For England, I think you’d rather play the Dutch than Ecuador based on what we’ve seen.
Day 6: Wales vs Iran | Qatar vs Senegal | Netherlands vs Ecuador | England vs USA
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Yea. Senegal will be kicking themselves they just against Netherlands. Deserved a point there at least
Yep. Hopefully we can wrap up the group today and let our second string smash Wales on Tuesday.
If Ecuador beat Senegal they could still win the group even if the Netherlands do beat Qatar
Feels like that's been a common theme at this WC
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The worst part is we are absolutely huge in Ecuador thanks to Tony V.
You have to go all the way back to Alberto Spencer in the 60s to find an Ecuadorian that played at the summit of the highest level.
I'm rather disturbed they have this donkey as the face of the poster.
This whole praying after every game/goal is really ridiculous
Ecuador should have won really. Shame for them, but I still fancy them to beat Senegal. I think 1st or 2nd is going to come down to goal difference
Ecuador should've won that probably. Horrible game from Netherlands, really disappointed in them these first 2 games. They'll likely win the group and get to the quarter finals so whatever at the end of the day, but still. As a dark horse team you really want to build some momentum, not struggle through an easier group
Who tops the group if both Ecuador & Netherlands finish with identical results in their final matchday? Both have the same GD and goals scored.
Pierre van Hooijdonk would be their number one striker these days
You can see the European teams had no proper preparation and directly went from the league to the WC.
Forgive my ignorance but how come Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru have lots of black players (I'm assuming also in their general population) but Argentina and Uruguay don't?
It's definitely not the most inspiring Dutch team, very one paced and pedestrian and I suppose that's partly LVG for you but they'll likely win the group and still do alright.
So it comes down to Senegal vs Ecuador then. Should be a fiesty one.
I guess there will be a draw like in 1990 between Ireland and Holland.
Ecuador should have won that comfortably. Netherlands will gladly take that.
The team with the least amount of yellow cards. Currently Netherlands have 1, Ecuador have 3.
By design.
I'm honestly not convinced we'll beat Qatar 
Yup, we should have a winter world cup like this every few times, to make it fair to the other leagues.
Totally agree. It's cringe. Christians and Muslims seem to do it alot.
Should be told to do it in private. Its for nothing other than attention
Fair play, then coin toss
Germany too. After 2004 Germany started struggling but they quickly found next generation. By 2010 their new generation was settled and they peaked in 2014. But after that their graph is continuously going down.
Italy in mid 2000s as you rightly said had plethora of talent. But today I struggle to name their 11 players.
Netherlands after 2010 generation has never really found a sustainable talent pool.
None of these have elite level 3-4 players who can carry them. Which is very strange as I am not used to seeing them like this for this long.
A shame Netherlands couldn't win. Oh well, it was insured so I'll get my money back
Fred does the cross thing after skying a shot miles over the bar.
Won't agree.
I fail to understand what Holland were trying to do the whole game. Pass, pass, pass, overhit pass; Ecuador throw-in, ball inevitably won back by Blind/Virgil/Ake in Holland's final third and repeat. Another concern for me was how lethargic all of them looked, they were second to absolutely everything. Gakpo, goal aside, didn't impress me, either.
Very poor by the Dutch, Ecuador deserved to win this one.
Not bringing Luuk the fecking clutch De Jong. Robben Bosvelt vibes. Fuming here
Honestly shocked that Weston starts again considering he was poor and came off injured against Wales.
And still no Reyna. After the Wales match Berhlater was hammered by US media on why he did not bring him on and he said multiple times it was because Reyna was injured. Reyna's reply was I am 100%, no problems.
Nothing that keeps me up at night. But still annoyingImagine being annoyed by that.
Just like diving or complaining to the ref is annoying to me, even though they are all part of the game.4-0 USA
Probably larger numbers/percentage of enslaved Africans in those countries, leading to larger percentages of descendents of those slaves.