''Soccer'' 2017-2018

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Volkswagen is taking advantage of the absence of the U.S. in the World Cup by running commercials where actors representing countries in the tournament while driving VW cars ask Americans for their support. I have to say I find those spots to be cute and humorous.

[TheInvisibleMan]

Volkswagen is taking advantage of the absence of the U.S. in the World Cup by running commercials where actors representing countries in the tournament while driving VW cars ask Americans for their support. I have to say I find those spots to be cute and humorous.

I like them, they are funny

[mojotastic]

you said Messi is the best player yet he is clearly struggling against part time dentists?

[comicscollector]

Looking forward to see how far will the current European Champion (Portugal) go in the World Cup of 2018.
I will be suporting Portugal,but i am looking forward to see great matches of soccer from other countries as well because the quality of the soccer matches (especially after the groups phases are usually quite cool)
Portugal-Spain had a draw of three goals for each side,not bad.Considerating Spain is a former World Cup and European Champion and is always a favorite to win the World Cup.And is especially dificult to keep the ball away from them because their game style reminds me of Barcelona that is about keeping the possesion of the ball.
Now i did not liked that the first goal scored by Spain had a clear fault over Pepe before the goal,hopefully these mistakes will be more rare in the other matches.
Portugal improving what they did wrong against Spain and keeping what they did well against Spain,makes Portugal to me one of the candidates to win the World Cup.

[DebkoX]

you said Messi is the best player yet he is clearly struggling against part time dentists?

Thats not steamed!

[DebkoX]

Tonight is the night....

[PaulBullion]

So today's England match is in Volgograd.

[DebkoX]

So today's England match is in Volgograd.

Brilliant piece of art.

[jump]

It's an odd tournament so far, all of the teams you'd think would be dominating are looking very average. Argentina especially look in trouble with their manager talking about how the whole is team is weighing Messi down lol.

[comicscollector]

There have been teams that i thought would play much better.
Say Germany for example,they are the world champion and they lost the first match and scored the wining goal in the last minute against Sweden.
The matches of Argentina i had not been able to watch but the results of the matches they played, have been quite surprising.
By the other hand there have been teams as México or Japan that played much better that i thought they would in the Groups Stages.

[DebkoX]

There have been teams that i thought would play much better.
Say Germany for example,they are the world champion and they lost the first match and scored the wining goal in the last minute against Sweden.
The matches of Argentina i had not been able to watch but the results of the matches they played, have been quite surprising.
By the other hand there have been teams as México or Japan that played much better that i thought they would in the Groups Stages.

It is possible that we may see a massive upset come the end of the tournament.

[Attila Kiss]

So as it is the standing in Group G of now, with both England and Belgium having 6 points and the exact same goal difference (8-2), what happens if the end result between the two ends in a tie? Who will lead the Group for further seating? Or how are they going to mitigate that outcome?

I saw England is listed #1 in the group at FIFA site and Belgium second. Why?

[FluffySheep]

So as it is the standing in Group G of now, with both England and Belgium having 6 points and the exact same goal difference (8-2), what happens if the end result between the two ends in a tie? Who will lead the Group for further seating? Or how are they going to mitigate that outcome?

I saw England is listed #1 in the group at FIFA site and Belgium second. Why?

It's down to who has the best fair play record. Basically, whoever has received the least amount of cards, finishes higher.

[Attila Kiss]

It's down to who has the best fair play record. Basically, whoever has received the least amount of cards, finishes higher.

Never heard of that rule. Do you have a link where I can check it out? Not that I don't trust you, but this World Cup had few opportunities to play out in a weird way. (Still might.) Like to read on some of the other possibilities as well.
I thought it boiled down to a goal difference in a single match. i.e. England's best goal diff. is 5 in the recent game, while Belgium had 3 goal diff. in both of their games.

I wonder if Belgium coach is going to play Lukaku in the next match, since obviously the only stake is weather Lukaku or Kane scores more?

[FluffySheep]

Never heard of that rule. Do you have a link where I can check it out? Not that I don't trust you, but this World Cup had few opportunities to play out in a weird way. (Still might.) Like to read on some of the other possibilities as well.
I thought it boiled down to a goal difference in a single match. i.e. England's best goal diff. is 5 in the recent game, while Belgium had 3 goal diff. in both of their games.

I wonder if Belgium coach is going to play Lukaku in the next match, since obviously the only stake is weather Lukaku or Kane scores more?

https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/t...ia-2018-groups