Monzanator

Pepe's years of bullshit play deserved that schooling from Costa!!!

The game was pretty entertaining, both teams knew they had to win with Spain/Portugal ahead. Silly defeat for Morrocco but that's the old sin for any African team. They just don't have tactical prowess to keep the game under full control. That was a needless foul that lead to the OG.

Kara in Polish means penalty or punishment so you're right about that However pilka also means hand saw in Polish It's generally a term for any kind of a ball in first place. Hand saw: Football magazine: Dostoyevski's "Crime & Punishment"

It's USRR Instead of Robbie Williams, they should have brought this guy for the opening ceremony:

The weather in Morocco resembles the Brazilian weather more I'm Russia didn't want to go to Africa though Even though they have one of the warmest if not the warmest summers in Europe.

I've never read so much bullshit in one post before...

Uzbekistan pretty much blew the second straight qualies. They seem genuinely stronger than KSA.

Qatar bought themselves the World Cup so it's not like KSA is the worst evil. I wonder how many foreign born players will represent Qatar in four years time They had like two or three natives playing during the Handball WC.

Yeah, that second goal pretty much sums up how bad the SA defense is. That would look bad in the youth division let alone a World Cup. I had better hopes for SA but they're trash so far.

[hide] Preliminary Round June 14th - June 28th, 2018 32 Nations, 8 Groups, the 1st and 2nd Nations from each Group will qualify for the Round of 16 Group A Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 14th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Russia 1 1 Saudi Arabia June 15th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+5) Egypt 1 2 Uruguay June 19th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Russia 0 1 Egypt June 20th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Uruguay 3 0 Saudi Arabia June 25th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+4) Uruguay 3 1 Russia June 25th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Saudi Arabia 0 2 Egypt Group B Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 15th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Morocco 2 1 Iran June 15th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Portugal 1 2 Spain June 20th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Portugal 2 0 Morocco June 20th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Iran 0 3 Spain June 25th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Iran 1 4 Portugal June 25th 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+2) Spain 3 1 Morocco Group C Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 16th 2018, h. 13:00 (GMT+3) France 4 0 Australia June 16th 2018, h. 19:00 (GMT+3) Peru 0 0 Denmark June 21st 2018, h. 16:00 (GMT+4) Denmark 1 0 Australia June 21st 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+5) France 3 1 Peru June 26th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Denmark 2 2 France June 26th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Australia 1 1 Peru Group D Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 16th 2018, h. 16:00 (GMT+3) Argentina 0 0 Iceland June 16th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+2) Croatia 1 0 Nigeria June 21st 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Argentina 2 2 Croatia June 22nd 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Nigeria 1 2 Iceland June 26th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Nigeria 0 1 Argentina June 26th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Iceland 2 2 Croatia Group E Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 17th 2018, h. 16:00 (GMT+4) Costa Rica 1 1 Serbia June 17th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Brazil 4 0 Switzerland June 22nd 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Brazil 3 1 Costa Rica June 22nd 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+2) Serbia 0 0 Switzerland June 27th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Serbia 0 2 Brazil June 27th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Switzerland 1 2 Costa Rica Group F Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 17th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Germany 3 0 Mexico June 18th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Sweden 2 1 South Korea June 23rd 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) South Korea 0 1 Mexico June 23rd 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Germany 2 1 Sweden June 27th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) South Korea 0 3 Germany June 27th 2018, h. 19:00 (GMT+5) Mexico 1 1 Sweden Group G Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 18th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Belgium 3 0 Panama June 18th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Tunisia 0 1 England June 23rd 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Belgium 2 0 Tunisia June 24th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) England 2 0 Panama June 28th 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+2) England 1 2 Belgium June 28th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Panama 1 0 Tunisia Group H Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 June 19th 2018, h. 15:00 (GMT+3) Colombia 3 1 Japan June 19th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) Poland 1 1 Senegal June 24th 2018, h. 20:00 (GMT+5) Japan 2 3 Senegal June 24th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Poland 0 1 Colombia June 28th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Japan 0 2 Poland June 28th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+4) Senegal 1 2 Colombia [/hide]

It's funny, Haratyk as the short, bulky Adam Nelson-kind of a guy might well be the better prospect than Bukowiecki who followed the old school Polish pattern. I guess it's all in the technique

I don't think Mercedes put that much attention to wind tunnel results when following another car. They expect to be up front and rightfully so. But the dirty air influence remains the biggest F1 problem and it hasn't been solved. You must count on a driver error to get a solid shot at overtaking. This isn't the manual clutch and gear lever thing anymore. With so much electronics on the cars, drivers are less prone to make an error.

I was tired of the media frenzy here in Poland. Thank God the season is over! Horngacher only extended for one year so he's as good as gone after 2019 and then it's back to Kruczek most likely if that hack Tajner is still around.

They got very lucky with the Safety Car and you just can't overtake in dirty air in modern F1. On pace alone, they got their butts kicked.

Kuzmina has all the Olympic gold medals to fall back on. Can't deny I was cheering for Kaisa to win the overall

For the record, here are all the high bib winners in WC history. Piero Gros, Chantal Bournissen, Renate Goetschl & Anja Paerson won two World Cups with bibs of 30+.

There's no way Vonn retires with Stenmark's record within her sights IMO.

One bad turn from Holdener prevented another upset podium?

Josef Strobl won DH in Val d'Isere 1994 with bib 61. I remember watching that race live on Eurosport since Strobl won a training run and the coverage extended all the way until his run.

I have no idea how can anyone get excited with Bjoergen wins anymore... I'm only waiting for her to finally retire...

WIR for Poland!!!

Jamaica DQ. Another bullshit medal for GB...

I say no. The most itchy thing was to get two Brits into the women's 400m final. Thankfully Kszczot testified in favour of Windle so GB missed the 800m medal.

Did the 2nd American step on the kerb? With GB 4th I fancy another DQ

Justyna Swiety on the first leg? That's shocking! Holub will anchor it... This could end ugly for Poland...