George_D

hello to all Argentinian friends! i would like to express my belief that this time we will celebrate the world cup win!

Greece was hit by doping scandal before Beijing in athletics and weightlifting. Thats why the harsh drop in medals. Brazil is different case. I think they will be at 16-18 total medals with 4-5 golds

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

it seems from the final squad that Mascherano is being counted for DM role again

ViVA Real!!! !!!

it is clear from the squad that they will present a 5-3-2 formation

which team is the favorite this year? France?

* now that i watched the image better it is clear that it is written on the bar of a knife

@heywoodu yes this is greek. Its a part of a Cretan Mantinada. Its translation is: "I tried to deny you but each time I tried it its a sign that I owe you my life", Efthimia (greek female name), Creta (region) It seems a woman wrote it in a wall as a dedication <3 to a man

i wonder why a lot of Argentinian players dont play the same in NT as in their clubs (Higuain, Aguero, Lamela etc)

Lo Celso is a central midfielder or attacking midfielder? i think also Lamela could help

According to Diario Olé, these 17 players are almost guaranteed a place in the final World Cup squad. Only SIX places would remain @konig, @LDOG opinions??

When a team of level that of Argentina receives 6 goals even in a friendly match this shows that a lot of players have no interest in national team. First of all, above all a team need to has DESIRE for the TROPHY

it seems we go with Di Maria-Messi-Lanzini behind the striker

not mainly for that. But i would like members opinion

This is the goal of PAOK that was allowed and then disallowed by officials. And prompted PAOK Salonika's owner, Ivan Savvidis to storm on to the pitch with a gun. There is a lot of discussion here whether the goal was off-side or not (50-50 the opinions here). So i would your opinions. Is this offside according to FIFA rules? @Sindo whats your opinion?

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