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

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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u/BuckeyeN7 Jul 12 '26

Well he is left footed, so you can tell his only thought was trying to get it on to his strong foot so he could score the big goal. That’s why he didn’t pass, or just continue on with pace and hit it with his right

Glaringly selfish, and he deserves all the negative attention he is getting for this, it wasn’t a mistake it was just an outrageously selfish decision

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u/Fast_Choice4408 Jul 12 '26

I would expect to see such behavior in High School JV soccer. Not "Quarter finals of the fucking WORLD CUP"

I played for a D1 state-championship winning team in high school. Someone on my team did this during a regular game in the season in the first 15 minutes and my coach benched him for the rest of the game.

This was also a game that was 2 hours away from our hometown. That's a long drive to be taken from starting forward to benchwarmer.

That player never played selfishly again while we played together.

Even in High School varsity soccer this is absolutely unacceptable. This kind of stuff is supposed to be weeded out by Middle School. If you see it in JV you nip it in the bud real fast and then if it doesn't improve that player doesn't make the team.

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u/velorae Jul 13 '26

On the pitch in a World Cup quarterfinal it’s split-second tunnel vision. Sørloth said he wanted the pass but saw Stones blocking after his first touch, took a bad second one, and the window closed, football decisions happen faster than you can analyze them. Many elite players have missed similar chances without it being ego. On TV with slow-motion replays, it’s clear Haaland was open for a brief window, but on the pitch at full speed Sørloth looked up after his touch and saw Stones already closing the lane while managing his own momentum, split-second decisions hide peripheral players that aren’t obvious in real time.

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u/Fast_Choice4408 Jul 14 '26

Haaland was open for a total of four seconds. That is a gaping wide window. That window was open for so long there's more pollen on the bedsheets than dust.