FIFA U-20 World Cup: Korea Republic 2017 [R]

They are key players for the u19 team which is in the semifinal for the German championship. For the Germans this is a big deal apparently. They have a 3-1 lead over Bayern and will probably win and go to the final.

 

Ecuador's Wilter Ayovi has been quoted as saying "we are convinced we're going to be World Champions."

Now , I know there are some people reading that sorta thing and saying what else should th kise say? Shouldn't you go into every tournament with confidence and expecting to win?

Perhaps. But you shouldn't be delusional in your over-confidence though.

 

Vanuatu! WOW, just WOW!

Their goalie looks like he was raised in Europe, not those silly, clumsy "saves" like other Pacific goalies. They are physically unlike Pacific teams, they seem to be stronger than Tahiti or other teams from the confederation, there are no silly mistakes. I am shocked, I expected Mexico to trash them with ease. 2-2, 90th minute, shocker.

 

And there's the heartbreak, 90+4, Mexico scores.

 

England vs Argentina was a strange game as the Argies seemingly were the better side, but England win 3-0. We simply took our chances when presented to us and Argentina couldn't put away four close range headers, while their passing in the final-third was dreadful. I'm more concerned for England because our approach was poor in the beginning, but very happy to get the 3-0 win. Our first U20 WC in 17 matches.

 

After a fairly even first half Zambia schooling Portugal in the second.

UEFA obviously still have too many slots in this competition.

 

Portugal lucky to only be 2:0 down. Could easily have been 4-5 down. Portugal did have their opportunities though before Zambia scored.

 

Portugal score to make the scoreline look much more respectable than it should have been.

Scrappy game all in all.

 

Statistics

Portugal 58% possession Zambia 42%
Portugal 20 shots Zambia 16 shots
Portugal 5 on target Zambia 7 on target
Portugal 9 corners Zambia 8 corners
Portugal 4 big chances missed Zambia 0 big chances missed.

There is bias, and then there is zahzah bias. You have a bias these boards have never seen before, you basically live in a bubble in which your mind has zero need for reality and only filters in what you want to see.

 

In other words, opinion > reality.

Stats can be deceiving, we can all agree, but I think the big one is big chances missed. To be fair you can deduct one from Portugal because they scored right after the "big chance" you can also add 2 onto Zambia because they capatilized on their chances. If opportunities seized is added, then it's 4-2. I think for anyone watching completely objectively, they would have said a deserved result would have been a draw. When you say it could have been 4 or 5 to 0 Zambia, what you are essentially saying is fu*k you reality, I need to convince myself and others of this because it makes me feel better. I don't live in a world where opinion tops reality. He has a history of extreme mental delusion, and I should ignore it but it's so hard to stomach.

 

Asia doing well so far. Three wins, only confed without a loss.

Save for the shock Argentina - England result its been poor from Europe. France should change that though...

South Africa - Japan - great game for spectactors.

 

I really have not been following the matches on television just highlights here and there.

How has Video Replay been applied so far? Has it taken away from the flow?
I find it funny that Argentina and Italy would be the first few teams punished because of it because historically they seem to be teams to walk that fine line of gamesmanship and pushing the envelope physicality wise. (And find clever ways to get away with it.)

This could change things big time.

 

I wouldn't say England vs Argentina was a shock looking back. England were more fancied coming in and had a poor first half, but the second half was better even though Argentina continued to get more shots off, but never troubled Woodman.

 

From what I've seen they've been great because they've reversed incorrect decisions into correct ones. We will definitely have more time added on after 90 minutes obviously.

 

As for the poor European showing so far I don't think Portugal, Italy, and Germany brought in many of their best players. I know England don't have Patrick Roberts as well as Rashford and Tammy Abraham, but those two are going to be in our U21 squad. There's a couple other players that are regulars, but their clubs wouldn't release them like Celtic did with Roberts. England are making slight improvements when it comes to clubs wanting to keep their players.

 

Iran 1-0 Costa Rica: Our players are tall this year and they defended well, Shekari was class. Zambia and Portugal should be tougher tests.

USA vs Ecuador tonight

 

Too bad the America game at 3:00 AM. I won't be able to watch it until like 9 or 10 lol.

 

That's interesting. Which plays exactly would these teams get punished on? Italy player getting kicked in the back of the head and countless wrong offside calls against them at 2002 world cup? Quagliarella goal wrongly ruled out knocking Italy out of 2010 world cup? Or missed red card on Suarez for biting an Italy player at 2014 world cup?
How about German keeper completely flattening Higuain in the 2014 world cup final?

I don't know what kind of plays you are talking about but I sincerely doubt they would warrant the ref stopping the game to look at video replays.

 

It's like they want to give people arguments against the video replays on purpose...