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2017/18 (Soccer) Football Thread
- Thread starter Aurious
- Start date
Marcos Rojo FC, contributed to 2/3 goals
”Ihr könnt nach Hause fahr'n, ihr könnt nach Hause fahr'n..."
I'm not happy with Germany's elimination, even thought i'm brazilian. They are a big team and they deserved more luck.
Mentira, tô feliz pra caralho, vai se foder Alemanha.
Mentira, tô feliz pra caralho, vai se foder Alemanha.
Isn't it ironic?
FIFA made the World Cup champions to play the qualifiers after France's horrible elimination in the group stages in the 2002 World Cup. The reasoning was that they couldn't get enough preparation by not playing the qualifiers.
Ever since this system was introduced, three champions out of four have been knocked out in group stages - Brazil in 2006 being the only one to avoid this.
Given the terrible results of that system, the only thing I can think of that could stop the surprises the FIFA clearly doesn't want is two rounds in the group stages.
FIFA made the World Cup champions to play the qualifiers after France's horrible elimination in the group stages in the 2002 World Cup. The reasoning was that they couldn't get enough preparation by not playing the qualifiers.
Ever since this system was introduced, three champions out of four have been knocked out in group stages - Brazil in 2006 being the only one to avoid this.
Given the terrible results of that system, the only thing I can think of that could stop the surprises the FIFA clearly doesn't want is two rounds in the group stages.
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I live in an English dominated area of Australia, and their fans are the most insufferable bunch of human beings I've ever met. Noisy, rude, obnoxious. They've only played the two worst teams in the entire world cup and they carry on like they're an actual threat to win it this year.
I can't wait till Belgium (my pre-cup pick) beat them tonight.
I can't wait till Belgium (my pre-cup pick) beat them tonight.
hope theyre not keeping you up at night xoxoxo
They're a little bit less chirpy now xx
After all this media and hype, it's gonna be hilarious when Colombia put England out. Probably the 10th best team left in the tournament and yet acting like only Brazil and Spain are threats to them.
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>loses to the first decent team they encounter in the WC
>"all according to keikakku lads, lgi!"
Yeah I mean they barely beat Tunisia, but suddenly they're the #1 team after smacking the GIANT Panama. defo rooting for Los Cafeteros on this one.
We absolutely destroyed Tunisia and nearly drew because of 3 awful refereeing decisions. What were you watching?
destinyunknown
Banned deucer.
England is definitely better than every time in their side of the bracket except Spain. Granted, they're probably worse than Uruguay, Portugal, France, Brazil and Belgium but fortunately they won't have to face any of those teams. As for Colombia, with James injured they are quite an average side and England should be able to beat them.
At the end of the day however, the difference between the 3rd and 10th best team is small and the majority of the games will be close, upsets are bound to happen and England could be at the end of one of them. Worth remembering that even the best sides (Brazil and Spain) could have been eliminated in the group stage with just a moment of bad luck against them.