Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2022

[thepharoah 2,405]

I really love this Pepe,  he was my man of the tournament in Euro 2016 and one of the best defenders ever of the game 

[OlympicsFan 860]

49 minutes ago, rafalgorka said:

61 French players in 10 teams at this WC, papers say here

 

https://www.sport.pl/mundial/7,154361,29229505,niewiarygodne-jeden-kraj-wyslal-61-pilkarzy-na-ms-2022-graja.html

They have by far the best depth of all nations. Not sure if we have ever seen something like this, maybe Brazil had a comparable depth some decades ago.

 

If we assume that Benzema would normally be in their starting team, then this would be their 2nd/3rd team:

Maignan

L. Hernandez

Fofana

Saliba

Pavard

Camavinga

Kante

Coman

Nkunku

Diaby

Giroud

 

Areola

Mendy

Kimpembe

Konate

Kalulu

Pogba

Ndombele

Saint-Maximin

Fekir

Rutter

Kolo Muani

 

Digne, Disasi, Ndicka, Soumare, Kamara, Lemar, Thuram, Simakan, Badiashile, Koné, Guendouzi, Kalimuendo, Lacazette, Gouiri, Ekitiké, Bamba, Aouar, Mukiele, Lukeba, M. Dembele, Cherki, Ikoné, Martial, Cho, Gusto, Tolisso, Lenglet, Gourna-Douath ...

 

I think their 3rd best team would still be at least on par with any other team except Portugal/Brazil/England.

 

[kungshamra71 922]

Not sure how I feel about Portugal winning because next Saturday I’ll be in Antwerpen… 

[heywoodu 15,250]

Rafael van der Vaart on Dutch TV talking about Pepe (they played together at Real Madrid): "Everyone hates him because he has kicked everything that moves, but really, and you won't believe it by just watching his matches, but once you get to know him you'll see he's the sweetest and kindest guy you can imagine."

 

 

Edited December 6, 2022 by heywoodu

[kungshamra71 922]

This is the best thing Portugal stole from Brazil since the gold from 300 years ago 

 

[heywoodu 15,250]

3 minutes ago, kungshamra71 said:

Not sure how I feel about Portugal winning because next Saturday I’ll be in Antwerpen… 

Not joking when I'm telling you to not wear anything that shows you are Portuguese, at least after the match  

 

Or just stay in your hotel or wherever you're staying  

[thepharoah 2,405]

 

Looks like Spanish players were watching la casa de papel and elite rather than doing their homework 

Edited December 6, 2022 by thepharoah

[hckošice 15,027]

Quite weird fun fact but in all their 4 previous Round of 16 at the WC never scored a single goal... streak still alive

Edited December 6, 2022 by hckošice

[Monzanator 4,579]

Second goal for Ramos. 3-0. Benching Ronaldo was the perfect choice.

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

I expected  to put up a good fight against . Boy, was I wrong.