Day 12: Canada vs Morocco | Croatia vs Belgium | Costa Rica vs Germany | Japan vs Spain

Glorio

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Where was all this noise from the pundits when Ronaldo and FIFA robbed Ghana in plain daylight and it got swept under the carpet
 

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I didn't watch Japan - Spain. Any evidence of some fancy work by Spanish or Japan won fairly and Spain tried to win?
 

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The real winner today is Brazil. A very clear path to the semis just opened up.
 

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Oh shut up Neville
 

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Great from Japan, some really good results from the teams outside the traditional top international teams this tournament.
 

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football is such a weird sport. Japan can beat Spain and Germany but not Costa Rica. Should of had 9 points :lol: Not that it matters still topped the group
 

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I didn't watch Japan - Spain. Any evidence of some fancy work by Spanish or Japan won fairly and Spain tried to win?
Not at all, the only funny work was around the Japan winner.

Spain exceedingly lacking in creativity.
 

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Spain extrodinarily fortunate to go through after that. They basically owe their entire World Cup so far to Costa Rica.
 

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Musiala, hope you're enjoying your time with Germany. You could've been sharing the bench with 'Hendo' when it finally came home.
 

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Where was all this noise from the pundits when Ronaldo and FIFA robbed Ghana in plain daylight and it got swept under the carpet
Because it was an African team that got robbed, not a European team.

What do you expect ?
 

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Brilliant for Japan, I predicted in the World Cup Predictions thread a 2-1 result for Japan, so stoked on that result…..should have had a bet with the bookie!
 

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What a wild turn of events that. Football and unpredictability eh. Ability wise and performance wise they easily could have gone all the way, not like they were Belgium where they just played like shit. Didn't take their chances in 1 game and suddenly out of their hands. Spain took it easy in the last game and never felt the need to go for the win, and they end up losing. Blowing up everyone's brackets.

Brazil suddenly with a piss easy route to the semi final, where they play Netherlands/Argentina, or a minnow. They're as good as in the final then IMO.

Englands side of the draw suddenly loaded.