World Cup 2018 - THE COMBINED AFRICA TEAM WINS

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Who's gonna win?

  • Germany

    Votes: 9 9.8%

  • Brazil

    Votes: 9 9.8%

  • Argentina

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • England (lol)

    Votes: 15 16.3%

  • Some other shit tier team

    Votes: 36 39.1%

  • Sport

    Votes: 23 25.0%
  • Total voters
    92
soy_king said:
Wasn't Fabio Capella the coach in 2010? I'm pretty sure he's Italian.
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You're correct. And Sven-Göran Eriksson, a Swede, was their first foreign coach for the 2002 and 2006 WCs. England doesn't have any sort of requirement for the coach to be of British stock, but I've read that the reaction of the media and public and maybe the FA themselves suggests they have a certain bias towards anyone outside of the Isles. I've sometimes wondered if they think a foreign coach means they're more akin to 2nd tier and lower teams who more often than not will have the coach be of a different nationality. Or if it's just stubbornness. Or they look at the fact that no coach who has been of a different nationality than the team he's heading has ever won the World Cup and think that means something. Certainly doesn't mean they need to experiment outside their country, but still, they make it sound worse than it actually is.
 
Serbia 1 - 0 Costa Rica

Yeah, CRC DIDN'T play too badly here, but they ain't CRC from 2014, so this could be goodbye, unfortunately - since it doesn't get any easier for them going forward (BRZ & SUI.). Not a bad match, though.

Brazil 1 - 1 Switzerland

Just one more reason I can enjoy the WC so much - you never know what to expect. Then again, these are the 2 toughest teams in their group, so all it comes down to NOW (especially for SUI, BRZ's got this!) is stealing points from the lightweights within (CRC, Serbia - although I wouldn't take either lightly, it shouldn't be too hard for BRZ & SUI to get back on top, IMHO...).

Germany 0 - 1 Mexico

It's pretty much the same story as BRZ & SUI in their respective group, only now GER has to win, going forward. MEX... Well, they shouldn't rest easy, either. Not with Sweden only getting started, anyway (GER will beat them & Korea very likely, however.). Thanks for coming, Korea - don't let the door hit you on the way out.
 
Would anyone be seriously surprised to see England lose against Tunisia tonight?
 
And England win with a goal in injury time, 2-1.

I can't help but feel that they sagged in the second half but the teamwork was so much better. Compare and contrast Germany vs. Mexico, where the Germans with a team full of great players failed because they just didn't gel properly as a team. Now for Panama next Sunday, which they must win if they're to have any chance because they'll not beat Belgium.
 
Another day done. Tomorrow's games:
Colombia-Japan
Poland-Senegal
and we go back to group A with
Russia-Egypt
Colombia obviously stronger than Japan, so not expecting too much of an upset there. Though who knows with this cup, it's been full of suprises. Poland-Senegal should be a tight match, the latter has a few very strong players and Lewandowski is hit or miss. Russia showed great form in their opening game but we'll see if they can keep that up. Egypt also 100% needs to start Salah, they are lacking without him.
 
Ginger Piglet said:
And England win with a goal in injury time, 2-1.

I can't help but feel that they sagged in the second half but the teamwork was so much better. Compare and contrast Germany vs. Mexico, where the Germans with a team full of great players failed because they just didn't gel properly as a team. Now for Panama next Sunday, which they must win if they're to have any chance because they'll not beat Belgium.
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England will probably beat Panama, but yeah Belgium not so much. You guys in England should cherish Harry Kane, for he's basically the only person that's keeping you afloat rn.
ure_mum said:
Another day done. Tomorrow's games:
Colombia-Japan
Poland-Senegal
and we go back to group A with
Russia-Egypt
Colombia obviously stronger than Japan, so not expecting too much of an upset there. Though who knows with this cup, it's been full of suprises. Poland-Senegal should be a tight match, the latter has a few very strong players and Lewandowski is hit or miss. Russia showed great form in their opening game but we'll see if they can keep that up. Egypt also 100% needs to start Salah, they are lacking without him.
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Colombia will probably win Group H, with Japan second. I don't know much about the Polish team, only that if they managed to pass through UEFA Qualifiers they can't be terrible.
 
Sweden 1 - 0 Korea

Glad the better team won. Plus, alongside Belgium, this is one team I'd love to see get far in this bad boy. As a match, it was nothing special, However.

