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Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2018


Henry_Leon

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1 minute ago, MHSN said:

 

hard to say, probably none of them, KSA is technically better than all of them but those teams are fighters unlike Saudi players, they give up easily, once they lost 8-0 to Germany, they lost 7-1 to Japan, or 5-0 to Japan. it happens sometimes for them, while with Syria you know they are going to fight no matter what, Australia was very lucky to eliminate Syria.

 

no other Asian team has the experience to compete with the best of the worlds. but I would give that 5th spot to Uzbekistan or Iraq.

 

What about China ? I just can´t understand that so huge sport powerhouse with so big population is so, how to say "unimportant" in the worlds most popular sport

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1 minute ago, hckosice said:

 

What about China ? I just can´t understand that so huge sport powerhouse with so big population is so, how to say "unimportant" in the worlds most popular sport

 

well they are investing A LOT on their league, maybe they get better in future but for now I don't think so. they showed improvement with Lippi though. they would be in playoff instead of Syria if they weren't for a last second penalty against Syria.

but at least for now I don't consider them as a favorite to qualify for the next world cup.

 

 

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1 hour ago, NikolaB said:

Offside? Are you serious?

 

KSA is really bad

I didn't mean the goal :p 

 

I meant a moment a bit after that (when it was 1-0), when a Russian passed the ball to a teammate who was widely offside and more or less screwed up the chance (luckily, to avoid some drama). 

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12 minutes ago, dcro said:

Apparently this could be the first WC game since 2010 semifinals without any yellow/red cards. :yikes:

Referee wants his place in the history books :d 

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