The Official 2018 FIFA World Cup Thread

#154
#154
Worst case result for Sweden and South Korea. Not only does Mexico have the point advantage for defeating Germany, but now they’re forced to play a desperate and angry Germany team.

Loser of Sweden and South Korea is done for.
 
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#158
#158
Monday's Matches

Sweden vs South Korea 8 AM FS1
Belgium vs Panama 11 AM FS1
Tunisia vs England 2 PM FS1
 
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#172
#172
Saw this on Twitter....

“Football for Arab countries is just like the modern history of the Middle East. Despite great hope things always tended to take a dramatic turn for the worse after the 90s.”
 
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#173
#173
Some observations:

England is a funny team. They usually come into these WCs highly overrated (mostly by their own fans) but this year they seem to be somewhat under the radar despite having a better squad than they had in the past couple WCs.

Unpopular time to make this statement given they just beat the tourney favorite, but Mexico seems to me like a really overrated team historically. 123m people, a nation that is crazy about soccer, but the furthest they have been in a WC is the QF and both of those times they were the hosts. Sometimes (not this year, obviously) they aren't even the best team in CONCACAF. It seems like they should be a historical, national power team like a Germany, Italy, or France (bigger populations than all those counties with the same passion about the sport) but they are not. What gives? Maybe this is the year they go deeper than they ever have been. Doesn't it just seem like Mexico is a team that should have won a WC at some point, or at least made a semifinal/final? They also never seem to have any true superstars.

Belgium is damn good, by any measure, and they are really damn good when you consider they are a country of 11.3m people. However, despite their small population size it seems like they underachieve in WCs too. Their best finish is 4th, and they didn't even qualify as recently as 2006 and 2010. At every position group (in goal, defense, midfield, forwards) they ooze talent and experience.

It's strange watching this tournament with Italy and the Netherlands not in it. The US, honestly, not so much.
 
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#175
#175
05_never_again said:
Some observations:

England is a funny team. They usually come into these WCs highly overrated (mostly by their own fans) but this year they seem to be somewhat under the radar despite having a better squad than they had in the past couple WCs.

Unpopular time to make this statement given they just beat the tourney favorite, but Mexico seems to me like a really overrated team historically. 123m people, a nation that is crazy about soccer, but the furthest they have been in a WC is the QF and both of those times they were the hosts. Sometimes (not this year, obviously) they aren't even the best team in CONCACAF. It seems like they should be a historical, national power team like a Germany, Italy, or France (bigger populations than all those counties with the same passion about the sport) but they are not. What gives? Maybe this is the year they go deeper than they ever have been. Doesn't it just seem like Mexico is a team that should have won a WC at some point, or at least made a semifinal/final? They also never seem to have any true superstars.

Belgium is damn good, by any measure, and they are really damn good when you consider they are a country of 11.3m people. However, despite their small population size it seems like they underachieve in WCs too. Their best finish is 4th, and they didn't even qualify as recently as 2006 and 2010. At every position group (in goal, defense, midfield, forwards) they ooze talent and experience.

It's strange watching this tournament with Italy and the Netherlands not in it. The US, honestly, not so much.
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I thought Mexico looked good against Germany.
Belgium basically had a Premier League All star team.
 
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