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5 hours ago, hckošice said:

Well, miracles happens sometime for sure, but that is one thing I am pretty sure will not happen

Lets put it this way Slovakia has a better chance of beating England than Georgia has of beating Spain. 

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The draw for 3rd round for AFC WC qualifiers were made today

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R of 16 

 

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9 changes for   But Ronaldo keeps his place 

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13 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Yep, but we did not qualify for the EURO from pot 5, instead from pot 2

You have two choices  or  

I know whom I would choose 

But credit to  , hopefully this will help local club football as well. 

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Yes, apparently Denmark & Slovenia are separated by qualifying ranking. 

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What a match, loved it as a neutral. Must be heartbreaking for Croatia & Modric.

I hope Luca keeps on playing for the national side. 

The way Italia played they would find it hard against a well organised Swiss side. That one could go to penalties.

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21 minutes ago, hckošice said:

Hungary has already 1 team behind in the Table of 3rd

That helps  as well 

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43 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Yeah, we had good goalkeepers before even by 1970s standards and then Młynarczyk in the 1980s (FC Porto fans might remember him). Overall we had a good crop of keepers in XXI century as well. Boruc was slightly overrated but made a name for himself in Celtic (he was generally disliked in Poland due to playing for Legia, everyone outside of Warsaw usually hates his club in Poland) and now we have a small controversy with Grabara who said he's not interested in sitting on the bench for NT (he would have been picked as GK #3 over Bułka if he didn't say those words and it was forgotten since there's no need to stir the pot for GK #3). Alas with Szczęsny heading for the exit door, Grabara should be in line to be GK #1 unless he fails at Wolfsburg. Skorupski & Bułka ain't exactly slam dunk choice over him right now.

There is a very good keeper , who is of polish origin & currently 3rd/4th choice in the Belgium set up. Does your federation look out for Polish origin players across Europe? Thomas Kaminski is a good keeper & can help Poland if Szczesny retires. 

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Tbf Poland always had decent goalkeepers even before Szczesny. Both Boruc & Fabianski competed with him. Before them it was Dudek. 
It depends on the position also, Lewandowski is a generational talent & carried Poland to major tournaments with his goals. I feel once Lewandowski eventually retires it will leave a big vaccum for the Polish football system, Szczesny will not have that same effect. 

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Havertz is not a striker , he can play off the striker but he can’t do what  Fullkrug can do i.e play like a striker (A no9 ) 

 

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2 hours ago, hckošice said:

Does not look good for Barnabas Varga at all here

Hungarian FA has confirmed he is conscious & stable in a nearby hospital. 

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Red card for 

Ennar Valencia Sent off

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3 minutes ago, hckošice said:

well, that was quick

Which result will suit Slovakia more? 

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 are in the mood today. 

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2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

The offside was clear but it was deemed impeding and the French GK wouldn't have saved it anyway IMO.

I thought the goal should have stood. It was a poor decision. VAR got it wrong, the ball was past the GK wven before he could react. This result also means Polska are the first country eliminated from the tournament 

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First 0-0 of this tournament. That was a boring match , both teams played safe. Was it a fair call on the offside? 

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This performance from the polish team will really hurt their loyal fans. 
You can loose any match but attitude & effort on the pitch matters, I found not only a lack of ability but lack of mentality to win the 50-50 balls & playing as if er life depends on it. 
Sad end for Lewandowski . 

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 Can still make it. It was expected  will bounce back .

Any of the 4 teams can qualify from the group.

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Does anyone have stats for own goals in major tournaments (WC, Continental cups) ? 
I think 5 is already a very high number & we have just started 2nd round of matches. 

Players have won golden boot with 5 goals! 

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Disappointed with Chiesa , expected more from him

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39 minutes ago, konig said:

Why that sympathy for those teams? 

I always had a soft spot for Bolivia since they qualified for US’94 . I was sad Moreno could not get  to a WC , his career deserved a WC appearance. 

As for Paraguay it is mainly due to Roque Santa Cruz ( he played for the club I support) & also for Larissa Riquelme 😉 

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I will be cheering for  &  

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Mitrovic missed so many chances perhaps Dragan Stojkovic needs to start with Jovic & Vlahovic against Denmark. They were so bad & If I was a serb , I would be disappointed with some of the players attitude, it was as if Slovenia wanted it more. They were first to every 2nd ball. They are lucky to get a point . 

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23 minutes ago, Makedonas said:

 

UEFA must sanction such players who are trying to stir up hatred on pitch . What fans do outside stadiums is not for UEFA or Host LoC to look into but the local police & government. 
But such hate speeches targeting an ethinic group on the field of play by a professional player must be clamped down by UEFA else this will spiral out of control. 
Today its an Albanian player tomorrow it could be a Serbian player, it won’t stop until UEFA steps in by suspending such individuals.