Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2018

[OlympicsFan 860]

vor 29 Minuten schrieb heywoodu:

"Spain won 5 of their 8 penalty shootouts."

 

Yeah, because it so matters for your current chances if a team 45 years ago won a penalty shootout 

Apparently it does. There a multiple reasons why previous outcomes of penalty shootouts might be a predictor concerning the outcome of current penalty shootouts.

[OlympicsFan 860]

The world cup continues to be a disappointment in my opinion. None of the big teams has played at their best so far. I still think that having longer seasons every year for the big teams doesn't help the level at world cups or european championships. This result is another proof that tiki taka is done, i think more physical teams will dominate football in the future. For the sake of football i hope that Russia won't come near the title, i would prefer less destructive teams like France, Belgium or even England to win it.

[Quasit 869]

21 minutes ago, mihamiha said:

maybe russia will become another greece

Hopefully not.

[hckošice 15,824]

Round of 16

 Spain - Russia 1:1 After Extra Time (1:1, 1:1), 3:4 After Penalties   

Goals: 11. Ignashevich (OG) 1:0 - 41. Dzyuba (11m) 1:1

Penalties Shootout:

Iniesta 1:0, Pique 2:1, Koke Missed 2:2, Ramos 3:3, Aspas Missed 3:4 - Smolov 1:1, Ignashevich 2:2, Golovin 2:3, Cheryshev 3:4 

 

Yellow Cards:  Pique - Kutepov, Zobnin.

Officials:  Kuipers - van Roekel, Zeinstra (all NED), 78.011 attendance

 

Spain:  De Gea - Nacho (70. Carvajal), Pique, Ramos, Alba - Koke, Busquets - Silva (67. Iniesta), Isco, Asensio (104. Rodrigo) - Costa (80. Aspas)

 

Russia: Akinfeev - Fernandes, Kutepov, Ignashevich, Kudryashov, Zhirkov (46. Granat) - Samedov (61. Cheryshev), Zobnin, Kuzyaev (97. Yerokhin) - Dzyuba (65. Smolov), Golovin

 

[LDOG 2,472]

Croatia should be careful because they will play their first serious opponent today.

[Federer91 3,080]

32 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Every team I dislike is going out and every team I like or am neutral to goes through, best World Cup ever  

 

Pretty much  For me, now it's only left England to lose and i can watch the rest of the Cup without any stress for the results.

[OlympicsFan 860]

Apparently this was the 10th time that Spain played against a host at the world cup or european championships and they lost every time.

At the 1934 world cup they lost against Italy, at the 1950 world cup they lost against Brazil and at the 2002 world cup they lost against South Korea.

Another interesting stat: Vladimir Granat who was subbed in at halftime didn't complete a single pass in the 75 minutes he played ...

[bestmen 2,909]

45 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Especially the black magic is strong

 

oh f.... , you were right

 

Siberian shamans throw a victory ritual to support Russian football team

 

 

 

Shaman Alexaner Timurov said that the ritual involved praying and gift offering. 

 

 

 

Edited July 1, 2018 by bestmen

[bestmen 2,909]

so Denmark is going to defeat Croatia  easily

 

Spoiler

 

dcro reacts

 

 

[Wanderer 1,738]

1 hour ago, bestmen said:

what a f... who predicted the russian win

 

 

Team 1	WIN1	TIE	WIN2	Team 2
	51	2	1
	49	0	3

 

1 hour ago, mihamiha said:

probably one in the bottom of the table,playing for surprise

 

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

Someone who got 0 points for correct result  

 

58 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

'Correct result' --> 1 X 2 result

 

tuniscof predicted 2-1 for Russia and will be awarded with 1 point, amen09 predicted 1-1, Felipe 2-2.