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Post by Panda on May 26, 2014 17:38:41 GMT 1
The World Cup is just over two weeks away! Time for an official thread, I think. This will be the place for all the general World Cup related chat, but before that, we need a new World Cup wall... ALG | ARG | AUS | BEL | BIH | BRA | CMR | CHI | COL | CRC | CRO | ECU | ENG | FRA | GER | GHA | GRE | HON | IRN | ITA | CIV | JPN | MEX | NED | NGA | POR | RUS | KOR | ESP | SUI | USA | URU |
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Post by Panda on May 26, 2014 21:25:50 GMT 1
Warm-up friendlies for teams involved in the World Cup:
May 26: AUSTRALIA 1-1 South Africa BELGIUM 5-1 Luxembourg CAMEROON 2-0 Macedonia (in Austria) IRAN 0-0 Montenegro (in Austria) RUSSIA 1-0 Slovakia
May 27: FRANCE 4-0 Norway JAPAN 1-0 Cyprus USA 2-0 Azerbaijan
May 28: MEXICO 3-0 Israel NIGERIA 2-2 Scotland (in England) SOUTH KOREA 0-1 Tunisia
May 29: CAMEROON 1-2 Paraguay (in Austria) HONDURAS 0-2 Turkey (in USA)
May 30: BOSNIA 2-1 IVORY COAST (in USA) CHILE 3-2 Egypt ENGLAND 3-0 Peru IRAN 1-1 Angola (in Austria) SPAIN 2-0 Bolivia SWITZERLAND 1-0 Jamaica URUGUAY 1-0 Northern Ireland
May 31: ALGERIA 3-1 Armenia (in Switzerland) COLOMBIA 2-2 Senegal (in Argentina) CROATIA 2-1 Mali ECUADOR 1-3 MEXICO (in USA) ITALY 0-0 Ireland (in England) NETHERLANDS 1-0 GHANA Norway 1-1 RUSSIA PORTUGAL 0-0 GREECE
June 1: FRANCE 1-1 Paraguay GERMANY 2-2 CAMEROON HONDURAS 2-4 Israel (in USA) Sweden 0-2 BELGIUM USA 2-1 Turkey
June 2: JAPAN 3-1 COSTA RICA (in USA)
June 3: BRAZIL 4-0 Panama GREECE 0-0 NIGERIA (in USA) MEXICO 0-1 BOSNIA (in USA) SWITZERLAND 2-0 Peru
June 4: ARGENTINA 3-0 Trinidad & Tobago CHILE 2-0 Northern Ireland ECUADOR 2-2 ENGLAND (in USA) ITALY 1-1 Luxembourg IVORY COAST 2-0 El Salvador (in USA) NETHERLANDS 2-0 Wales Romania 1-2 ALGERIA (in Switzerland) URUGUAY 2-0 Slovenia
June 6: BRAZIL 1-0 Serbia COLOMBIA 3-0 Jordan (in Argentina) CROATIA 1-0 AUSTRALIA (in Brazil) GERMANY 6-1 Armenia GREECE 2-1 Bolivia (in USA) JAPAN 4-3 Zambia (in USA) MEXICO 0-1 PORTUGAL (in USA) RUSSIA 2-0 Morocco
June 7: ARGENTINA 2-0 Slovenia BELGIUM 1-0 Tunisia CAMEROON 1-0 Moldova COSTA RICA 1-1 Ireland (in USA) ENGLAND 0-0 HONDURAS (in USA) SPAIN 2-0 El Salvador (in USA) USA 2-1 NIGERIA
June 8: FRANCE 8-0 Jamaica IRAN 2-0 Trinidad & Tobago (in Brazil)
June 9: GHANA v SOUTH KOREA (in USA)
June 10: PORTUGAL v Ireland (in USA)
June 12: BELGIUM v USA (in Brazil)
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Post by Panda on May 30, 2014 18:53:59 GMT 1
England's record in pre-World Cup friendlies:
1950 Portugal (A) W 5-3 Belgium (A) W 4-1
1954 Yugoslavia (A) L 0-1 Hungary (A) L 1-7
1958 Portugal (H) W 2-1 Yugoslavia (A) L 0-5 USSR (A) D 1-1
1962 Switzerland (H) W 3-1 Peru (A) W 4-0
1966 Finland (A) W 3-0 Norway (A) W 6-1 Denmark (A) W 2-0 Poland (A) W 1-0
1970 Colombia (A) W 4-0 Ecuador (A) W 2-0
1982 Iceland (A) D 1-1 Finland (A) W 4-1
1986 Mexico (N) W 3-0 (in USA) Canada (A) W 1-0
1990 Denmark (H) W 1-0 Uruguay (H) L 1-2 Tunisia (A) D 1-1
