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Spain 2x1 Iran

48 teams is going to be terrible.

They are killing the quality of their product just to increase its size.

Though now that I actually read your point I agree with it.

If this was purely skill based we'd have like 20+ euro teams, 4-5 SA ones, Mexico, and 2-3 Africans.

Let me teach you something.

Fifa rankings are dumb.

Uruguay 3x1 Saudi Arabia
Portugal 3x0 Morocco
Iran 0x2 Spain

Senegal is doing what Brazil and the rest of SA should have.

Senegal is awesome.

(1,50m is an exaggeration in case that's not clear)

Senegal has the only black coach in all of world cup. Yeah I'm rooting for them.

dunya wrote: ↑Tue Jun 19, 2018 9:55 am guys what the actual fuck happened in this game

am i seeing correctly

did i miss one of the best upsets yet

WHYYYY

Colombia played like shit.

Japan did their best which isn't much but is enough to beat a team who is playing like shit.

Colombia used their hand to stop a goal that was probably doing to be defended anyway. Got a penalty and a red card for the trouble.

1,50m Japanese player scoring a head goal over Colombia's barrier.

All three goals were on dead ball plays because neither team was competent enough to score otherwise.

You didn't miss much tbh.

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Poland 2x1 Senegal

Joking.

Colombia 2x0 Japan
Poland 1x1 Senegal
Russia 3x0 Egypt

Hmm I think I'll wait to see dunya's next bets before making mine.

lol england

I'll settle for a 4-0 and everyone getting 1 point too.

dunya wrote: ↑Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:34 pm No, people who predicted 3-0 get 1 point. 2-0 gets 3 points.

So it's based on goal difference?

Ok Belgium you can stop now.

Everyone picked 2-0 or 3-0 so regardless of whether Belgium scores another goal or not I still gain the same lead.

Wonder how dunya will react once she realizes her happy Sweden win also means

dunya wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:38 pm

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:37 pm I don't think there was a single game I rooted so much in 2014 as the final. It was just me and a Mexican dude sitting in an empty pub in England rooting for Argentina to lose.

Fuck yeah I'm rooting for Mexico.

funny how you rooted for the team that hung you out to dry with a 7-1 loss.

Football is weird.

I don't think there was a single game I rooted so much in 2014 as the final. It was just me and a Mexican dude sitting in an empty pub in England rooting for Argentina to lose.

Fuck yeah I'm rooting for Mexico.

Nah like, they are boring in the sense they are the favorites. I actually like watching them play. I don't even hate them for the 7x1 (I hate the Brazil team for it). They redeemed themselves by preventing Argentina from winning on Brazilian soil.

But hell no if I'm gonna root for them to win two consecurtive times. That is boring.

dunya wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:24 pm I find that argument of "new blood" fine and all, but if a team is looking good, then they deserve to win over a shittier performing team tbh. This isn't a charity case.

They deserve it but I ain't rooting for them.

Germany is boring.

France is hell no. As a Brazilian I have a beef with them. I've watched they eliminate my team more times than anyone else did.

Argentina is not even up for debate.

Spain is already explained.

Besides Spain was the favorite from start to end in 2010 world cup. They were already favorites before even being champions. They are boring.

Only champions I'll consider rooting for is England because they are sort of underdogs after all this time and I lived a year there so I got a soft spot for them, and Uruguay because they are even more underdogs.

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:21 pm

dunya wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:20 pm

Dragon D. Luffy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:19 pm I'm Mexico/Iceland/Portugal all the way. They are much more fun to root for than Brazil.

why portugal and not spain?

Who would want to root for someone that's already won?

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I'm Mexico/Iceland/Portugal all the way. They are much more fun to root for than Brazil.

Knowing Tite I'm willing to bet we'll tie all three games.

The Hand of God thing isn't that big of deal. Stuff like that just happens in football.

But the entire 1978 world cup was a sham. Argentina even set up the locations of the games so their team would travel a lot less between games than the others.

Golden wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 6:11 pm Lol have Argentina ever actually just won a world cup?

First one was by bribing Peru.

Second one was with La Mano de Dios (The Hand of God).

So no.

Tbh I don't really hate either country, but it's a fan thing. I have to root against them.

So there are two things I'll never do.

Root for Argentina.

And root for Peru.

They don't deserve it.

Well I'm not gonna blame it on the new guys but the last time my country decided to root for Peru, they literally sold us.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... nator.html

It would be disappointing but in this world cup I wouldn't be floored at anything.

Guys

Peru doesn't deserve your support. Don't give it to them. They are cursed.

Korea once ended a world cup at 4th place.

Never forget.

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 4:55 pm Sweden vs Korea smells like 0-0, but can't discount the korean defence's likelihood of screwing up

It's the kind of unpredictable game that changes the betting scores.

I'm a fan of Tunisia as a country tho. With the whole "starting the Arab Spring and actually ending up with a democracy" thing.

That said Sweden vs Korea is making me second guess myself over and over.

Nah I'm not putting any money on Tunisia no sir.

They already sucked before even without this Ramadan business.

BuckarooBanzai wrote: ↑Sun Jun 17, 2018 4:22 pm Some calling Neymar a brat, others talking about Coutinho's goal and others desperately trying to change the subject and talk about Brazil's current corruption scandals lol

Wait they want to talk about Brazilian politics?

I'd rather discuss football.

Yeah this WC is a meme gold mine.

Welp

I'm still in the lead

Iceland and Mexico ftw

Either I dont care about football anymore or this game is sleep inducing.

Yeah Brazil will start running again until they get 2-1. Then they will go back to sleep.

And I will score 3 points.

If this becomes a 2-0 it's too much.

Brazil is being reaaaaaaly pragmatic here.

I always feel like people give Neymar more shit than he deserves though. There is too much hate on him because he is rich, and Brazilians like to hate on other Brazillians who are succesful.

Brazil scored one goal and now stopped trying too hard.

Classic Tite.

Doubt hes autistic but yeah the media spoils him.

His girlfriend is one of the most famous celebrities in Brazilian TV despite having no talent. But shes Neymar's girlfriend so she gets all the best roles.

Rooting for Peru is the path of frustration.