#18 Portugal 1-0 Morocco - Group B

[Puff Daddy]

Don't think this will be a cakewalk for Portugal, but Morocco are likely to be heading for the airport

[Samba]

If Portugal don't win this...

[sendô]

Don't think this will be a cakewalk for Portugal, but Morocco are likely to be heading for the airport

What does that even mean Puff?

[rare as rockinghorse shat]

It's obviously a walk, with cake, you plum.

[sendô]

What size cake? Is it one cake or a whole tray of them? Multi tiered? Can you see over it? Is it covered, or getting wet as you walk?

**** Americanism that makes no sense.

[DasNutNock]

I think it refers to a regular supermarket cake, something like a Battenberg, which is fairly portable.

[Harry Hound]

Just educated myself via wikipedia.

The cakewalk or cake walk was a dance developed from the "prize walks" held in the late 19th century, generally at get-togethers on black slave plantations after emancipation in the Southern United States. Alternative names for the original form of the dance were "chalkline-walk", and the "walk-around". At the conclusion of a performance of the original form of the dance in an exhibit at the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, an enormous cake was awarded to the winning couple.

[rare as rockinghorse shat]

Can Paul Merson to the cakewalk?

[DasNutNock]

He's more interested in line dancing.

[sendô]

He'd have all of the powdered icing sugar but that's it.

[Hammers Dad]

Ronaldo 1 up already

[Vic_Watson]

Is Joao Mario still one of ours?

[brothernero]

Regarding who is commentating on this game for the BBC. I know it's 2018 and times have moved on but come on really??













Martin Bloody Keown.

[Slacking student]

How are we finding the commentary? I tried for 5 minutes but the monotonal drone punctuated by the occasional high pitched shrill was enough for me to put the 5Live commentary on.

It's history being made but personally Vicky Sparks isn't the voice I want to hear

[Slacking student]

And that's nothing against female commentators they're a good addition to the TMS team but doesn't seem to work in football.

[Vic_Watson]

...they're a good addition to the TMS team

Not many. Could listen to Isa and Ebbs all day.

[brothernero]

It's history being made but personally Vicky Sparks isn't the voice I want to hear

Finding her already miles better than established male commentators like Jonathan Pearce or Clive Tyldesley.

[wolf359]

Decent 1st half, Morocco unlucky to be one down, some pretty industrial tackles from both teams

[wolf359]

Upson telling defenders to be brave and strong

[Hoggy31]

In Australia we've got Martin Tyler commentating.

FYI, if anyone has ever watched Aussie Rules football, the MIGHTY rip-roaring, goal-scoring Collingwood reference 'cakewalk' in our theme song...

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