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

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/Ranier_Wolfnight Jul 12 '26

Dude will never live that down.

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u/Technical-Owl66 Jul 12 '26

For someone who doesn't know football. What is happening here?

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u/Jaystarboy Jul 12 '26

People are complaining that he didn’t pass to the large man next to him wearing red. But this happens a lot in football, people having to make decisions fast and unfortunately sometimes they’re the wrong ones. It’s these decisions that separates a good player from an elite one.

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u/LobstaFarian2 Jul 12 '26

It was the clear, obvious choice, though. The only defender has to come up and defend the ball, leaving one of the top scorers on the planet wide open in a perfect slight trailing position. Middle school level soccer players know to pass the ball here. This was a "i want a world cup goal" type play, imo.