1998 Saudi Arabia (H) D 0-0 Morocco (A) W 1-0 Belgium (N) D 0-0 (lost on penalties) (in Morocco)
2002 South Korea (A) D 1-1 Cameroon (N) D 2-2 (in Japan)
2006 Hungary (H) W 3-1 Jamaica (H) W 6-0
2010 Mexico (H) W 3-1 Japan (N) W 2-1 (in Austria)
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Post by Panda on May 30, 2014 19:00:38 GMT 1
Latest odds to win the World Cup: 3/1 Brazil 5/1 Argentina 13/2 Germany 13/2 Spain 20/1 Belgium 25/1 France 25/1 Italy 28/1 England 28/1 Portugal 33/1 Colombia 33/1 Netherlands 33/1 Uruguay 50/1 Chile 100/1 Russia 125/1 Switzerland 150/1 Ivory Coast 200/1 Bosnia 200/1 Croatia 200/1 Ecuador 200/1 Mexico 250/1 Japan 300/1 Ghana 300/1 USA 350/1 Greece 350/1 Nigeria 1000/1 Cameroon 2500/1 Algeria 2500/1 Australia 3500/1 Iran 4000/1 Costa Rica 4000/1 Honduras
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Post by Panda on May 30, 2014 19:13:53 GMT 1
England's last meeting against the other teams in the World Cup:
ALGERIA D 0-0 (WC 2010)
ARGENTINA W 3-2 (Fr, 2005)
AUSTRALIA L 1-3 (Fr, 2003)
BELGIUM W 1-0 (Fr, 2012)
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
never played
BRAZIL D 2-2 (Fr, 2013)
CAMEROON D 2-2 (Fr, 2002)
CHILE L 0-2 (Fr, 2013)
COLOMBIA W 3-2 (Fr, 2005)
COSTA RICA never played
CROATIA W 5-1 (WCQ, 2009)
ECUADOR W 1-0 (WC, 2006)
FRANCE D 1-1 (EC, 2012)
GERMANY L 0-1 (Fr, 2013)
GHANA D 1-1 (Fr, 2011)
GREECE W 4-0 (Fr, 2006)
HONDURAS never played
IRAN never played
ITALY W 2-1 (Fr, 2012)
IVORY COAST never played
JAPAN W 2-1 (Fr, 2010)
MEXICO W 3-1 (Fr, 2010)
NETHERLANDS L 2-3 (Fr, 2012)
NIGERIA D 0-0 (WC, 2002)
PORTUGAL D 0-0 (WC, 2006)
RUSSIA L 1-2 (ECQ, 2007)
SOUTH KOREA D 1-1 (Fr, 2002)
SPAIN W 1-0 (Fr, 2011)
SWITZERLAND D 2-2 (ECQ, 2011)
USA D 1-1 (WC, 2010)
URUGUAY W 2-1 (Fr, 2006)
P26 W11 D10 L5
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Post by Panda on May 30, 2014 19:59:31 GMT 1
Consecutive World Cup appearances:
20 - Brazil
16 - Germany
14 - Italy
11 - Argentina
10 - Spain
8 - South Korea
7 - USA
6 - Mexico
5 - England, France, Japan
4 - Portugal
3 - Australia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Netherlands, Switzerland
2 - Algeria, Cameroon, Chile, Greece, Honduras, Nigeria, Uruguay
1 - Belgium, Bosnia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Ecuador, Iran, Russia
Last appearance for teams not in the 2014 World Cup:
2010 - Denmark, New Zealand, North Korea, Paraguay, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa
2006 - Angola, Czech Republic, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia, Ukraine
2002 - China, Ireland, Senegal, Turkey
1998 - Austria, Bulgaria, Jamaica, Morocco, Norway, Romania, Scotland
1994 - Bolivia
1990 - Egypt, United Arab Emirates
1986 - Canada, Hungary, Iraq, Northern Ireland
1982 - El Salvador, Kuwait, Peru
1974 - DR Congo (as Zaire), Haiti
1970 - Israel
1958 - Wales
1938 - Cuba, Indonesia (as Dutch East Indies)
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Post by o on May 30, 2014 21:18:54 GMT 1
Great info, cheers!
