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Re: World Cup 2018

by Libertine » 11 Oct 2017 04:52

The US bomb out of the World Cup. Needing only a point they traveled to Trinidad and Tobago...and lost 2-1. U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!!! We can't even make the to the WC playing in CONCACAF?! WTAF?!! Unbelievable, embarrassing, I am at a loss for words to describe my shock about the fact that they f-cked it up so completely.

:roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :( :lol: :lol: :lol: :oops:

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Re: World Cup 2018

by 10539.4 Miles Away » 11 Oct 2017 06:25

Sutekh Sadly not to be

Syria's unlikely 2018 World Cup dream is over after Tim Cahill's extra-time header saw Australia progress 3-2 on aggregate to the final qualifying tie.

Omar Al Somah gave the civil war-torn nation hope of reaching Russia when he gave them an early lead in Sydney.

But Cahill, 37, quickly equalised with the first of his two headed goals.

Syria, who drew 1-1 in the first leg, were reduced to 10 men when Mahmoud Al Mawas was sent off before Cahill nodded in Robbie Kruse's cross for the winner.

Australia will now play either Panama, Honduras or the US from the Concacaf section for a place in the finals.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41562035


Tim bloody Cahill. Scored 11 of Australia's 19 goals in qualifying (group + playoff).

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Re: World Cup 2018

by double d » 11 Oct 2017 07:46

Libertine The US bomb out of the World Cup. Needing only a point they traveled to Trinidad and Tobago...and lost 2-1. U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!!! We can't even make the to the WC playing in CONCACAF?! WTAF?!! Unbelievable, embarrassing, I am at a loss for words to describe my shock about the fact that they f-cked it up so completely.

:roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :( :lol: :lol: :lol: :oops:


Cue Donald trump giving this reason to build the wall because Mexico lost 3-2 to Honduras :lol:

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Sanguine » 11 Oct 2017 08:17

Only goalscorers for Argentina in their last 8 games were Messi, and own goal. They got 8 points in 7 games without him, and 20 points in 11 games with him.

Panama will make their World Cup debut despite scoring only 9 goals in 10 qualifying games. Honduras' into the playoffs on GD essentially because they lost 6-0 in the US.

Tim Cahill scored 11 goals in qualifying, at nearly 38 years old.

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Silver Fox » 11 Oct 2017 09:02

Libertine The US bomb out of the World Cup. Needing only a point they traveled to Trinidad and Tobago...and lost 2-1. U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!!! We can't even make the to the WC playing in CONCACAF?! WTAF?!! Unbelievable, embarrassing, I am at a loss for words to describe my shock about the fact that they f-cked it up so completely.

:roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :( :lol: :lol: :lol: :oops:


They reeeeeaaaaalllly didn't want to get invited to the White House


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Re: World Cup 2018

by NewCorkSeth » 11 Oct 2017 09:31

Jaysus just noticed Chile didn't make it! :shock:

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Re: World Cup 2018

by LWJ » 11 Oct 2017 10:52

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Libertine The US bomb out of the World Cup. Needing only a point they traveled to Trinidad and Tobago...and lost 2-1. U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!!! We can't even make the to the WC playing in CONCACAF?! WTAF?!! Unbelievable, embarrassing, I am at a loss for words to describe my shock about the fact that they f-cked it up so completely.

:roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :( :lol: :lol: :lol: :oops:


Cue Donald trump giving this reason to build the wall because Mexico lost 3-2 to Honduras :lol:

eh?

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Re: World Cup 2018

by genome » 11 Oct 2017 11:00

LWJ
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Libertine The US bomb out of the World Cup. Needing only a point they traveled to Trinidad and Tobago...and lost 2-1. U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A!!! We can't even make the to the WC playing in CONCACAF?! WTAF?!! Unbelievable, embarrassing, I am at a loss for words to describe my shock about the fact that they f-cked it up so completely.

