FIFA World Cup 2018 (Russia) Thread

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Yellow card for CR7. Finally! 🤗
And Morocco is leading against Spain. 🤪

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Iran have converted a penalty shot against Portugal in the additional time. 🤩

[Mike88]

Uruguay... the last team i wanted Portugal to play with.

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Although anything can happen, it's virtually impossible for Iceland to advance. My money is on Argentina coming second in Group D

Poland, number 8 in the world and they couldn't even get a tie against Senegal. That's pathetic. Nice to see them lose to countries they hate politically. 

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It looks like the new Treaty of Tordesillas had Spain and Portugal tie each other, Spain got Iran, and Portugal got Morocco.  An interesting division there. The plan is for them to each conquer half the world, and then meet in Moscow.

[Leinad]

Morocco and Saudi Arabia today could play till the cows come home and still they wouldn't score a single goal.

[Edu]

Morocco and Saudi Arabia today could play till the cows come home and still they wouldn't score a single goal.

Greece didn't even qualify for the World Cup and it's also a third world country, so their citizens can only try and criticize other third world countries to get some sort of high. No one cares.

[NewYorkExpress]

Morocco and Saudi Arabia today could play till the cows come home and still they wouldn't score a single goal.

Greece didn't even qualify for the World Cup and it's also a third world country, so their citizens can only try and criticize other third world countries to get some sort of high. No one cares.

Greece is NOT a Third World Country, by most standards.

I don't know which European Country you possibly could be thinking of...maybe the soon to be formerly named Macedonia?

[Landslide Lyndon]

Morocco and Saudi Arabia today could play till the cows come home and still they wouldn't score a single goal.

Greece didn't even qualify for the World Cup and it's also a third world country, so their citizens can only try and criticize other third world countries to get some sort of high. No one cares.

So only countries that qualified to the WC have the privilege to comment on what happens there?
I've been ten years in this forum and this is easily one of the top five most retarded opinions I have read.  

[parochial boy]

Morocco and Saudi Arabia today could play till the cows come home and still they wouldn't score a single goal.

Greece didn't even qualify for the World Cup and it's also a third world country, so their citizens can only try and criticize other third world countries to get some sort of high. No one cares.

So only countries that qualified to the WC have the privilege to comment on what happens there?
I've been ten years in this forum and this is easily one of the top five most retarded opinions I have read.  

Jeez boy, you're gonna have a coronary if you carry on like this. Have you tried not being angry? You might actually enjoy it

[Edu]

Morocco and Saudi Arabia today could play till the cows come home and still they wouldn't score a single goal.

Greece didn't even qualify for the World Cup and it's also a third world country, so their citizens can only try and criticize other third world countries to get some sort of high. No one cares.

So only countries that qualified to the WC have the privilege to comment on what happens there?
I've been ten years in this forum and this is easily one of the top five most retarded opinions I have read.  

lol

[mvd10]

Although anything can happen, it's virtually impossible for Iceland to advance. My money is on Argentina coming second in Group D

Poland, number 8 in the world and they couldn't even get a tie against Senegal. That's pathetic. Nice to see them lose to countries they hate politically. 

Senegal has a very decent squad actually. And apparently Poland's squad sucks (seriously, who do they have besides Lewandowski?).

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Although anything can happen, it's virtually impossible for Iceland to advance. My money is on Argentina coming second in Group D

Poland, number 8 in the world and they couldn't even get a tie against Senegal. That's pathetic. Nice to see them lose to countries they hate politically. 

Senegal has a very decent squad actually. And apparently Poland's squad sucks (seriously, who do they have besides Lewandowski?).

I absolutely agree with you. Senegal and Japan are the biggest surprises in this tournament. Too bad they both play in the same group; I hope both teams will advance to the knockout stage.

[RINO Tom]

Morocco and Saudi Arabia today could play till the cows come home and still they wouldn't score a single goal.

Greece didn't even qualify for the World Cup and it's also a third world country, so their citizens can only try and criticize other third world countries to get some sort of high. No one cares.

