The first goalless draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup finally arrived. What happened at Luzhniki Stadium could be categorized as one of the most disappointing displays in football history, despite the top-caliber players that were on the pitch.
Neither side made a real attempt to show they really wanted to win the game, and this goalless draw forced some to remember that 1982 game in which West Germany and Austria settled for a 1-0 for the Germans that gave both teams access to the next round of that FIFA World Cup. That game forced football's governing body to make teams from the same group play at the same time to avoid any agreement to play for a given result.
Despite this fact, the 2018 World Cup became the tournament to see more games without a nil-nil draw, surpassing the total amount of games without a goalless draw, established in 1998.
#DENFRA is the first goalless draw at the 2018 #WorldCup (38 matches played, including #AUSPER). This is a new record for most matches played at a single World Cup before the first 0-0 draw (only tournaments with at least 1 goalless draw) #DEN #FRA
— Gracenote Live (@GracenoteLive) June 26, 2018
"And there goes our streak! After 36 games, France and Denmark play out to the first goalless draw of the 2018 FIFA World Cup."
¡Y hasta acá llegó la racha de #RUSIAxESPN! Luego de 36 partidos, Francia y Dinamarca fueron los protagonistas del primer 0-0 del Mundial. pic.twitter.com/zWoWmNoX3s
— SportsCenter (@SC_ESPN) June 26, 2018
If you think we're overreacting, have a look at these comments that support the idea of this game being a real snooze-fest.
Watching France play...#DENFRA pic.twitter.com/4vOR16hs1l
— DZ Football (@DZFootball_en) June 26, 2018
#DENFRA i hope both teams lose their next match, this was nothing besides an insult to all the fans that bought tickets for this game
— (@kya_113) June 26, 2018
This is embarrassing.
— Footy Accumulators (@FootyAccums) June 26, 2018
Imagine being a fan who has paid actual money to travel & watch your team pass it around the back for 90 minutes... #DENFRA
Can't we just disqualify France for three games of turgid nothingness and put Peru through simply for being good fun? #DENFRA
— Dan O'Hagan (@danohagan) June 26, 2018
Live footage of the fans at #DENFRA pic.twitter.com/Pf4brtlA26
— Itαchí(Shun)Nk63 (@Shun_Nk63) June 26, 2018
More jeers from the crowd. Worst game of the tournament? #DENFRA
— Ed Malyon (@eaamalyon) June 26, 2018
We're on course for our first 0-0 of the #WorldCup
— Match of the Day (@BBCMOTD) June 26, 2018
Sum up #DENFRA in GIFs, pictures and one-liners... pic.twitter.com/LYpdMQWIGm
France and Denmark - such great pastries, such terrible football. #DENFRA
— Pundamentalism (@Pundamentalism) June 26, 2018
FT: Denmark 0-0 France.
— Coral (@Coral) June 26, 2018
What a monumental waste of everyone's time. #DENFRA pic.twitter.com/uDVGMaeuVG