Has anyone captured his lion roar/ biting one?
Day 6: Colombia vs Japan, Poland vs Senegal and Russia vs Egypt
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I'm surprised Salah is playing with such a sore shoulder. Poor, poor Salah.
I suspect you totally missed the point of my post, I think, which was I think they’re the African team that can excite, entertain and possibly progress in the tournament this year.
I don't think so, he was visibly shying away from a few 50-50s early on. Seems to be a bit more involved now.
Golovin is a tidy little player could be fantastic.
It was bloody awesome, we totally need when his tactical instructions resembled Batifimi Gomis’ goal celebration!
I have it 2-1 to Russia. A couple of these crosses will find the forward eventually
Poland, among others, have gamed the friendlies system to get a better ranking and therefore higher seedings in tournaments. FIFA are changing the rules so they can’t do it anymore after this WC.What did I do?You scored 2 goals in the group at last Euros. I understand a small teams scraping through, my NT will sit deep in defence against Latvia, but Poland has always been (near) top 10 in FIFA rankings, as useless as it is, still shows something. I'm sure you've done it several times but I can't remember Poland scoring more than one goal in a match at a major tournament.
Pearce giving us a history lesson on Russia.
Jonathan Pearce is in love with Mo Salah.
All that pressure to get a corner and the fella can’t even beat the first man. Honestly baffles me how a professional footballer can’t clear the first man on a corner - even when watching United every week where we do it over and over again.
Egypt is a bore to watch.
Poor corners by Egypt.
He's desperate for him to score.
Horrific game this. Egypt especially are absolutely dire.
My bad. I agree. They played like a team unlike the other African representatives (Tunisia werent too bad).
Are they really? Good for them. I’ve been ranting non stop at how FIFA’s system allows for lame rankings and seeding outcomes. Poland had no business being nr.1 in a group.
Egypt are pathetic. Such a dour game.
So Mario Fernandez.
Somehow doesnt sound very Russian.
Somehow doesnt sound very Russian.
Egypt are playing the static slow motion zombie game very well. 
It's not a bad game.
Am I out of touch, or the children are wrong?
Am I out of touch, or the children are wrong?
He's from Brazil, but has played in Russia since 2012. Never gonna get a call up for Brazil so might as well get a international career.
He was born in Brazil.
It's a ok game, but it's got nothing to do with Egypt. There is only one team on that field + a keeper for Egypt.
Salah looks nowhere near fit, even then manages a decent attempt at goal.
Yeah, they used to rank using average points per game instead of total points overall so nations like Poland and Wales would play few friendlies or ones against crap teams. Wales once didn’t play a friendly for 17 months and got in the top ten FIFA ranking!
England were actually the worst affected team under the old system. Under the system to be implemented we would have been pot one if it was in place for this WC. We play a lot of friendlies but most of them are against elite nations so the average point total is badly affected.
Don't think it's that bad at all. Plenty of energy and quite open. Granted it's lacking a bit of quality.
There’s some crazy stuff going on inside the box
The kids are wrong. Its very intense
No it's the children who are wrong
Awful game, seems a lot of kick a rush. Can’t watch anymore.
They sure as hell studied us well. They knew that we're weak at crossing, so decided to try more crosses than Moyes tried against Fulham. We're gonna lose by one of these no doubt.
One more half to get through. Come on Russia hurry up and score so Salah isn't played in the final game and he can come home!!
Shearer doesn't know the other players name FFS
He actually played for Brazil a couple of times.
edit: he was called up a couple of times and played in 1 game, my bad
Egypt can barely string a good offense.
Egypt are severely lacking in quality.
Main problem is possession. We can't keep possession of the ball for 2 straight minutes without losing it under pressure. Poor midfield performance from everyone including Nenny.
Egypt really are rubbish but they started to play a little better in that second half. Hope they can nick it as I like them.
Egypt can't score a goal to save their lives. I think they might end up being the only team to not score in the WC if this continues.
Two things. I had no idea he actually had a game for them or that he was called up a couple of times.
And I meant he was never gonna get game-time for Brazil from now and onwards even if he was available.
