2018 World Cup Thread + Predictions Game

[Robceltsfan]

[somberbostonian]

England wins in PKs! What kind of twisted reality is this? They’ve been gift-wrapped a rare opportunity to go deep. 7 of their 9 goals in the tournament so far have come off either penalities or set pieces, mostly against tomato cans like Tunisia and Panama.

[AbeVigodaLive]

Good for the limeys.

But I hope they lose to Sweden.

[AlaskaHawks]

England shakes those PK ghosts.

Even after falling down early in PK's.

Nicely done.

[somberbostonian]

Went 4/4 on quarterfinal picks for the top half of the bracket, but missed three picks on the bottom half. We're two games away from two hockey-loving countries in Sweden and Russia playing for a spot in the final.

[AlaskaHawks]

Round of 16
Portugal over Uraguay
France over Argentina
Brazil over Mexico
Belgium over Japan
Spain over Russia
Croatia over Denmark
Sweeden over Switzerland
England over Colombia

Quarterfinal
France over Portugal
Brazil over Belgium
Spain over Croatia
England over Sweeden

Semifinal
Brazil over France
Spain over England

France over England (third place)
Brazil over Spain (final) Final game total 3.

Somber, mind checking if that makes sense? I don't follow world cup that much and am not positive how the final round plays out.

Thanks!

Spains exit hurts my whole bracket quite a bit.
Otherwise, not too bad for not following much of the Futbol world this past couple years.

[lettherebehouse]

I'm running out of teams to root for. At least the Russians are still in it.

[Y2K]

England wins in PKs! What kind of twisted reality is this? They’ve been gift-wrapped a rare opportunity to go deep. 7 of their 9 goals in the tournament so far have come off either penalities or set pieces, mostly against tomato cans like Tunisia and Panama.

What did you think about the call that awarded them the PK opportunity?

[somberbostonian]

What did you think about the call that awarded them the PK opportunity?

Kane definitely initiated the contact by grabbing the back of the defender’s head. Guess the ref only saw the scuffling that happened afterward. That is a situation where officials should have went to VAR to get it right.

Funny thing is, the ref is a regular for MLS and CONCACAF, where the thuggery seen in the ENG-COL game happens regularly since refs tend to let a lot of things slide. That was a near-impossible game to officiate. Even if he issued a red card or two to calm things down, he’d still be accused of inserting himself into the outcome.

[somberbostonian]

France 1-0 over Uruguay at the half. Set pieces continue to be the theme at this tournament. France took advantage of a rare Uruguay defensive mistake, and Uruguay nearly scored on a free kick themselves until Lloris came up with the big save. No Cavani for Uruguay. Hate when these teams have to go without their big weapons this deep in the tournament.

[lettherebehouse]

lol nice flop by that French faggot

[somberbostonian]

France 2-0. Griezmann with the knuckleball that the GK mishandled. Only thing left to see is if Suarez melts down again.

Mbappe has been having a strong debut World Cup and then he pulls shit like that. Already picking up bad habits from Neymar.

[AlaskaHawks]

France 2-0. Griezmann with the knuckleball that the GK mishandled. Only thing left to see is if Suarez melts down again.

Mbappe has been having a strong debut World Cup and then he pulls shit like that. Already picking up bad habits from Neymar.

Wonder if Suarez bites someone again.

[somberbostonian]

Just like that, Belgium up 1-0! Considering the prime ages of their players, this will be this generation’s best shot at taking down the blue-bloods. They’ve already had to do some emergency defending early in this game though.

[somberbostonian]

2-0 Belgium. Great run up the middle from Lukaku to set up the goal and finish from De Bruyne. Belgium has been deadly on these counters. Would not be surprising to see Brazil storm back and win, but would not be surprising to see them fold and lose big either.

[AlaskaHawks]

2-0 Belgium. Great run up the middle from Lukaku to set up the goal and finish from De Bruyne. Belgium has been deadly on these counters. Would not be surprising to see Brazil storm back and win, but would not be surprising to see them fold and lose big either.

IF Brazil loses my Bracket is toast haha.

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[AlaskaHawks]

Couple of great attempts there at the end for Brazil.

Neymar with a bullet that was deflected by a great save.

[somberbostonian]

IF Brazil loses my Bracket is toast haha.

Down goes Brazil. Looked like Neymar's diving leading up to this game was part of Brazil's undoing. Ref wasn't buying any of it, actual contact or not.

Anything can happen in a one-off, but Belgium vs France could be the de-facto final. Has game of the tournament potential.

[somberbostonian]

Make that 8 of 10 goals coming from set pieces or penalties for England. Sweden was hoping to defend and keep the game scoreless as long as they could. But now they have to play from behind for the first time in this tournament.