WC 2018 Group B: Spain Portugal Iran Morocco

My revised predictions after all drama

Morocco - Iran 0-0
Portugal - Spain 2-1
Portugal - Morocco 0-1
Iran - Spain 0-2
Iran - Portugal 1-3
Spain - Morocco 3-1

Spain........................6:3..................6
Portugal...................5:3..................6
Morocco..................2:3..................4
Iran...........................1:5..................1

I think all this drama around Spain will have an affect in the first game against Portugal. They will lose now. I had this game to end in a tie before. However Spain is still a very professional side and will turn things around in their last two games. Iran will get its obligatory draw as always. Portugal will benefit of the circumstances and beat Spain but lose surprisingly to Morocco. Morocco will have a good showing but I feel they will be unlucky against Iran and will come short in the showdown against a much more experienced Spanish side.

 

I have been worrying about this since the friendly against Lithuania...hope he can play.

 

The World Cup is an uncomparable event!
Enjoy it!

 

Don't know where all the ridiculous Morocco hype came from, one of those middle eastern teams that shows equal head to head record to the likes of Iraq, UAE and Qatar.
Iran are the best team in Asia can beat Morocco and advance to the next level.

 

On their way to St Petersburg for their opening game against #Morocco 🇲🇦 pic.twitter.com/hyNysaXxHI

— Iran Football (@IranFooty) June 13, 2018

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From watching them play.

 

Morocco has my respect for doing well in the Qualifying and winning a do-or-die match at cote d'ivoire.

 

Morocco has done in friendlies what no other African team managed to do: look good in each and every game.

 

Head to head with whom?

 

I didn't know Morocco was middle eastern?

Plus, I dont think Morocco has been over hyped at all. I think they deserve the respect as they have played well in qualifiers and friendlies.

 

The ref for the Portugal - Spain game is Gianluca Rocchi (Italian), he hás ref-ed 3 previous games involving Portugal, in which we won all three.

vs Cyprus (4-0)
vs Serbia (2-1)
vs Rússia (0-1 Confed. Cup last year)

https://www.publico.pt/2018/06/13/d...rocchi-de-novo-no-caminho-de-portugal-1834242

 

He is probably looking at old data from Arab Cups and friendlies with Middle Eastern countries not knowing that Morocco always used/uses its D team for those games

 

This unexpected Spain drama kind of confused everything in regard to this group. My feeling right now is that Portugal will benefit most from it because they are playing them first. I hope we don't end up having three teams with 6 points..

 

so if taremi doesn't play the first game then who replaces him, ansarifard?

 

Video from yesterday...Taremi himself says he is fine and has been training since Monday.

 

Morocco is a really good team with an attractive style of play. That said, Iran can also beat them. I don't think even Morocco fans have said differently. Everybody knows it's going to be a relatively even matchup.

 

Shawn Mendes x Portugal (FPF Official World Cup Song)

 

i had high hopes for this world cup since we qualified but there is bad news after bad news. 1) we got the group of death 2) our team imploded suddenly with our best defender out replaced by the worst defender we had for the past 30 years, and CQ using friendlies to taste weird formations and tactics so team got 0 practice playing together against decent sides 3) spain is now weakened yet we need them to get 9 points to have a chance of advancing :if spain dont beat portugal we are 90% eliminated off the bat

but oh well. at this point there is no point of ruminating. miracles can always happen.

 

Saw it earlier today but decided not to post it, still prefer the animation one, although this is better then the "Pula, pula está /&59& já"

 

The only thing that has changed is that Spain has lost the chances of winning the world cup. But at the group stage they should be fine enough to advance.

 

Probably the one song with the highest worth due to the high profile artist.

Glad he chose to honor his Portuguese heritage.

 

I don't know man. Teams have collapsed for less than that. We'll see in 2 days..

 

Spain falling apart is bad news for Morocco too. Because Morocco’s biggest advantage was meeting Spain on the last match day and hoping that the Spaniards would rest their key players having possibly secured qualification by then, but the chances of that happening now are very slim.

 

Loads of Iran supporters here in Moscow...

 

The dutch are really addopted Morocco as their team. Sneijder, Van Nistelroy, Kluivert and Van Ghal, all posted videos supporting Morocco. Dutch Fox Sport has probably made more interviews with moroccan players than moroccan channels.