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Sigvatr wrote: Germany has, pretty much, already qualified and passed the group stage with their remaining opponents being Ghana and the USA, and since USA is last, they will definitely play them with the B squad.
USA beat the German B squad last year... well, actually that was more like the C squad, I was at the game. Germany was wearing their green shirts and some of the the German fans near us decided that it must be Ireland playing.. not Germany (after the own goal). The rest of the match they were cheering for Ireland. Ireland almost had a nice comeback, we were nervous.
We'll see what happens, but if USA can somehow tie Portugal, they will be in good shape.
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Sigvatr wrote: Germany has, pretty much, already qualified and passed the group stage with their remaining opponents being Ghana and the USA, and since USA is last, they will definitely play them with the B squad.
Thankfully, I doubt the German coaching staff will be as arrogant and conceited as you are being. You've won one match against a Portugal team that was appalling. Settle down. There's still time for things to go spectacularly wrong. Ghana and the USA are no mugs. Underestimate them at your peril.
True, but I still wouldn't put money down on the US or Ghana against Germany.
US were really disciplined in defence and that might make it a very low scoring game though, and Portugal's confidence must be at a low after that game. It would still be a shock if Portugal doesn't go through in 2nd place, but not as much as it would have been a week ago!
Mr. Burning wrote:Probably going to be controversial here but here goes.
England V Italy should be the last game Rooney plays in an England shirt. He's done well at club level, but despite his talent he has never been at the races in World or European Championships.
Injury, position, teammates? Not a real reason for his lacklustre performances on the world stage.
I don't trust him to score goals and - providing the occasional cross/assist - isn't justification to play him.
Who replaces him? Drop the medias hyperbolic 'on his day he's world class' tagand anyone can line up to replace him.
EDIT: Just heard he has requested extra training.
He always does extra training, same reason he played in the england friendlies before the world cup- playing extra is how he prepares, resting does him no good
He is definitely not great on the world stage, but he's still a damned sight better than most england forwards. Even without scoring, his strength, determination and passion, not to mention his passing and heading, have a very positive impact on the team, much more than the likes of Welbeck.
BattleCapIronblood wrote:That Mexico vs Brazil game gave me health problems because of how intense that was!
Chancetragedy wrote:The Mexican goalie Ochoa was dynamite. Good game for a tie.
I've said it several times, Ochoa doesn't follow physics. Poor positioning and handling of the ball, but his diving and reactions are ridiculous. He's saved his teams from relegation many a time in the french and mexican leagues.
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Yah it's pretty unbelievable what he was able to do. The Neymar header save he made was literally inside the goal but didn't break the plane completely, talk about unbelievable!
Chancetragedy wrote: Yah it's pretty unbelievable what he was able to do. The Neymar header save he made was literally inside the goal but didn't break the plane completely, talk about unbelievable!
yeah, that was somewhat reminiscent of the Gordon Banks save...
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Chancetragedy wrote: The Mexican goalie Ochoa was dynamite. Good game for a tie.
Next world cup he'll probably be playing for the US
zing!
Also, not only is he a good keeper to watch, it's even more entertaining imagining that it's actually Colonel Gaddafi's son trying to avoid detection by pretending to be a mexican goalie.
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d-usa wrote: Imagine FIFA cracking down on flopping, and players actually having to play through physical play and giving us more of this:
I wouldn't mind more of that.
edit: Rewatching that gif, Walcott did ridiculously well to ride that second tackle without eating gak and still retain possession.
Same reason I'll always rate Messi higher than Neymar- Neymar dives, or at least goes down with the lightest touch, whilst at least Messi fights to stay on his feet, and if he does get shoved into the dirt, will scramble back up and try and carry on until the whistle.
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Sigvatr wrote: Germany has, pretty much, already qualified and passed the group stage with their remaining opponents being Ghana and the USA, and since USA is last, they will definitely play them with the B squad.
Thankfully, I doubt the German coaching staff will be as arrogant and conceited as you are being. You've won one match against a Portugal team that was appalling. Settle down. There's still time for things to go spectacularly wrong. Ghana and the USA are no mugs. Underestimate them at your peril.
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USA simply isn't a strong football team. Period. It's the same as Germany playing an American football match vs. the USA. Germany would be going down in flames as well.
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Australia - Netherlands was a okay match. Could have been better. Australia is extremely talented in faking falls.
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If the FIFA rankings were accurate we wouldn't have the World Cup, or even world cup qualifying. We would just hand a trophy to whoever is #1 on a predetermined day every 4 years.
And even if the rankings are accurate, you still have a statistical chance that you can lose. Germany can play the US 10 times and win 9 out of 1 games, but they can also lose 1 game just by chance. And that is all that game is: one game between Germany and the US. One game between Germany and Ghana.
Keep in mind that the US is ranked 13th (not exactly a "bad team") and that Germany was unable to beat the teams that are ranked 56th and 69th in the month prior to the World Cup.
Every team has an opportunity to beat any opponent in any game. Take the 5% chance of losing lightly and it might just kick you in the butt.
Oh, don't get me wrong, I'd love the USA to win the match, if only to increase football's popularity in the US. And yes, they can certainly win a match. It's just that, overall, they clearly are the inferior team.
Australia - Netherlands was a okay match. Could have been better. Australia is extremely talented in faking falls.
Guess no celebratory opening of the tinnies and wife-beatings in Aus then tonight, although the team sure as hell put up a fight.
That Leckie spent about half the match sliding around on his arse, really should have been carded for the dive in the penalty box at the end of the game - but hey, like every other dive this WC he wasn't, and so it will continue.
Very stop-start game, think the ref must have got through about 3 whistles it was tuning into a joke by the end.
d-usa wrote: If the FIFA rankings were accurate we wouldn't have the World Cup, or even world cup qualifying. We would just hand a trophy to whoever is #1 on a predetermined day every 4 years.
Not really true, I mean look at the IRB world rankings (for Rugby), while there is a clear divide between Tier 1 nations (Aus, SA, NZ, Eng, Sco, IRL, Fra, Arg, Ita) there are occasions where a Tier 2 nation will beat a Tier 1... and there are great battles on the pitch between those Tier 1 nations... Just because NZ has been ranked number 1 in the world for the past 100 years, doesn't mean they don't lose on occasion. (hell, they've only won 2 RWCs... the first ever one, in 1987, and the most recent one in 2011)
Also an example of why you shouldn't play a keeper who's been on the bench for the past season. Lopez, Reina or De Gea would all be better choices- hell, even Valdez.
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d-usa wrote: If the FIFA rankings were accurate we wouldn't have the World Cup, or even world cup qualifying. We would just hand a trophy to whoever is #1 on a predetermined day every 4 years.
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shrike wrote: Also an example of why you shouldn't play a keeper who's been on the bench for the past season. Lopez, Reina or De Gea would all be better choices- hell, even Valdez.
I've always felt sorry for Valdes because Casillas has just been that little bit better than him and stopped him getting many caps for Spain
De Gea imo is like Barthez, highly erratic but can come up big when you need him to, just don't count on it
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