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Posted
15 minutes ago, LonghornSean said:

So one of Russia, Croatia, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Colombia or England will be in the final.

Croatia's my dark horse. Granted, now they'll lost to Denmark in a few hours.

Posted
7 minutes ago, naija said:


One of the dumbest things posted on here

Not really. Games being fixed in soccer is more the norm than the exception (look up the writer Declan Hill) - that it would be done for Russia at their home World Cup - very plausible.

Posted
7 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

please, i can't wait for your explanation.  russia couldn't attack, spain chose not to for 95% of the game.  occam's razor.

Have you ever watched Spain play? That’s what they do

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Yeah, quite possibly the most accomplished group of players among their peers from their youth group to their pro leagues to their international careers, getting paid tons of money, and coming from a country notorious for having pride are going to throw a game for 1 million Euros each.

Posted
5 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Croatia's my dark horse. Granted, now they'll lost to Denmark in a few hours.

I wouldn't even have them as a dark horse. They have the best midfield left in the tournament. 

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I wouldn't even have them as a dark horse. They have the best midfield left in the tournament. 

I don’t think best is quite clear cut. Belgium for instance.
Posted
16 minutes ago, naija said:

Yeah, quite possibly the most accomplished group of players among their peers from their youth group to their pro leagues to their international careers, getting paid tons of money, and coming from a country notorious for having pride are going to throw a game for 1 million Euros each.

the money is just for their silence.  the price for non-compliance, well, that was demonstrated in Salisbury.  the message didn't need to be delivered.

plain and simple, spain chose not to attack for more than one hundred and five minutes of this match.  sure, quite possibly, the most accomplished group of players among their peers from their age group to the pro leagues to their internatioanl games are going to CHOOSE NOT TO ATTACK OR TRY TO SCORE for 90% of the minutes of a game in the FREAKING WORLD CUP.

it goes both ways.

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Watched Pique handball two or three times in the penalty box in earlier matches, all with his hands out to his sides, instead of behind his back, so pretty happy it got called finally.  Generally didn't like the way Spain played.  Glad they're out.  

Posted
11 minutes ago, Hagbard Celine said:

the money is just for their silence.  the price for non-compliance, well, that was demonstrated in Salisbury.  the message didn't need to be delivered.

plain and simple, spain chose not to attack for more than one hundred and five minutes of this match.  sure, quite possibly, the most accomplished group of players among their peers from their age group to the pro leagues to their internatioanl games are going to CHOOSE NOT TO ATTACK OR TRY TO SCORE for 90% of the minutes of a game in the FREAKING WORLD CUP.

it goes both ways.

Just stahp. Spain didn’t throw this game. They played the way they always do. Russia played compact and Spain couldn’t break them down.

Posted
27 minutes ago, Captain Ron said:

Belgium might have a say in that argument.

And that’s about it. 

Croatia has looked great. They should be the favorite on that side if the bracket, whether Spain won or lost today. 

Posted
1 minute ago, Monster said:

Watched Pique handball two or three times in the penalty box in earlier matches, all with his hands out to his sides, instead of behind his back, so pretty happy it got called finally.  Generally didn't like the way Spain played.  Glad they're out.  

I don't know the rules on that but went to the BBC website and they said it was 100% handball. There was another one a few days ago from another team.  Can't quite remember who.

Posted (edited)
8 minutes ago, Jive Turkey said:

And that’s about it. 

Croatia has looked great. They should be the favorite on that side if the bracket, whether Spain won or lost today. 

No love for the French midfield? Kante, Pogba, Matuidi is one hell of a midfield three. 

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Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, mdmost said:

Croatia's my dark horse. Granted, now they'll lost to Denmark in a few hours.

 

55 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

I wouldn't even have them as a dark horse. They have the best midfield left in the tournament. 

Croatia is my favorite for the final now

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Posted
12 minutes ago, LonghornJudas said:

This round of 16 has been nuts so far and it continues into the CRO-DEN match. Good stuff.

Well don't forget we had to sit through Spain-Russia this morning.

Posted
12 minutes ago, The Maestro said:

Just got here, what did I miss?

first  the earth cooled, then the dinosaurs came , but they  got too big and fat and all died and were turned into oil and then the Arabs came

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