wont watch any games as its exam season for me, but since canada isnt there im cheering for iceland even though i doubt theyll get past round 1
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 4:58 am
by Cedur
oh I'm gonna guess Iceland will make it. I expect Croatia to perform as badly as in the recent tournaments (they just don't seem to make a proper team)
in that sense, HUH
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2018 10:17 am
by ElectriKong
England will probably do shit like they have done in the recent World cups.
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2018 1:19 pm
by Cedur
Germany defeated, this is what I think about it.
1) KO round now already starts with the 2nd group game, we could be this time's laughingstocks that Spain, Italy and England were last time.
2) even if that works, it's most likely round of 16 against Brazil, congrats.
3) Germany earlier still placed well after losing preliminary games. Down but not out yet.
4) Germany also could have gotten 5 goals like Spain
5) Germany also had bad bad luck in the final offensive; Ochoa is a fucking Cerberus (Kroos' free kick)
6) France would also have maybe lost against Mexico with their yesterday's performance
7) Italy is not even here so look at how they're feeling
8) Germany has enthralled for almost eight years with their "children's football", now the world has learnt how to deal with it, same that happened with Spain's "tiqui-taqua" before.
9) ousting Sané is a horrible blunder, he has the speed that Germany is missing so much.
10) I'm consoling myself with the 7:1.
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:05 pm
by ShadowStarX
Croatia won 3-0 against Argentina, thus also succeeded at advancing further on.
This was an even bigger surprise than Germany v. Mexico ending up 0-1.
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2018 1:47 am
by Cedur
rip Argentina
not only is their defense showing to be wonky
but I'm especially surprised that their highly praised offense is tame af
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2018 7:26 pm
by Thehelmetguy1
Hahaha!
Defeat never felt so good
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 3:43 am
by ShadowStarX
Semi-final 1 is gonna be France vs. Belgium on Tuesday.
Semi-final 2 shall have been decided by today midnight.
Croatia vs. Russia
Sweden vs. England
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 12:46 pm
by Cedur
<ShadowStarX> 10:59 AM who are you rooting for today
Croatia and England here
<Cedur> 10:59 AM same
<ShadowStarX> 11:00 Sweden relies a bit too much on brute force and Russia was quite lucky against Spain
plus I like those two teams anyway
they are just not so amazing at handling pressure
<Cedur> 11:01 I'd say England has a 40% chance at final and Croatia has 30% chance
but France vs Belgium is most likely an anticipated endgame anyway
I'd say Belgium is best balanced
<ShadowStarX> 11:02 France v Belgium will def. be interesting
also I've done some research
and the last time when the final match was a rematch of a group stage one was in 1962
haven't really paid attention to bronze matches though
so if England and Belgium both get to the final
that'd be a rematch
<Cedur> 11:05 lol indeed (the tournament bracket only allows a rematch in the final)
<ShadowStarX> 11:05 or the bronze match
if they both lose
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:08 pm
by ShadowStarX
And the semi-finals have been decided.
Tuesday, 7 PM BST - France vs. Belgium
Wednesday, 7 PM BST - Croatia vs. England
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Sun Jul 08, 2018 2:51 pm
by FireyPaperMario
My personal prediction is that England or France or both are gonna make it to the finals. Might be wrong...
Re: Football World Championships 2018 Russia
Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2018 4:17 pm
by TheNewGuy
Well
France Won it's place in the finals.
Personally, I don't have a favorite between croatia and england