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[FIFA] World Cup 2018 in Russia Thread

Discussion in 'Other Sports' started by daywalker02, Nov 16, 2017.

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    Who is that?
     
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    Yup. A heckuva story. I always felt bad for Maxi but damn Icardi is a baller so hating on him didn't even matter.
    And I think the ex wife is also now Icardi's agent lol.
     
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    Fred - new Manchester Devil is out for the WC due to injury. Manuel Lanzini also out.
     
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    Because the scrubs are still the best in their country...... lmao.
     
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    Oh man Just completed most of my team and then accidentally clicked on "last page" on my browser. Deleted everything.
     
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    France aren't serious about going far in Russia.
    I'll be surprised if they make it to the quarter-finals. I have them losing in the R16.
    Talented squad but something is missing with that team. Maybe it's the manager. Maybe it's the mentality of the team. Either way they'll be lucky to get to the quarter-finals.
     
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    Boy, did they disappoint against the USMNT.
     
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    They have too many personalities with big egos, if they were smart they would select those that play for the team rather than individual accolades. These guys could easily win the cup or not even make it out of the group stages. Super talented guys who don't know how to make sacrifices for the team. This is not new for the French team, I feel like this has been a systemic issue for them.
     
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    As talented as they are, a generational talent like Zidane is hard to come by.
     
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    Who the hell is Mourinho? Is he a celebrity chef, a film director, what? He knows less about futbol than my 80 year old mother, whoever he is.
     
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    He has been hyped, but he did win the Champions league with 2 different clubs, several league titles, one europaleague title, 2nd important title.

    He is a mad scientist, called himself the Special One, was dubbed Clooney of futball, defensive dude like the Van Gundys.
     
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    They absolutely murdered Germany in the 2016 semi-final and looked brilliant in the qualifiers, I don't see where you are coming from.
    You really think there are at least 10 better teams?
     
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    He saw the test game against US team, Julian Green scored and they did not equalize until the 77th minute, they had few decisive chances to score.

    I liked that Pavard, Fekir brought excitement back but it was a weak game in front of the home crowd.

    ousmane d made mistakes.

    Keeping off a slightly injured Payet and Benzema are mistakes clearly.

    I know friendlies and test games dun count but it was one of the bigger tests before the WC.
     
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    I hope I dun jinx it but I wish for a Danish Fairy tale run starring Eriksen and Yusuf Poulsen.

    From what test games, I have watched so far, Brazil was the most convincing one with Spain not far away.

    Among the Top 4
    Brazil
    Spain
    (Belgium)
    Germany
    France
     
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