World Cup 2014 - Group F: Preview & Analysis

i saw all the goals. all i saw was laughable defending from both sides lol.

 

Enyeama is just one of a kind lol. See what he did during our National Anthem




I went from 'full on tension' to 'rolling on the ground with laughter' !!!

 

Yup! We tend to play our most entertaining football when our opponents aren't afraid to attack us. Our friendly against Mexico a few months ago has to be one of the most entertaining 0 - 0 draws I've ever seen. Even our game against Italy was a cracker.

 

jealous

 

he seems like a super cool dude! that smile! he also had a bromance with Messi all match that was super fun to watch!

 

he is a pretty cool dude lol.

 

AGUERO injured, will miss whats left of the WC

 

bosnia played vs nigeria
and lost to new zealand
Too bad we didn't win
'cause we have some unfinished business
with france.

 

Have to agree with persianfootball on this one. Not laughable, but poor.
And the final 20 minutes were very boring - Nigeria not really pushing, Argentina either. Playing through the motions. Obviously Nigeria knew what was going on in the second match and decided to conserve energy. Argentina just happy with that.

But it must be said: This Argentinian defence is just waiting to be raped. Whenever Nigeria went forward it looked like a likely goal. Argentina also did suddenly go toothless when Messi was pulled off.

All in all 2 great Musa goals and 1 great Messi freekick stood out.

 

You can go and finish it on your continent. There's an Euro championship coming up if I'm not mistaken

 

Aren't they known for their tough defense though?
How is France's defense by the way?

 

Only conceeded in 1 game when they were like 4:0 up...
That said teams do often regret playing reserves in their final game as it disrupts the flow of the team. We'll see... was this group really as weak as it seemed?

 

It's hard to tell if France's results were due to a poor group. Honduras is not a good team but they played France well until one of their players was sent off. The match ended 3-0 but one goal came from a penalty and the other from an own goal. France was very impressive against Switzerland (an inexperienced team however), not so impressive against Ecuador, but France made about 6 lineup changes so you really can't use that match to determine the strength of France.

 

to be honest
i'm quite proud of this

 

Chelsea ‘make £16 million transfer offer for Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike

http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/26/chels...-fenerbahce-striker-emmanuel-emenike-4776382/
http://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...ks-Emenike-to-Chelsea-Man-Utd-confirm-Herrera

Not sure if it's legit.

 

Based on the results thus far in the World Cup, I would like for those that argue that Asia should have more spots allocated in the World Cup (which is something I emotionally agree with) but rationally how can one argue for more World Cup spots when likely NONE of the 4 Asian teams will make it the Round of 16. However, 3 of the North American teams out of 4 will be going to the Round of 16. And on top of that, Iran which performed the best thus far of Asian teams, is clearly a class below those that qualified to the knockout stages. TM can play 180 minutes of world class error free (or close to) football but NOT the necessary 270 minutes. It was obvious that the defense/defensive midfielders were fatigued from the level of defending they had to in the previous 2 matches.

So, basically, what I'm asking, how can one legitimately claim that Asia deserves more spots than it currently has?

 

Metro

 

Team Melli return home

 

I don't think it deserves more spots but what you say might be applied to Europe as well. How many European teams are already out? Portugal, Italy, Spain, Bosnia, Croatia, England, and Russia! Does this mean that they need to reduce European participants too? Think about the other European teams that may and of course will be out in the second round