Cybereagles

Immigration for Croatia? Or rather emigration? How many countries in the World Cup do not have lots of immigration or emigration? Even Russia's star was born and raised in Spain. I mean Nigeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Germany, Holland, USA and countless other countries have lots of immigration and/or emi...

1) Did the distribution of talent change over the past few years? If not how would it explain the closing of gap between the "haves" and "have-nots" in World Cup play ? 2) Did the time required or available to build a team change? If not, it could not explain the closing neither ...

Colombia!

And the others are not doping? What Spain did a few years ago to protect their football players was scandalous

If team A wins all 3 matches it ends up with 9 points and teams B, C & D will all have lost one game and two matches to play. If each team wins one game and loses one game, they will be tied on 3 points with one of them advancing to next round

Germany are overrated...they needed Sane today...but too much arrogance from Low. ... a man no dey make forest dem say. I doubt Sane could have over powered a determined side. Yes, he will run, but he will get tired. IMHO, Sane is much craftier and quicker than most if not all the players Germany f...

Did they fire him because they were not informed? If they think it effects the team, ok, but just on principle? They agreed to the release clause, so what's their problem?

I would have prefered him over one of Rudy/Ginter/Plattenhardt , if not for his expected impact in this tournament, then to integrate him for future tournaments. In fairness though he has been rubbish for Germany and also declined the invitation for the Confed Cup last summer. But those are defensi...

I would have prefered him over one of Rudy/Ginter/Plattenhardt, if not for his expected impact in this tournament, then to integrate him for future tournaments. In fairness though he has been rubbish for Germany and also declined the invitation for the Confed Cup last summer.

I don't think that Germany - England is considered a bigger rivalry than with Holland or Italy here. Netherlands would be #1 (although tensions have eased off) and Italy #2 (because of the pain suffered inflicted by them). Germany - Argentina could also be mentioned, given they have played each othe...

And what's tragic about it? Most of his former spanish teammates from alaves wished they had the chance of playing for Spain, even it was only for a minute. He chose Spain, but is not good enough, tough luck

German squad https://www.dfb.de/fileadmin/_processed_/201805/csm_167667-Kader_WM-Pokal_1360x765_cbe8c8ac7b.jpg the big surprise is the omission of Wagner (Petersen was nominiated instead). Also Gündogan and Özil were not banned for their picture with Erdogan (as many supporters and journos demanded...

German squad https://www.dfb.de/fileadmin/_processed_/201805/csm_167667-Kader_WM-Pokal_1360x765_cbe8c8ac7b.jpg the big surprise is the omission of Wagner (Petersen was nominiated instead). Also Gündogan and Özil were not banned for their picture with Erdogan (as many supporters and journos demanded...

German squad https://www.dfb.de/fileadmin/_processed_/201805/csm_167667-Kader_WM-Pokal_1360x765_cbe8c8ac7b.jpg the big surprise is the omission of Wagner (Petersen was nominiated instead). Also Gündogan and Özil were not banned for their picture with Erdogan (as many supporters and journos demanded)

Tim Cahill is still playing for Australia? :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: It's the World Cup! Remember Roger Milla? :D You only need to play 7 games and you don't even have to win them all. Just the important ones. Heck, you don't even have to win any game i...

It seems to me that since the treble Bayern has been in Arsenal/Tottenham/Leverkusen mode and are struggling to get out of it. I.e. they made excuses after excuses or stated how well they played and unlucky they were in losses as if they developed a loser's mentality.

oloye wrote:I dont know where Bayern got that rubbish they put in goal..what happened to Neur?

Neuer is injured, Ullreich is a decent #2 imo

What's the point in having teams submit the provisional squad list? I think it gives everyone time to prepare especially FIFA's sponsors, the media, even the match officials actually study the player's idiosyncrasies on the pitch (like the divers, complainers, e.t.c..). The 23 man deadline of June ...

Poor game by Bayern, inefficient as in the past few years. And shaky at the back

Any team that hires Wenger is stupid. He has lost touch with the modern game. Give him Madrid, City, Bayern, PSG, France, etc and he is bound to underperform. :clap: :clap: :clap: End of story You are :clap: ?Wenger will do wonders to some teams,to say any team that hire him are stupid just go to s...

Schürrle was 100% in Tuchel though.

Günter Netzer did the same in the early 70s. It was his last game for the club before moving to Real Madrid. It was the German cup final, the score was 1:1 after regular time. He subbed himself in and scored the winning goal as his club won 2-1

And how else would a ref gain experience with high profile games if not officiating them? Not all high profile games are the same. Do you throw an green ref to serve as the ref in the WC finals just to give them experience? The semis of the C. League is a very high profile match, i personally think...