World Cup 2018 General Discussion

Firenze wrote:I feel for Glik but that could be great news for us. Though Kane would have dominated him anyway.

Mexico players and send-off parties that involve prostitutes. As much a World Cup tradition as crappy opening ceremonies and Germany winning on penalties. pic.twitter.com/xNtcU0ij5D

— Daniel Edwards (@DanEdwardsGoal) June 5, 2018

Robespierre wrote:So Munir can be called up from Morocco ?
I remember he chose Spain

P.s. Harit is 78 on PES , My Midfielder

Firenze wrote:

FennecFox7 wrote:

S wrote:Morocco's world cup squad



I know only a handful of players  here



Wasnt Harit one of the revelations at Schalke ? @Hans

Ziyech seems to be highly rated at Ajax

Is that Munir of Barca fame ?

No idea where Belhanda plays nowadays. Was incredibly hyped at one point

And ofcourse there's Benatia and Dirar.

Anyone from Morocco here ? @farfan ?

Half morrocan (dad is from Fes)

Morrocos strength is their physicality and defense. They kept clean sheets in almost every WC qualifier game, and they bullied other teams around with their physicality. In Africa, that's not easy to do lol

which arabic country do you expect to do the best in the tournament? besides France

on paper Morocco have the best squad easy

Firenze wrote:I feel for Glik but that could be great news for us. Though Kane would have dominated him anyway.

iftikhar wrote:

Zagadka wrote:

Myesyats wrote:No time, I got finals at uni during the WC but either way I don't fancy going to Russia tbh

Still freak memories from 2012?

That was hilarious...Russian fans celebrating with Russia flags in heart of Warsaw on June 12. For obvious reasons, it didn't sit well with local Poles. It was the only issue with that much-maligned tournament when BBC especially kept pushing the narrative that if your skin colour is darker than Joe Hart's or if you hug a guy in public, you're coming back home in a coffin. I still remember Sol Campbell telling everyone not to travel to Poland and Ukraine. Good times!

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-18192375

I have no interest in getting drunk and with pissing contest of immature fans. That's how you avoid trouble. I am treating it as a tourist trip, with perk of watching a few games at the stadium. I think I'll miss watching several games while there, actually . Too many other things to see, than wasting prime time watching Nigeria-Croatia for example.

I made a list of places I want to see in my 3.5 days in St. Petersburg...it'll be a very very tall task to see all of these, seeing the match day as well.

Where are you from @Zagadka???

You aren't an outdoors/nature guy, it seems!!!

Your posts are good, been think about saying this for a while.

Mexico City - Members of Mexico's national football squad held a farewell party with around 30 prostitutes before the team traveled to Europe ahead of the World Cup, reports said Tuesday.

According to the TVNotas gossip magazine, nine members of Mexico's World Cup squad partied with dozens of escorts at a private compound in Mexico City last Saturday following the team's 1-0 win over Scotland at the Aztec Stadium.

The magazine published grainy images of players arriving at the party under the headline "The true farewell of the Tri!".

However, Mexican officials said the players involved will not be sanctioned because they attended the party in their free time.

Guillermo Cantu, general secretary of the Mexican Football Federation, said the players would not be punished because "they have not missed training."

"A free day is a free day and those are the risks that one runs with freedom," Cantu was quoted as saying.

Among the players in attendance were goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa and Benfica striker Raul Jimenez.

Los Angeles Galaxy brothers Jonathan and Giovani dos Santos also attended, along with defender Carlos Salcedo and midfielder Marco Fabian, who both play for Eintracht Frankfurt in Germany.

The Mexico team is already in Copenhagen, where they are preparing for a friendly against Denmark on Saturday before heading on to Russia.

The controversy echoes similar scandals which have swirled around the team in recent years.

In September 2010, Mexico players partied with women after a game in Monterrey. On that occasion, all participants were fined while defender Efrain Juarez and forward Carlos Vela were suspended from the selection for six months.

In June 2011, shortly before a trip to Argentina to participate in the Copa America, Mexican players hired sex workers in a hotel in Quito, Ecuador. They were fined and suspended from the national team for half a year.

Zagadka wrote:No matter what you think of Glik this season, he's still heads and shoulders above anyone else in that Polish defence.

Pazdan was imperious in the Euros 2 years ago, but his form has since dropped off a cliff and now he has to marshall that defence. People in Poland not too optimistic from what I hear now.

Is Fabianski nailed on to start btw? Strange that the keeper of a relegated PL team will start over Gigi Buffon's hand-picked replacement, to be honest.

S wrote:Szczesny is in great form. He should start but it probably wont happen.

Went to Times Square today to ask persons which country they’d be cheering for this summer at the #WorldCup2018 since the USMNT didn’t qualify. Popular answers I got include:

- Europe
- Barcelona
- Man United
- Africa

El Gunner wrote:A lot of Americans stay the most dense people in the world.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:

El Gunner wrote:A lot of Americans stay the most dense people in the world.

Harsh tbh, bet if you asked Europeans about the NFL there would be similar stupid answers.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:There's no real comparison to American sports and their being national team tournaments so obviously.

Great Leader Sprucenuce wrote:I bet if I asked you some questions about American sports your answers would be every bit as stupid.