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Post by bbg95 on Jul 29, 2023 22:27:54 GMT -5
Panama out after losing to Jamaica 1-0. France beat Brazil 2-1 in what was an excellent match to watch - Brazil fought back to tie it after an early Le Sommer goal, but made the mistake of leaving Renard unmarked on a late corner. Jamaica vs Brazil will be interesting- a must win for Brazil but Jamaica only need a draw to go through, and will have their star Shaw back (out vs Panama due to red card in their draw with France). If Brazil can't find a way to beat Jamaica, they don't deserve to advance.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 29, 2023 22:59:58 GMT -5
Agree. From what I've seen of both teams, I will be very surprised if Jamaica pulls it off. But this world cup has already been full of surprises...I admit I love a good upset, but don't want too many lopsided round of 16 games either.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 29, 2023 23:41:54 GMT -5
Morocco up 1-0 over South Korea after only 6 minutes. Nice glancing header after several minutes of strong pressure. Really enjoy seeing teams getting their first ever WWC goals (especially after Morocco had such a rough time vs Germany).
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jul 30, 2023 0:07:35 GMT -5
Korea is really shaky in the back. Makes me question if Colombia was really as impressive as I thought they were.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 30, 2023 0:23:17 GMT -5
Korea is really shaky in the back. Makes me question if Colombia was really as impressive as I thought they were. Korea changed to a 3 back for this game. Edit to add: Korea also changed their keeper for this game.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 30, 2023 1:18:10 GMT -5
Korea just had a great chance but pushed it about a foot wide. Just a couple minutes left in regular time.
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Post by nowhereman on Jul 30, 2023 1:27:16 GMT -5
Kudos to Morocco.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 30, 2023 1:28:07 GMT -5
Morocco holds on to win 1-0. Switzerland and New Zealand are up next. Not sure I'll stay up for that one. And as much as I'd like to check out Germany and Colombia, that 3:30 AM start time is a hard pass. I'm really looking forward to Japan and Spain tomorrow night (1 AM my time).
Edit: Norway and the Philippines are also playing at the same time at Switzerland and New Zealand. I forgot about the simultaneous starts.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 30, 2023 1:56:36 GMT -5
Morocco holds on to win 1-0. Switzerland and New Zealand are up next. Not sure I'll stay up for that one. And as much as I'd like to check out Germany and Colombia, that 3:30 AM start time is a hard pass. I'm really looking forward to Japan and Spain tomorrow night (1 AM my time). Edit: Norway and the Philippines are also playing at the same time at Switzerland and New Zealand. I forgot about the simultaneous starts. All 4 of the Group A teams about to start their games have a chance to advance. Though the reward for finishing first or second in this group is getting either Spain or Japan in the round of 16.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 30, 2023 2:38:44 GMT -5
Norway is pounding the Philippines 3-0 after 37 minutes.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 30, 2023 2:41:13 GMT -5
Norway is pounding the Philippines 3-0 after 37 minutes. If Norway win by 3 or more, there is no combination of results that doesn't see them advance.
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Post by bbg95 on Jul 30, 2023 3:12:56 GMT -5
Norway now up 5-0 after an own goal and a penalty within a couple minutes of each other.
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Post by zarsta on Jul 30, 2023 3:22:55 GMT -5
Norway now up 5-0 after an own goal and a penalty within a couple minutes of each other. Assuming Norway doesn't spectacularly blow it, NZ now must win to go through, Swiss would go through if that one ends in a draw (or Swiss win, of course).
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Post by c4ndlelight on Jul 30, 2023 3:52:05 GMT -5
A 0-0 tie for victory is stereotypical Swiss football
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Post by mervinswerved on Jul 30, 2023 4:48:26 GMT -5
Watched the Ferns game in a bar in Christchurch. 40ish people there and maybe 5 watching the game. After ten days in NZ, I'm really not surprised. Really hasn't been a big thing here and people are constantly surprised we (and 20k other Americans) traveled all the way here for "the soccer."
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