every step of their tournament!

This kind of story is what World Cup football is all about!

I know this isn't about Manchester United even remotely, but as a football fan I want to give them some time in the sun!

What an eventful night for the Butcher!

1-0 Messi (Martinez Assist)

1-1 Martinez nutmegged by shot

2-1 Martinez

2-2 Martinez not involved, but what a strike that was!!!!

3-2 Diney Borges (111' ET og) Also no Martinez

Absolute scenes in Miami as Cape Verde score their first ever knock out goal in the countries history!

I appreciate I'm pushing my luck on related to Manchester United, but Licha was megged and this is a great finish to be fair to Duarte

Argentina vs Cape Verde 23:00 BST at Miama Stadium

With 2 ratings of 7.7 and 7.5 on Fotmob for the 2 games hes featured, its fair to say Licha is having a good tournament!

With Messi in tremendous form and the Argentina "first team" resting last game, I'm not sure Cape Verde have much chance at an upset.

Argentina have a relatively easy draw too, so they'll be fancying their chances at back to back world cups, but first things first.. Advance to the last 16!

Another milestone worth celebrating for Ronaldo at this world cup!

Here's to hoping Bruno puts himself in the running for Golden boot and top assists tonight!

You 2 can go home with your heads held high lads!

Both former reds have represented themselves extremely well.

Respect to DR Congo and their keeper today, they made things really difficult for England!

England Advance to face one of the hosts in a home game at Mexico City Stadium

Sick pen mate..

I attended the event in Manchester last year and I had a great time then too, so I was always pretty confident this would be worth the travel from up North.

We met in a bar called Mr Foggs tavern https://www.mr-foggs.com/mr-foggs-tavern/ which was Victorian themed and honestly pretty cool once we were inside.

There were 3 admins who attended and what I really enjoyed about their presence is that you could tell they were all passionate about their work/ area of focus.

There were parlour games to play, so we alternated between golf/ croquet style games, a billiards style game and a dart based game. The food the venue provided was really good too, which is always a bonus.

The vibes at the mod meet-ups have been brilliant both times I've attended.. They can be a little bit awkward at first as you literally have no idea who/ what sub-reddits are going to attend!

There were name badges provided for people to help break the ice and once we switch focus to getting the games going the conversation started to flow pretty well amongst all of the groups of people!

Breaking the ice was easier for me than some other as I came last year, so there were some friendly faces who joined my table early and they all appreciated being nervous last time! There was a bit of empathy for how scary it can be for a stranger to attend an event full of strangers! You guys did so well at building up groups and helping people feel comfortable!

I'll be honest with you, after 45 minutes or so, once the ice had been broken.. I don't think I had a single conversation about anybodies actual sub-reddits or moderating, we were just people enjoying each others company..

If you didn't attend this event because of the travel, I did a 6 hour drive to London on the Friday and an 8 hour drive home on the Sunday and I do not regret it. I want to try and assure you that it's worth the travel!

If you didn't attend because of social anxiety, I'd like to encourage you to try and move past that for the next one! You will be well looked after and you won't be pressured into doing anything you don't want to do.. But I'm positive that you'll have a great time!

All in all I would like to thank the admins who organised the event, you did a great job!

I would like to thank the other mods and guests who attended for nailing the vibes!

And I'd like to encourage anybody at all who's on the fence about coming to the next one to be brave and come and have a great time with some extremely interesting people!

Cheers guys!

See you again next year!

Im in London with my old boss for an Event tomorrow afternoon..

u/rashfords_marcus is acting as our tour guide!

If anyone is available tonight, come and meet us! I'll make sure you're well watered..

We got scammed on booking.com so they're organising us a new hotel.. So don't know what bar we're going to until this is fixed, but currently having a beer in "The Corner bar" is islington but wont be staying here once the new hotel is sorted!

I'm heading to London this weekend, should be arriving around 7ish tomorrow. Traffic might let me down yet, so it could be a later meet time.

u/rashfords_marcus is going to be acting as a tour guide for 2 northerners, If anyone from the sub thats located in London wants to meet us for a pint, I'll buy your first drink, with no obligation to get me one in return!

We haven't set a venue or anything yet, but anyone who'd like to meet us, get in touch on this post or drop me a DM and I'll keep you in the loop!

I'm staying on City Road in Islington, feel free to suggest places I should visit.. Also wouldnt mind suggestions for where to watch England on Saturday night!

Cheers!

Cunha registers his 3rd goal of the tournament!

Here is a quick summary of how Manchester United players got on during the second round of the World Cup. All player ratings have come from fotmob.

19th June

(Fletcher) Scotland 0-1 Morocco (Mazraoui)

Fletcher was an unused sub this game

Mazraoui (7.1) - Another classy performance at the World Cup for Maz. 88% passing accuracy, 84% pass into opposition half, 3 Long pass, 2 key passes, 1 Assist, 1 shot on target, 1 interception, 4 Recoveries, 4 ground duels won, 1 aerial duel won. Rock Solid!

20th June

(Cunha, Casemiro) Brazil 3-0 Haiti

Casemiro (7.6/10) - Much better performance than in Brazils opening game and played a full 90!

Cunha (8.9/10) - Great performance.. the first goal of his brace was somewhat underwhelming after deflecting into Cunhas path. His second goal was absolutely wonderful though! Genuinely brilliant strike as he's falling over..

(Bayindir) Turkey 0-1 Paraguay

Bayindir was an unused sub.

Germany 2-1 Ivory Coast (Amad)

Amad (6.4/10) - Amad started and played alright, completed 5 dribbles and was directly involved when Ivory Coast took the lead. His blocked shot landed at Kessies feet. Was subbed off in the 73rd Minute not long after Germany Equalised.

21st June

(Lammens) Belgium 0-0 Iran

Lammens was an unused sub.

(Ugarte) Uruguay 2-2 Cape Verde

Ugarte (6.2/10) - I thought Ugarte played relatively well in this game. He was involved in quite a lot of play and one of his his crossed/ long ball into the box resulted in a goal. He was subbed off in 70th minute.

22nd June

(Martinez) Argentina 2-0 Austria

Martinez (7.5/10) - The butcher had a solid performance in his 5th Consecutive clean sheet for club and country! 7 clearances, 3/4 aerial duels won, 3 ball recoveries. Played a full 90.

23rd June

(Dalot, Bruno) Portugal 5-0 Uzbekistan

Dalot was an unused sub in this game

Bruno (8.2/10) - Finally got his first assist of the World Cup with a brilliant run and an excellent threaded through ball. Portugal were having fun last night and bruno was at the centre of it. Played a full 90

(Mainoo, Rashford) England 0-0 Ghana

Mainoo was an unused sub in this game

Rashford - Wasn't on long enough to get a fotmob rating.. Was on for 7 minutes and looked fiestier than Gordon had. But it was too little too late for Rashford to make a real impact.

Tenuous link to make this about United..

Posted by a drunk Englishman who's sulking a little bit!

The premier leagues record assister for a season does it at the World Cup

Great run, Great pass!

Our Portugese Magnificoooooo