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Cowards 1 for 4 so far in the knockout round.
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I have high expectations for tonight's game. #6 vs #7 ranked teams (aka both higher than 5 of the 6 teams that have played so far). Hope it's as fun as it should be.
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Paraguay have been playing for penalties since the halftime whistle. Let's see if they get rewarded for it.
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Lesson to be learned from thr first two knockout games: Don't play like a coward hoping for PKs.
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All the higher ranked teams winning. So round of 32 winners: France, Germany, Canada, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, , USA, Belgium, Brazil, Norway, Mexico, England, Argentina, Egypt, Switzerland, Colombia Round of 16 winners: France, Morocco, Spain, Belgium, Brazil, England, Argentina, Colombia Quarterfinals winners: France, Spain, England, Argentina Finalists: France, Argentina Winner: Argentina
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Yesterday, Germany and USA sandbagged their games a bit by resting players, knowing their spot in the knockouts was secure. It appears Norway will be doing the same despite having the potential to win their group with a win. Instead, they'll rest their starters and prep for the knockouts. The winner of that group will play most likely Sweden and then a Germany-Paraguay winner. The runner up in the group will get Ivory Coast and then the Brazil-Japan winner.
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I really only have two takeaways from last night's friendly: 1. The USMNT B team had the better chances vs Turkey and dominated possession. 2. The backup center backs are bad and should feel bad, and Turner provided almost nothing in goal.
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Oh the incentive to go 0-0 draw was extremely high for Australia and Paraguay, and they obliged.
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Miles Robinson, thanks for being here, go sit in the stands for the rest of this tournament.
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B team is playing okay overall, but defensive marking has been atrocious, and the forwards aren't really doing anything dangerous.
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US officially gets Bosnia and Herzegovina in the knockout round.
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B team for the USMNT for tonight's friendly with Turkiye.
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Can't imagine why Ecuadors players would be excited for a win today.
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Ecuador is a good team that came into the World Cup on a 19 match unbeaten streak and have everything to play for today, while Germany has nothing to play for. It's not all that unlikely.
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29 of the 30 2nd round picks were traded at least once.
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Not to wish it into existence, but Australia and Paraguay have all the incentive in the world tomorrow to agree to a draw and both advance to the knockouts. In that scenario, Paraguay would finish 3rd and likely play Germany, which isn't ideal, but a loss puts Paraguay dangerously near the bottom of potential 3rd place teams in the pecking order with at best a -3 differential and just 1 goal scored thus far.
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They're still 94% to advance. 3 points with a -1 differential is a good spot to be in.
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My bad Canada, I was unaware you had the forethought to know that South Africa would beat South Korea to finish second, so now it's Canada-South Africa in the round of 32.
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There's an even rarer scenario where Bosnia still ends up not finishing among the 8 best 3rd place teams.
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Oh Canada, instead of finishing first and getting 2 home games in the knockout round, they instead get to travel to LA to likely play South Korea in what would definitely be a road environment.
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What we know after 2 rounds: Mexico, USA, Germany and Argentina clinched their group. France, Norway and Colombia clinched the knockout round. Haiti, Turkiye, Tunisia, Jordan and Panama have been eliminated. 6 matches per day over the next 4 days with only 2 completely meaningless duds in USA-Turkiye and Argentina-Jordan. Most interesting games to watch should be France-Norway, Portugal-Colombia, Uruguay-Spain, Canada-Switzerland, Bosnia-Qatar, Paraguay-Australia, Cabo Verde-Saudi Arabia, Egypt-Iran and Croatia-Ghana.
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The Mavs are not a serious organization.
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I'd rather take my chances with a younger player with 6 years of NBA experience like Josh Giddey.
