Argentina : World cup 2018 Russia discussion

http://www.livesoccertv.com/match/2630949/fifa-world-cup-2018-final-draw/

 

Thanks, im already watching tyc sports

 

Enough with this Euro pop crap. Get on with the draw, I need to get to sleep.

 

Some Russian folk dancing...?

 

Group A
Russia
Urugauy
Egypt
Saudia Arabia


Group B
Portugal
Spain
Iran
Morocco

Group C
France
Peru
Denmark
Australia

Group D
Argentina
Croatia
Iceland
Nigeria... You have to be kidding me...

Group E
Brazil
Switzerland
Costa Rica
Serbia

Group F
Germany
Mexico
Sweden
Korea

Group G
Belgium
England
Tunisa
Panama

Group H
Poland
Colombia
Senegal
Japan.

 

Hey, at least I got 3/4 correct, I predicted Argentina, Croatia, Iceland....

A tricky group I have to say.

 

Modric is going to bone Argentina's midfield hard.

 

Well, we will likely face Portugal or Spain in the QF... That is of course we get that far.

 

Group A, B, and G are an absolute joke.

BTW, can you imagine if Brazil or Germany do not finish first in their group and one of them finishes second? They could play each other in the round of 16.

 

We got a group of semi death there, didnt we?

 

Not a cakewalk group but could've been worse. This draw is weird in that I don't see a real group of death, just ones where 2nd place might be tough to predict.

We definitely need to have our game sorted out if we're going to advance. Each team can test us in a different way. Iceland will be tough to crack offensively, Croatia will be strong in midfield, and we already know how Nigeria can attack.

 

Not really. Very beatable teams.

 

Well, we better hope that we win our group and France win's theirs or we will face each other in the r16.

If things go the way that the footballing god's see as the best teams, meaning each powerhouse team wins their group, it will go something like this...



Denmark R16
Spain QF
SF-Germany

 

We got the 1st or 2nd better teams from pot 2 and 4...

I think.

 

Brasil in final?

 

Brasil loses to France in the semis...

 

Our opening game is 3AMPST?

 

Someone needs to eliminate Germany for us

 

NA time zones are an afterthought in WC scheduling.

It's always been early morning World Cups, with Brazil being a rarity.

 

If Germany wins their group.

Switzerland in the R16
QF, They'll play the winner of Colombia-England/Belgium.

But as I said, if either Brasil or Germany manage to slip to second and the other wins their group, they'll play each other in the R16. Ideally, we'd want to win our group, and have Brasil finish first and Germany second. That would push them on the other side of the bracket, which will place France(Winner), Brasil(Winner), Germany(Runner-Up), Spain/Portugal(Runner Up), Belgium(Winner) on the same side of the bracket... I think...

 

Whatever team or group were drawn in doesn’t matter to me. If you plan on being a world champion then you better be prepared to beat anyone at any cost and that should be the team’s mentality.

Sampaoli hasn’t convinced me yet in his 8 game tenure so hopefully he can turn the ship around before its too late.