Can they withstand the last 5 minutes without conceding another goal ? We don't need Russia to start with that high GD.
Day 1: Opening Ceremony and Russia vs Saudi Arabia (Kick-off: 16h00 BST)
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You got that off the meme doing the rounds on social media didn't you? Ive already seen three people and a few groups on my fb post it
When did Clive become so cringeworthy?
They looked decent in qualifying. They were in Australia-Japan group and got through comfortably ahead of those two.
Their problem has always been instability in sacking coaches every few months (bit like some of the African teams).
Bert Van Marwijk got some good play out of them but they don't keep him on for finals and then go through Bauza to get to Pizzi.
Where are the babes?
I think once the rose-tinted specs come off about his commentary for the 99 final you start to realise he's always been this bad.
He's horribly sycophantic for England games and he's full of buzzwords and bad phrases that make you wish he'd shut up.
What's amusing me is Qatar are even worse than Saudi are.
You can see there is enough talent there that in the right environment they could be a tricky team, crowd behind them, confidence flowing. It is boring, but at a higher level there needs to be a fundamental structure to how you play, can't expect to just overpower teams with talent alone.
Both these teams are going to get thumped in their other games
GuiltyYou got that off the meme doing the rounds on social media didn't you? Ive already seen three people and a few groups on my fb post it
Great goal
wow!
Wow.
Great finish
Right goal that!
What a strike!!
Wow what a goal.
Very nice?
Russian Quaresma.
I thought they were using VAR? That was clearly offside.
A fourth goal from Cheryshev. Beauty.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiice finish.
Dzyuba is so valuable
Great finish
Great goal!
Imagine the WC with 48 nations...the comical dross will increase tenfold in the group stages
Lovely goal.
Looked in line to me
Nice goal. His previous claim to fame was getting Real Madrid disqualified from the Copa del Rey, but I think he's topped that now.
Great goal.
Saudi Arabia are woeful though. Seem to have no urgency or creativity.
Saudi Arabia are woeful though. Seem to have no urgency or creativity.
Really feck KSA. They destroyed the GD with this match alone. Gonna beat Russia now.
Mad to think Cheryshev didn't even start this game.
Think people are underestimating Russia a little, with him and Golovin on the pitch they've got some decent creativiy in midfield.
People seem to think Salah on his own is going to built Russia, I very much doubt it.
Think people are underestimating Russia a little, with him and Golovin on the pitch they've got some decent creativiy in midfield.
People seem to think Salah on his own is going to built Russia, I very much doubt it.
What a goal.
Saudi will get destroyed by Uruguay.
Saudi will get destroyed by Uruguay.
Tasty tasty finish. Nice way to finish the opening game.
That's a fantastic finish.
All four goals have been good. Bodes well.
All four goals have been good. Bodes well.
1 more?
It’s a shambles. They’re telling refs not to call offsides and then not interfering when it ends up being offside because it’s not an obvious error.
It’s exactly like I’ve been saying in the VAR thread, we'll end up with a bunch of illegitimate goals standing. But people won’t hear it.
Edit: that being said, I’ve only seen the one replay on a tiny tv, so I’m taking your word for it being offside.
Beautiful that
Get it on target against KSA and it goes in.