Bloody Danes. Going all conscientious and raising pesky issues like the death of 7,000 odd slave labourers and human rights abuses by a murdering despotic regime. Ruining the enjoyment of the on field action for a Paddy Footix who pledges undying allegiance to the Abu Dhabi stated owned Manchester City.
Today Gianni Infantino feels there is huge potential for a reality television show filmed in Qatar called āIām A Migrant Worker, Get Me Out Of Hereā.
Australia set Jackson Irvine on Messi early doors, injures him. Goes to extra time, then penalties. Australia sub off Mat Ryan, bring on penalty specialist Andrew Redmayne who saves 3 Argentinean penos. Garang Kuol scores the decider. Australia through to the quarters.
After All their effort in qualifying Wales, Denmark and Poland should be ashamed of their performances. An absolute disgrace, go down fighting anyway. Wales made a crap England team look like a peak Brazil while the Danes went down with a whimper to a limited to say the least Aussie team. Jason Cummings is even in their squad.
Thats your problem, youāre too closed minded. Poland did what they had to do in the previous games and cruised through last night to the next round. They got the job done. Yet you didnt even realise that.
We got deep into the permutations last night, and both groups concluded had plenty of drama before the finish. Itās unlikely that we will end up having to consider yellow cards today.
This afternoon we have Group F where Canada are alright out. The other three teams can still qualify.
Belgium pretty much have to win. A win definitely puts them through. A draw would only be enough if Canada beat Morocco by 4 (or 3 if it was a score draw). It just seems unlikely that Morocco will get that kind of hammering from a team that are already out so Belgium need to win.
Any result for Croatia against Belgium will put them through. To top the group, they need to at least match Moroccoās result. A loss would only be enough if Canada beat Morocco and their GD remains better than Morocco (currently 1 better).
Simillarly, any result for Morocco will put them through and would need to better Croatiaās result to top the group. Theyād still go through with a loss if Belgium donāt beat Croatia and there isnāt a massive GD swing (currently 3 between themselves and Belgium).
A bit more complicated in Group E tonight where all 4 teams can still progress. Would Spain be bothered in arranging a result to knock the Germans out? Probably too risky after Costa Rica beat Japan, they canāt just play out a draw to knock them outā¦ a narrow Japan victory would mean that Germany would have to score 8, although if Costa Rica were to win, that would put Spain out so I donāt think they can risk it.
Spain in pole position with 4 points. Any result against Japan guarantees them a place in the quarter-final. They could progress with a loss if thereās a draw in the other game or if Germany win and overturn 8 GD.
Japan currently in second but really fucked up against Costa Rica because they now pretty much have to beat Spain. A draw would be enough if Germany drew with Costa Rica or if Germany only won by 1. If GD & goals scored were the same, they would have Germany on head-to-head as the 3rd tiebreaker.
Costa Rica have an awful GD but are in the weird position that a draw would likely put them through if Spain were to beat Japan. A win guarantees them a place in the knockouts. If Japan get any sort of result, Costa Rica have to win.
Germany have to win, nothing complicated there. They also need a favour from the other game. Really, they are looking for Spain to win and to get the job done themselves, that will put them through in second and on what looks like the easier side of the draw. If there was a draw in the other game, theyād have to win by 2 to better Japanās GD. If Japan win, they would have to overturn a deficit of 8 goals between themselves and Spain so probably looking at replicating Spainās 7-0 at the very least.