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Who will win the world cup? |
Argentina |
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8% |
[ 4 ] |
Brazil |
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17% |
[ 8 ] |
England |
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8% |
[ 4 ] |
France |
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17% |
[ 8 ] |
Germany |
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23% |
[ 11 ] |
Portugal |
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2% |
[ 1 ] |
Spain |
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6% |
[ 3 ] |
Other |
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17% |
[ 8 ] |
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Gatekeeper Star Player
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lakersken80 Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:24 am Post subject: |
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Its over.
4-1 France.
Mbappe with another goal. |
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Gatekeeper Star Player
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lakersken80 Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:25 am Post subject: |
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Leading 2-1 even with around 30 something percentage of possession.
Dominate for another 2 goals when they are up.
Gonna be a long 25 minutes for Croatia. |
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Wilt LG Contributor
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:26 am Post subject: |
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That was a nice goal.
Congrats, France. _________________ ¡Hala Madrid! |
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lakersken80 Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:27 am Post subject: |
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Whomever said that the French side of the bracket was like the western conference was right. |
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lakersken80 Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:27 am Post subject: |
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LOL, what was that. |
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Gatekeeper Star Player
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cathy78 Star Player
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:29 am Post subject: |
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At least the final game brings most entertainment. |
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lakersken80 Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 8:30 am Post subject: |
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cathy78 wrote: | At least the final game brings most entertainment. |
Thought it would be a 1-0 game, but seems like a lot of dumb mistakes being made all around. |
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danzag Franchise Player
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:14 am Post subject: |
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What a great World Cup it was.
France was the most consistent good team all over the competition. Well deserved title. Croatia fought hard, but simply didn't have quality enough.
Can't wait until 2022! |
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lakersken80 Retired Number
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:23 am Post subject: |
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Croatia might have had a chance if they didn't give away 2 goals....1 own goal plus a handball which led to a free kick goal. The game still would've favored France though, since even though they only got 1/3 of the possessions in the 1st half they made the most of their opportunities. |
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Gatekeeper Star Player
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:41 am Post subject: |
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danzag wrote: | What a great World Cup it was.
France was the most consistent good team all over the competition. Well deserved title. Croatia fought hard, but simply didn't have quality enough.
Can't wait until 2022! |
Yeah, one of the most memorable World Cups in recent years. Only people that are bitter are the Dutch (Seedorf & Hiddink) who feel France didn't play 'total football'. Dinosaurs the lot of them. Where'd 'total football' get them in this year's competition?!
France let Croatia dominate the ball and countered at opportune moments and more often than not they were clinical when it counted... except for Giroud (13 shots 0 on target) _________________ Character
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 12:24 pm Post subject: |
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That was a fun WC! Highest scoring WC I believe with 6 total goals. Croatia showed why they deserved to be there. If it wasn’t for those mistakes with the handball and the own goal in the first half, this match would have been very different. France showed why they were the best and favored to win it all. I loved seeing all those young players from various backgrounds dominate throughout the cup.
it’s going to a be long 4 years, but hope team USA represents in Qatar. _________________ I Don't Give A Damn About My Bad Reputation.... Joan Jett |
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Vin Star Player
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 2:16 pm Post subject: |
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It was a surprising world cup. I'am very proud of this team. They were very disiplined and mentally strong. |
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Gatekeeper Star Player
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danzag Franchise Player
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Mockerfab4 wrote: | That was a fun WC! Highest scoring WC I believe with 6 total goals. Croatia showed why they deserved to be there. If it wasn’t for those mistakes with the handball and the own goal in the first half, this match would have been very different. France showed why they were the best and favored to win it all. I loved seeing all those young players from various backgrounds dominate throughout the cup.
it’s going to a be long 4 years, but hope team USA represents in Qatar. |
It was the 2nd most goals on a WC Finals. The most was Brazil 5 - 2 Sweden back in '58.
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Yeah, one of the most memorable World Cups in recent years. Only people that are bitter are the Dutch (Seedorf & Hiddink) who feel France didn't play 'total football'. Dinosaurs the lot of them. Where'd 'total football' get them in this year's competition?!
France let Croatia dominate the ball and countered at opportune moments and more often than not they were clinical when it counted... except for Giroud (13 shots 0 on target) |
Oh yeah, the Dutch are bitter. There's no such thing as "total football", only winning football. If it's winning, it's the right way.
Can't wait until 2022. A World Cup in november/december, with all the world class players in mid-season form and not tired after an entire year of playing. It's gonna be interesting.
France, England and Belgium have a nice core of young players going forward. They should be able to compete for the next 2 World Cups. |
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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danzag wrote: | Mockerfab4 wrote: | That was a fun WC! Highest scoring WC I believe with 6 total goals. Croatia showed why they deserved to be there. If it wasn’t for those mistakes with the handball and the own goal in the first half, this match would have been very different. France showed why they were the best and favored to win it all. I loved seeing all those young players from various backgrounds dominate throughout the cup.
it’s going to a be long 4 years, but hope team USA represents in Qatar. |
It was the 2nd most goals on a WC Finals. The most was Brazil 5 - 2 Sweden back in '58.
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Yeah, one of the most memorable World Cups in recent years. Only people that are bitter are the Dutch (Seedorf & Hiddink) who feel France didn't play 'total football'. Dinosaurs the lot of them. Where'd 'total football' get them in this year's competition?!
France let Croatia dominate the ball and countered at opportune moments and more often than not they were clinical when it counted... except for Giroud (13 shots 0 on target) |
Oh yeah, the Dutch are bitter. There's no such thing as "total football", only winning football. If it's winning, it's the right way.
Can't wait until 2022. A World Cup in november/december, with all the world class players in mid-season form and not tired after an entire year of playing. It's gonna be interesting.
France, England and Belgium have a nice core of young players going forward. They should be able to compete for the next 2 World Cups. |
I did hear some of Hiddink's comments; he sounded like an ass. |
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LonzoLegend2 Starting Rotation
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2018 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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Thankfully no German/Russia victory....the evil powers of past and present don't deserve any kind of celebration. Viva La Frogs I suppose lmao. |
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cathy78 Star Player
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:46 am Post subject: |
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It was a world cup with a couple of surprises and at least a worthy finals match.
Nevertheless I think FIFA has to clean up a couple of things like flopping, dirty plays, simulating injuries to gain time or even making substitutions to gain time. |
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panamaniac Franchise Player
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Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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France was very impressive all throughout. Insanely powerful offense.
As a casual Real fan, I wish Benzema would've gotten the nod, but congrats nonetheless. |
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danzag Franchise Player
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Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 10:05 am Post subject: |
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The Grind wrote: | France was very impressive all throughout. Insanely powerful offense.
As a casual Real fan, I wish Benzema would've gotten the nod, but congrats nonetheless. |
He'll never be in the national team again. Not after his comments |
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