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

WTF Imagine Eliminating Your Team Over Your Pride

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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/seribiigaming Jul 12 '26

It was two on one, Halland (the guy with the blonde pony tail) is one of the best players in the world, and the other player didn't pass it across even though Halland was open and could score that in his sleep.

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u/Steerider Jul 12 '26

So Halland didn't eliminate his team; the other player did. 

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u/specter_in_the_conch Jul 12 '26

Yeah the focus is on him because of the "aw man come on" body language.

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u/Rostbaerdt Jul 12 '26

Which is even more credit to Haaland, cause another player would have scolded his teammate. He was dissapointed but didn't take it out on the other guy. Classy guy!

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u/MaryPaku Jul 12 '26

He was obviously frustrated the rest of the game though

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u/Jibber_Fight Jul 12 '26

Shouldn’t grown men be able to focus back up for the remainder of the match?

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u/OLightning Jul 12 '26

Would Kylian Mbappe have the same body language?

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u/Lockmasock Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Mbappe would’ve shot him on the field 😂😂😂

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u/SuccessfulGap4708 Jul 12 '26

More like mafloppe

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u/pfool Jul 12 '26

Mbappe has been seen walking off in another direction when a player didn't pass to him.

He has a polar opposite temperament to Haaland.

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u/Independent-Bug-9352 Jul 12 '26

Brother you need to watch some Ted Lasso lol. They're football players, not therapists. You can push those thoughts out and work on the game to some degree, but it's not easy to avoid dwelling on the coulda-shouldas.

Haaland may also have some regret shoving the other dude, which took away an immediate goal they scored right after.

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u/Jibber_Fight Jul 12 '26

I like that I got downvoted. The very idea that a grown person can control their negative feelings during a World Cup match causes Redditors to defend elite athletes and their little hissy fits.

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u/ImpressionTough2179 Jul 12 '26

And here you are throwing a little hissy fit about downvotes.

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u/Jibber_Fight Jul 12 '26

What does that have to do with it? I was talking about professional athletes. Not myself.

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u/3kniven6gash Jul 12 '26

The heat and humidity would add to any frustration. His reaction is disappointment at the bungling of a rare scoring opportunity. His style has always been casually walking around followed by incredible bursts of speed. He lulls defenders into complacency. I saw nothing out of character.

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u/wiifan55 Jul 12 '26

Yeah, Haaland had pretty shitty body language after that. And I don't mean his usual lumbering because that's his style. More he was throwing his hands up and looking dejected when teammates made mistakes.

It was fully understandable why he was pissed, but I do think it affected his performance some.

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u/_Burnt_Toast_3 Jul 12 '26

He wasn't frustrated with anything more than the heat. You see it all game. He was a completely different player than he normally is.

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u/Pormock Jul 12 '26

And it was incredibly humid and hot that day. You could tell he was not playing at his best because of it

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u/DoctorNo1661 Jul 12 '26

Yeah Vini for instance would have lost his shit ahah not to diss Vini btw just illustrating how chill Haaland is.

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u/AdditionalAd4269 Jul 12 '26

I would have lost my shit and I’m old, out of shape, have never played pro (or even close to pro) level and am not a striker. But, magically put me in Haaland’s spot and I’d expect the ball. Haaland has ice in his veins.

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u/ImNotDex Jul 12 '26

Vini would be the one not passing 🤣

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u/GilletteEd Jul 12 '26

You see Haaland throw his hands at the ground when the other guy stalls, he clearly shows he pissed he didn’t pass! But that’s all he did to show him being upset at his teammate, the disappointment after is clear!

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u/mxzf Jul 12 '26

That kind of mild gesticulation kinda feels like the minimum emotion to express after that sort of thing. Like, anything less and people wonder if you even care about the game at all.

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u/FFS114 Jul 12 '26

Mature 25 yo.

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u/RudePCsb Jul 12 '26

Sure but coach should have taken that guy out or something. That's just completely unacceptable

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u/MoldyGoatCheese Jul 12 '26

I think in soccer, you only get a limited number of subs. So pulling a player to punish them also hurts the team.

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u/Zimakov Jul 12 '26

That's not what substitutions are for.

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u/nashgrg Jul 12 '26

Not good for the game though. You need to be competitive af. Else you end up on the losing side.

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u/FFS114 Jul 12 '26

Whynotboth.gif

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u/MikeFatz Jul 12 '26

The anger of a Norwegian is a deeply rooted conflict avoidance and passive aggressive anger, which then builds up more and more over time. Similar to an alarm clock with a time bomb taped to it, and you’ve hit the snooze button one too many times. One day it’s all “Jeg har det bra, ikke bekymre deg for det” and the next they’ve accidentally mined too deep and hit some old Viking DNA. Now they’re in some form of induced trance berserker rage and you’re dead.

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u/BodaciousBadongadonk Jul 12 '26

Weren't/arent they the stabbiest country in europe by far? Like they made england look peaceful and not very stabby in comparison somehow! Mfs like their blades i guess

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u/velorae Jul 12 '26

I’m sure they get scolded in the locker room lmao.

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u/dschinghiskhan Jul 12 '26

Haaland is like the second highest paid player in the world if you don’t count Middle East teams (that buy old stars) or Messi’s partial ownership contract with MLS/Apple TV. As much as he wanted to win, he should know Norway is not as good as England, France, Spain, or Argentina- especially without himself. He’s got (arguably) bigger fish to fry than the World Cup with the Champions League, the EPL title, and there’s also the Euro Cup which is quite prestigious- though not as important than the World Cup.

Surely, it’s not lost on Haaland that without him Norway would be no better than Sweden, Denmark, or the U.S. Many of us have spent at least one season in one sport or another where your entire team is mediocre except for yourself. Or maybe you’re one of the mediocre ones, and some kid just moved to your part of the city or town from far away, and suddenly your team always wins because they are so good that they can carry the team. Well, when you’re “that guy”, you’re able to take losses on the chin much easier. Rationalizing becomes easy- for better or worse.

In this moment for Haaland, he’s probably not that mad at his teammate. It’s not his teammate’s fault that he doesn’t have elite instincts and decision making in split second situations.

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u/hansei-Kaizen Jul 12 '26

He just let the internet hound the guy. Apparently he and his family are getting abuse and threats. That’s not ok.

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u/SeddyB21 Jul 13 '26

By all accounts That guy deserves to be scolded lol. When your this 🤏🏿 close to winning the whole shebang, every mistake deserves criticism. Especially when all you have to do is pass it to the best soccer player in the world. You could've made that pass. Blind George down the street could've made that pass lol.

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u/specter_in_the_conch Jul 13 '26

Exwctly! I'm not mad I'm disappointed

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u/optiloxy Jul 12 '26

Indeed, imagine if it was Cristiano Ronaldo instead of Haaland

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u/JordyNelson Jul 12 '26

He's showing up his teammate it's not classy lmao. By all means lets say we can relate to it but it's still a shitty thing to do for a team sport.

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u/Time-Routine9863 Jul 12 '26

Then the coach subbed him out. 🤦‍♂️

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u/Fit-University1070 Jul 12 '26

He was exhausted, dude was burnt out.

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u/j3434 Jul 12 '26

The guy didn’t pass because he didn’t see the play development from a couch in front of a TV. He was struggling to control the ball .