Other Sports Official 2018 FIFA World Cup Thread. - Page 3

The most popular tournament in the world has finally come to a reality after 4 long years. 32 teams battle it out for the once every four year tournament known as the FIFA World Cup.

USA Eliminated from the World Cup, and did not qualify for the tournament for the first time since 1986. USA plans and vows to be back as a power house for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

USA, Mexico, and Canada will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with USA hosting 60 of the 80 matches. Below is a link for the 2026 possible venues for play, Arrowhead being one of the possibility's as a venue for the cup.

https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/wor...da-going-to-be

Below are the 32 teams that qualified this year for the 2018 World Cup, and will fight for a chance at the title.

Eliminated:

Group A: Saudia Arabia, Egypt

Group B: Iran, Morocco

Group C: Peru, Australia

Group D: Iceland, Nigeria

Group E: Costa Rica, serbia

Group F: Germany, Korea Republic

Group G: Panama Tunisia

Group H: Poland, Senegal

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Originally Posted by Pants:
Iceland is underrated. They crushed European qualifiers. I hate their style but they get results.

That had to have been frustrating for Argentina. Looked like Iceland had no intention of playing any type of offense.

Their height and sized really worked to their advantage too.
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Originally Posted by notorious:
Fox Sports update just stated that Iceland “Took Out” Argentina, yet followed up with a 1-1 score announcement.

Can you guys explain what they meant please?

ARG is top 5 and a favorite. ICE is rising fast, but still only rose from mid-100s to mid-20s in ranking.

In the Cup format, this tie severely hampers ARG going forward.

Like if the Chiefs were late in the season on the verge in a tight race for a playoff spot, then we tie in prime time at home to Cleveland.
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Originally Posted by Baby Lee:
ARG is top 5 and a favorite. ICE is rising fast, but still only rose from mid-100s to mid-20s in ranking.

In the Cup format, this tie severely hampers ARG going forward.

Like if the Chiefs were late in the season on the verge in a tight race for a playoff spot, then we tie in prime time at home to Cleveland.

FIFA rankings don't really mean anything so I would not use them as a rubric. Like at all.

Iceland finished first in the European qualifiers in a group that had Turkey and Croatia. Croatia is a very high quality team with a bunch of really good players and a couple of superstars.

Iceland also beat England in Euro 2016 to reach the quarterfinals.

They are a good team. I didn't understand Fox's coverage of them.

Argentina may still win this WC, but I honestly think they blew their wad in 2014. They're aging now. Also, I feel like Argentina's teams of late 90's to mid 2000's were their historic best.
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Originally Posted by loochy:
Lol Messi is a midget pillowbiter

He wishes he could be a real alpha like Ronaldo

Skill-wise, Messi is the GOAT. CR7 is clutch as fuck, though. Messi is the Lebron James to Ronaldo's Michael Jordan.
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Originally Posted by Pants:
FIFA rankings don't really mean anything so I would not use them as a rubric. Like at all.

Iceland finished first in the European qualifiers in a group that had Turkey and Croatia. Croatia is a very high quality team with a bunch of really good players and a couple of superstars.

Iceland also beat England in Euro 2016 to reach the quarterfinals.

They are a good team. I didn't understand Fox's coverage of them.

Argentina may still win this WC, but I honestly think they blew their wad in 2014. They're aging now. Also, I feel like Argentina's teams of late 90's to mid 2000's were their historic best.

Before you go HAM, you might note that I was EXPLAINING Fox's headline, not defending it.
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