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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jun 19, 2018 19:01:59 GMT
A slightly disappointing first half between Russia and Egypt, not much seemed to happen. Hopefully the second half turns out to be far more interesting otherwise we'll be seeing our first 0-0 of the tournament
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2018 19:11:33 GMT
Still no 0-0. That's good
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2018 19:13:13 GMT
Is it the first time there hasn't been a 0-0 in the opening round of group stage in the history?
Certainly had the most number of penalties already. Thanks VAR ...
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Post by ronnie on Jun 19, 2018 19:42:18 GMT
Is it the first time there hasn't been a 0-0 in the opening round of group stage in the history? Certainly had the most number of penalties already. Thanks VAR ... What’s with the own goals this time around.... at this rate it will easily beat the previous record! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2018 19:43:24 GMT
And another VAR penalty. I'm glad though that's it's working correctly here
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Post by vjaska on Jun 19, 2018 19:56:32 GMT
I’m disappointed for Salah and really feel for him - I was looking forward to seeing him light up the World Cup but he clearly looks very unfit. I’m not particularly pleased Russia are through and they’ve played two very poor teams in all fairness, hopefully Uruguay bring them back down to earth.
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Post by busoccultation on Jun 19, 2018 20:16:04 GMT
Is it the first time there hasn't been a 0-0 in the opening round of group stage in the history? Certainly had the most number of penalties already. Thanks VAR ... What’s with the own goals this time around.... at this rate it will easily beat the previous record! Yeah 5 own goals already and not even one week onto the tournament. Also just one own goal away to break the record for the most own goals from a one World Cup tournament and that was 6 own goals in France 1998. |
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Post by sid on Jun 19, 2018 23:09:22 GMT
I thought the Russia v Egypt game was drab in the first half but a lot better in the second half and Russia looked quite good and have almost certainly qualified for the knockout stages, which I think is good for me tournament, and Egypt are almost certainly going out, both will be confirmed if Uruguay beat Saudi Arabia tomorrow.
The Poland v Senegal game was disappointing and whilst I thought Senegal deserved to win their second goal was a bit bizarre.
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Post by sid on Jun 20, 2018 14:01:46 GMT
Ronaldo does it again but a poor game and Morocco can count themselves very unfortunate!
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Post by vjaska on Jun 20, 2018 14:27:37 GMT
Great to see Ronaldo score again and whilst not having a great game, he justifies being the best in the world currently by grabbing the all important goal. Morocco rarely tested Portugal's goal bar one great save from the newly signed Wolves keeper Rui Patricio although Portugal's defence seemed like they wanted to help Morocco out as much as possible.
A trend I've noticed is the African teams bar Senegal seem to be able to knock the ball around nicely but lack any cutting edge - obviously, Egypt would of been better if they had a fully fit Mo Salah but otherwise, they all have struggled massively to create meaningful chances.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 18:44:53 GMT
Iran-spain I can't see remaining 0-0 for 90mins.
The Iranian defending has been good and Spanish chances have been poor, but the quality is overwhelming.
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Post by sid on Jun 20, 2018 18:54:46 GMT
Iran-spain I can't see remaining 0-0 for 90mins. The Iranian defending has been good and Spanish chances have been poor, but the quality is overwhelming. The park the bus tactics have worked so far, it's still been more entertaining than the previous two matches today. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 19:20:26 GMT
Iran-spain I can't see remaining 0-0 for 90mins. The Iranian defending has been good and Spanish chances have been poor, but the quality is overwhelming. The park the bus tactics have worked so far, it's still been more entertaining than the previous two matches today. The Iran play acting isn't fun though. Glad Spain have now scored. |
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Post by Eastlondoner62 on Jun 20, 2018 19:42:37 GMT
The park the bus tactics have worked so far, it's still been more entertaining than the previous two matches today. The Iran play acting isn't fun though. Glad Spain have now scored. Spain should have scored a second as well but Iran seem to have adopted a new technique of lying on the floor and huddling around the ball.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 20, 2018 19:46:29 GMT
Been an intriguing match. The two good Iran chances were exciting.
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