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Worse than Qatar?

 

On equals. Wales were mighty lucky against the USA, also they were very fortunate to lose only 2-0 to Iran. They offer nothing. Game today theyve gifted England the goals .

 

USA aren’t anything great either tbh. I can’t see them doing much v the Dutch.

 

so
-Senegal needed a W or out=W
-USA needed a W or out=W

will we fail where they succeeded?

 

Yes - USA wins! On to the next round!

 

Can Senegal without Sadio Mané, Kouyaté and Idrissa Gueye beat England in the Round of 16? That’s too many key players missing unfortunately. England are lucky.

England vs France in the quarter finals would be very interesting. Can Trippier stop Mbappé? He’s been great for Newcastle but he will find it very tough vs Kylian. Or is Walker going to be fit enough to play?

 

Let's go Senegal v France!!!

 

Senegal have injuries and suspension to big players against England

 

So interestingly enough checked the updated odds.

1. Brasil - still in first place
2. France -
3. Spain - has moved up into 3rd
4. Argentina
5. England
6. Portugal - has moved above Germany
7. Germany still up there
8. Netherlands
9. Croatia
10. Denmark.

Germany not doing to bad considering

 

How is Mattéo Guendouzi doing ?

I always liked him at Arsenal

 

Denmark were considered as dark horses by many, especially after making Euro SF, but they really lack any cutting edge up front in this tournament.

 

The match has been very mediocre so far, partly due to France basically picking a b team. so hard to give a fair assessment.

 

This reminds me a bit of last year's Euro, where everyone was considering Turkey the dark horses and ended up losing all three group stage matches.

 

he was dreadful at Hertha though.

 

still good to see them lose, LOL

honestly Coman continues to be meh player. Now bencher at both Bayern and France, LOL.

 

This reminds me how Germany has lost countless games against minnows - low block teams .

 

If Germany and Spain both loose tomorrow … they are both out .

Am sure Spain won’t risk that …..

 

I don't think anybody expected Australia to advance from the group stage.

 

If Spain & Japan draw & Costa Rica win, Costa Rica would actually top the group after losing their opening match 7-0 lol.

 

Enrique has said that he wants to win tomorrow that's his focus.
Luis Enrique: "Any of the four teams can still go to the round of 16. Costa Rica can also beat Germany. We're not going to speculate (to finish second and avoid Brazil). It doesn't matter if we face Brazil in the quarterfinal. We want to win tomorrow and top the group"

"Imagine we speculate because we want to finish second and the two games are tied 0-0 in the 90th minute but Japan and Costa Rica score in the 95th minute. You have speculated to be eliminated in fifteen seconds"

"If you're convinced that your team is very good, you want to finish first, that means playing against whoever it is in the round of 16 and in the quarterfinals. If it has to be Brazil, then we will play against them, but first we have to beat Japan"

 

LET"S GO POLAND!!!! LET'S GO!!!!

 

also pretty GREAT to see the frogs lose today.

 

I guess no point in stressing what the others do as it’s not under your control anyway - best Germany just concentrate on their own game .

Wonder if playing a b team like France did now does not disrupt their flow / run / rhythm

Wonder if that was wise

 

It was their B-Team. Beating the A-Team would be a lot sweeter.

 

but not realistic for Tunisia though. Still good to see French bench embarass themselves. They have soooooo much depth, LOL.