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Post by Mart!n on Jun 17, 2014 17:27:26 GMT 1
Algeria have scored with a penalty, oops Belgium are behind, and I really fancy Belgium to win this
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Post by rewardman on Jun 17, 2014 17:30:23 GMT 1
Blatant foul in the box.
Well taken spot kick.
Belgium need to show some character. Plenty of time left to win this tie.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 17, 2014 18:23:32 GMT 1
The runners-up in this group will probably play Germany in the next round so Belgium really need to dig themselves out of a hole here.
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Post by Mart!n on Jun 17, 2014 18:44:10 GMT 1
The last 15 mins really gave the game a lift, Belgium 2-1 up, Belgium seem to have dominated the second half.
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Post by Panda on Jun 17, 2014 18:50:53 GMT 1
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Post by Panda on Jun 17, 2014 18:58:47 GMT 1
Number of times each scoreline occurred at the 2010 World Cup: 0-0: 7 1-1: 7 2-2: 2 1-0: 17 2-0: 6 2-1: 11 3-0: 3 3-1: 3 3-2: 3 4-0: 2 4-1: 2 7-0: 1
Number of times each scoreline has occurred at the 2014 World Cup so far: 0-0: 1 1-1: 0 2-2: 0 1-0: 1 2-0: 0 2-1: 6 3-0: 2 3-1: 3 4-0: 1 5-1: 1
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Post by Panda on Jun 17, 2014 19:05:40 GMT 1
How I'd rank the opening game performance of the 30 teams who've played so far:
1. Netherlands 2. Germany 3. France 4. Italy 5. England 6. Costa Rica 7. Colombia 8. Chile 9. Ivory Coast 10. Brazil 11. Argentina 12. Mexico 13. Switzerland 14. Belgium 15. USA 16. Bosnia-Herzegovina 17. Japan 18. Australia 19. Croatia 20. Ghana 21. Algeria 22. Ecuador 23. Spain 24. Cameroon 25. Greece 26. Uruguay 27. Portugal 28. Iran 29. Nigeria 30. Honduras
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Post by Panda on Jun 17, 2014 19:58:45 GMT 1
I wonder if this Brazilian thing of continuing to sing the national anthem after the music has finished will catch on in Europe like it has with the South American teams. Maybe with Italy and France but I'm not sure about anyone else...
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Post by Shireblogger on Jun 17, 2014 19:59:54 GMT 1
^^^ Rather harsh on Iran to place them worse than Portugal's dire effort. The only other quibble I'd have is Costa Rica should be 3rd on the list - they should be really proud of both their performance and the result. Loving the stats by the way, Panda.
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Post by Panda on Jun 17, 2014 20:05:20 GMT 1
^^^ Rather harsh on Iran to place them worse than Portugal's dire effort. The only other quibble I'd have is Costa Rica should be 3rd on the list - they should be really proud of both their performance and the result. Loving the stats by the way, Panda. The reason Costa Rica aren't higher is because they had a great half rather than a great 90 minutes. France dominated Honduras and Italy and England just about matched each other at a very high level for pretty much the whole game. I think Portugal are there purely for Ronaldo's free kick at the end, which was more interesting than anything that happened in the Iran-Nigeria game, though Iran did defend well to be fair, albeit against Shola Ameobi.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 17, 2014 20:09:33 GMT 1
I wonder if this Brazilian thing of continuing to sing the national anthem after the music has finished will catch on in Europe like it has with the South American teams. Maybe with Italy and France but I'm not sure about anyone else... Can't see it happening with England. How many players and supporters even know there is a second verse, let alone know what the words are?
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Post by suedehead on Jun 17, 2014 20:10:13 GMT 1
Isn't it nice of Neymar to show his support for Phil Neville by adopting his haircut?
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Post by Panda on Jun 17, 2014 20:12:28 GMT 1
I wonder if this Brazilian thing of continuing to sing the national anthem after the music has finished will catch on in Europe like it has with the South American teams. Maybe with Italy and France but I'm not sure about anyone else... Can't see it happening with England. How many players and supporters even know there is a second verse, let alone know what the words are? I think at the 2002 World Cup they played two verses of God Save The Queen whenever England played, leading to much confusion for fans, players and commentators.
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Post by Panda on Jun 17, 2014 20:14:39 GMT 1
Lawrenson: "It caught him flush in the mush."
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Post by suedehead on Jun 17, 2014 20:16:25 GMT 1
Can't see it happening with England. How many players and supporters even know there is a second verse, let alone know what the words are? I think at the 2002 World Cup they played two verses of God Save The Queen whenever England played, leading to much confusion for fans, players and commentators. And sending many people to sleep. Surely subjecting people to that dirge twice must be against Human Rights legislation. For that reason we should avoid playing Liechtenstein.
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Post by suedehead on Jun 17, 2014 20:31:11 GMT 1
Good grief, Jonathan Pearce still hasn't worked out what happened with that second France goal. What a waste of licence fee revenue he is.
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Post by Panda on Jun 17, 2014 20:41:57 GMT 1
How the reigning champions fared in the following World Cup:
1930: - 1934: Uruguay - did not enter 1938: Italy - winners 1950: Italy - 1st round 1954: Uruguay - semi-finals 1958: West Germany - semi-finals 1962: Brazil - winners 1966: Brazil - 1st round 1970: England - quarter-finals 1974: Brazil - 2nd round (last 8 group stage) 1978: West Germany - 2nd round (last 8) 1982: Argentina - 2nd round (last 12) 1986: Italy - 2nd round (last 16) 1990: Argentina - runners-up 1994: Germany - quarter-finals 1998: Brazil - runners-up 2002: France - 1st round 2006: Brazil - quarter-finals 2010: Italy - 1st round
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Post by Panda on Jun 17, 2014 20:42:34 GMT 1
How European champions fared in the following World Cup:
1962: USSR - quarter-finals 1966: Spain - 1st round 1970: Italy - runners-up 1974: West Germany - winners 1978: Czechoslovakia - did not qualify 1982: West Germany - runners-up 1986: France - semi-finals 1990: Netherlands - 2nd round 1994: Denmark - did not qualify 1998: Germany - quarter-finals 2002: France - 1st round 2006: Greece - did not qualify 2010: Spain - winners
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Post by rewardman on Jun 17, 2014 20:55:44 GMT 1
I see it's 0-0 at the half.
Has it been a good game?
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Post by Panda on Jun 17, 2014 21:19:54 GMT 1
It's been OK. Not a great deal of chances but Mexico seem to be getting stronger as the game goes on. Brazil still not firing on all cylinders.
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