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Post by Panda on May 30, 2014 22:04:13 GMT 1
Good performance from England tonight, albeit against very average opposition. The most impressive thing was the way they kept the ball for long periods, without resorting to silly balls over the top that rarely come off. It's been England's downfall for years and they finally seem to have learned that keeping possession is absolutely crucial, especially in the heat of Brazil, where trying to play at 100mph for 90 minutes will be a recipe for disaster. Yes, it was a bit pedestrian at times but I have no problem with that as they'll have to do that at the World Cup. If you have the ball, the other team can't score. It's so simple.
Much tougher challenges to come but if they can play like that at the World Cup, they'll be difficult to beat.
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Post by rewardman on May 30, 2014 22:17:06 GMT 1
I watched the US run out comfortable winners against a poor Azerbaijan team.
In fairness the US didn't field their strongest team - Dempsey had to withdraw at the eleventh hour.
However, even at full strength the US will struggle in Brazil given the group they are in. I have more chance of becoming President than the US have of progressing to the knock out phase.
I just hope they put up a reasonable show against the big two and can get a win over Ghana (a little revenge for that extra-time heartbreaker in 2010).
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Post by Mart!n on May 30, 2014 22:21:16 GMT 1
Great performance from England tonight bearing in mind that was on home turf, the young players really gave their all. I didn't think Peru played that well, I was expecting more goals from England against a weak side.
Their warm up matches against Ecuador and Hondoraus will be far more interesting to watch especially with the hot weather.
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Post by Panda on May 30, 2014 22:24:35 GMT 1
Yeah, I fancied the USA to do OK before the draw was made but it's hard to see them doing anything in that group. The omission of Landon Donovan seems to have taken a few by surprise over there.
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Post by paulgilb on May 30, 2014 23:15:28 GMT 1
Great stats, thanks!
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Post by ligerdog7 on May 31, 2014 1:47:39 GMT 1
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Post by Tom on May 31, 2014 12:18:14 GMT 1
Good performance from England tonight, albeit against very average opposition. The most impressive thing was the way they kept the ball for long periods, without resorting to silly balls over the top that rarely come off. It's been England's downfall for years and they finally seem to have learned that keeping possession is absolutely crucial, especially in the heat of Brazil, where trying to play at 100mph for 90 minutes will be a recipe for disaster. Yes, it was a bit pedestrian at times but I have no problem with that as they'll have to do that at the World Cup. If you have the ball, the other team can't score. It's so simple. Much tougher challenges to come but if they can play like that at the World Cup, they'll be difficult to beat. As said elsewhere I was there last night. Pleased with the scoreline, and no injuries importantly. Aside from the goals the game wasn't much of a spectacle but the atmosphere made up for that. It was one of the better atmospheres I've experienced at Wembley. The highlight of the whole game though was the guy(?) who managed to hit the Peru defender with the paper plane. Even before it hit him I thought it was a great effort to get it as far as he did, but to then see it hit him as well made it incredible! He got a standing ovation from the top tier where we were (behind the goal which England were attacking in the 2nd half), and was sitting a fair bit behind us too, to our right about halfway up, (we were 2nd row back). I hope it was shown on TV! Those paper planes were a distraction, especially in the first half, as most of us, including me, missed Sturridge's goal! The group of guys in the row in front did as well so we weren't alone. At least a couple of the others didn't share my optimism afterwards, and whilst I did have a slight concern that we might struggle to break teams down, I don't think yesterday's game had too much bearing on the World Cup. It hasn't really changed my mind about what i'm expecting from England there, although our defence was a promising sign. I was surprised when I saw in the pub beforehand that Welbeck was starting on the left, expected it to be Sterling or Milner. Anyway, enjoyed it overall.
