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Almost Arsenal-esque play there

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Embarrassing play from Poland. We've been underwhelming in all our World Cup appearances since the 70s.

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Well Russia is getting it done, bit of a surprise to see Egypt buckle like this.

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Well Russia is getting it done, bit of a surprise to see Egypt buckle like this.

 

Presumably it's because of the home field advantage. Thus far Russia has only faced (FIFA) low ranked opponents: Egypt #45, Saudi Arabia #67. We'll see how they do against Uruguay #14.

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Football is near unique in that rankings mean very little when it comes to specific results, outside the very top sides. Italy, Chile and Netherlands are all very highly ranked but didn't even make the finals and Argentina was within a whisker of missing out (albeit Chile would have got in in their place). Russia certainly has a weak pool though, even with Egypt being African champions.

 

Assuming Uruguay beats Saudi qualification won't be at stake for their match against Russia, so unless they really want to avoid whichever group leader they might face in the next round the final match is unlikely to be a very competitive game.

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Well Morocco's out as well, kind of a shame.  Saudi Arabia not getting crushed by Uruguay...thought not sure if it is down to them or Uruguay just being uninspiring.

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Well Morocco's out as well, kind of a shame.  Saudi Arabia not getting crushed by Uruguay...thought not sure if it is down to them or Uruguay just being uninspiring.

 

Well KSA already announced they'll be punishing some players when they get home so that's got to be some extra motivation. ;)

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Well Morocco's out as well, kind of a shame.  Saudi Arabia not getting crushed by Uruguay...thought not sure if it is down to them or Uruguay just being uninspiring.

 

Well KSA already announced they'll be punishing some players when they get home so that's got to be some extra motivation. ;)

 

Floggings will continue until morale improves...

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Another absolutely dreadful match.

 

Well Iran has 3 points, why try to be suicidal.

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Beyranvand is easily one of the best goal keepers in this World Cup.

 

Edit: good lord, Ansari almost scored!

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Iran will defeat Portugal

 

Lol Iran scored. Ok never mind

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https://twitter.com/MrJamesHodari/status/1009351251056787459

 

Big surprise he's an Englishman :p Seems a bit early to be suspicious and they're not an insane outlier (also considering Colombia was down to 9 outfield players for a good portion of their match).

 

 

Argentina with some comical defending, Croatia might nick this

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Hahahahaa, what the hell is with the Argentine GK

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