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Fun_dipMy prediction for the Euro Groups are
Group A- France- 1, Switzerland- 2
Group B- England- 1, Russia- 2 (could be a super interesting group seeing as England always choke, Russia is unpredictable, and see if Wale's Bale can muster up some magic)
Group C- Germany- 1, Poland- 2
Group D- Spain- 1, Croatia-2
Group E- Belgium- 1, Ireland-2 (fuck Italy and really hoping Ireland shows well and gets lucky)
Group F- Portugal-1, Iceland-2 (Iceland looked pretty good in qualifiers so I wouldn't be surprised if they get the 2 spot)
Really happy there are 24 teams now. Crazy that the Dutch couldn't qualify. Hope France wins it all and it seems they have a very legitimate chance to do so even with the injuries.
Copa Predictions
Group A- Columbia-1, Costa Rica- 2 (I hate the US's team and style of play so much, really hope they don't get through)
Group B- Brazil-1, Ecuador-2
Group C- Uruguay-1, Mexico-2 (although I know everyone hates Suarez I hope he is healthy enough to play, would be a shame to have someone of his caliber miss out)
Group D- Argentina- 1, Chile-2
Seeing as USA is hosting I hope to make one game. Columbia to win it all since I refuse to allow myself to pick Argentina or Brazil. Columbia was extremely entertaining at the last WC so I hope they keep it up again.
Hopefully a few other people on here will make it to a Copa or Euro game
Fun_dipMy prediction for the Euro Groups are
Group A- France- 1, Switzerland- 2
Group B- England- 1, Russia- 2 (could be a super interesting group seeing as England always choke, Russia is unpredictable, and see if Wale's Bale can muster up some magic)
Group C- Germany- 1, Poland- 2
Group D- Spain- 1, Croatia-2
Group E- Belgium- 1, Ireland-2 (fuck Italy and really hoping Ireland shows well and gets lucky)
Group F- Portugal-1, Iceland-2 (Iceland looked pretty good in qualifiers so I wouldn't be surprised if they get the 2 spot)
Really happy there are 24 teams now. Crazy that the Dutch couldn't qualify. Hope France wins it all and it seems they have a very legitimate chance to do so even with the injuries.
Copa Predictions
Group A- Columbia-1, Costa Rica- 2 (I hate the US's team and style of play so much, really hope they don't get through)
Group B- Brazil-1, Ecuador-2
Group C- Uruguay-1, Mexico-2 (although I know everyone hates Suarez I hope he is healthy enough to play, would be a shame to have someone of his caliber miss out)
Group D- Argentina- 1, Chile-2
Seeing as USA is hosting I hope to make one game. Columbia to win it all since I refuse to allow myself to pick Argentina or Brazil. Columbia was extremely entertaining at the last WC so I hope they keep it up again.
Hopefully a few other people on here will make it to a Copa or Euro game
Fun_dipMy prediction for the Euro Groups are
Group A- France- 1, Switzerland- 2
Group B- England- 1, Russia- 2 (could be a super interesting group seeing as England always choke, Russia is unpredictable, and see if Wale's Bale can muster up some magic)
Group C- Germany- 1, Poland- 2
Group D- Spain- 1, Croatia-2
Group E- Belgium- 1, Ireland-2 (fuck Italy and really hoping Ireland shows well and gets lucky)
Group F- Portugal-1, Iceland-2 (Iceland looked pretty good in qualifiers so I wouldn't be surprised if they get the 2 spot)
Really happy there are 24 teams now. Crazy that the Dutch couldn't qualify. Hope France wins it all and it seems they have a very legitimate chance to do so even with the injuries.
Copa Predictions
Group A- Columbia-1, Costa Rica- 2 (I hate the US's team and style of play so much, really hope they don't get through)
Group B- Brazil-1, Ecuador-2
Group C- Uruguay-1, Mexico-2 (although I know everyone hates Suarez I hope he is healthy enough to play, would be a shame to have someone of his caliber miss out)
Group D- Argentina- 1, Chile-2
Seeing as USA is hosting I hope to make one game. Columbia to win it all since I refuse to allow myself to pick Argentina or Brazil. Columbia was extremely entertaining at the last WC so I hope they keep it up again.
