Wanderer 1,597 Posted July 7, 2018 #4571 Share Posted July 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, thepharoah said: I think i'll be last in PC after these quarters , this always happens to me in football contests , why always me Yup, you scored just a few points but you are still hanging in there, so good luck to you predicting next four matches thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,179 Posted July 7, 2018 #4572 Share Posted July 7, 2018 12 minutes ago, Milan said: But we shouldn't have wasted that lead in extra time (in large part thanks to our goofy left-back) and rely on penalties again. That's putting it mildly. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dareza 911 Posted July 7, 2018 #4573 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Sorry for Russian fans, but Russia simply is not team for SF. Well deserved win for Croatia. After 20 years again in SF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer 1,597 Posted July 7, 2018 #4574 Share Posted July 7, 2018 1 minute ago, dareza said: Sorry for Russian fans, but Russia simply is not team for SF. Well deserved win for Croatia. After 20 years again in SF. France is going to win, will they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dareza 911 Posted July 7, 2018 #4575 Share Posted July 7, 2018 2 minutes ago, Wanderer said: France is going to win, will they? Well they are my favorite Great team really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepharoah 2,287 Posted July 7, 2018 #4576 Share Posted July 7, 2018 I hope Belgium but i predict France , Belgium vs. Croatia in final would be some thing really great , i was saying this as a joke during preliminary round but it's very close to happen now konig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafoo 161 Posted July 7, 2018 #4577 Share Posted July 7, 2018 13 minutes ago, thepharoah said: I hope Belgium but i predict France , Belgium vs. Croatia in final would be some thing really great , i was saying this as a joke during preliminary round but it's very close to happen now Me to haha BEL-CRO finale thepharoah 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted July 7, 2018 #4578 Share Posted July 7, 2018 (edited) Sadly i couldn't watch any of the games, so the following opinion will only be based on highlights: France vs. Uruguay: Expected winner, although both goals were rather out of nowhere. Apparently Mbappe learned the wrong things from Neymar, but unlike him he has still enough time to grow-up. Belgium vs. Brazil: Surprising winner, apparently the absence of Casemiro hurt Brazil more than most people thought. I am happy that Clownmar is out, but on the other hand Brazil clearly got screwed by not getting a penalty when Kompany fouled Jesus. Absolutely shocking "mistake" by the referee/VAR. England vs. Sweden: Another goal after a set piece for England, nothing new. Sweden didn't look as aggressive in defense as in previous games, maybe they were tired or the absence of Lustig hurt them. Croatia vs. Russia: After the group stage noone would have thought that Croatia would need 2 penalty shootouts to beat Russia and Denmark, but those games showed that they clearly have a problem with breaking down defensive teams. On the one hand i am sad that the host is out, on the other hand i am happy that Russia is out. Their first penalty was absolutely shocking, possibly the worst penalty since Zaza's penalty against Germany. Surprisingly overall the matches were less close than in the previous round. In the round of last 16 only one game was won by more than 1 goal, in the quarterfinal 2 games were won by more than 1 goal. Still no team played brilliantly at this world cup so far, most goals are scored by coincidence, after set-pieces or after goalkeeper mistakes. Most games are very close but not on a very high level in my opinion. Predictions: France vs. Belgium is at least 60/40 for France in my opinion. The french defense is just much better and they have better alternatives on the bench. For me they are still the clear favorite to win this tournament and this game might very well be something like an early final (although the same has been said at 2016 european championships and then Portugal won the title). Croatia vs. England: I think England is the favorite in this match (croatian players will surely be exhausted), although i hope that England won't make it, but i don't really see Croatia beating them. I never would have thought that one of those teams would make the final, but both had an incredibly easy draw (although probably not as easy as the draw for Germany in 2002). I think it would only be "fair" if either France or Belgium would win the title, they just had a much more difficult path to the final. As long as neither England nor Croatia win their first world cup here i will be fine. Personally i would prefer to see Belgium winning it, since France just has too many annoying players and the french team is bound to get even better in the next couple of years, so they will get enough chances in the future to win some big titles, while a chance like that might not present itself again for Belgium. Edited July 7, 2018 by OlympicsFan Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted July 8, 2018 #4579 Share Posted July 8, 2018 (edited) I thought Croatia was a joke before the World Cup (Croatia lost 2-0 to Brazil last month), but a mix of talent and luck led them to semifinals. Now anything can happen. As I wrote before, I will not cheer/root for any team (I jinx every team I root for), but I have to say it would be nice to have a final between Belgium and Croatia so a new world champion can emerge. Most people I know in Brazil are rooting for Belgium. Edited July 8, 2018 by thiago_simoes konig 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konig 1,298 Posted July 8, 2018 #4580 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Like Thiago Simones says: i hope we will have a new champion.......it will be ironic if Belgium win the World Cup in their first final than their neighbors from Netherlands with 3 lost finals.... thiago_simoes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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