10:00 AM, Group D - Australia vs. Denmark
10:00, Group D - Tunisia vs. France
2:00, Group C - Saudi Arabia vs. Mexico
2:00, Group C - Poland vs. Argentina
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POL is the only team that could play a conservative match and take a draw, but a draw could leave them runners up if KSA wins.
ARG will likely win the group if they beat POL. KSA will have a difficult time overcoming the current two goal differential tiebreaker with ARG. A draw should see them through as runner up, because MEX would need to put up a +4 goal difference win.
KSA and MEX will both need to play for a win to advance. SA will have officials watching the ARG/POL match and may adjust their approach based on the ongoing score.
MEX will need to win, likely big, and hope for a POL victory to make advancement easier.
And we get Lewandowski v. Messi!
Lots of scoreboard watching going on today by team officials.
You can't call it football. It's a non-football thread
Thanks, glad to do it! WC is such an incredible tournament.
Yes, a victory over France is a nice consolation.
Denmark didn't finish well, but I thought they dominated play – possession, shots, corners, and just the eye test. Although they're not a flashy or aggressive team, they're precise and clinical over the entire field. Australia's goal reminded me of the PK our Zimmerman gave up to England. One defender's mistake made the difference.
Oh yeah we have underperformed badly, even before this mess today :-(
My former students' lil brother is the backup goalkeeper (yeah cool story bro :-) ).
Everybody in Denmark expected us to beat Tunisia and Australia.
Agreed
Nothing like the Euros where we were a very good team and story with Eriksen.
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for starting and keeping these threads front and center, makes it easy to track
Thanks, glad to do it! WC is such an incredible tournament.
I preferred the consolidated thread that we had before.
Wouldn't you pull for a draw? Poland is already ahead of Argentina, and if Saudi Arabia beats Mexico with Poland/Argentina tying, they could win the group
Ha! Szczeny with two saves on PKs in this WC...minutes after stopping DiMaria on a seeing eye corner...with a wink and a nod to Angel
Easy decision for FIFA, it's Messi.
Well, maybe, but Clattenburg, who in my opinion is beyond reproach, called it as penalty, the doubt being whether the ball had gone over end line when contact made. IFAB and at all levels have gotten tough at head/face shots.
That said, I don't see how Szczesny could have avoided it, tough decision.
Can't remember last time seeing ARG wearing Brooklyn Dodgers blue. Ha!
You gotta love Szczesny, making save after save to keep ARG in this match, and his demeanor doesn't change, having fun out there, love that. Nearing shouting distance of Tim Howard's WC one match saves record vs Belgium, remember that game vividly
Wonder if ARG changes tactics 2H, if they're playing the Group outcomes too closely
Can't remember last time seeing ARG wearing Brooklyn Dodgers blue. Ha!
You gotta love Szczesny, making save after save to keep ARG in this match, and his demeanor doesn't change, having fun out there, love that. Nearing shouting distance of Tim Howard's WC one match saves record vs Belgium, remember that game vividly
Wonder if ARG changes tactics 2H, if they're playing the Group outcomes too closely
If they keep playing like this game they’ll be hard to beat.
Mexico scored again, but they are chasing a 4 goal differential and i beleive they are behind in fair play points so they'll need to win 4-0 if Argentia - Poland remains 1-0 or at this score have Argentina score another two goals to clear Poland outright in GD. 2-0 Mexico and 2-0 Argentia would get them level with Poland and come down to fair play points, hence that 5 goal swing required.
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Poland has the fair play tiebreak so Mexico would have needed to win 3-0. Saudis just scored so it's over.
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for starting and keeping these threads front and center, makes it easy to track
Thanks, glad to do it! WC is such an incredible tournament.
I preferred the consolidated thread that we had before.
Didn’t realize there was previously a different format. I’ll start a thread in the AM as usual, but if you or anyone else wants to post your preferred format tomorrow feel free, and I’ll delete. Whatever works best for the soccer fans here.
Love the tv showing the Poland fans still in their seats after their match was over, watching the final frantic minutes of the Mexico match
Touche