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Liquid`Drone
Norway28699 Posts
On March 30 2022 23:31 WombaT wrote: Ah 9-0 where Haaland only scored twice too :O He was subbed off after the first half. He was amaazing though - scored two goals (and they were both fantastic), one assist, got one Armenian player sent off, should've had a penalty that wasn't called. Guy is an absolute beast. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
On March 30 2022 23:29 WombaT wrote: African qualification seems pretty rough if you end up with a shootout between the Afcon finalists for one place and Tunisia vs Mali for another. I’m not sure how you fix that. Africa is too big to do a league qualification like South America, but doesn’t quite have the places awarded to do it like in Europe where (usually) you don’t end up with better teams eliminating each other. Next time they will get 9.5 places total. That should make for some more less luck-of-the-draw-dependant qualifiers. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18481 Posts
The location of the world cup matters a lot and I think many people will underestimate Asian and African nations (in the group stages) | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6972 Posts
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aseq
Netherlands3983 Posts
On March 31 2022 16:37 sharkie wrote: For me there is no difference to pot 2 and 3 with maybe exception of Netherlands/Germany. The location of the world cup matters a lot and I think many people will underestimate Asian and African nations (in the group stages) Feels like we say that every 4 years, but every wc they manage to underperform. I remember Morocco getting a lot of hype last time, but they only had some close matches. Only 1 country from Asia or Africa even made it past the group stage... | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18088 Posts
On March 31 2022 17:47 aseq wrote: Feels like we say that every 4 years, but every wc they manage to underperform. I remember Morocco getting a lot of hype last time, but they only had some close matches. Only 1 country from Asia or Africa even made it past the group stage... Pretty much this. Even so, out of the African and Asian nations, Qatar seems to be the worst performer by a good distance. I know they play home games, but they'll have to overperform MASSIVELY to not come dead last in their group, let alone make it to the knockout stage. Their presence in pot 1 is hilarious. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
There is the potential for some unequal groups, but imo the system of seeding all teams according to ranking instead of only the top7/8 is still a massive improvement over how it used to be before. For germany, I'm way more worried about who we are going to draw from pot 3 than who we get from pot 1. If it is a team like serbia or poland, we're probably going home after the group stages again. | ||
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justanothertownie
16320 Posts
On March 31 2022 19:56 Mafe wrote: Uhm are you guys aware that Qatar won the Asian cup in 2019 with an overall goal difference of 19-1? Sure that was 3 years ago, and according to wikipedia they havent performed that well since then, but I'd say have as good a chance of advancing as russia did four years ago. They have "banana skin" written all over them. My guess is that once again, there will be a lot of hype around some african teams, just to see them underperform, again. There is the potential for some unequal groups, but imo the system of seeding all teams according to ranking instead of only the top7/8 is still a massive improvement over how it used to be before. For germany, I'm way more worried about who we are going to draw from pot 3 than who we get from pot 1. If it is a team like serbia or poland, we're probably going home after the group stages again. Germany may not be great currently. But being afraid of Poland? Come on now. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany6972 Posts
On March 31 2022 19:56 Mafe wrote: Uhm are you guys aware that Qatar won the Asian cup in 2019 with an overall goal difference of 19-1? Sure that was 3 years ago, and according to wikipedia they havent performed that well since then, but I'd say have as good a chance of advancing as russia did four years ago. They have "banana skin" written all over them. My guess is that once again, there will be a lot of hype around some african teams, just to see them underperform, again. There is the potential for some unequal groups, but imo the system of seeding all teams according to ranking instead of only the top7/8 is still a massive improvement over how it used to be before. For germany, I'm way more worried about who we are going to draw from pot 3 than who we get from pot 1. If it is a team like serbia or poland, we're probably going home after the group stages again. At least we were there :D Stats vs Poland GER: 13 Tie: 7 POL: 1 Goals 34:12 Matches 21 | ||
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gTank
Austria2584 Posts
Or the mighty 2:2 against Hungary, yeah they have absolutely no need to worry about Serbia or Poland at all. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18481 Posts
On March 31 2022 17:47 aseq wrote: Feels like we say that every 4 years, but every wc they manage to underperform. I remember Morocco getting a lot of hype last time, but they only had some close matches. Only 1 country from Asia or Africa even made it past the group stage... Well world cup in Russia would always be dominated by Europe... I compare this year's world cup to 2010 | ||
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aseq
Netherlands3983 Posts
On March 31 2022 22:43 sharkie wrote: Well world cup in Russia would always be dominated by Europe... I compare this year's world cup to 2010 Time for some stats! Euro teams: 1990: 10/16, 6/8 (Italy) 1994: 10/16, 7/8 (USA) 1998: 10/16, 6/8 (France) 2002: 8/16, 3/8 (South Korea & Japan) 2006: 10/16, 6/8 (Germany) 2010: 6/16, 3/8 (South Africa) 2014: 6/16, 4/8 (Brazil) 2018: 10/16, 6/8 (Russia) Euro teams seem to do a lot better in Europe, but there is also that USA edition. I wonder how much of that is the weather and how much is playing in a 'western' country? I found out it's not actually very warm in Qatar in december. Average temperatures are only 15 - 24 C (59 - 75 F). | ||
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mAKiTO
Colombia4171 Posts
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mahrgell
Germany3943 Posts
On April 01 2022 01:24 mAKiTO wrote: This is argentina's and Messi',s WC ! YOU READ IT HERE FIRST ! Like every WC? Like its coming home? | ||
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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plasmidghost
Belgium16168 Posts
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Sermokala
United States14023 Posts
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justanothertownie
16320 Posts
On March 31 2022 22:18 gTank wrote: Ah I remember when the fake Löw beat the real Löw 2:0 ^^ good times! Or the mighty 2:2 against Hungary, yeah they have absolutely no need to worry about Serbia or Poland at all. Fortunately Löw is gone now. Way too late but still. | ||
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Mafe
Germany5966 Posts
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