any team will go out if they lose their first 2 games.World Cup 2018 - General discussion
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any team will go out if they lose their first 2 games.Pickford has been better than Lloris this season. Lloris has declined big time.
I dont say a defeat, i mean more like a draw. Most people don't know what type of team are Iran or Morocco (solid defensively, lines very tough to surpass if you don't have the pace and quality).
And I think they are the kind of team that especially can be difficult to a team like Portugal who has very short quality in 3/4.
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I can't say I've noticed a Lloris decline (and from what I've seen Pope has outplayed Pickford this year even if the latter is better with his feet) but just checked and you seem to be somewhat right: http://www.glory-glory.co.uk/community/threads/end-of-season-player-ratings.9565/ Seems like consensus is he had an okay but disappointing season. Experience might see him start in a WC though in the real world if France and England did merge.
What can we expect from hosts Russia and Iceland in this tournament ? I reckon both of them have good chance to reach round of 16.
I think Santos should have called Ronny Lopes, very unfair imo. We have a big problem with our CB's, Fonte and Alves are just numbers, Pepe highly unlikely he will reach a good level, and Ruben Dias from what I watch here in Portugal is a disaster waiting to happen, particularly when we are talking about potential red cards.
Best we can reach with this team is the last 16, but won't be surprised if we get eliminated in the group stage. No way a counter attack style of football can survive with crap CB's. We don't have players with technical ability to play from the back, we don't have a solid enough style to play deep and break the opponents with fast counters.
Its sad, because even with the CB's problem we have better options than we had in 2016.
Best we can reach with this team is the last 16, but won't be surprised if we get eliminated in the group stage. No way a counter attack style of football can survive with crap CB's. We don't have players with technical ability to play from the back, we don't have a solid enough style to play deep and break the opponents with fast counters.
Its sad, because even with the CB's problem we have better options than we had in 2016.
Nani was experienced enough. Like Nani, Martial and Smalling not experienced but they have many potentialities to play well. They can do better than Nani in future.
Nainggolan is left out, feck off Martinez.
Thats crazy... Is it due to any off the pitch-antics?
Martinez is a twat. He didn’t like that Nainggolan smoked. Ridiculous to leave him out.
For fecks sake. Predictable but still... This is going to be a Lombaerts scenario all over again isn't it.
According to OLE’
Argentina 23-Man World Cup 2018 Squad
Sergio Romero, Franco Armani e Wilfredo Caballero.
Gabriel Mercado, Federico Fazio, Nicolás Otamendi, Cristian Ansaldi, Nicolás Tagliafico e Marcos Rojo.
Ever Banega, Javier Mascherano, Eduardo Salvio, Lucas Biglia, Angel Di María, Gio Lo Celso, Manuel Lanzini, Maxi Meza e Marcos Acuña.
Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero, Gonzalo Higuaín, Cristian Pavón e Paulo Dybala.
Well Icard deserved to be there imho.
Argentina 23-Man World Cup 2018 Squad
Sergio Romero, Franco Armani e Wilfredo Caballero.
Gabriel Mercado, Federico Fazio, Nicolás Otamendi, Cristian Ansaldi, Nicolás Tagliafico e Marcos Rojo.
Ever Banega, Javier Mascherano, Eduardo Salvio, Lucas Biglia, Angel Di María, Gio Lo Celso, Manuel Lanzini, Maxi Meza e Marcos Acuña.
Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero, Gonzalo Higuaín, Cristian Pavón e Paulo Dybala.
Well Icard deserved to be there imho.
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