A match going to penalty shootouts would be more fun than anything else. Of course, I don't know if I can say the same for the fans of these teams, but I think the excitement level of penalty shootouts is always high. Asian teams won the sympathy of everyone in this tournament. I didn't give them that many chances before the tournament, but they surprised me with their performance. I see them as a little more sympathetic. Penalty shootouts require composure. The team with good condition will stay more composure in this section and will be able to go to the next round. Let's see which one will do it.
Oh first hit saved by the goalkeeper - so much pressure on the goalkeeper - lots of tension in the ground Croatia goalkeeper is saving the goals |
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I'm looking for the better way of Japan. Croatia is a strong contender. Japan managed to win against Germany and Spain, but lost to Costa Rica. This time it have good chance to progress further, and keep the stadium clean by the Japan audience who grabbed the attention of the entire world with the marvelous act which everyone needs to follow.
I think Japan will end up winning the game. They are just so extremely focused and diligent, that I really can't see them losing this one. I think they will lose to a stronger team, but this time I think they have a real chance of winning. We'll have to see though, it will be an interesting game. I have read it too - I have a Japanese soul in me too - I clear up every place I visit. But I liked the attitude of Japanese player - a little attention to the place and being a little vigilant doesn't hurt |
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It's very amusing that when I started the topic, a lot of people didn't believe that inflation was truly coming. It's that, probably the situation wasn't just the same for the different regions around the globe, which made it look that the point of the topic is misunderstood. Inflation is coming if it has not arrived in your country yet, and it might not end until the war between Russia and Ukraine ends. Let's hope it will be soon.
Honestly the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has a devastating impact on the economy in my country just as you predicted, particularly the price of diesel had syrocketed, diesel which is the major fuel used by industries to power their generators as a result of epileptic power supply had forced the prices of products manufactured by those industries to increase thus causing high inflation, infact some of those industries had to shut down operations lay off their workers rising from high cost of production, wheat which is another raw material usually imported from Ukraine by Flour industries for bread baking has not been available thus forcing it importers to seek alternative but much more expensive means consequently bread a staple food is now very expensive. there is no use of cursing Ukraine and Russia Everyone is fighting their battles - Russia and Urkairan are fighting theirs we have to fight ours. So let's focus on earning more money for financial freedom. |
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What the Russians are doing with the civilian population of Ukraine is increasingly convincing the West of the need to destroy Russia. This bloody monster from the era of lizards has no place in the modern world.
russian firing dummy missile to wear down Ukraine air defence - ukraine is bracing for more attacks In Fact the diplomats of Ukraine are getting strange letters. they mentioned that there were parts of animals in those envelope - one mentioned there was a cow eyes in one letter and in other they mentioned there was a pig eye. What are Russians trying to give messages to the diplomats. |
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another goal from Argentina by Julian Alvarez in 57' It was a beautiful goal that fooled the goalkeeper. Australia is now under 2 goals. They can't get over it anymore. It is almost certain that Argentina will win this match . Argentina is showing very good performance . They are proving that they are a always great team ha ha the present score is 2-0 goal. I am predicting that the score of this game will be 3-0 goals
Yes, a very interesting match, even though Argentina had won 2 goals they continued to attack they should be able to play slower to avoid injury Now Netherlands have found their opponent in the next match Argentina will be a tough opponent for them but let's just look forward to it BTW Messi has scored 3 goals so far and needs one more to come out on top I'm sure he can do it. finally Australia scored a goal They were quick - and the AUG goalkeeper was stund for what has happened |
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From the start of the match we saw the dominance of Argentina players. They are playing very well. On the other hand, Australian players are not trying to attack. All 10 of their players look like defenders today. Argentina did not make any tactical mistakes against such a team. They attacked a lot and found Australia's weaknesses.
Argentina's gameplay is more organized in the second half. And the Argentinian players are more confident now. And so the Australian players are not able to make any advantage in this match. Argentina lead 2-0 after 70 minutes. I guess the match will end 3-0 or 3-1.
And the defence is not enough - they have to make a move and score a goal For at least a few moment I want to see ball with Australian player. But this has not happened in the whole match today - what a pity |
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another goal from Argentina by Julian Alvarez in 57' It was a beautiful goal that fooled the goalkeeper. Australia is now under 2 goals. They can't get over it anymore. It is almost certain that Argentina will win this match . Argentina is showing very good performance . They are proving that they are a always great team ha ha the present score is 2-0 goal. I am predicting that the score of this game will be 3-0 goals
the goalkeeper is going to repent for the rest of his life for being fooled and making this mistake. He should not have left the place this open. Sorry Australia - Argentine is the winner. |
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another goal from Argentina by Julian Alvarez in 57' It was a beautiful goal that fooled the goalkeeper. Australia is now under 2 goals. They can't get over it anymore. It is almost certain that Argentina will win this match . Argentina is showing very good performance . They are proving that they are a always great team ha ha the present score is 2-0 goal. I am predicting that the score of this game will be 3-0 goals
Argentine is showing good performance because Australia is showing very poor performance - I will watch the Argenite and Saudi Arabia Match again - how Saudi won against argentina Today for all the time ball was possessed by Arginine and I expect they will score another goal |
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We all know that Argentina will win this game. Argentina bwear the white and black jersey while Australia wear the yellow and green jersey on the pitch. At the period of 35 + of the game, Argentina score a goal and the goal was scored by Messi. The ball just passed through in between the Australian's player legs.
