Julian Brandt is Hitler’s dream
I’m in danger of ripping the jersey off and throwing it in the bin with my Limerick one
What an attempt at defending the left back’s run there by Oezil. 
The flags coming down in 5 minutes
That was a good chance for Germany
As Mark Lawrenson would say, I’ll tell you what, but if Mexico hang on here, whoever finishes second in the England-Belgium group will have a wide open route to the semis.
what a thump
This WC was wide open for us if we qualified
Us being Italy?
Typical Boaetang effort there
Unreal. Fuck those boring European bastards
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Wow. What a result for Mexico. Potentially blows the draw wide open if they can go on and win the group as they should do.
@Cicero_Dandi will be just seething about that blow to European prestige. Italy’s old wartime axis partners letting him down as well.
Eire.
That was fantastic.
Delighted.
I predicted that Germany won’t make it out of their group mate, I’d be worried if I was you, I’ve also predicted the same fate for England.
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Shades of Ireland win over Italy in 94 about that one.
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It’s a beautiful game
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I’m no expert but looking at the Mexico squad last week I was thinking they weren’t half bad.
I was going to stick a few quid on them getting to the semis. I suppose those odds won’t be good now…
Viva Mexico! Exactly what the tournament needed.
There’s a scenario opening up here where almost all the pre-tournament favourites end up in one half of the draw come the knockout stages.
Pre-tournament, theoretically you would have expected the quarter-final draw to work out something like as follows:
Top half:
Uruguay v France
Brazil v Belgium
Bottom half:
Spain v Argentina
Germany v England
Should Germany finish second in their group, they would go into the top half and almost certianly meet Brazil in the last 16.
Argentina could be doing well to even reach the last 16 and if they finish second they’ll go into the top half and likely meet France in the last 16.
If England finish second in their group and then get through the last 16, they’ll likely face a team they’d fancy their chances against in the quarter-finals - ie. Mexico or maybe Switzerland or Serbia.
A lot rests on the shoot-out to win Group B for Spain and Portugal - the winner of that could be looking at a handy enough route to the final - possibly Russia, Croatia and England.
Brazil could face the following route from the last 16 on: Germany, Belgium/England, France.
France might face: Argentina, Spain/Portugal, Brazil.