2022 FIFA World Cup - Qatar, November 21-December 18

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Round of Sixteen Picks:

Netherlands defeat USA 2-1 AET

Argentina defeat Australia 5-0

Croatia defeat Japan 1-0

Brazil defeat South Korea 3-1

England defeat Senegal 4-1

France defeat Poland 3-0

Spain defeat Morocco 5-0

Portugal defeat Switzerland 0-0 on Penalty Kicks.

No upsets? If it was that easy, just take out a 8 way multi-bet and cash in.

Switzerland/Portugal and Netherlands/USA are essentially tossups,so there really isn't a possible upset in either of those games in my opinion.

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Still coming to terms with the US win over Iran.

Probably the USA's best sporting win over Iran since Hulk Hogan vs The Iron Sheik in 1984.

The Iron Sheik vs. Hulk Hogan (1984)

https://youtu.be/XgEjzI2_ALg?t=482

History made in Madison SQuare Garden. It's up there with The Doors and Led Zeppelin.

Professional Wrestling really doesn't qualify as a sport.

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While I'm not surprised we lost to the Netherlands, I'm surprised we weren't more competitive. We should have been more competitive, and I wouldn't be shocked if Greg Berhalter is no longer the Head Coach after the World Cup.

I'd suggest bringing in a Jesse Marsch or possibly a Steve Cherundulo (Head Coach at LAFC) ahead of the 2026 World Cup.

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Quarterfinals Picks:

Brazil defeats Croatia 2-0
Argentina Defeats Netherlands 3-1
Morocco defeats Portugal 0-0 on penalty kicks
France defeats England 2-1 AET

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Quarterfinals Picks:

Brazil defeats Croatia 2-0
Argentina Defeats Netherlands 3-1
Morocco defeats Portugal 0-0 on penalty kicks
France defeats England 2-1 AET

I think you have Morocco wrong and Argentina will not win by as much.

England could do it, but they need a solid 2 half effort.

Pretty much everyone said Spain will beat Morocco too, and Spain came into the tournament as a stronger team than Portugal.

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Luis Enrique out as Spain Manager.

Got to think the job is Pep Guardiola's if he wants it.

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Guardiola is more likely to become Belgium manager than Spain manager.

Well, at least we're in agreement that he's going to be offered something.

Personally, I think England would be fools not to hire him if they need to replace Gareth Southgate, but "muh English Manager" means they're probably stuck with Graham Potter.

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Argentina vs Portugal final? Is this what Allah has written?

If that happens, I will happily say "I told you so", given I picked that matchup back in June.

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Semifinals picks:

Argentina defeats Croatia 2-0
France defeats Morocco 1-0

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Since Tite is out, media mentioned some possible names to be the new coach of the Brazilian squad: Jorge Jesus, Abel Ferreira, Carlo Ancelotti

There is some discussion related to a possible foreign coach since Dunga's failure in 2010. Many sports fans consider that Brazil still has some very good players, but the sqad fails to defead an European squad in the knock-out stage since 2006 because Brazil does bad in tactics, and our coaches are outdated. A foreign coach could be against our national proud: Brazil used to be known as the land of the soccer, and, in the past, there were many Brazilian coaches of other squads. The two Portuguese teams which reached the semifinals had Brazilian coaches: Otto Gloria in 1966 and Luiz Felipe Scolari in 2006. Now, we are considering the possibility of a non-Brazilian coach for the Brazilian team, who could be a Portuguese. But maybe we need to forget our pride since we are observing that the Brazilian team is falling behind.

A soccer power had already a foreign coach: italian Fabio Capello was already the coach of the English team

I personally would suggest Jose Mourinho myself. It's not like he has anything left to prove on the club level, and he does speak Portuguese, which presumably would be helpful.

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I am officially picking Argentina to beat either France or Morocco.

Lionel Messi will win the World Cup in his final international match. Book it.

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Predictions:

Third Place Game:

Croatia defeats Morocco 2-0

Argentina defeats France 4-3 AET

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Honestly, Messi vs Mbappe is probably the best final we could have asked for.

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What a game.

Mbappe and Messi showing why they are the best in the world, both in the past and present.

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First you lose the final and then Macron comes to lecture you, now that's a cruel and unusual punishment.
https://twitter.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/1604581493287792642

Macron should resign as President and manage the team himself for Euro 2024.