Hopefully a few other people on here will make it to a Copa or Euro game
intifadaHey op, America advances. What do you think of that you little treacherous bitch.
Fun_dipFuck ya for Iceland. The stat on how 8% of their countries population was supposedly in that stadium is insane
Fun_dipHoly shit Mexico got demolished. Probably the most hyped game so far and Mexico just didn't show up
BonzaloChile won the last Copa America, I hope that they start taking this cup seriously...
Fun_dipHoly shit Mexico got demolished. Probably the most hyped game so far and Mexico just didn't show up
sgg.23For sure I was not expecting that, chile really impressed me though
BonzaloTold you Chile was going to take off on the playoffs
ARG vs CHL will be the final, and Chile is going to be the back to back winner.
BogsYou're awfully confident considering Argentina have scored 14 goals in the 4 games they've played and allowed 2 without ever really looking like they've gotten out of first gear, and are led by a bearded Lionel Messi who has 4 goals...
Bonzalohe only scored 4 times on the last world cup
BonzaloDude, don`t know If you are really into soccer that much, but Messi has never done anything for his national team. Everybody knows that Messi only sweats the Barça jersey, watch the last World cup, or the last Copa de America, he was absent for most of the matches, he only scored 4 times on the last world cup and they lost the final of the last Copa de America to Chile.
I`m from Chile and at the beginning of this tournament I wasn't sure about the performance of the chilean team because there is a new coach and a new director of the soccer association in Chile. But after yesterday's match, I believe we could actually make it to the finals and be the toughest rival Argentina could have in this tournament, even after they beat us in the group stage.
DrZoidbergAre the swiss jerseys like fragile or something? And they broke the ball too.
DrZoidbergAre the swiss jerseys like fragile or something? And they broke the ball too.
STwoopsLooking like it's gonna be Germany and Argentina...again. meh, hope England or France can figure it out
Laurent.More holes then their cheese.
theBearJewIRELAND!!!!!!
BogsBut, just in case you aren't...
To say Messi "only" scored 4 goals in the World Cup is stupid. If I remember correctly, James won the golden boot (top scorer of the tournament) with 5 goals. To say that he's never done anything for his national team, despite getting to multiple major tournament finals, despite being tied as their all time top scorer, is fucking asinine. The whole "Messi doesn't play well for Argentina" thing stopped being true 4 or 5 years ago. If you still honestly think Messi does nothing for Argentina, you're either dumb as a rock, or just don't watch/understand soccer. How obviously better Argentina have been with Messi on the field vs. not on the field in this tournament should be proof enough of Messi's value to his national team. If you can't see that, then, again, you just don't understand much about soccer.
Did I say Chile can't make it to the final? Of course they can, they're a great team. But they don't have Vidal against Colombia, which doesn't help, as he's the guy that makes this team go, and to act like they're just going to raze every team to the ground from here on out because Mexico was horrible and got their tactics wrong is stupid. Obviously they also played really well against Mexico, but Mexico were a shitshow, too. And shoving it in people's faces, acting like you're some soccer genius because you said the defending champions of the Copa from a year ago are still good, is obnoxious as hell.
BonzaloSo now what is your opinion about what happened??? Even Messi thinks he does shit for his team....
BogsHe fucked up and missed a penalty kick. Anyone who has followed Messi's career knows that penalties are, and always have been, by far the weakest part of his game. Why he kicked first over Mascherano and Aguero I'll never understand. But if you watched the same game I did, I'm sure you noticed that most of Argentina's good chances came from something Messi did. Was it his best game ever? Obviously not, but it wasn't terrible by any stretch of the imagination.
If your argument really is that being his country's all time leading scorer, scoring 4 goals at the world cup, and scoring 5 goals with 4 assists as this Copa America counts as playing like shit and being useless to the team, then I don't think trying to have any kind of intelligent conversation with you is going to go anywhere.