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Post by Panda on May 31, 2014 12:18:21 GMT 1
Yes, the Northern Ireland game was live last night. It was in Uruguay, which is 4 hours behind us, just like most of Brazil.
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Post by Tom on May 31, 2014 12:25:17 GMT 1
Great performance from England tonight bearing in mind that was on home turf, the young players really gave their all. I didn't think Peru played that well, I was expecting more goals from England against a weak side. Their warm up matches against Ecuador and Hondoraus will be far more interesting to watch especially with the hot weather. You must be easily pleased if you thought it was great, I wouldn't go that far. The fact it was on home turf would surely be an advantage? Although you seem to contradict yourself by then saying that Peru were poor (which I'd agree with) and you expected more goals from England, so it can't have been that great
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Post by Tom on May 31, 2014 12:50:43 GMT 1
Clip that have just received Just a shame it cut off so quickly!
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Post by Panda on May 31, 2014 13:01:44 GMT 1
World Cup fixture schedule with (UK) kick-off times and broadcasters:
Thu June 12 - Group A - Brazil v Croatia (21:00, Sao Paulo) ITV Fri June 13 - A - Mexico v Cameroon (17:00, Natal) ITV Fri June 13 - B - Spain v Netherlands (20:00, Salvador) BBC Fri June 13 - B - Chile v Australia (23:00, Cuiaba) ITV Sat June 14 - C - Colombia v Greece (17:00, Belo Horizonte) BBC Sat June 14 - D - Uruguay v Costa Rica (20:00, Fortaleza) ITV Sat June 14 - D - England v Italy (23:00, Manaus) BBC Sat June 14 - C - Ivory Coast v Japan (02:00, Recife) ITV Sun June 15 - E - Switzerland v Ecuador (17:00, Brasilia) ITV Sun June 15 - E - France v Honduras (20:00, Porto Alegre) BBC Sun June 15 - F - Argentina v Bosnia-Herzegovina (23:00, Rio de Janeiro) BBC Mon June 16 - G - Germany v Portugal (17:00, Salvador) ITV Mon June 16 - F - Iran v Nigeria (20:00, Curitiba) BBC Mon June 16 - G - Ghana v USA (23:00, Natal) BBC Tue June 17 - H - Belgium v Algeria (17:00, Belo Horizonte) ITV Tue June 17 - A - Brazil v Mexico (20:00, Fortaleza) BBC Tue June 17 - H - Russia v South Korea (23:00, Cuiaba) BBC Wed June 18 - B - Australia v Netherlands (17:00, Porto Alegre) ITV Wed June 18 - B - Spain v Chile (20:00, Rio de Janeiro) BBC Wed June 18 - A - Cameroon v Croatia (23:00, Manaus) ITV Thu June 19 - C - Colombia v Ivory Coast (17:00, Brasilia) BBC Thu June 19 - D - Uruguay v England (20:00, Sao Paulo) ITV Thu June 19 - C - Japan v Greece (23:00, Natal) BBC Fri June 20 - D - Italy v Costa Rica (17:00, Recife) BBC Fri June 20 - E - Switzerland v France (20:00, Salvador) ITV Fri June 20 - E - Honduras v Ecuador (23:00, Curitiba) ITV Sat June 21 - F - Argentina v Iran (17:00, Belo Horizonte) ITV Sat June 21 - G - Germany v Ghana (20:00, Fortaleza) BBC Sat June 21 - F - Nigeria v Bosnia-Herzegovina (23:00, Cuiaba) BBC Sun June 22 - H - Belgium v Russia (17:00, Rio de Janeiro) BBC Sun June 22 - H - South Korea v Algeria (20:00, Porto Alegre) ITV Sun June 22 - G - USA v Portugal (23:00, Manaus) BBC Mon June 23 - B - Australia v Spain (17:00, Curitiba) ITV Mon June 23 - B - Netherlands v Chile (17:00, Sao Paulo) ITV Mon June 23 - A - Cameroon v Brazil (21:00, Brasilia) ITV Mon June 23 - A - Croatia v Mexico (21:00, Recife) ITV Tue June 24 - D - Costa Rica v England (17:00, Belo Horizonte) ITV Tue June 24 - D - Italy v Uruguay (17:00, Natal) ITV Tue June 24 - C - Greece v Ivory Coast (21:00, Fortaleza) BBC Tue June 24 - C - Japan v Colombia (21:00, Cuiaba) BBC Wed June 25 - F - Bosnia-Herzegovina v Iran (17:00, Salvador) ITV Wed June 25 - F - Nigeria v Argentina (17:00, Porto Alegre) ITV Wed June 25 - E - Ecuador v France (21:00, Rio de Janeiro) BBC Wed June 25 - E - Honduras v Switzerland (21:00, Manaus) BBC Thu June 26 - G - Portugal v Ghana (17:00, Brasilia) BBC Thu June 26 - G - USA v Germany (17:00, Recife) BBC Thu June 26 - H - Algeria v Russia (21:00, Curitiba) ITV Thu June 26 - H - South Korea v Belgium (21:00, Sao Paulo) ITV Sat June 28 - 1 - Winner A v Runner-up B (17:00, Belo Horizonte) Sat June 28 - 2 - Winner C v Runner-up D (21:00, Rio de Janeiro) Sun June 29 - 3 - Winner B v Runner-up A (17:00, Fortaleza) Sun June 29 - 4 - Winner D v Runner-up C (21:00, Recife) Mon June 30 - 5 - Winner E v Runner-up F (17:00, Brasilia) Mon June 30 - 6 - Winner G v Runner-up H (21:00, Porto Alegre) Tue July 1 - 7 - Winner F v Runner-up E (17:00, Sao Paulo) Tue July 1 - 8 - Winner H v Runner-up G (21:00, Salvador) Fri July 4 - QF1 - Winner 5 v Winner 6 (17:00, Rio de Janeiro) Fri July 4 - QF2 - Winner 1 v Winner 2 (21:00, Fortaleza) Sat July 5 - QF3 - Winner 7 v Winner 8 (17:00, Brasilia) Sat July 5 - QF4 - Winner 3 v Winner 4 (21:00, Salvador) Tue July 8 - SF1 - Winner QF1 v Winner QF2 (21:00, Belo Horizonte) Wed July 9 - SF2 - Winner QF3 v Winner QF4 (21:00, Sao Paulo) Sat July 12 - Loser SF1 v Loser SF2 (21:00, Brasilia) Sun July 13 - Winner SF1 v Winner SF2 (20:00, Rio de Janeiro)
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Post by Mart!n on May 31, 2014 13:30:44 GMT 1
I won't be seeing the odd matches, especially the one at 2.00 at night its funny thought as its only one match.
Most of the matches seem to be at a reasonable hour.
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Post by Panda on May 31, 2014 14:04:47 GMT 1
The 2AM game has to be squeezed in due to there only being one match on the opening day of the tournament.
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