thepharoah

Zverev is on fire , he'll face Busta in Semis very promising match 

Gold :  Jihun Lee

Silver:  Demeter Bence

Bronze :  Szep Blazs 

3 medals so far for Hungary in this WC 

Amro  he finished 9th today, btw his wife Isabella Isaksen reached the final as well 

koreans are on fire , jihun lee dominated the final 

Paok owner has been officially suspended for 3 years 

5 hours ago, bestmen said:

the new Captain Tsubasa 2018 has been released in some channels

 

what will he achieve next after leading Japan to win the WC in last part , i think he should have retired 

African weightlifting qualifications in Egypt were finished today and those are countries who qualified 1 lifter in both men and women :- 

Men's Events : 

1.  - 1
2. - 1
3.  - 1
4.  - 1

Women's Events : 

1.  - 1 
2.  - 1
3.  - 1
4.  - 1

the biggest upset is Nigeria , despite that they have some quality lifters  

1. Gold :  Gulnaz Gubaydullina 
2. Silver :  Alice Stereo 
3. Bronze :  Tamara Alekszejev 

Raonic always fails at those decisive parts of such intensive matches , 15th win in a row by the Delpo  

this's going crazy , only 1 break in 2 sets then 4 breaks in the 1st 4 games of 3rd set 

Delpo is back and won 2nd set , what a match  

the best tournament so far for Raonic maybe since Winbeldon 2016 

World no.93 Danielle collins reached Miami Semis after defeating their role model Venus Williams 

very expected Semis here , Azarenka , Stephens and Ostapenko  but i'm really happy for the 3 especially the cutest on WTA Ostapenko 

9 minutes ago, MHSN said:

 

that was even better, they were supposed to play Libya as well few days before Tunisia match but a last minute cancellation made them play "some guys" from Sierra Leone

 

The Morocco match is the key match for Iran (and actually for both teams) that's not surprising to prepare more for that one. but Queiroz tested some weird combinations in defense in both matches, giving up so many chances to Tunisia and Algeria.

 

btw we lost to Tunisia because of the Egyptian referee   a normal referee would give a clear penalty to Iran and few red cards to both teams

yes , i think Portugal isn't that team that's unbeatable , so maybe there's a chance for both teams to qualify and the 1st match will be a key one for this , well i think Libya was a better choice than Sierra Leone  at least u would have played all teams from the Maghreb Region  i think that referee was Ibrahim Noureldin , whom i personally don't like , he always make mistakes  btw Morocco is a very offensive team they're not similar to Tunisia who're some how close to your style 

btw brazil did only 1 subistution in yesterday's game , Tete looks that he found his 11men squad who'll depend on WC , but i think it's also better to give chance for some other players in such friendlies , for example i barely see Ederson Man City goalkeeper starts in any match and it really surprises me that Brazil has a world class goalkeeper and he doesn't get any chances with his NT 

1 hour ago, LDOG said:

 

It seems to me that Iran never plays friendlies with top tier teams. I think it's intentional from Queiroz, he knows well the weaknesses of his team and that his team is mostly "unknown" and is better off hiding from the scouting of other teams.

no problem in doing so , but at least play 2 different countries in style 

in the last 2 friendlies Peru defeated Iceland 3-1 and Croatia defeated Mexico 1-0 

47 minutes ago, bestmen said:

for Iran this match will not help you at all this team is not serious

Morocco is different much better and will defeat you over 3-0

i wonder why Iran played 2 teams from the same school , i think it was very enough to play with Tunisia then take the 2nd match against an European team , cuz they have Portugal and Spain in the group 

really impressed with Peru's performance without their best player Guerrero , yes they won't have these supporters in Russia , but they really play solid even without their best player Guerrero and i wonder if they have a shot against Denmark to qualify to R16 

2nd matches for qualified teams to WC :- 

1.  1 - 0  
2.  0 - 3 
3.  1 - 2 
4.  3 - 1 
5.  6 - 0 
6.  2 - 1 
7.  0 - 0 
8.  0 - 0 
9.  0 - 1 
10.  1 - 0 
11.  0 - 1 
12.  3 - 2 
13.  1 - 0 
14.  4 - 0 
15.  1 - 1 
16.  0 - 0 
17.  2 - 0 
18.  0 - 2 
19.  6 - 1 

No Egyptian in the final on WC no.2 

11 minutes ago, George_D said:

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

Maybe the problem is with the coach ? 

19 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Damn, World Cup already started?  

i thought it'd be more fun to discuss friendly matches of teams qualified to WC here , as these matches are a part of PREPARING TO WC , but if u want to discuss it in the football thread , i've no problem  

Spain is leading 6-1 over Argentina