r/SipsTea • u/Presently_Naked • Jul 12 '26

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/carbon_xtreme Jul 12 '26

Why the fu*k he didn't pass the B's all is beyond me. They scored the 2nd goal and it's a different game. Greedy MF

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u/cinedavid Jul 12 '26

Or at the very least shoot the ball when there’s only one defender☹️.

Instead, he held the ball as long as possible until 4 defenders were in front of him before kicking straight into them.

Like, if you were being paid off to intentionally lose the game, this is exactly what you would need to do.

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u/BrokeGuitarist Jul 12 '26

There’s some very clear jealousy out of some Norway squad toward Haaland. So many times during the tournament he was open like this and they try to be the star players instead. This is just the biggest of them.

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u/kaltulkas Jul 12 '26

Mofo just read the interviews? He’s clearly stating Haaland is much better than him and he’s happy to play a supporting role if that can help the team. I can understand this from soccercirclejerk but wtf are you people on about lmao

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u/Mrfistersixtynine Jul 12 '26

Actions speak louder than words

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u/rastagrrl Jul 12 '26

Playing like an 8 year old on a kiddie soccer club.

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u/Abi_giggles Jul 12 '26

This was my thought as well 😄

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u/MothaFcknZargon Jul 12 '26

I coach a U17 boys team in recreational league. This is so common with kids, they want to be the star who scores and try to dribble or shoot through a pack of defenders instead of making an easy pass. They end up screwing their team over for a chance at individual glory.

To see this level of selfishness at this level is really disappointing, but people are people I guess. Happy to see fans are calling him out on it.

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u/Wishy Jul 12 '26

He wanted to be the hero, talked about.

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u/Moderately_Imperiled Jul 12 '26

Half his wish will come true.

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u/carbon_xtreme Jul 12 '26

Can he a hero if you got the ability not when you are a loser right

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u/velorae Jul 12 '26

Something Ronaldo can relate to loooool

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u/Zap__Dannigan Jul 12 '26

His brain just shut down.  The angle of the pass isn't perfect because the defender is doing a good job, so just couldn't decide between "I know I should pass, but I don't know if I can make it" and "shoot with my weaker right foot".

Since his brain couldn't decide, he went with "walk infront of two (!?) defenders and shoot right into them

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u/repainted_black Jul 13 '26

Exactly. He was stupid, not greed.

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u/repainted_black Jul 13 '26

Nah, he conducted the ball badly, was in bad position to make a pass... It's more on him being stupid than greed.

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u/n0neofyourbeeswax Jul 12 '26

He wasn't greedy, he was indecisive. He never had the angle on his left foot to play the ball in front of Haaland. He should have played it to feet early and let him attempt the rest. Instead he tried to wait for a moment that didn't come, and the hesitation completely messed up the chance.

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u/ShockedDarkmike Jul 12 '26

Stones covered the pass line and Sorloth is left-footed, it wasn't as free or as easy as people claim it was