Predict the World Cup final

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Brazil vs England final.

In a one-off game anything can happen, so even though Brazil would be favourites, if we give it our all then who knows! It may actually come home! :D
 

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RW2 said:
So we know the final eight teams/countries in the world cup 1/4 final, making that 16 different possible finals:

So let's play. . . . . Predict the World Cup final.
Which final do you think will occur (head choice) and which would you like to occur (heart choice)?

The possible finals are:

1: Russia v Uruguay
2: Croatia v Uruguay
3: Sweden v Uruguay
4: England v Uruguay
5: France v Russia
6: France v Croatia
7: France v Sweden
8: England v France
9: Brazil v Russia
10: Brazil v Croatia
11: Brazil v Sweden
12: Brazil v England
13: Belgium v Russia
14: Belgium v Croatia
15: Belgium v Sweden
16: Belgium v England

I'm going to go with France v Croatia (with France defeating Brazil and Croatia defeating England in the two SFs)

Difficult to judge though but there's a 75% chance that the final will have a country in it which has never made a final.

So what's your choice?
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I think it will be 10 (Brazil vs Croatia). Or maybe 14 (Belgium vs Croatia).

Would love it to be 12 (Brazil vs England).
 

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a croatia Belgium final would be awesome for football.
 

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Heart/what I want to happen

France 3 - 1 England (plucky effort by England but they're run into the ground and capitulate in the final 20mins).

Head
Brazil 2 - 0 England (nightmarish 90mins of play-acting, drab football, Neymar)
 

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Brazil and especially Neymar in the final would be bad for the game. Really hope it’s not them. The world will be watching and it will just be him diving, rolling around, crying and shouting at the refs.

Come on Belgium, France and Uruguay do it for football!!
 

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Brazil v Croatia. As to who will go all the way at this point it's anyone but Brazil for me, preferably England but wouldn't mind Belgium or Croatia as well. Neymar's antics have really put me off them.

I sincerely hope England can somehow fluke this, decided to give them my backing this World Cup due to Holland's absence (many Indonesians view Holland as their second national team and there were actually street parades in some places here when the Dutch reached the final in South Africa!), but I can't see it happening myself.
 

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Now only 12 possible finals...... :)

Very few picked Uruguay to make the final anyway....


1: France v Russia
2: France v Croatia
3: France v Sweden
4: England v France
5: Brazil v Russia
6: Brazil v Croatia
7: Brazil v Sweden
8: Brazil v England
9: Belgium v Russia
10: Belgium v Croatia
11: Belgium v Sweden
12: Belgium v England
 

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France vs Russia with France defeating the host nation similar to the Euro 2016 final.
 

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For some reason I feel like Lingard will score the winning goal.
 

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Just could not see us managing against this Belgium side.

Anyone else I feel like we'd have a chance.
 

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El Zoido said:
France would boss us too.
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Think France should win it if they play to their capacity to be fair. Wouldn't be a great insult to lose against them in the final (especially after the disappointment in the Euros).
 

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RW2 said:
Now only 12 possible finals...... :)

Very few picked Uruguay to make the final anyway....


1: France v Russia
2: France v Croatia
3: France v Sweden
4: France v England
5: Belgium v Russia
6: Belgium v Croatia
7: Belgium v Sweden
8: Belgium v England
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Just those 8 possibilities now.
 

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If England make it the final I could see them have a good chance against France. Against Belgium.. Not so much. If any team is set up to specially eliminate a team like Belgium it's France. Go France. Give England a chance.
 

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England vs Belgium
We should see how this game plays out full strength as the group stage match was played with the intention of not winning.

May the best team win
 

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1: France v Croatia
2: France v England
3: Belgium v Croatia
4: Belgium v England

One of these will be the final.

World Cup wins:
France, England - 1
Belgium, Croatia - 0
 

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Damien said:
1: France v Croatia
2: France v England
3: Belgium v Croatia
4: Belgium v England

One of these will be the final.
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Really doubt anyone predicted any of these potential finals pre tournament. They look so weird.

France vs England would be the most dramatic I think.
 

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Pretty much guaranteed to have a WC winner in the United squad, cool.
 

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Think both games are pretty 50/50, so could be any combination of the four options. I'd say France vs England slightly ahead based on historical experience.
 

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Ekkie Thump said:
It's going to go:

Sweden V Russia / Brazil V Uruguay

Sweden V Brazil

Sweden.

Sweden take an undeserved lead from a 54th minute corner, get battered until the final whistle but somehow survive.
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Glad to see that this prediction has stood the test of time.
 

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jimorrison said:
France vs England
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Yeh. Belgium has used up all their luck against Brazil. So France goes through.

Now England vs Croatia is a bit equal. So far, England beat teams that on similar level to Croatia's opponents, quite comfortably. It's the other way around for Croatia. So, under normal circumstance, England should go through.

Final: France vs England.
 

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Isotope said:
Yeh. Belgium has used up all their luck against Brazil. So France goes through.

Now England vs Croatia is a bit equal. So far, England beat teams that on similar level to Croatia's opponents, quite comfortably. It's the other way around for Croatia. So, under normal circumstance, England should go through.

Final: France vs England.
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Luck? They outplayed Brazil first half.
 

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Isotope said:
27 shots to 9.
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What does that prove though? How many of those shots were meaningless? I only recall one great save by Courtois. Pretty sure every pundit was praising Belgium's performance. Whether they can do it against France is a different discussion but they deservedly went through.
 
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