LuizGuilherme

what a moment for Imbabura, a club of 2nd division to have a mundialist on the pitch

The bird from 98 was pretty iconic, at least when I was a kid. But maybe it's just my nostalgia.

my all-time favorite WC song

Hola Gabi Now this more in line with World Cup traditions, finding hot reporters you wouldn't normally ever discover  How is this beauty only having 28k Instagram followers is a mystery.

Another brawl in the concentration… so the Champions curse will probably benefit Tunisia or Australia

France's Injuries 

France is 100% losing to Denmark, yikes.  hopefully they will lose to Tunisia or Australia too and clear our path 

Karim Benzema is out of WC per multiple sources 

I can't even imagine that a team can sell a World Cup match. yeah maybe it happens in one of millions boring club matches in a year (not a fan of watching the same teams playing each other 10 times a year) but World Cup is a different thing, nobody sells a WC match.
 
I don't think Qatar can beat Ecuador but if they do that will be because of their own abilities (and maybe some referee's help ) Ecuador is not going to lose intentionally. beside that It's almost impossible to do match fixing in the biggest stage, where everybody watches every single steps. it's a team sport, it's not tennis when you can lose on purpose and nobody even notices.
 
 

Only 1 day left before the start of the WC  (Qatar please pay me, as i am an unpaid fan of the World Cup 🌎 )

The world cup starts tomorrow and Brazil stills in Turim 
 
 
Looks like even them wants to stay in Catar the shorterst time as possible 
 

Can we finally ban this clown please? I'm sure that by this point there are users who left/never joined the forum because of all this toxicity. Most other places on the internet would not tolerate this.
 
And don't give us that "They can create a new account!". We can all smell bestmen from one post so that would hardly be an issue.

Sadio Mane will miss WC due to an injury

Football popularity in India can be broken in 2-3 different groups. First, the traditional football strongholds in India: Kerala/West Bengal/Goa and North East. These regions have been the bedrock of Indian football since a long time and Football World Cup is a big deal there. Normally, you would find a lot of Brazil/Argentina fans in these regions. Also, a lot of Indians in Qatar/Middle East are from the Indian state of Kerala which is crazy about football. 
 
Second and newer group of football fanatics are the EPL/Champions League watchers in urban areas. I don't have numbers but viewership of EPL in India is quite high. And, in the recent past, I have seen that not only is this new generation consuming football and part of the online fan groups of various clubs, but is also contributing to fan driven data/tactic analysis. And in recent past with ease of following other leagues as well, other European leagues are also getting a foothold in India. 
 
And third group would be the followers  of Indian football, outside the traditional regions in group 1. Those who follow Indian team and ISL. 
 
 
First 2 groups are excited about the World Cup. But, it is the usual excitement and not insane hype. There is not much media coverage or ad campaigns regarding WC. Normal Indian sports fan is more excited about the India-NZ T20 series but there is still a significant group which is excited about Football World Cup. And obviously, those who are residing in Qatar or other Gulf states, are really excited about the World Cup as for them it is almost like a home World Cup. 

meanwhile  Italy...  
 

The problem is not the time or the place, it's the f'n calendar being crammed to 200%. It's unbelievable how all the leagues are still going one week before the start of the WC.
 
There is just no break for the fans to get excited... And everything was enhanced in the last months so they can get as many matches in and not "disrupt" the leagues. They should have ended them last week at least to have a 2 week break before the start, but no.. There are just to many matches and the special ones are getting less and less.

Brazil just beat the USA in Washington

will release its roster on Nov 13

And here is Team Poland. The fat idiot realized that four GK make no sense despite what he said last week. The only questionable call is old timer Jędrzejczyk over Bochniewicz but it's a bench warmer at CB. No place for annoying Reca & Puchacz who have done next to nothing in NT.
 

Hmmm I just realized how detached I was from football these few years (yesterday I triple checked the group list looking for Italy and realized they're not there )
 
Supporting my traditional favorite team as usual, and hoping advance as far as possible

That sucks so much, I was hoping Senegal would achieve something great at this World Cup...

Big News Sadio Mane will miss WC due to injury he suffered yesterday per L'equipe 

Great squad despite Alves

Since 2006 this is the World Cup that im more confident with the Brazilian team, i dont know if we gonna be the champions, but my expectations are high for reaching at least the semis