First active Chicago Fire to ever score in the World Cup! Man, that guy sucks. All time World Cup goal scorers: Lubos Kubik (1990) Eric Wynalda (1994) Hristo (1994-I saw his first two World Cup goals, against Greece, in person) Blanco (1998, 2002, 2010-after he left the Fire!) Paulo Wanchope (2002, 2006) Bastian (2006) Freddie Ljungberg (2006) Arne Friedrich (2010) Shaqiri (2014, 2018, 2022) I think that is everyone. Any one I missed?
And an assist in the first game. Well, ONLY one assist. By the way, the only players to score in 2014 2018 2022 World Cups? Messi Ronaldo SHAQIRI
Cameroon with the potential upset. If Serbia can pull one back Cameroon goes through! EDIT: GD would keep Switzerland in.
If Serbia score twice in the last two minutes, they would go through on goal difference and both Cameroon and Switzerland would be out. If Cameroon score another two goals in the next two minutes, Switzerland would top the group.
That's it! Switzerland and Shaqiri are through. Brazil, despite losing, top the group. With Brazil and Portugal losing today, it is the first time no team goes through with 9 points since 1994.
Round of 16: Netherlands v. US Argentina v. Australia (Winners meet) Japan v. Croatia Brazil v. South Korea (Winners meet) England v. Senegal France v. Poland (Winners meet) Morocco v. Spain Portugal v. Switzerland (Winners meet) Note: Fox had it wrong on their graphic, as they had Spain playing Croatia and Japan playing Morocco. Both Japan and Morocco topped their groups.
Yep. Completely spaced on that one. Not sure, as I looked up the 2002 team (checking if Beasley scored).
OK I'm up...coffee going in and getting my pre-game face on. Not a fan of these early morning events as they usually are better with Malort but we sacrifice what we have to for our country.
Unfortunately, we will be subject to the ramblings of Stu Holden, who never shuts up for the game about to start. Paired with the slightly less useless John Strong. Two hours of non-stop talking. Almost thinking about watching the Spanish broadcast. And here we go.
If the US win this morning and Australia could pull off the shock win against a shaky looking Argentina, it would set up a US-Australia quarter final, and the football/soccer world would be pissed!
I didn't say I was drinking Malort...I said I was NOT drinking Malort. That is the sacrifice I'm making.
I just woke up. I saw a report the other day that most of the Dutch squad was dealing with the flu. Should be interesting.
Reminder that Fox turned heel the moment Qatar handed them money and haven't had any analysis of the conditions leading up to and surrounding the World Cup, while Telemundo has made them a regular part of the broadcasts (from the studio).