World Cup 2018

West Saxon

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^ None of those teams are easy, not by a long shot. Sweden are physical powerhouses who fight hard and don't give much away (and also have an excellent record vs England); Croatia have one of the best midfields in the tournament and would be favourites vs England; and Russia have a strong defence and their home crowd roaring them on every step of the way. Let's not start acting as though England are overwhelming favourites in these games and should be swatting those sides aside. There are 2 very tough games in our way before the final.
 

FCBfan22

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eaman

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But fundamentally, football is a game where the winners are decided by one measure only: who can force the ball into the opposition's goal the most times. Having the most possession, most shots, most shots on targets, most successful dribbles, most corners, or whatever else, doesn't dictate who wins.

This can't be changed without fundamentally altering the game into something completely different. That's never going to change, and nor should it; and so there will always be different strategies to try and win a game. Do you attack more, gambling on simply creating and converting a lot of chances; or do you focus mostly on defending your own goal and hoping to be clinical in the few chances you create; or do you go for something on the spectrum in between.

There is no right and wrong, so long as you stay within the laws of the game. Teams aren't obliged to entertain TV viewers, that's not their job; their job is to win. And when it comes to winning, all that matters is the scoreline at the end of the game. Unless you want to change the game into something totally different and start giving out points at the end of matches for things like possession or shots on target, that will always be the case.

But mostly the team who creates the most chances wins and these days the counter attacking teams seem to do so. But if the teams dominating possession are on top of their game like peps Barca were most of the time they will win. To be a boring defensive team you also need alot of luck. One of your teammates aren't on it and you can get punished by the dominant team. More often than not the dominant team will win
 

Blaugrana Bull

HiiiPoWeR
I would like to see a final between two teams that never won it before. Meaning Belgium - not England.
But I predicted France to win it before the start of the tournament and I would not change that prediction now.
 

SeloBarca

Senior Member
I think its Belgiums tournament to loose now.
Although Belgium might get a little brother collapse against France.
 

BerkeleyBernie

Senior Member
Of necessity, Belgium will likely field another strong tall physical team against France (Mertens on the bench again). Belgium comes out ahead technically more against France than versus Brazil. The one BIG hole in Belgium today was Vertonghen at left back; destroyed by Costa and will be absolutely eaten alive by Mbappe. What adjustment can they make in that slot?
 

Slevinn

Senior Member
Of necessity, Belgium will likely field another strong tall physical team against France (Mertens on the bench again). Belgium comes out ahead technically more against France than versus Brazil. The one BIG hole in Belgium today was Vertonghen at left back; destroyed by Costa and will be absolutely eaten alive by Mbappe. What adjustment can they make in that slot?
None. The only LB Belgium has is Jordan Lukaku and he isent even in the squad.
 

George_Costanza

Active member
I would love for Belgium to win it.

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