thiago_simoes

I'd not even put Croatia among the underdogs before the World Cup started and now they have a real chance to win the title. What the heck? Since I jinx every team I root for, GO FRANCE! I'm rooting for France! *wink*¨*wink*

[hide] Knockout Round June 30th - July 15th, 2018 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Third Place Match Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 14th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Belgium 1 0 England Final Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 15th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+3) France 2 2 Croatia [/hide]

Which team from the Americas will take part at the upcoming World Cup? There has been a debacle in Brazil about whether our national team will make it or not, but I honestly can't find any new information and I'm confused.

French players were disgusting in the end.

Lukaku did nothing against Brazil and he has done nothing against France. I hope he does something in the match for the third place.

In my mind, this match should have been the final. Whichever team wins the CRO-ENG match is not really up to the task of being World Champion, in my opinion.

Either Poland or Lithuania (or maybe both).

Wouldn't it be the perfect chance to test Tifanny as a player in the national team? Given the fourth place at the Nations League, the team needs her. Of course she will face backlash, but it's not like her life is super easy in our domestic league with a bunch of transphobic players.

It's easy to know which one I voted for. Also, any chance to include the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships?

She did well not to perform the Produnova anymore (she had huge mistakes in execution) and she also did well to keep her double twisting tsukahara (also a very hard vault, and she performs it well). Her average score (14.150) was pretty good and she can even increase it for the World Championships if she improves her execution.

India got a gold medal on vault and Twitter in India has gone crazy, apparently.

Now we know what happens when we mix crazy fans with expansionist capitalism. Football is war.

I thought Croatia was a joke before the World Cup (Croatia lost 2-0 to Brazil last month), but a mix of talent and luck led them to semifinals. Now anything can happen. As I wrote before, I will not cheer/root for any team (I jinx every team I root for), but I have to say it would be nice to have a final between Belgium and Croatia so a new world champion can emerge. Most people I know in Brazil are rooting for Belgium.

[hide] Knockout Round June 30th - July 15th, 2018 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Semifinals Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 10th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) France 1 2 Belgium July 11th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Croatia 0 2 England [/hide]

Only European teams will play, so I hope they have a nice cup. And the concept of cheering for your "neighbors" may not really make sense in Europe because most countries there were colonizers, not colonized. In South America it's easy to see (even around here) people cheering for other countries of the continent because we share (mostly) the same language (even Portuguese and Spanish are mutually inteligible) and, roughly, a similar history. Also, I'm not aware or major ethnic conflicts in South American, opposed to what happened in part of Europe. Maybe this only makes sense to South Americans, I don't know. It's hard to tell people to understand part of a history they never lived.

Congratulations to Belgium. Really nice match. I'm relieved this is over and now we can focus on really important things around here. For the rest of the world Europe, have a nice cup and may the best woman team win.

We have suffered a coup d'etat, one politician ten times worse than Trump wants to be the next president and the former president is in jail so he cannot run for again (he was arrested without evidence). Brazil is a mess. We should not even consider cheering for the national team at this point. I'm not exactly happy, but I'm somewhat relieved Brazil will not win, so Brazilians will not be blinded by this World Cup histeria anymore.

Another 7 x 1 on its way. I can't wait for the memes. Hahaha.

Nah. I won't cheer for Brazil because I want the team to lose, but I will not cheer for any of the European teams, though.

We all have our opinions about Neymar, but Brazil is a pretty decent team without him. In the French team, on the other hand, it looks like every player go for a dive whenever they are touched. This really pisses me off and reminds me why I hate football.

French players have been learning a lot with Neymar. It's hard to watch.

I can't believe this happened to one of the best (if not the best) goalkeeper of the tournament. Now it is going to be really hard to recover, unless they pull a Belgium here.

1) The problem with Argentina, in my opinion, is not Messi. He's a great player and he has proven his worth time and time again, although he's a bit unlucky in World Cups. Argentina needs a better coach and better tactics. Messi could very well be the only person preventing the team from completely falling apart outside of the field. I see Portugal, on the other hand, totally dependent on Ronaldo, pretty much like Brazil depended on Neymar in 2014. 2) This is simplistic and even a little bit naive. It's pretty much like saying England is not a football nation because players have not achieved anything relevant in over 50 years. This makes no sense when you consider attendance, national clubs and leagues, the attention football gets from local media in Portugal etc.

[hide] Knockout Round June 30th - July 15th, 2018 16 Nations, Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Third Place Match and Final Quarterfinals Date & Time Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 July 6th 2018, h. 17:00 (GMT+3) Uruguay 2 2 France July 6th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Brazil 2 1 Belgium July 7th 2018, h. 18:00 (GMT+4) Sweden 1 0 England July 7th 2018, h. 21:00 (GMT+3) Russia 0 2 Croatia [/hide]

I can't believe it. England...