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airwolex wrote:[/video]

Eaglezbeak wrote:Except for 1966 in England because in that case they went out in the group stage!

zee wrote:

Eaglezbeak wrote:Except for 1966 in England because in that case they went out in the group stage!

The world cup started in 1982.........................before then, it was the Euro/South American championship.

zee wrote:

Eaglezbeak wrote:Except for 1966 in England because in that case they went out in the group stage!

The world cup started in 1982.........................before then, it was the Euro/South American championship.

Scipio Africanus wrote:

zee wrote:

Eaglezbeak wrote:Except for 1966 in England because in that case they went out in the group stage!

The world cup started in 1982.........................before then, it was the Euro/South American championship.

You can say that again!

airwolex wrote:[/video]

zee wrote:

Eaglezbeak wrote:Except for 1966 in England because in that case they went out in the group stage!

The world cup started in 1982.........................before then, it was the Euro/South American championship.

Tunisian Gooner wrote:

zee wrote:

Eaglezbeak wrote:Except for 1966 in England because in that case they went out in the group stage!

The world cup started in 1982.........................before then, it was the Euro/South American championship.

FFS its 2018, try Google.

1934

Egypt



1950

USA
Mexico

1954

Mexico
South Korea

1958

Mexico

1962

Mexico

1966

North Korea
Mexico

1970

Morocco
Mexico
El Salvador

1974

Zaire
Australia
Haiti


1978

Tunisia
Iran
Mexico

Eaglezbeak wrote:

Tunisian Gooner wrote:

zee wrote:

Eaglezbeak wrote:Except for 1966 in England because in that case they went out in the group stage!

The world cup started in 1982.........................before then, it was the Euro/South American championship.

FFS its 2018, try Google.

1934

Egypt



1950

USA
Mexico

1954

Mexico
South Korea

1958

Mexico

1962

Mexico

1966

North Korea
Mexico

1970

Morocco
Mexico
El Salvador

1974

Zaire
Australia
Haiti


1978

Tunisia
Iran
Mexico

I couldn't be asked to pull out facts as a lot of the guys here are selective in
What they can retain there for I try to simplify common facts!

ohsee wrote:

airwolex wrote:[/video]

Brilliant. This should be sent to every to everyone who thinks it is just a matter of coach and lucky bounce.

Tunisian Gooner wrote:

zee wrote:

Eaglezbeak wrote:Except for 1966 in England because in that case they went out in the group stage!

The world cup started in 1982.........................before then, it was the Euro/South American championship.

FFS its 2018, try Google.

1934

Egypt



1950

USA
Mexico

1954

Mexico
South Korea

1958

Mexico

1962

Mexico

1966

North Korea
Mexico

1970

Morocco
Mexico
El Salvador

1974

Zaire
Australia
Haiti


1978

Tunisia
Iran
Mexico

ohsee wrote:

airwolex wrote:[/video]

Brilliant. This should be sent to every to everyone who thinks it is just a matter of coach and lucky bounce.

What do the World Cup semi-finalists all have in common? Immigration.
The Guardian

Be it Croatia’s hero hailing from Switzerland or the 50% of French and Belgian players with African ancestry, immigration is at the heart of each squad.

Pelé’s prediction that an African team would win the World Cup before the turn of the 21st century ended up wide of the mark, and this year’s tournament in Russia marked the first time since 1982 that none reached the knockout stages.

But while that disappointment has been hard to take for supporters of Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia, Tuesday’s semi-final between France and Belgium is proof of the enormous influence the sons of African immigrants have played in confirming European football’s place at the pinnacle of the global game.

In total, 23 players – exactly 50% – in Didier Deschamps’ and Roberto Martínez’s squads can trace their ancestry to Africa. In countries where the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates that 6.8% and 12.1% respectively of the population is comprised of migrants, it is an astounding statistic that indicates just how important integration has been.

Just as France’s victory at the 1998 World Cup on home soil was hailed as a triumph for the “black, blanc, beur” side captained by Deschamps, the success of Kylian Mbappé – the son of a Cameroonian father and Algerian mother – and his cosmopolitan teammates has provided an emphatic rejoinder to bigotry at home. But if some critics of France have been silenced by superb performances, it had been a different story in Belgium until recently.

“When things were going well, I was reading newspaper articles and they were calling me Romelu Lukaku, the Belgian striker,” wrote the Manchester United forward in an article for the Players’ Tribune last month. “When things weren’t going well, they were calling me Romelu Lukaku, the Belgian striker of Congolese descent.”

In the squad where seven players can trace roots to the former Belgian colony, Lukaku and Vincent Kompany – whose father, Pierre, is a Congolese diplomat – have emerged as the figureheads for a group that has historically suffered from a terrible legacy.

It is noticeable that of the semi-finalists, Croatia have the most players born outside the country they represent, with 15.4%. Calling on children of migrants, such as Switzerland-born Ivan Rakitic and Mateo Kovacic, who grew up in Austria, is vital for a country with a population of just over 4 million to compete against some of the biggest nations on the planet.

The YeyeMan wrote:So all those complaining about Nigeria seeking to recruit players born overseas really need to open their eyes. Times have changed... for the better.

maceo4 wrote:

The YeyeMan wrote:So all those complaining about Nigeria seeking to recruit players born overseas really need to open their eyes. Times have changed... for the better.

But regardless of where they are from, they are being brought up in the French system and the best make the French NT. We are going around picking from the leftovers of the ones that didn't make the cut in England, Germany, Netherlands etc...so their parent countries will always be better positioned than us as we are fighting for their leftovers while they are using the cream of the crop.

mate wrote:Croatia nearly got Pulisic. He opted for the USA. We have our gunsights on anybody of Croatian heritage.