Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:19 am been quite a tight WC so far, only brazil and portugal have the potential to go through with a clean record of 3 wins from the groups
cant wait for the costa rica - germany game tonight, hoping for another upset

hanno wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:27 am And that is the end of the tournament for Germany. Second time in a row that they do not survive the group phase. What happened to Germany? Trains haven't been running on time for decades, restaurants serve tofu Schnitzel, and "Die Mannschaft" can't win games.

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 02, 2022 1:02 am

Doc67 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 10:46 am

cautious colin wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:56 am

Doc67 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:44 am

Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:28 am tunisia had a corker of a game,
if england get through senegal, then theres an awful chance we could play either France or Argentina in the Quarters, yikes

The top half of the Group 16 matches (playing this weekend) are all A,B,C,D group qualifiers. Whoever emerges goes through to the quarter finals. I got that much figured out!

Will the quarter finals keep the ABCD cohort together for the QF's and the S/F's, or will they begin to merge them with winners of the EFGH cohort who emerge QF's?

In other words, will England only play a team from groups ABCD grouping if and until they get to the final?

If so, that looks pretty good. There's no team in that ABCD cohort that England should really be fearful of, and it looks like a great chance advance all the way. The EFGH contains Spain, Brazil, Germany and Portugal which looks like a much easier way for an early exit.

In the Semis,England are likely to play winners group F (currently Croatia/Morrocco/Belgium), or winners group H (Portugal)
Or Runners up from E (Germany?) or G (SWitzerland)

Unlikely to play Spain or Brazil unless we get to the final (we wont) as they are bottom left of the chart

I'm confused. If England get to the semis, they will face the team who has emerged from groups EFGH, the winner of QF3, which does include Brazil and Spain.

Or am I missing something?

no mate, either England, Senegal, France or Poland will be winner of the Quarter Final 3, thats our group,

if we win our L16 and QF3 matches, then in the semi finals we will face the winner of Quarter Final 4 (Morocco, Portugal, {Switzerland, Japan}as it stands, depending on results of Germs vs Costa and Cam, Serb -any of them could switch places with switz and japan)

after that if we get through to the Final, we will face either Netherlands, USA, Argentina, Australia or the winner of Quarter final 2

Ghostwriter wrote: ↑Sat Dec 03, 2022 5:30 pm a bar that choosed to play the 1998 worldcup matches (on VHS), the first one we won. Good times.
A bit sad, but there is a lot of nostalgia going around, and not solely football-wise.

https://www.20minutes.fr/paris/4012989- ... nde-mbappe