2018 World Cup

[Jezza]

Group ladder after two games:

Group A:
1). Russia 6
2). Uruguay 6
3). Egypt 0
4). Saudi Arabia 0

Group B:
1). Spain 4
2). Portugal 4
3). Iran 3
4). Morocco 0

Group C:
1). France 6
2). Denmark 4
3). Australia 1
4). Peru 0

Group D:
1). Croatia 6
2). Nigeria 3
3). Iceland 1
4). Argentina 1

Group E:
1). Brazil 4
2). Switzerland 4
3). Serbia 3
4). Costa Rica 0

Group F:
1). Mexico 6
2). Germany 3
3). Sweden 3
4). South Korea 0

Group G:
1). England 6
2). Belgium 6
3). Tunisia 0
4). Panama 0

Group H:
1). Japan 4
2). Senegal 4
3). Colombia 3
4). Poland 0

[Jezza]

Tonight's Matches:

Uruguay v Russia - 12am EST


Saudi Arabia v Egypt - 12am EST


Iran v Portugal - 4am EST

Spain v Morocco - 4am EST

[Jezza]

Uruguay 3-0 Russia

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44439221

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_YrTEiOVGo

Goals:
Uruguay - 10' (Suarez)
Uruguay - 23' (Cheryshev)
Uruguay - 90' (Cavani)

Saudi Arabia 2-1 Egypt

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44439204

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEzuFPeSBcA

Goals:
Egypt - 22' (Salah)
Saudi Arabia - 45' (Al Faraj) - Penalty
Saudi Arabia - 90' (Al Dawsari)

Iran 1-1 Portugal

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44439228

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlPIrEKFCeo

Goals:
Portugal - 45' (Quaresma)
Iran - 90' (Ansarifard) - Penalty

Spain 2-2 Morocco

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44439235

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIOqidBVnO4

Goals:
Morocco - 14' (Boutaib)
Spain - 19' (Isco)
Morocco - 81' (En-Nesyri)
Spain - 90' (Iago Aspas)

[Jezza]

Tonight's Matches:

Denmark v France - 12am EST


Australia v Peru - 12am EST


Nigeria v Argentina - 4am EST

Iceland v Croatia - 4am EST

[Jezza]

Peru lead 1-0.

Denmark and France currently 0-0.

[Jezza]

Peru lead 1-0 at half time.

Still remains scoreless between Denmark and France.

[Jezza]

Peru lead 2-0.

Our campaign is effectively over now.

[Jezza]

Peru defeats Australia 2-0.

Denmark and France ended in a nil-all draw.

[Pies4shaw]

Australia never had a chance going into that game. Denmark and France were always going to draw nil-all and guarantee that they would both advance.

In the actual football, Messi kicked a nice goal, Javier M gave away a stupid penalty and then Argentina advanced - by the skin of their teeth - with a brilliant goal that, remarkably, Messi didn’t score or engineer.

Argentina were appalling, though, for much of the game. In 2014, they had a solid team with Di Maria and Messi. In 2018, they still have Messi but Di Maria seems to have become second rate and the rest of the team, despite some well-known names, look inferior to, say, Panama. Whilst it would be funny if they knocked France out in the round of 16, Messi will probably need a hat-trick. Diego would have set himself and got the 3; Messi isn’t quite special enough to do that - unlike Diego, he isn’t quite good enough to win the game when he is his team’s only quality player. In the other game Croatia did enough to send the Forces of Valhalla back to Reykjavik. They should account easily for Denmark.

[K]

Who previously has kicked 5 or more goals in two consecutive World Cup (finals) matches?

[Jezza]

Denmark 0-0 France

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44439249

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvFP1ITZ7To

Goals:

Australia 0-2 Peru

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44439242

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-txBJG-B4

Goals:
Peru - 18' (Carrillo)
Peru - 50' (Guerrero)

Nigeria 1-2 Argentina

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44439263

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmlkAOwJ1gI

Goals:
Argentina - 14' (Messi)
Nigeria - 51' (Moses) - Penalty
Argentina - 86' (Rojo)

Iceland 1-2 Croatia

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44439256

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfy1ojdPyzA

Goals:
Croatia - 53' (Badelj)
Iceland - 76' (Sigurdsson) - Penalty
Croatia - 90' (Perisic)

[Jezza]

Tonight's Matches:

Mexico v Sweden - 12am EST


South Korea v Germany - 12am EST


Serbia v Brazil - 4am EST

Switzerland v Costa Rica - 4am EST

[Pies4shaw]

[Pies4shaw]

Germany is kaput. A loss to South Korea has them failing to leave the Group Stage of a World Cup since 1214 BC.

Brazil is through, with Switzerland.

Sweden is through with Mexico, after beating Mexico.

[Dark Beanie]

LOL @ Germany.
Especially after their carry on after the winning goal against Sweden.
And the Brazilians are giving them heaps on Twitter

With the Aussies out, have to pick someone else to follow.
Maybe Sweden or Switzerland.
Hubby is going to follow England - I said that was like supporting Carlton.