Cameroon also out. Portugal Australia And New Zealand Not in yet either. NZ won't make it. Australia probably will, Portugal even more likely.
I just saw this. Totally crazy. Did Guerrero know it was indirect, because it sure looked like he did not.
Thousands of people flooded Panama City. With Iceland, Panama is the other World Cup virgin going to Russia:
If they didn't complain about Bolivia after drawing them 1-1, they would've been in over Peru, as they only got 2 points from that D becoming a W vs. Peru's L becoming a W and adding 3 points to them. The irony!
Talk about Pyrrhic victories.... They'd have depended on Paraguay losing at home to Venezuela, and no one thought that one was going to happen...
Not really. If Chile wouldn't have made that complaint, Peru would have made it anyway, as it was one of their reporters who found out first about the inelegibility of the bolivian player, and at the end the only ones getting points from that complaint would've been them, while Chile wouldn't have got any points and also would've finished tied on points with Paraguay (2 points below Peru).
Speaking of conmebol, Venezuela really gave everyone a hard time those last few matches. They would be in the WC if they were in concacaf instead of conmebol. We should trade Venezuela for T&T to really make concacaf interesting.
Mostly disappointed, and of course a little sad. Nothing, that time can't heal, though. Our whole football history is full of up's and down's (some times higher, and some times lower). And,..... Only hope sooner, than later .......
I'm sure you've realized that Chile have again been eliminated by Brazil. Chile really need to get payback on them someday.
Yes, but guess who blew their perfect WC qualifier process, giving them their only defeat in 18 matches ( it's also the reason why they wanted payback, at the last match date). Together with Argentina, Brazil, defeats us in 7 of every 10 matches we play (2 finish in draws, and we win only once).
Playoff draw for UEFA: Northern Ireland vs Switzerland Croatia vs Greece Denmark vs Rep of Ireland Sweden vs Italy some pretty good match-ups there.. I guess Croatia and Italy would be considered favorites in their games, and then Switzerland / Denmark marginal favorites, but anyone could beat anyone here, so these games should be tight and tense. Just realized that as much as people are talking about USA and Chile not qualifying, the real elephant in the room here is Italy. They actually don't have a great track record vs. Sweden, and while they'll go in as favorites, the Swedes have already beaten France and eliminated the Netherlands, so they'll be no pushovers. Unlikely, but there is a real chance that Italy may not go to the World Cup next year
If Italy doesn't make the world cup that will be the biggest disappointment for this WC. The USA, Netherlands, Chile and Cameroon doesn't even come close to a failure like Italy missing the WC.