Belgium 3 - 0 Panama

BETP, you say? Nah. Like Tunisia, I expect Panama to be out soon. Like Sweden, I want to see Belgium go far in this, so I am very happy with this kickass result.

England 2 - 1 Tunisia

I can take or leave England getting far in this, but they played well enough today against a side that had to be gifted a penalty just to make it a close game, which THIS was anything but - England walked all over these kebabs, so much so I'm surprised they didn't nab any Red Cards for some of those obvious injuries throughout this damn thing.

Like I said, BETP? That's the likely final rankings for this group, IMHO. Thanks for coming Tunisia and Panama, take care.
 
Shokew said:
Sweden 1 - 0 Korea

Glad the better team won. Plus, alongside Belgium, this is one team I'd love to see get far in this bad boy. As a match, it was nothing special, However.
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That's incredibly wishful thinking. You forget that they're in the same group as Germany and Mexico, which are objectively better teams. I have little doubt Germany could easily rebound and beat both Sweden and South Korea
 
Colombia completely fucked themselves over with that red card and penalty, but I have a soft spot for the Japanese team so I can't be too mad at them for winning. Poland-Senegal is going on rn, and the former is slipping hard, at the time of this writing Senegal scored to make it 2-0. At least that means Germany won't be the only European team to not win or draw.
 
Initial predictions for teams leaving group stage:

Group A: Winner: Uruguay: Runner-Up: Russia

Group B: Winner: Spain; Runner-Up: Portugal

Group C: Winner: France; Runner-Up: Denmark

Group D: Winner: Argentina; Runner-Up: Iceland

Group E: Winner: Brazil; Runner-Up: Switzerland

Group F: Winner: Germany; Runner-Up: Mexico

Group G: Winner: Belgium; Runner-Up: England

Group H: Winner: Colombia; Runner-Up: Japan

Despite all the upsets today, I still think most of this will happen. The only things I can see that could happen are Russia winning Group A and Mexico winning Group F.
 
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Russia-Uruguay will be the match of Group A since that will show if the former has actually improved over the years or they got lucky by going against two weak teams.

Tomorrow's games:
Portugal-Morocco
Uruguay-Saudi Arabia
Iran-Spain
I feel like predictions are useless at this point, the amount of upsets has been ridiculous. But still. Portugal should win fairly comfortably against Morocco, especially if they charge up TSUU. Uruguay against the Saudis is really not even worth seeing, the latter were very poor against Russia. Iran might have a sliver of a chance against Spain, but the latter has so far been the most well rounded UEFA team in this cup so expecting a Spain win.
 
Russia 3 - 1 Egypt

Another Kebab gone. No surprise. I am looking forward to Russia vs. Uruguay, now. Uruguay's got a lot to watch out for if they want to make it out as Runner-up for this group.

However, with Saudi Arabia to get 3 easy points off of, Russia and Uruguay all the way out of Group A!. Other than that, this group is a RUSE - a nice little distraction from the real WC, which ain't being won by anyone here.

Columbia 1 - 2 Japan

I was expecting Columbia to top Group H, honestly. Not so much now after that Red Card... Seriously, though - Japan got lucky early on in this game. Hopefully, Colombia can beat the other 2 teams and get outta this group, but I ain't counting on it with how things stand now.

Senegal 2 - 1 Poland

I wouldn't mind seeing Senegal make it to Knockout stages, even if they don't make it past that, honestly. Same with whomever gets out with them. Like Group A, no one has a chance to win the WC here, honestly. Still, this was such a damn good match in an otherwise less than stellar group for me.
 
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ure_mum said:
I feel like predictions are useless at this point, the amount of upsets has been ridiculous. But still.
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The point of making predictions imo is for fun, as a purely speculative exercise. There are always some sort of upsets in the World Cup (I for one wasn't expecting Brazil- Germany in 2014 to be so one sided), but right now I feel the teams have played as well as they should have.
 
soy_king said:
The point of making predictions imo is for fun, as a purely speculative exercise. There are always some sort of upsets in the World Cup (I for one wasn't expecting Brazil- Germany in 2014 to be so one sided), but right now I feel the teams have played as well as they should have.
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That day when I got home from work and saw Germany were winning 5-0 I honestly thought it was a typo for a minute or two.
 
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