EPT330k population and is part of the world's elite, sheesh.
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sharkie
Austria18481 Posts
330k population and is part of the world's elite, sheesh. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
Also, did the mexicans at least try and show some fighting spirit? After what the USA did for them four years ago, they better had. | ||
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Dav1oN
Ukraine3164 Posts
On October 11 2017 17:58 sharkie wrote: Iceland with a population of 300k people qualified for the world cup in the probably hardest UEFA qualification group. Every country that has not qualified can only blame themselves and has to ask themselves if they really tried their hardest. Yea, our group was kinda hard  It would've been a pleasure to play in a group instead of Poland or SerbiaPoland has higher seen then Furia Roja is also strange | ||
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nayumi
Australia6499 Posts
On October 11 2017 15:47 evilfatsh1t wrote: if aussies were to play against nz? i wouldnt worry too much as i feel australia vs nz has a motivation factor thats not really there with other countries, just like how korea always seems to do well against japan no matter how shit we are in general. were not vsing nz though so... edit: nvm. just realised you were asking the peruvian lol for the aussies here, how sad would you be if we actually missed out on the world cup? personally i dont think itd be a big blow as i wouldnt expect us to even make it out of the group stages anyway i'd be pretty depressed having a team to cheer for even during the group stage would make the event much more special ... but part of me, like our American comrades, wants us to fail miserably that we need to change for the better ... | ||
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DaCruise
Denmark2457 Posts
Seeded: -Italy -Croatia -Switzerland -Denmark Vs not seeded: -Sweden -Ireland -Greece -Northern Ireland I hope we draw Greece but I am sure it will be Sweden yet again. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18481 Posts
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Faruko
Chile34171 Posts
but what makes it worse is that our youngsters are SO BAD we literally dont have a team up and coming, maybe if we mix and choose some players, but not like this one, not at all | ||
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FueledUpAndReadyToGo
Netherlands30548 Posts
On October 11 2017 17:59 Pandemona wrote: Yeah the Netherlands in a nut shell for example. Second spot should have been wrapped up for them if they played like they did last night every game in that group! They were very very good against Sweden last night but that was the only game of the whole group they turned up for it seemed. Nah it's all France fault for giving Sweden 2 points by this bullshit from Lloris https://streamable.com/rxk9g Our team and coach were absolutely perfect   | ||
Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Should be some good games though, im intrigued at what Croatia will bring to this as well. If they got Sweden for example would they be good enough | ||
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Topin
Peru10085 Posts
On October 11 2017 15:00 GTR wrote: how confident are you guys against NZ? as other aussies have said, we've been playing like dog shit as of late and i dont feel confident vs honduras. i want to buy tickets for the second leg but hell i'd be damned to watch an elimination live lol. TBH we dont know anything about NZ beside they must be a pshycal team but we feel super confident about the match. the 5th place was being celebrated as a direct classification to the WC. Yes! thos 3 points resurrected us in the qualifier, without them we were practically eliminated.  | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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Sermokala
United States14023 Posts
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Dante08
Singapore4128 Posts
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On October 12 2017 01:07 Dante08 wrote: I don't understand Argentina man, on paper they have the best attack, Aguero, Di Maria, Higuain, Dybala but somehow only Messi seems to perform. Only Di Maria and Messi were playing yesterday. Dybala doesnt get to play because he looks a bit lost when hes playing. Hes basically a Messi type player and you cant be Messi with Messi on the team. They have to figure that one out before the WC because hes to good not to play. Di Maria is ok, he can create space but he is woefully inconsistent. Higuain sucks when it matters period. Aguero was not available because of his Dutch incident. The attack yesterday was basically Messi and Di Maria playing by themselves while a bunch of jobbers in midfield passed the ball around aimlessly or passed it back to Ecuador. Also... + Show Spoiler + USA ! USA ! USA ! US.... A.. U...S....A..... U....S.... U...... | ||
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haitike
Spain2716 Posts
On October 12 2017 01:11 Rebs wrote: Only Di Maria and Messi were playing yesterday. Dybala doesnt get to play because he looks a bit lost when hes playing. Hes basically a Messi type player and you cant be Messi with Messi on the team. They have to figure that one out before the WC because hes to good not to play. Di Maria is ok, he can create space but he is woefully inconsistent. Higuain sucks when it matters period. Aguero was not available because of his Dutch incident. The attack yesterday was basically Messi and Di Maria playing by themselves while a bunch of jobbers in midfield passed the ball around aimlessly or passed it back to Ecuador. Also... + Show Spoiler + USA ! USA ! USA ! US.... A.. U...S....A..... U....S.... U...... I think Otamendi was great too in addition to Messi and Di Maria. But you are right. Most Argentina players are terrible and they don't have any technique with the ball. We have a phrase in Spain for how they touch the ball: "recibir un balón y devolver un ladrillo" (Receiving a ball and returning back a brick). | ||
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sharkie
Austria18481 Posts
One of the most impressive and clutch games Messi has ever played imo. | ||
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Rebs
Pakistan10726 Posts
On October 12 2017 01:30 haitike wrote: I think Otamendi was great too in addition to Messi and Di Maria. But you are right. Most Argentina players are terrible and they don't have any technique with the ball. We have a phrase in Spain for how they touch the ball: "recibir un balón y devolver un ladrillo" (Receiving a ball and returning back a brick). Otamandei was fine, Masch was great, their defense is "okish" but any defense will struggle with that midfield infront of them. On October 12 2017 01:37 sharkie wrote: oh yeah to comment on Messi's performance yesterday that was really very very impressive what he did in Ecuador, especially if you consider that he probably was born and raised at sea level. One of the most impressive and clutch games Messi has ever played imo. Outside of his 3 goals he hardly turned it on or ran. It seemed a deliberate tactic to conserve and explode at specific moments where they had space. Meanwhile some of the Ecuadorians had jets on their shoes. They were gliding past Argentines with relative ease at times, they just didnt have the polish of actual footballers. They were far superior athletes. I think atleast 5 Argentina players just took yellows for cynical body checks when they realized that there was no way they could keep up with some of the Ecudarian counter attacks. | ||
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Dingodile
4135 Posts
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Pandemona
Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts
Pretty sure Russia itself wont miss out to much, i highly doubt many Americans would go to Russia at this present moment! | ||
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Painmaker
Uruguay230 Posts
On October 11 2017 23:22 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: https://twitter.com/JuanG_Arango/status/917971233769230336 I think he meant Fox News hehe. They got the english rights for the WC on USD 200 million | ||
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