EPTAlso Australia against Turkey, what a nice match it was, damn.
Morocco draw against Canarinhos was to be expected
Can't wait for Netherlands against Japan tonight
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Bearded Elder29905 Posts
Also Australia against Turkey, what a nice match it was, damn. Morocco draw against Canarinhos was to be expected Can't wait for Netherlands against Japan tonight | ||
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r00ty
Germany1083 Posts
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Jockmcplop
United Kingdom9958 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18721 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain18400 Posts
On June 15 2026 03:34 sharkie wrote: Germany keeps gifting Curacao chances. No idea what Germany's matchplan is tbh... That aged well  Still, Curaçao officially no worse than Brazil! | ||
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FlaShFTW
United States10530 Posts
So hyped for Netherlands vs Japan coming up. | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18400 Posts
On June 15 2026 04:37 FlaShFTW wrote: Big deflection for their goal but Curacao actually didnt look half bad going forward. Could pull an upset in the group. So hyped for Netherlands vs Japan coming up. They looked enthusiastic. I wouldn't say they looked good. Ecuador should be more than good enough to put 3+ past that defense too. And Ivory Coast I don't really know, but I really don't expect Curacao to get a point there either. Still, if they have fun and play positive football like they did against Germany, I'd say they are a positive addition this world cup. | ||
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FlaShFTW
United States10530 Posts
On June 15 2026 05:18 Acrofales wrote: They looked enthusiastic. I wouldn't say they looked good. Ecuador should be more than good enough to put 3+ past that defense too. And Ivory Coast I don't really know, but I really don't expect Curacao to get a point there either. Still, if they have fun and play positive football like they did against Germany, I'd say they are a positive addition this world cup. Ecuador and Ivory Coast did not look all that good tbh. Bit unlucky not to score more with how many hit the woodwork but I wasn't that impressed. Holy hell what a game from Netherlands vs Japan. I think everyone expected some fireworks so the game certainly lived up to expectations. Funny that the commentators (and me and my family) were screaming about Japan spamming crosses against the tallest side in the world cup, then they equalize off a header. Football is funny. | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6305 Posts
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Liquid`Drone
Norway28875 Posts
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sharkie
Austria18721 Posts
On June 15 2026 12:39 RvB wrote: Don't think the game was very good. Unnecessary draw for us. We were better most of the game and the first goal shouldn't have happened. Second goal from Japan was deserved though. Let ourselves be pushed back way too far. Funny. I'd say Netherlands were worse than Japan. :D So I guess it's a very well deserved draw haha. Game was very good though imo. It was a very hot time they played and they tried their best not to lose the game since they are both going for #1 and #2 in the group. Would have been stupid for either of them to go guns blazing | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6305 Posts
On June 15 2026 18:39 sharkie wrote: Funny. I'd say Netherlands were worse than Japan. :D So I guess it's a very well deserved draw haha. Game was very good though imo. It was a very hot time they played and they tried their best not to lose the game since they are both going for #1 and #2 in the group. Would have been stupid for either of them to go guns blazing We were better for 75% of the game. At some point we had 7 shots on target vs 2 for Japan with 70% ball possession. Stats don't tell you everything but they do tell you enough when it's that lopsided. After Koemans weird subs Japan was clearly better for a period of 15-20 minutes. That said, I agree with your conclusion that it's a deserved draw. We conceded the goals way too easily. You can't do that if you want to win the tournament. I don’t share your view that we were playing not to lose. We were playing to win. Japan's game plan was to defend and counter. We were just not capable of properly breaking the Japanese defense most of the time. Which is probably worse. On June 15 2026 17:41 Liquid`Drone wrote: Kind of amazing how the Netherlands hasn't lost in 90 minutes since the infamous game vs Portugal in 2006. That is a crazy stat but to be fair we failed to qualify a few times in the 2010s. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7347 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain18400 Posts
On June 15 2026 20:17 RvB wrote: We were better for 75% of the game. At some point we had 7 shots on target vs 2 for Japan with 70% ball possession. Stats don't tell you everything but they do tell you enough when it's that lopsided. After Koemans weird subs Japan was clearly better for a period of 15-20 minutes. That said, I agree with your conclusion that it's a deserved draw. We conceded the goals way too easily. You can't do that if you want to win the tournament. I don’t share your view that we were playing not to lose. We were playing to win. Japan's game plan was to defend and counter. We were just not capable of properly breaking the Japanese defense most of the time. Which is probably worse. That is a crazy stat but to be fair we failed to qualify a few times in the 2010s. Just 2018, right? So that's 2010 (finals), 2014 (third place match), 2022 (quarter finals). That's quite a lot of games to not lose in 90 mins in, actually! | ||
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hitthat
Poland2349 Posts
That what I would wrote if only that was not a draw with Cape Verde. | ||
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FlaShFTW
United States10530 Posts
On June 15 2026 20:17 RvB wrote: We were better for 75% of the game. At some point we had 7 shots on target vs 2 for Japan with 70% ball possession. Stats don't tell you everything but they do tell you enough when it's that lopsided. After Koemans weird subs Japan was clearly better for a period of 15-20 minutes. That said, I agree with your conclusion that it's a deserved draw. We conceded the goals way too easily. You can't do that if you want to win the tournament. I don’t share your view that we were playing not to lose. We were playing to win. Japan's game plan was to defend and counter. We were just not capable of properly breaking the Japanese defense most of the time. Which is probably worse. That is a crazy stat but to be fair we failed to qualify a few times in the 2010s. Your subs were pretty clearly playing to not lose after going up 2-1. Bringing on Ake for Gravenberch and going to a back 5 demonstrates that. Holy did Arne Slot mind control Spain? Looked like a Liverpool game, all possession and no teeth. | ||
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Norway28875 Posts
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GTR
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https://en.africatopsports.com/2026-fifa-world-cup-tunisia-fire-coach-sabri-lamouchi-after-sweden-hammering/ | ||
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WombaT
Northern Ireland27236 Posts
On June 16 2026 03:10 FlaShFTW wrote: Your subs were pretty clearly playing to not lose after going up 2-1. Bringing on Ake for Gravenberch and going to a back 5 demonstrates that. Holy did Arne Slot mind control Spain? Looked like a Liverpool game, all possession and no teeth. Fun stat, although probably not as fun as the Dutch one posted earlier, Spain have put together 2500 passes since their last World Cup goal | ||
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United States10530 Posts
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