Argentina have struggles in Quito - a lot. They stepped up their game and Ecuador played like they had zero fucks left to give as they were disqualified beside being in the WCQ driving seat all the way until the last 5 matches.
Chile was an aging squad and during the CC it was telling that Chile was desperate to win as they knew their time to win trophies was going out the door. They didn't seem to have many new up and coming players. when a team plays like that they will hit a wall at some point.
Klinsi holding back the bantz Just reached Jurgen Klinsmann by phone: "Yes, I watched, but I don't want to give any comments right now. It wouldn't be right."— Sam Borden (@SamBorden) October 11, 2017
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World Cup bribery case opened against PSG chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi http://www.espnfc.us/paris-saint-ge...ened-against-psg-president-nasser-al-khelaifi
So Serbian FA confirm Slavoljub Muslin is no longer Serbia manager, got to feel for him. Qualified for the World Cup & treated like that 👎🏻— Matt White (@Matt_CAFC) October 30, 2017 When you miss 4 of the last 5 major tournaments before Russia & then fire the manager that finally gets you to another one #WelcomeToSerbia— Serbian Football (@SerbianFooty) October 29, 2017
Austria surpasses Netherlands in country ranking as 11th who will get automatic CL group spot if CL title holder qualify through domestic league https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/7af1po/austria_surpasses_netherlands_in_country_ranking/
📝 Our squad list for Mexico (10/11) & Japan (14/11) ! #BELMEX #BELJAP #RoadtoRussia pic.twitter.com/jlq98O4tB8— Belgian Red Devils (@BelRedDevils) November 3, 2017
Seems pretty complex. Despite qualifying the WC in first place of their group, many felt their form of play was actually subpar. Management behind the scenes were also unhappy because for whatever reason they had some players who were not chosen for the NT.
FT: KOR 🇰🇷 2 - 1 🇨🇴 COLSon Heung-min brace earns Korea Republic their first win since Shin Tae-yong took over as head coach in a friendly match against Colombia! pic.twitter.com/B6MR9NMWmU— AFC (@theafcdotcom) November 10, 2017
Sweden beat Italy 1-0 in Sweden in WC play-off. Away match on Monday. Not sure how I feel about that. i would love to have the opportunity to beat them in a WC match.
2016 - Marco van Basten to Hakim Ziyech: "How stupid can you be to choose Morocco if you are in contention for the Dutch national team?”2017 - Hakim Ziyech helps Morocco reach #Russia2018... The Dutch didn't qualify. pic.twitter.com/ea62wgdwpd— Joe Crann (@YesWeCrann) November 11, 2017
Thomas Delaney told the Danish press after the game, that playing Ireland is like opening a can of baked beans with your bare hands.
Kevin De Bruyne looks frustrated with the Belgium tactics: “Something has to change.” And he’s talked about it with Martínez. #mcfc https://t.co/D5pTmNSysx— Kristof Terreur (@kristofterreur) November 12, 2017
Switzerland advance into WC 2018, but in a highly unconvincing and questionable manner. Only a 1-0 aggregate advantage over Northern Ireland over their two matches. And their only goal scored was from a suspicious penalty awarded towards the end of the first leg, that shouldn't even have been given. Highly underwhelming from the players that the Swiss have.
Seferovic misses... again (again). #SUI 🇨🇭 0⃣️-0⃣️ #NIR pic.twitter.com/ImoXT6nlra— FourFourTwo (@FourFourTwo) November 12, 2017 David Moyes has identified Haris Seferovic as his number one #WHUFC transfer target for January...#SUINIR pic.twitter.com/sTb8k7B7XY— BetVictor (@BetVictor) November 12, 2017
New Zealand manage a 0-0 draw vs Peru in Wellington. i have a feeling Peru will mamage beat them 2-0 in Lima.
well it will be weird to have a WC without Italy. But too bad for them, can't score than you don't deserve to make it. Was kinda rooting for Sweden anyways, since I have relatives there.
When Italy don’t make it to the World Cup pic.twitter.com/UyTMbic1mj— Angelucci (@angelucci94) November 13, 2017