FIFA 2018 World Cup Thread

Pick a team of the tournament so far:

3-5-2

Pickford
Lovren-Mina-Maguire
Trippier-Modric-Kante-Hazard-Coutinho
Kane-Cavani

France have the potential to have a few involved yet. Pavard at right back and Mbappe probably the two closest at the moment.

England have really been up against it so far

Kante has been immense. Probably player of the tournament so far…but the next two games will be where legends are born… Modric was brilliant last night, if he carries that form forward he will win ballon d’or.

Kane has only scored from play against Panama and Tunisia.

A flat track bully.

I thought Tunisia were meant to be shit hot. You were bigging them up before the tournament kicked off saying England wouldn’t beat Tunisia and Tunisia would advance from the group instead of England.

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Why would you think that? I just fancied them to get something against England, they’re fairly shit though and nearly accomplished that only for an England set piece speciality in injury time.

Bit early in the day to be off your face, mate.

Since the 2002 World Cup inclusive, in knockout ties where one team had played extra-time in its previous game and the other team hadn’t, the team who hadn’t played extra-time in its previous game leads 13-4.

The four exceptions are Italy in the 2006 final, Brazil against Colombia in 2014, Germany against France in 2014, and England yesterday.

Open to correction on this but the only instance I can think of where a team has come through two successive extra-time periods and then won their next tie against a team who hasn’t played extra-time in their previous game is France in 1998, and France did not play the full extra-time against Paraguay due to Laurent Blanc scoring a sudden death winner.

I’m only going to bed now, mate.

Yurt :clap::clap::clap:

Any team that doesn’t have that cunt fellaini in it will do for me. I’d honestly rather anyone won than that filthy sly snipe of a “man”
I’d love someone to clatter the cunt and we’ll see how hard he really is.

In fairness, he hasn’t actually played against anyone daycent yet.

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Have you got the bunting up yet?

Croatian right-back Vrsjalko is OUT of the semi-final.

He’s going home.

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That’ll do

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Looks like Metzelder was a nonce.

Is he dead?

Is?

Death to infidels.

https://m.dw.com/en/former-germany-international-metzelder-questioned-over-child-pornography/a-50281139