Our last match before the tourney starts we beat Wales 3-0. We will fly off to France with confidence we will get out of the groupstage and into the last 16. We play Ireland in the same way we bossed Wales today and we´ll win our opening match no doubt. We are also good enough to take points from both Italy and Belgium. The guy to look for beside Ibrahimovich is Emil Forsberg. A quality player that is getting better and better.Superb display today against Wales.
It's going to be tough but I think we will definitely qualify for the knockout. Our mentality is so strong we are hard to beat. Sweden have decent players but they lack the resilient mentality that Ireland have and also Italy. I can see Belgium underperforming also.
These are my score predictions: Ireland 2-1 Sweden Belgium 1-2 Italy Italy 1-1 Sweden Belgium 2-1 Ireland Sweden 1-3 Belgium Italy 2-0 Ireland 1. Italy 7pts 2. Belgium 6pts 3. Ireland 3pts 4. Sweden 1pt
no shit. this guys { kid } is a dumb ********. Said Griezman is inconsistent. He's easily a top 10 player in the world and atm top 5.
Belgium and Sweden will get through. I have my doubts about Italy. We might not even finish 3rd. Ireland will probably beat us in the last game.
I think this is the toughest group. There's no clear favorite here. I personally will cheer for Sweden (Zlatan magic) and Ireland (gotta be better than 2012, right?). Belgium is overrated imo and Italy... well Italy is a big question mark. Don't really know what to expect from them
This is kinda crazy but I have a feeling that Belgium will choke hard. Italy will do just the enough to gather points and one out of Sweden or Ireland will go through (sorta leaning for Ibra to be more a decisive factor than usual for its team). Possible all teams will have low points at the end. This is the most interesting group of them all. Curious to see how it will unfold.
The pressure is on Belgium now for sure. I wouldnt be surprised to see Ireland get a result. They looked strong against Sweden.
They might come out with a draw. I think it was more how weak Sweden was than Ireland being very strong. Ireland are a good team with good organization but Sweden are quite weak and rubbish. One of the weakest teams i n the tournament actually. They are a shadow of what they used to be. Ibrahimovic and the LB are the only ones with the talent.
He is ok, but not world class or anything. I'll be honest I never even saw him myself, I just got that from another thread posted by someone else.
For the first 50 mins we shut out Sweden. Then we just panicked. I'm proud though. Pressure on Belgium they have to win. Italy should spank Sweden by a couple, they looked very good.
I am confident we will beat Sweden. They honestly looked like one of the weakest teams in the tournament. Even Albania, Russia, and Hungary looked better than them. Sweden and Northern Ireland were the weakest teams as I watched all games.
In my bracket in the Brazil board I have Italy winning the group with Sweden 2nd and Belgium making out as a wild card team!!
Sweden weren't particularly good but tactically we were on point. I think we can hurt Belgium late on in the 2nd half on Saturday if we should the same guile as against Sweden. I think albania are actually a good side, just no firepower up front. NorthernIreland are better than they showed vs Poland, they played ultra defensive, they'll show spirit against Ukrained and could offer a surprise
I disagree, I would be very surprised if Italy won their two remaining group games. If they beat Sweden, they certainly won't "spank" them.
Well we will probably beat Sweden and wrap up the group. Against Ireland we might give some players we haven't used yet playing time, but I hope to still beat them.