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OT: World Cup 2018

HuskyHawk said:
They were the favorite coming in. Belgium has the horses to play with them. Brazil is always dangerous. No idea if the Croatians are strong enough or not. France is deep. Lots of weapons.
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They were not the favorites. Not even close
 
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superjohn said:
Did you actually think Argentina would win going in though?
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No. I wanted them. I thought France and Spain due to talent and experience. Brazil has talent but I feel they are too complacent. Now I think it could be Belgium/France vs Croatia/Spain
 
UConnSwag11 said:
No. I wanted them. I thought France and Spain due to talent and experience. Brazil has talent but I feel they are too complacent. Now I think it could be Belgium/France vs Croatia/Spain
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I like those picks.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
They were not the favorites. Not even close
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... particularly after struggling in CONMEBOL qualifying only to rally late to qualify (.500 record?), dealing with known coach-player relationship issues and questionable game day player selection dating back to qualifying, etc
 
auror said:
Argentina center back is just not fast enough (especially RCB).. Forced the weakside to come over to help, allowing the run space.
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Their entire defense is not fast enough. And lacks talent.
 
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UConnSwag11 said:
Messi can’t do crap with this team and coach. Portugal is better coached and uses ronaldo very well. Argentina loses their #1 goalie before the tourney and their coach completely this up.
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Sampaoli has been a failure. I kinda like the guy, but he meddles so much it seems like he's throwing snow against the wall to see what sticks.

Argentina's D (and goalie) just doesn't have enough. And their attack isn't coordinated well enough. Sampa sticks Messi out on the right side to die. That's not where he needs to be on this team.
 
intlzncster said:
Sampaoli has been a failure. I kinda like the guy, but he meddles so much it seems like he's throwing snow against the wall to see what sticks.

Argentina's D (and goalie) just doesn't have enough. And their attack isn't coordinated well enough. Sampa sticks Messi out on the right side to die. That's not where he needs to be on this team.
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Messi didn’t even play on the right side. He was the lone striker which he doesn’t play. Sampaoli used Messi terribly
 
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superjohn said:
Messi has to bury that.
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I said the same thing live, but it was a lot tougher shot from a different angle (looking from above); he was coming across so fast after splitting the defenders that he couldn't get anything on it. Maybe he could have taken a touch and looked, but that would have cut off the angle even more.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
Messi didn’t even play on the right side. He was the lone striker which he doesn’t play. Sampaoli used Messi terribly
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Weird, in my head he was on the right (brain fart). Nobody filled the middle for most of the first half. It was wide open. Not sure what the strategy was there.
 
intlzncster said:
I said the same thing live, but it was a lot tougher shot from a different angle (looking from above); he was coming across so fast after splitting the defenders that he couldn't get anything on it. Maybe he could have taken a touch and looked, but that would have cut off the angle even more.
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I think he was just gassed tbh
 
intlzncster said:
Weird, in my head he was on the right (brain fart). Nobody filled the middle for most of the first half. It was wide open. Not sure what the strategy was there.
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Go back a few pages and I posted th formation they played
 
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Even with Matuidi out in the quarterfinal I like France’s chances against Portugal or Uruguay. Kante and Pogba are a fantastic duo.

Devastating counter attack today.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
Go back a few pages and I posted th formation they played
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You're right, I just was watching the middle being completely vacant and was like what the @#$%? And that's what came (incorrectly) to my mind when I typed that. I'm used to him playing on the right for Barcelona....and just brain farted.
 
UConnSwag11 said:
Pavards goal was just a bomb that deflated any hopes and emotion or Argentina winning.
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Especially post Di Maria's amazing effort. HIGH to low so quickly from an emotional perspective.
 
I Bleed Blue said:
Even with Matuidi out in the quarterfinal I like France’s chances against Portugal or Uruguay. Kante and Pogba are a fantastic duo.

Devastating counter attack today.
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France has more than enough in reserve to replace him.

That said, Argentina's defense was garbage all tournament long, giving France even more of an advantage there. We'll see how that plays out going forward for France.
 
intlzncster said:
France has more than enough in reserve to replace him.

That said, Argentina's defense was garbage all tournament long, giving France even more of an advantage there. We'll see how that plays out going forward for France.
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They still have dembele and Lemar on the bench
 
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