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I don't really know the players but I'm surprised by how terrible  and are doing.

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2 hours ago, Henry_Leon said:

CONMEBOL world cup qualifiers begun today, 2 years of matches, for decide the six nations for WC 2026 (and the 7° placed nations will go at inter-confederation play-off tournament)

It's easier now to predict which teams won't qualify 

 

Spoiler

 +1

 

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Not a great World Cup for some of the big names.

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1 hour ago, thepharoah said:

Interesting fact all 3 African Nations qualified will play countries that have colonized them for many years :- 

 

• Nigeria vs England
• Morocco vs France
• SA vs The Netherlands 

I do hope for at least one upset here, it would be great to see an african nation in QF.

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out in group stage, and with some difficulties. It seems that teams that were great in the past just are not ahead of others anymore.

 

Early QF predictions (considering Group H goes like expected):

 

vs

vs

vs

vs

 

Final should be vs the winner of vs

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2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

This should be the end of Marta and Pia Sundhage in international football. The game has passed them by for one reason or another.

It was Marta's last match in the World Cup, she said after the match. I still think she will play in Paris but who knows.

 

Pia, however, should go immediatley. Hate her decisions since Tokyo.

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1 minute ago, hoversaBR said:

With all due respect, this Jamaica team is mediocre. If women's Brazil can't play better than this against this team, it's better to be eliminated.

They tied with France, so they are not that bad. But I agree is better to be eliminated now than in R16 like in the last two editions.

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13 minutes ago, hoversaBR said:

Normally I don't follow women's football, only Brazil games sometimes. Is this sport ridiculous like that or is it just Brazil? 

Brazil men's side isn't doing much better 

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This is a disaster (Brazil playing in blue).

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@Monzanator @Jinzha from what I've seen so far I think is having a better performance than , but I know it isn't exactly an easy match.

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Only one of and (most likely) will reach semifinals.

 

Meanwhile, has a free path to this stage.

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2 hours ago, Fly_like_a_don said:

Accidental Olympic champions  rightly out of the world cup. This is what they deserve.

That's a little harsh...

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What a disaster for

 

Hope  isn't next (but I just know players will be nervous since we have to win and Jamaica plays for a tie).

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16 minutes ago, thepharoah said:

7 minutes difference between 2 matches in the last round of GS isn't good for fair play 

I also thought this was strange.

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Well, that's over. Good luck trying to beat at R16 

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1 hour ago, Rafa Maciel said:

With Nigeria overcoming Australia yesterday, they could be facing  in the last 16.  big beneficiary as they are now projected semi finalists.

 

That's great. Except that Brazil would have to win vs France tomorrow and that's not easy lol

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Well, here's the I expected 

 

Btw, I lost count of how many matches here the best team in first half doesn't have the same performance in the second.

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Both host nations with a high chance of missing R16 is something no one could predict.

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14 hours ago, thepharoah said:

Nigeria and SA are performing much better than the other African Nations Morocco and Zambia 

Well, you're right. I really thought was gonna win this quite easily.

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4 hours ago, Rafa Maciel said:

In hunting around for more information on Gracenote's Olympic predictions, I stumbled upon their assessment of the world cup brackets

 

Accurate so far (aside from which should be eliminated), but Group A is anyone's game. Wish a team from Africa could qualify for Round of 16, I think is the only one possible.

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Really nice showing from

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They gave the morning off work so we could watch this. Hopefully wins...

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4 hours ago, AsensioWillemsen said:

Zambia was semi-interesting at the Olympics, but this game they look totally useless.

The only bad team so far, and somehow they managed to only concede one goal in first half.

 

The level of this expanded format of 32 teams has been good so far, not many one-sided matches (although there's still a lot to go).

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1 minute ago, Monzanator said:

Another missed penalty. That's three in five matches. This time Alex Morgan.

Actually this was the 4th. Only 2 resulted in goals.

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A lot of missed penalties