Quarters Discussion
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Sammy Meatballs
Sammy Meatballs? Never Heard of Her
I think Brazil Belgium will see the biggest mismatch.
Neymar and his speed and dribbles vs Belgium defense.
I don’t think Vertongen and Mertens and Van Damme will be able to control Neymar.
I figure Neymar and Brazil’s offense will give the technically sound but speed deficient Belgium defense fits.
It just seems that Brazil’s speed vs Belgium defense is a mismatch
Neymar and his speed and dribbles vs Belgium defense.
I don’t think Vertongen and Mertens and Van Damme will be able to control Neymar.
I figure Neymar and Brazil’s offense will give the technically sound but speed deficient Belgium defense fits.
It just seems that Brazil’s speed vs Belgium defense is a mismatch
braves
Pretty much a regular
More in the sense that they play a 4-4-2 , they do gimmicky stuff like long throw ins like Iceland, sit deep and defend
Sammy Meatballs
Sammy Meatballs? Never Heard of Her
KJ
Bump. Set. Shuma!
^^^^ thank u for those, not sure if it confuses me though
Assume the players know these tendencies? I dunno….I'm all over Croatia but with all those cards and a ref that seems to let it fly, might have to play on Russia team total
Not concerned so much on Uruguay/France, think it's a measured pace at best and not some crazy card match
There may not be a card in ENG/SWE....neither team really commits fouls and ref doesn't hand em out anyway
Brazil might get a few cards, just a hunch
Assume the players know these tendencies? I dunno….I'm all over Croatia but with all those cards and a ref that seems to let it fly, might have to play on Russia team total
Not concerned so much on Uruguay/France, think it's a measured pace at best and not some crazy card match
There may not be a card in ENG/SWE....neither team really commits fouls and ref doesn't hand em out anyway
Brazil might get a few cards, just a hunch
KJ
Bump. Set. Shuma!
BetCrimes1984
CTG Big Brother
Couple of historical scoreline angles that i can't see being ignored...
(1) All 8 WC's that have involved the R16 format have delivered a 90 min 0-0 knockout result.
8 knockout games in and none so far.
To me, Uru/Fra & Swe/Eng would seem to be the biggest candidates to end the drought. I think the other two games will deliver at least 2 goals each. Cavani being out means Uruguay will more than likely PTB like Colombia essentially did and hunt for a counter attack goal to win in reg, otherwise settle for sudden-death football. Sweden usually plays England tough, and if Colombia can deny England any run-of-play goals, I see no reason why Sweden can't. Sweden's offense in turn has looked suspect, their one decent outing against Mexico involved the latter collapsing mentally once they conceded the first goal of what was a tight game til that point. Once again, as always, either game avoiding an early goal should set the stage for this historically 'due' result.
(2) edit: why the Uru/Por result escaped me, I have a slight inkling but the fact is it finished 2-1 making this angle redundant.
(1) All 8 WC's that have involved the R16 format have delivered a 90 min 0-0 knockout result.
8 knockout games in and none so far.
To me, Uru/Fra & Swe/Eng would seem to be the biggest candidates to end the drought. I think the other two games will deliver at least 2 goals each. Cavani being out means Uruguay will more than likely PTB like Colombia essentially did and hunt for a counter attack goal to win in reg, otherwise settle for sudden-death football. Sweden usually plays England tough, and if Colombia can deny England any run-of-play goals, I see no reason why Sweden can't. Sweden's offense in turn has looked suspect, their one decent outing against Mexico involved the latter collapsing mentally once they conceded the first goal of what was a tight game til that point. Once again, as always, either game avoiding an early goal should set the stage for this historically 'due' result.
(2) edit: why the Uru/Por result escaped me, I have a slight inkling but the fact is it finished 2-1 making this angle redundant.
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Pyppurs
Pretty much a regular
FRANCE VS URUGUAY HISTORY, recent 5 games (next one is in 1966)
2 times in the WC, and 3 friendlies
Carolina Guy
Pretty much a regular
Head official, Nestor Pitana, looks like one of the Norweigian crab boat fisherman's with a closer cropped hair cut in the TV show!!
GWarner27
Meatballin' in Celtics Stadium
they don't reset cards to protect players aka an attempt to limit the amount of cautionable offenses that occur?
