Men's Football FIFA World Cup 2018

[thiago_simoes 1,458]

In the quarter-finals we'll have on the top half teams ranked 2, 3, 7 and 14, and on the bottom half we have, so far, teams ranked 20, 24, 70, and we'll have either 12 or 16. Best case scenario is that we'll have a final between teams ranked 2 and 12, worst case scenario is that we'll have a final between teams 14 and 70.

[heywoodu 16,434]

Meh, would much rather have seen Switzerland win, but alright. Congrats to Agger's team  

[heywoodu 16,434]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

Right, this time it's a red card. For not even a penalty.

Didn't he withdraw the red card after VAR?  

[Agger 1,839]

And once again MotM is the goal scorer though it was a defensive team effort where one of the CB's should have gotten it (though Forsberg finally played a decent game)

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Didn't he withdraw the red card after VAR?  

 

Nope. He actually pointed out that the red card stays.

[heywoodu 16,434]

1 minute ago, thiago_simoes said:

In the quarter-finals we'll have on the top half teams ranked 2, 3, 7 and 14, and on the bottom half we have, so far, teams ranked 20, 24, 70, and we'll have either 12 or 16. Best case scenario is that we'll have a final between teams ranked 2 and 12, worst case scenario is that we'll have a final between teams 14 and 70.

Which comes to show that FIFA rankings are just as meaningful as my opinion on football: 0  

[Agger 1,839]

1 minute ago, heywoodu said:

Meh, would much rather have seen Switzerland win, but alright. Congrats to Agger's team  

 

And I didn't even need to put Swiss players on my fantasy team for it to happen!

[heywoodu 16,434]

1 minute ago, dcro said:

 

Nope. He actually pointed out that the red card stays.

Good choice then. The Swiss guy 100% went for the Swedish foot to prevent him from scoring, meaning a red card. That other situation (I forgot the game ) saw someone actually trying a last-ditch attempt to take the ball away so it was rightfully punished with yellow and not red.

[dcro 10,210]

Just now, heywoodu said:

Good choice then. The Swiss guy 100% went for the Swedish foot to prevent him from scoring, meaning a red card. That other situation (I forgot the game ) saw someone actually trying a last-ditch attempt to take the ball away so it was rightfully punished with yellow and not red.

 

No, that was about preventing a clear goal.

[heywoodu 16,434]

Just now, dcro said:

 

No, that was about preventing a clear goal.

 

By targeting the ball, not the player.