L. Marcus Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Come on, Japan! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 The results hold. Poland knock out Senegal by beating Japan. Colombia win the group, Japan also advance, Senegal and Poland go home. All the African teams have been eliminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 That means that England or Belgium can play for a loss to play Colombia or play for a win to play Japan. The other game is just for pride. First time in 36 years that an African team has not advanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 England lose to Belgium 1-0 which is not as bad as it could be. Now Belgium play Japan and England play Colombia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 And the full bracket is set now. Here, e.g. tkdguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Three of the four South American teams are in the same bracket. We could end up with an all Europe final. Five previous winners are still in. IF we beat Colombia then we could have Sweden. That would be a match and a half. I am thinking Spain from the other side of the bracket. Brazil I am thinking for one of the other brackets The last bracket could be the surprise. I would like Portugal, France or Uruguay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Only Japan is not South/Central American or European. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 England has always had trouble with our play style. And bicycle goals from halfway out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slikmar Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 One thing that struck us with way it played out is Brazil vs Mexico could be one of the most exciting back and forth on the field games while Sweden vs Suitzerland could be one of the least exciting, as both teams have shown to play a 9 men on defense long ball style. I joked the game could be 20 (22 if count goalies) players kicking the ball back and forth on the field. Prediction wise, I think you will end up in quarterfinals with France vs Portugal, Brazil vs Belgium (though I could see Ochoa stealing game for Mexico), Spain and Denmark meet and finally England vs Sweden. Probably France vs Brazil with France winning and Spain vs Sweden with maybe Sweden. so I predict 2 euros in final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 I don't think I've ever seen two teams try to lose a match quite as hard as England and Belgium. The manager's body language when his team scored seemed to indicate that he was not happy that his team was ahead. The result is that Belgium now has a nearly-insurmountable road to the final and England has a much better chance of getting through. To lose is to win, and he who wins shall lose.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Tomorrow has two interesting games. After that each day has only one interesting game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 I haven't checked yet for my local TV schedule, so I don't know how many more matches I'll get to watch. Not hard to do, but it can wait til tonight. I won't see any tomorrow no matter what; we're driving somewhere in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 3 hours ago, death tribble said: Tomorrow has two interesting games. After that each day has only one interesting game. Interesting? Are we still talking about soccer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Don't make me the volcano goddess Pele on you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Football on this level, even the boring matches are good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 France now up on Argentina 4-2, minute 70. Shoulda been 5 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 France knock out Argentina, 4-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 And much drama was had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 Uruguay vs Portugal is on. 36 minutes in, Uruguay in the lead with 1-0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 10 minutes ago, L. Marcus said: Uruguay vs Portugal is on. 36 minutes in, Uruguay in the lead with 1-0. The Portuguese are being handled pretty rigorously by the South American side. Ronaldo and Messi both getting eliminated in the same day would be an indication that the guard may be changing for the future of world soccer. Still 1-0 at halftime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 A very beautiful goal it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 30, 2018 Report Share Posted June 30, 2018 Uruguay 2 - Portugal 1 Ronaldo and Messi going home. The English fans are particularly gleeful at the former. This is schadenfreude and something we have waited for on the grand stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 Can't find the article right now, but I read it earlier that Brazilian soccer fans held a memorial service when Germany was eliminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 Saw a tweet from a Brazilian sports station. The whole space was nothing but "HAHAHAHAHAHA". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted July 1, 2018 Report Share Posted July 1, 2018 Aaaanyway, Sweden vs Switzerland today. Good thing I've recently had my new heart valve stress tested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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