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[Zorch]

Belgian is England's A Team.

[rico21]

Belgian is France's B Team.[:D]

[shunwick]

Belgium is Belgium's A team.

Best wishes,
Steve

[shunwick]

The seventh game of the Last Sixteen knockout round sees:

Switzerland 0 Sweden 1. Undiluted stodge for 68 minutes. Then Sweden scored a lucky goal from a deflection. The remaninder of the game was undiluted stodge until the excitement of a Swedish VAR induced free kick which was the last kick of the game that kept up with the undiluted stodgeness of the rest of the game. Thank God for VAR. This is what you get when you are so scared of losing that you simply can't play foootball.

We will find out who Sweden's opponents will be later today but is likely to be Sweden v Colombia.

Best wishes,
Steve

[warspite1]

ORIGINAL: shunwick

The seventh game of the Last Sixteen knockout round sees:

Switzerland 0 Sweden 1. Undiluted stodge for 68 minutes. Then Sweden scored a lucky goal from a deflection. The remaninder of the game was undiluted stodge until the excitement of a Swedish VAR induced free kick which was the last kick of the game that kept up with the undiluted stodgeness of the rest of the game. Thank God for VAR. This is what you get when you are so scared of losing that you simply can't play foootball.

We will find out who Sweden's opponents will be later today but is likely to be Sweden v Colombia.

Best wishes,
Steve

warspite1

Wow sounds like a doozy.... shame I missed it [:D]

At least it was the right result though [:)] Only problem is that if, by some major miracle, England scrape, luckily into the quarters, they will play a country they have a pretty poor record against in matches that matter. Only once have England beaten Sweden in the World Cup or European Championship. Whoops.... [8|]

But I get ahead of myself, can anyone seriously see England beating Colombia? And yes, that was a rhetorical question [:(]

I wonder which team will play in Yellow in the next round?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: shunwick

The seventh game of the Last Sixteen knockout round sees:

Switzerland 0 Sweden 1. Undiluted stodge for 68 minutes. Then Sweden scored a lucky goal from a deflection. The remaninder of the game was undiluted stodge until the excitement of a Swedish VAR induced free kick which was the last kick of the game that kept up with the undiluted stodgeness of the rest of the game. Thank God for VAR. This is what you get when you are so scared of losing that you simply can't play foootball.

We will find out who Sweden's opponents will be later today but is likely to be Sweden v Colombia.

Best wishes,
Steve

You said it perfectly. [:)]

Even though I am not completely sure what "undiluted stodge" means I suspect that it describes the match perfectly. [:)]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

But I get ahead of myself, can anyone seriously see England beating Colombia? And yes, that was a rhetorical question [:(]

Yes, I can see England beating Colombia. In fact, I expect England to win. [&o]

Only thing I can think of jinxing it for England is that the players might get nervous, because England expects that every player will do his duty, and then some. [:)]

[ernieschwitz]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1
But I get ahead of myself, can anyone seriously see England beating Colombia? And yes, that was a rhetorical question [:(]

Yes, I can see England beating Colombia. In fact, I expect England to win. [&o]
Only thing I can think of jinxing it for England is that the players might get nervous, because England expects that every player will do his duty, and then some. [:)]

I think I've changed the channel... It seems the television is showing some sort of wrestling event, involving two 11 man tag-teams...

[TulliusDetritus]

Turn tv on, penalties are coming... or not

[Orm]

Told you. Easy win for England. [:)]

[shunwick]

The final game of the Last Sixteen knockout round sees:

England 1 Colombia 1 AET 4-3 on penalties.

A morbidly watchable encounter both frenetic and spicy, with surprisingly few chances the best of which fell to Colombia. Colombia edged the game overall and will be disappointed to lose it on penalties. England need to be worried by their lack of penetration throughout the game. The quarter final is Sweden v England and if I were the Swedish manager I would mightily relieved that they are not facing Colombia.

Some cracking quarter finals coming up. Uruguay v France, Brazil v Belgium, Russia v Croatia, and Sweden v England.

Best wishes,
Steve

[warspite1]

Well England don't do anything easily... That was another emotionally draining experience that is watching England.

So here's the line up - two South Americans left and at least one European team guaranteed in the final.

[rico21]

Africa.
We are the only football team supported by a continent.[8D]

[TulliusDetritus]

ORIGINAL: rico21
Africa.
We are the only football team supported by a continent.[8D]

That's some glory hunting. Where their [players] fathers or grandfathers are coming from, it's irrelevant: they were produced by the French football machine. They are a 100% French product.

I'd like to see a team that never won the WC to bag it: Croatia or Belgium. I suspect France or Brazil will bag it though.

Surprises in the Euros, yes (Denmark, Greece etc) but in the WC, never.

[rico21]

A few days before the World Cup, The New York Times paints a picture of the role of French suburbs for French football. Often criticized in the media, these neighborhoods are yet at the heart of the construction of the team of France.
Saturday, June 9, in Lyon, the United States, not qualified for the World Cup, face the French football team for their last preparation match before the kickoff of the World Cup. For the occasion, The New York Times has made a long article (translated into French on its website) about the importance of the suburbs for French football: "Of the 23 players that the French coach Didier Deschamps is preparing to take to Russia, 8 began their journey at the feet of the HLM towers of the suburbs of Paris.
Social integration is, according to The New York Times, at the heart of the role of coaches in these disadvantaged neighborhoods: "Their reach is extraordinary. There are 30,000 coaches in Île-de-France, for 253,000 affiliated players, more than a third of whom are under 18 years old. This gives sports and coaches an important social role. "The article states:" All footballers know that, after São Paulo, it is in the Paris region that we find the largest number of recruiters in the world. "

[shunwick]

Well, their is one obvious and burning question on the lips of all football fans. If you cloned Edinson Cavani, could the Uruguayans win the world cup?

Football Manager 18 provides the answer...

Introduction and pre-tournament friendlies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INZNGSAjLao

The Group Games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWlVEO4c9eM

The Cavani's march on. The Last Sixteen and Quarter-finals.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgx9tL4_ovI

The semi-Final and beyond.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO-brDKLnGU

Best wishes,
Steve

[warspite1]

I see certain members of the Colombian nation are taking the defeat well. 190,000 have signed a petition to FIFA to get the game against England replayed in the name of fair play.....

[rico21]

Surprising, cartels are known for their fairplay[&:]

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I see certain members of the Colombian nation are taking the defeat well. 190,000 have signed a petition to FIFA to get the game against England replayed in the name of fair play.....

Why in the name of fair play? [&:]

[Zorch]

ORIGINAL: Orm

ORIGINAL: warspite1

I see certain members of the Colombian nation are taking the defeat well. 190,000 have signed a petition to FIFA to get the game against England replayed in the name of fair play.....

Why in the name of fair play? [&:]

Yes, especially after an English player called Columbia the dirtiest team.