Seriously, Russia most likely rigged the draw to get the easiest group so of course the opener would be lopsided. And that wasn’t adrenaline running through their players’ veins.
I actually like the idea, we currently have teams like Italy, Netherlands, Chile, Ireland not participating and it would also make this more exciting for a lot of other countries that are always excluded. I think even if these teams lose, it's exciting to be a part of the tournament.
So we're not going to talk about the MOST BORING OPENING CEREMONY ever?? also this : That's a MOROCCO jersey, brother. It always happens that the HOST gets the "easiest" draw. But they will face a SOuth American power and maybe a weaker CONCACAF team (other than Costa Rica, Mexico, or USA).
There is some beef between England and Russia about a spy (who would have thought), and he got criticized for performing.
As far as the spectacle goes, that was very underwhelming. Basically was like a tune-up game for the Russians to adjust their roid usage accordingly.
The only interesting thing to come from that game was the scoreline. A +5 goal differential may be the difference between Russia and Egypt for second place in the group.
Very true. Egypt know they need to perform similarly or better against Saudi Arabia cos Uruguay won't be a sieve like the Saudis.