:roll: :lol: :lol: :lol: :( :lol: :lol: :lol: :oops:


Cue Donald trump giving this reason to build the wall because Mexico lost 3-2 to Honduras :lol:

eh?


Yeah... what?

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Sutekh » 11 Oct 2017 11:18

And it's Peru that will get to beat New Zealand for the final qualification place.


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Re: World Cup 2018

by double d » 11 Oct 2017 11:29

genome
LWJ
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Cue Donald trump giving this reason to build the wall because Mexico lost 3-2 to Honduras :lol:

eh?


Yeah... what?


Because Mexico is annoyed at usa about the wall and stuff so they decided to lose on purpose to Honduras by scoring own goals and getting sent off so usa didn't go through and Honduras did.

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Sutekh » 11 Oct 2017 11:36

So far...

32 teams to partake of the Russian "festivities" next year (48 in Qatar of course, which is just ridiculous but then that whole story is just utterly ridiculous in itself - and hopefully yet may be changed).

The 23 known qualifiers so far are :

  1. Brazil
  2. Russia
  3. Germany
  4. Iran
  5. Japan
  6. Mexico
  7. Costa Rica
  8. Belgium
  9. Saudi Arabia
  10. South Korea
  11. Spain
  12. England
  13. Nigeria
  14. Poland
  15. Egypt
  16. Iceland
  17. Serbia
  18. France
  19. Portugal
  20. Argentina
  21. Uruguay
  22. Colombia
  23. Panama

The 9 remaining qualifiers will come from :

Europe (4 teams)

Switzerland, Italy, Denmark, Croatia, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Sweden and Greece.

South America/Oceania (1 team)

Peru or New Zealand

Concacaf/Asia (1 team)

Honduras or Australia

Africa

Three teams still to be decided from the remaining group games.

DR Congo or Tunisia
Morocco or Ivory Coast
Bukina Faso or South Africa or Senegal or Cape Verde

Schedule of games

    17 October: Europe play-off draw
    9-11 November: Remaining games 1
    12-14 November: Remaining games 2
    1 December: World Cup finals groups are drawn
    14 June - 15 July 2018: World Cup
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Re: World Cup 2018

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Silver Fox » 11 Oct 2017 11:38

Sutekh So far...

32 teams to partake of the Russian "festivities" next year (48 in Qatar of course, which is just ridiculous


TBF it's still 32 teams in Qatar, 2026 is when it goes to 48, it's literally the only sensible thing about the 2022 tournament


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Re: World Cup 2018

by genome » 11 Oct 2017 11:39

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LWJ eh?


Yeah... what?


Because Mexico is annoyed at usa about the wall and stuff so they decided to lose on purpose to Honduras by scoring own goals and getting sent off so usa didn't go through and Honduras did.


Right you are

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Re: World Cup 2018

by genome » 11 Oct 2017 11:40

What I would give to see a ROI vs Northern Ireland playoff :shock:

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Sanguine » 11 Oct 2017 13:23

genome What I would give to see a ROI vs Northern Ireland playoff :shock:


Both unseeded, so can't happen.

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Starfish » 17 Oct 2017 12:53

NI - Switzerland
Croatia - Greece
Denmark - ROI
Sweden - Italy

I thought that Denmark would be our best bet but we'll see. Still, happy to avoid Croatia & Italy!

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Sutekh » 17 Oct 2017 15:23

Can see ROI beating Denmark
Would expect Croatia to beat Greece
Italy are at risk against Sweden but will ore than likely get it right on the night
NI v Switzerland is probably the toughest to call, can see it going either way hoping NI will make it.

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Re: World Cup 2018

by Starfish » 18 Oct 2017 15:28

Indeed.

It's asking for a bit much but I would love it if NI & ROI both qualified. The first World Cup I really watched (to the point of obsession) was Spain 1982. ROI were still some years from qualifying for a WC (although we came extremely close that time, only losing out to France on goal-difference in a group including Belgium & The Netherlands), but NI were there and took us on a bit of a rollercoaster ride.

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