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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,817
    sam3110 said:
    Sanchez the Centre back taking it now, misses
    You can take the boy out of the Spurs, you can't take the Spurs out of the boy.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,217
    Amdouni scores
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    If that had hit the bar, bounced down and hit the keeper's bum and gone in, would it have counted? 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,217
    Campaz, just squeezed it under the keeper
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,071
    Awful from Akanji
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,217
    Now the Swiss centre back is taking one, misses
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,071
    aliwibble said:
    If that had hit the bar, bounced down and hit the keeper's bum and gone in, would it have counted? 
    Can’t see why it wouldn’t 
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,217
    Why let a centre back take one when you have strikers on the pitch?! Muppets
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 21,071
    That’s a really good save 
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 8,476
    Hasn’t Akanji missed a couple of high profile pens?

    I can’t understand how he’s their 3rd best taker.

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  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 24,116
    Why have they both given penalties to centre backs who've missed them before?

    Asking for trouble.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,217
    Hernandez has his saved
  • aliwibble
    aliwibble Posts: 29,677
    fenaddick said:
    aliwibble said:
    If that had hit the bar, bounced down and hit the keeper's bum and gone in, would it have counted? 
    Can’t see why it wouldn’t 
    I know it'd be fine in normal time, but I'm not sure if the ball counts as dead as soon as it hits the ground.
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,217
    Itten down the middle
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,217
    Diaz scores
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,217
    Vargas... Sends the Swiss through 
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 28,417
    Well, I’m glad that’s over. 
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 72,817
    aliwibble said:
    fenaddick said:
    aliwibble said:
    If that had hit the bar, bounced down and hit the keeper's bum and gone in, would it have counted? 
    Can’t see why it wouldn’t 
    I know it'd be fine in normal time, but I'm not sure if the ball counts as dead as soon as it hits the ground.
    I would assume the ball would be alive until it stops or leaves the pitch.
  • jimmymelrose
    jimmymelrose Posts: 10,415
    Miserableoldgit said:
    jimmymelrose said:
    Switzerland are going to win this 
    *quickly puts a tenner on Columbia.....
    Tough luck.

    Switzerland can beat Argentina. Colombia just don't have the same tough mentality to pull it off.
  • Laddick01
    Laddick01 Posts: 8,476
    Argentina playing Cape Verde, Egypt and Switzerland to reach a World Cup Semi is nuts.

    Can’t have been many weaker runs than that. 

    If Egypt had won we’d have also been blessed with the bracket.

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  • CharltonManor1966
    CharltonManor1966 Posts: 709
    Laddick01 said:
    Argentina playing Cape Verde, Egypt and Switzerland to reach a World Cup Semi is nuts.

    Can’t have been many weaker runs than that. 

    If Egypt had won we’d have also been blessed with the bracket.
    And struggled to win as well.....
  • Rock Spectacle
    Rock Spectacle Posts: 1,641
    fenaddick said:
    aliwibble said:
    If that had hit the bar, bounced down and hit the keeper's bum and gone in, would it have counted? 
    Can’t see why it wouldn’t 
    It does 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 24,172
    Laddick01 said:
    Argentina playing Cape Verde, Egypt and Switzerland to reach a World Cup Semi is nuts.

    Can’t have been many weaker runs than that. 

    If Egypt had won we’d have also been blessed with the bracket.
    Then Norway and Morocco to win it. Wibble
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 66,926
    edited July 7


    And if France, Spain, England and Argentina all win their respective quarter final, FIFA will have successfully seen their seeding plan come to fruition.

    Who’s ended up with the easiest / hardest knockout path?

    France: Sweden, Paraguay, Morocco

    Spain: Austria, Portugal, Belgium

    England: DR Congo, Mexico, Norway

    Argentina: Cape Verde, Egypt, Switzerland 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 33,117
    Callumcafc said:


    And if France, Spain, England and Argentina all win their respective quarter final, FIFA will have successfully seen their seeding plan come to fruition.

    Who’s ended up with the easiest / hardest knockout path?

    France: Sweden, Paraguay, Morocco

    Spain: Austria, Portugal, Belgium

    England: DR Congo, Mexico, Norway

    Argentina: Cape Verde, Egypt, Switzerland 
    I’d actually say England will have had the toughest route to the semis if they make it there. There’s no easy route (although Argentina probably made life tougher for themselves than necessary) but Congo are a decent team, playing Mexico in the Azteca (with no time for acclimatisation) is one of the toughest asks in international football and Norway can pose any team in the world problems with their superstar striker. If you offered me a choice of the four routes above, England’s is probably the one I’d be least up for.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 33,117
    Ridiculous how much stronger European football is than any other continent. UEFA should sack off FIFA have a Euros every couple of years and just invite the best team from South America & Africa to participate.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 100,597
    France, Spain, England, Switzerland to make up an all UEFA Semi-Final is my prediction - I got close to getting it spot on four years ago, with England letting me down
  • hermann
    hermann Posts: 520

  • CharltonManor1966
    CharltonManor1966 Posts: 709
    More bent than Darren. Wonder what the Argies would say if all the officials for their semi were English? Que?
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 11,500
    edited July 8
    se9addick said:
    Ridiculous how much stronger European football is than any other continent. UEFA should sack off FIFA have a Euros every couple of years and just invite the best team from South America & Africa to participate.
    Start talking like Trump and thinking everyone else doesn’t matter and like the US in a few years time you’ll find that all those countries you pissed off by dismissing have taken their money that you rely upon to fund your financial house of cards which makes you the biggest and strongest has gone elsewhere. 


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