So only countries that qualified to the WC have the privilege to comment on what happens there?
I've been ten years in this forum and this is easily one of the top five most retarded opinions I have read.  

Jeez boy, you're gonna have a coronary if you carry on like this. Have you tried not being angry? You might actually enjoy it

Haven't quite been here 10 years, but I can confirm that he has not.

[rosin]

Anyone got a good site they check for updates on who's advanced/most likely to advance?  

I don't know if it is what you're looking for, but you can check 538's 2018 world cup predictions, which at least provides a lot of numbers and is live-updated during the matches

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-world-cup-predictions/

[Anzeigenhauptmeister]

Belgium vs. Tunisia is the 27th match in a row with goals scored.

That breaks the previous record of 26 games in a row with goals set in 1954 in Switzerland.

Seems like your dream has finally come true.

[Tirnam]

Hopeless.

[Edu]

Morocco and Saudi Arabia today could play till the cows come home and still they wouldn't score a single goal.

Greece didn't even qualify for the World Cup and it's also a third world country, so their citizens can only try and criticize other third world countries to get some sort of high. No one cares.

So only countries that qualified to the WC have the privilege to comment on what happens there?
I've been ten years in this forum and this is easily one of the top five most retarded opinions I have read.  

Jeez boy, you're gonna have a coronary if you carry on like this. Have you tried not being angry? You might actually enjoy it

Haven't quite been here 10 years, but I can confirm that he has not.

I don't really remember how he was when he registered (I'm getting old and senile), but yeah, that's my impression too


Regarding the matches, I'm just glad I feel no hope about Argentina advancing to the knockout rounds, so I'm surprisingly calm, I'm going to sleep like a baby tonight

[Landslide Lyndon]

(I'm getting old and senile)

Well, that explains a lot.

[DavidB.]

Really hoping Iceland still advance.

[Tender Branson]

Is there any reason why they are now playing 2 games at the same time at 4pm and 8pm ?

It's highly annoying if 2 games are starting at the same time ...

What's wrong with starting the 4 games at 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm instead ?

[parochial boy]

Is there any reason why they are now playing 2 games at the same time at 4pm and 8pm ?

It's highly annoying if 2 games are starting at the same time ...

What's wrong with starting the 4 games at 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm instead ?

Stops teams from fixing the last game, if you play one before the other then you would know exactly what result to play for in the second one

[Tender Branson]

Is there any reason why they are now playing 2 games at the same time at 4pm and 8pm ?

It's highly annoying if 2 games are starting at the same time ...

What's wrong with starting the 4 games at 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm instead ?

Stops teams from fixing the last game, if you play one before the other then you would know exactly what result to play for in the second one

Ah yeah, thx. Didn't think about this. Makes sense.

[RINO Tom]

1) Just want to say that I find Americans (like commentators on FOX) picking up the odd European verbiage for singular team unites (e.g., "England ARE going to advance") absolutely hilarious.  Not getting into a debate about it (though I stand firmly with the usual American way making more grammatical sense), it just sounds funny when a soccer announcer with a standard American accent does it, LOL.

2) According to the New York Times, Mexico can still be eliminated and Germany and Sweden (the two teams I'm pullin' for because Fox told me to root for my roots!) can still advance if the following happens:

- Germany beats South Korea
- Sweden beats Mexico by at least two goals

Fingers crossed.

[NewYorkExpress]

Is there any reason why they are now playing 2 games at the same time at 4pm and 8pm ?

It's highly annoying if 2 games are starting at the same time ...

What's wrong with starting the 4 games at 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm instead ?

That's so teams don't know what they need to do to advance...or know if they are eliminated before they enter the match.

In terms of on pitch action so far today, I'm a little surprised France didn't score a goal against Denmark....still think Iceland beats Croatia.

Looking at Tomorrow's games, I'll take Mexico over Sweden (Mexico clinches a spot in the round of sixteen...I'm surprised they haven' already), Germany over South Korea (Germany, as the far superior team, clinches a spot in the round of sixteen), Brazil over Serbia and Switzerland over Costa Rica.