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Vickzq wrote:Holy shit! (so far atleast)

Yeah, again... the 'so far' was wrong, but I sure didn't expect it to come even 'harder' for Belgium

4-2 for Switzerland ... and for what I saw in 2nd HT so far, it's even well deserved. No, didn't expect it after 0-2 ... with some luck a 1-0 seemed somewhat possible before it started. One team can't just play 1-1 against Brazil or turn 0-1 against Ecuador and Serbia to 2-1 wins at tournaments, the...

Tonight, Switzerland need a 1-0, 2-1 or 2 goal win or Belgium top the group. That seems a lot to ask when they lost at home to Qatar, but football has a way of not working like that plenty of times, such as Spain beating Croatia 6-0 then being beaten 3-2. Other sports don't seem to have that. It's ...

For EURO 2020, I see some 'funny' situations happening after UNL group and qualifiers group stages... like Iceland possibly getting relegated to Division B, missing out #1 for qualifiers draw... potentially missing qualifiers (but maybe getting their way with play and a new coach), and then having (...

Interesting to see who gets more points in GS: Crvena Zvezda in CL or Salzburg in EL? AEK in CL or Vidi in EL? PSV in CL or BATE in EL? Young Boys in CL or Dinamo Zagreb in EL? CL teams have already a 4 points advantage but expect a much more difficult schedule. AEK last season got more points in E...

I first thought the situation would seem rather clear (as far as that is possible)... then I realized how close that battle is probably going to be at the end (for position #11 and #12). - Austria: At the moment on position #11 and one of the likely favorites to end on that spot again. But only Rapi...

Brazil are back. This was their best game here, beating a good Mexico side! 2:0 goal by Firmino. They were never gone. They are now so far the only one of the so-called favorites (except somehow Uruguay) still in competition having 4 high-intensity games behind them. They could never let their guar...

@Vickzq Power rankings, FIFA rankings, they're both useless in determining if one team is better than another. Not completely true. FIFA ranking is merely trying to compare teams according to played matches and given results - the system has flaws... but not like "well, Germany finished last i...

WHY POWERRANKINGS ARE USELESS... - 'mainly because the ones doing them are biased and/or don't follow their own logic' https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/30/world-cup-2018-power-rankings-brazil-and-croatia-lead-the-way I get it - a powerranking is 'reacting' to what happens during the tou...

... I hope you’re not a Joe Ninepack or Twelvepack though, and as soon as your team is also given the “respect” you think it deserves, you show exactly the same attitude with the “leftovers”. :wink: :D Except for Italy, which can't complain for being overlooked at 2018 world cup this time :oops: .....

Now the supreme Irony... even FIFA board members already admitted the last minute penalty VAR conceded Iran was a mistake. So, could it be possible that VAR actually prevented Portugal to be world champions? Image that last penalty didn't existed, Portugal ending 1st place with 7 points and going i...

Very entertaining game France-Argentina full of goals. Unfortunately with Sampaoli and internal crisis Argentina was at the lowest possible level. I would like to say France is favorite since I like France so much, but really they haven't played any serious team. Anyway, if the win the world cup it...

So we saw two new highlights in world cup history yesterday
- France wins against Argentina for the first time at world cup (or any competition game), and 3rd time overall of a dozen match-ups.
- Uruguay wins against Portugal for the first time ever... (but it's only their 3rd meeting so far)

I think this is the most interesting day of the 4, in as far as I'd say the 4 teams today are the most even, there is no clear favourite, even if some people might consider one or the other team to have a better chance. ... That is a really interesting opinion - for me, almost everything looked ver...

EarlofBug wrote: What are the numbers with the USSR matches included?

Looks like USSR had 1 W, 1 D, 1 L against Spain in EURO competition games, and lost a friendly.