WC 2018

[Mister Fork]

Go England!  Hope for a good “result” (that’s Britspeak for a win) in the next “match” (Britapeak for a game). 

Seriously, haven’t had this much fun watching England in...forever.

I know, and that hat-trick goal for Kane was hilarious - off his leg?  Great match with a good result!

Stones was brilliant as well! Eeeeennnnngggllluuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuunnndddddddddddddddddddd!

[ghi]

well, we're done, should have seen that coming after senegal game
Columbia is simply in a different league then our team.

As for senegal vs japan - great game. I hope japan goes far. Love their spirit.
Senegal is ... meh...

Japanese take the game very serious, don't even urinate during the game.

"Japanese World Cup fans almost cause a water catastrophe in Tokyo when they all rush to the toilet at the same during the halftime break in match against Colombia
Japanese officials revealed water use in Tokyo rose by 24 per cent at halftime
Millions of people went to the bathroom during Japan's game against Colombia
Around 50 per cent of the entire country's population watched the 2-1 victory
The city's waterworks is increasing supply ahead of the next game on Sunday "
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5874355/Japanese-World-Cup-fans-nearly-cause-water-catastrophe-halftime-toilet-breaks.html

[Curval]

England beats the soccer powerhouse Tunisia 2-1 and fans think it is a sign they will win the Cup.  Mmmmmkaaay.

Ok England.  MUCH better result vs Panama.  But you still have lots of opportunity to mess it up.  Please prove me wrong!

[Zimme83]

[Zimme83]

(sorry, got a bit excited... but....)

WE WON THE GROUP

[fd ski]

germany out. Fascinating world cup...

At this point anyone can beat anyone. I won't be surprised if serbia beats brazil and knocks them out tonight GO SERBIA !!!

[Bruv119]

called it!

argentina were very lucky to scrape through last night but they will have to play france. 

i wont be suprised if serbia beat brazil later either.

[Bruv119]

germany have a habit of going to russia and coming away with nothing!   

[Spikes]

They looked out of form all 3 games. I figured the Sweden win was either them finally turning it on, or luck. I guess it was the latter. Ah well, guess someone else has to win every once in a while.

[Bruv119]

they just havent got good enough players anymore lahm schweinsteiger klose.  only one that comes close is kroos.

[Bruv119]

also big up to korea.  already knocked out nothing to play for but pride and they ran their socks off!   

[Zimme83]

The Koreans did a great job and they can be proud over themselves.
Glad we got Switzerland, its not the most terrifying opponent in the play off so quarter final isnt impossible.

[Bruv119]

yep we could end up england vs sweden QF then we should be semi finalists      

[Zimme83]

yep we could end up england vs sweden QF then we should be semi finalists      

We have eliminated Holland, Italy and Germany so far... I think we can handle you tea drinking left drivers too..

[MiloMorai]

We have eliminated Holland, Italy and Germany so far... I think we can handle you tea drinking left drivers too..

Left drivers?

How this turned out so far

taken from BBC website, some machine has run statistical analysis;

Group A: Uruguay 77%, Russia 60%, Egypt 36%, Saudi Arabia 27%

Group B: Spain 76%, Portugal 58%, Iran 35%, Morocco 30%

Group C: France 69%, Peru 68%, Denmark 35%, Australia 27%

Group D: Argentina 82%, Croatia 57%, Iceland 35%, Nigeria 27%

Group E: Brazil 90%, Switzerland 51%, Serbia 31%, Costa Rica 28%

Group F: Germany 79%, Mexico 60%, Sweden 34%, South Korea 27%

Group G: England 71%, Belgium 71%, Tunisia 32%, Panama 26%

Group H: Colombia 77%, Poland 50%, Senegal 45%, Japan 29%

Only surprise here is Peru, who must have done well to qualify against the likes of Chile who I thought were superb last WC.

Will Harry get the Golden Boot?