World Cup 2022

[iniestaGOAT]

Iran vs wales might be the greatest football match ever

 

[utility73]

Bye bye Bales!!

 

[Morten]

Bye bye Bales!!

Looking at the table, its too early of a call.

 

[utility73]

Yes they still have chances off course.

 

[Zidane82]

Iran played some nice stuff but fouled like Real Madrid in the Pepe/ Ramos days

BBC showing all the horrendous tackles / assaults on the Welsh players .. not one given as a foul !!

 

[El Gato]

Did suspect this group comes down to USA or Iran
Based on first games Id take Yanks

 

[El Gato]

They are not winning the WC with Southgate. If they do I will change my nickname and avatar to anything of your choosing, I am that confident

Didn't think they would.
Like at last WC, a side with more nuts will make em crack

 

[Birdy]

Southgate is a criminal because like Deschamps he has one of the best generational squads of English footballers,
and he is underusing them in cagey plans and tactics

But the quality is huge, they still have a shot to reach final or win it

 

[BBZ8800]

In all matches for now where Arab teams won points, it happened in the first or second match of the day when the heat is the strongest:

Arg-Saudi 1:2, 1st match, noon
Demark-Tunisia 0:0, 2nd match
Croatia-Morocco 0:0, 1st match, noon
Wales-Iran 0:2, 1st match, noon

Iran-Usa play late at night.
It will be interesting to see whether the early kick off is a huge advantage for Arab teams.

 

[FCBfan22]

Lahoz's growing bald spot never ceases to amaze me.

 

[Morten]

Southgate is a criminal because like Deschamps he has one of the best generational squads of English footballers,
and he is underusing them in cagey plans and tactics

But the quality is huge, they still have a shot to reach final or win it

They have a shot to make it to the final, ofc, but that semi-final against Croatia in 2018 made me realize they were still the same old England at the end of the day, final against Italy didn't help either.

 

[Birdy]

They have a shot to make it to the final, ofc, but that semi-final against Croatia in 2018 made me realize they were still the same old England at the end of the day, final against Italy didn't help either.

Yeah, but in 2018 they were still young-ish and kinda fluked their way to SF, as they faced easy opposition
in 2021 they had matured and won against Germany and Denmark who were the most entertaining team.
The final was also very very close

But the football Southgate makes them play still sucks

 

[Jenks]

They have a shot to make it to the final, ofc, but that semi-final against Croatia in 2018 made me realize they were still the same old England at the end of the day, final against Italy didn't help either.

The midfield against Croatia was Henderson, Lingard and Dele Alli.

 

[FCBfan22]

Not a pen. Surprisingly good decision by Lahoz.

 

[Morten]

Yeah, but in 2018 they were still young-ish and kinda fluked their way to SF, as they faced easy opposition
in 2021 they had matured and won against Germany and Denmark who were the most entertaining team.
The final was also very very close

But the football Southgate makes them play still sucks

They were on top by halftime against Croatia, and then came the 2nd half.....they just sat back and were terrified to come out, deserved loss in the end.