Argentina has scored a second goal and the mistake was made by the Australia team goalkeeper by trying to pass the ball to his player in a shot a range of the place. Now Argentina 2 while Australia 0
i feel sorry for the Australian Goalkeeper there was so much guilt on his face when the second goal was scored. I feel sorry for all the Australian player they are not playing their game at all. |
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First goal for Argentina from Messi, that was a great goal
Australia was a kind of proving to be strong to conceive a goal in the first 30 minutes of the game, but finally Argentina legend Lionel Messi has done it again. Despite the goal Argentina needs to put more pressure to get a second a goal in the 2nd half of the game in order to secure the game, hence what happened to them during the Saudis match might repeat again and in this stage right now, there's no next opportunity to correct the mistake because this is knock out stage. At the moment, it seems that Lionel Messi is the difference between the two teams. If Argentina can score another goal, it will be all over for the Australians. Australia has to attack more but at the same time it will open doors for Argentina to counter attack. Argentina should move into the quarterfinals unless Australia finds a goal from somewhere. and another goal - Argentine is good is finding the small gaps and that is where they hit the target Arginine is through of Knockout stage. Australia should play - they are scared of the Argentine team |
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Full time Netherlands 3-1 USA.Netherlands won by 3-1 goals against USA.It is big victory fro Netherlands in this world cup.First match Netherlands won in round of 16.But USA played very well than Netherlands. USA got many chances but they didn’t success. Big congratulation for Netherlands to qualify in next round.Netherlands fans are very happy with their big victory.
Soon we will see between Argentina vs Australia and France vs Poland. My estimate, Argentina and France will qualify for the next round. But I hope Australia will win this game. less then one hour left Argentina vs Australia match will be start . It's going to be a great game. Although everyone is predicting that Argentina will win but on the other hand Australia is also a good team so they cannot be ruled out for winning . The team that loses the current match will be eliminated from the next stage . So all the teams are trying to win now Its approx 53 mins of the game and whole of the time the ball kept rolling under the feet of Argentine player a part from the only goal the game was very boring Portugal played really well. But Australia are only running after Argentine . . they should play their game |
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Full time Netherlands 3-1 USA.Netherlands won by 3-1 goals against USA.It is big victory fro Netherlands in this world cup.First match Netherlands won in round of 16.But USA played very well than Netherlands. USA got many chances but they didn’t success. Big congratulation for Netherlands to qualify in next round.Netherlands fans are very happy with their big victory.
Soon we will see between Argentina vs Australia and France vs Poland. My estimate, Argentina and France will qualify for the next round. But I hope Australia will win this game. less then one hour left Argentina vs Australia match will be start . It's going to be a great game. Although everyone is predicting that Argentina will win but on the other hand Australia is also a good team so they cannot be ruled out for winning . The team that loses the current match will be eliminated from the next stage . So all the teams are trying to win now correct - Aus and Argentia supporter are all charged up I was watching the news and Aus supported want a Saudi spirit in their player so they can win against Argentina |
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Bangladesh could not find suitable replacements for their senior players. They could not produce talented players. Young players are failing to perform well. Bangladesh's performance is now completely erratic. And so now they are not able to perform well even at their home ground in Mirpur. I don't think Bangladesh can win any match in this series against an experienced team like India. I guess the Bangladesh team will lose every match of the series.
among all the south asian teams - I think IND and Pak has brought forth more good players to cricket than other south asian teams Pakistani Imran Khan is a living legend |
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Gana - Uruguai
Both teams score
LOSS
South Korea - Portugal
above 2.5 Goals
LOSS
Cameroon - Brasil
Above 2.5 Goals
LOSS
Serbia - Switzerland
Serbia to win at half time
LOSS
Netherlands - USA
Both teams score
WIN
This time I got absolutely wrecked. I have done my homework, but this cup has been very surprising and unfortunately due to this last bad performance I'm already at a loss.
In todays match Arg Vs Aus I want to make a bet on Arg win |
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I bet on Brazil today, under 2,5 goals.
Hehehe, as I said, Brazil victory and under 2,5 goals, another bet I won So far: 5 bets I won 1 bet I lost For tomorrow's games: Senegal vs Ecuador -> Draw Netherlands vs Qatar -> Netherlands USA vs Iran -> USA Wales vs England -> England But the only game I'll bet for real will be USA, paying 2.00, I believe it's a good odd and USA have a good team to win Iran, they hold England while Iran took 6 x 2. after so many matches - I want to make my bets Because I think I am making good predictions. All the predication I made so far are correct. |
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Just out of curiosity i want to ask you guys what do you think about covered criket stadiums? Is there a possibility that these could be the future? I understand that permanently covered stadiums are obviously not practical as pitches need a lot of sunlight for preparation. But some sort of infrastructure where the sheds can be opened and closed. This obviously will be pretty costly but would be worth the cost for sure.
Covered stadiums do solve this problem but it also presents different challenges as well. These stadiums are costly. Australia built one back in 2000s and the cost was around $300 Million. You can imagine how much it would cost now, a conservative estimate should be around Billion dollars. Not every board can afford it, even BCCI. Having said that if these stadiums host multiple sports throughout the year then there is a chance this idea could work because you don't want billion dollar stadium only hosting 5 matches every year (15-20 events should cover the cost) For sunlight issue, drop in pitches looks okay. There are going to be a lot of problems with covered stadiums. First of all, as JSRAW said, it is going to cost a lot of money and I don’t think ICC is ready to spend that kind of money. They are more interested in having money for themselves. And the infrastructure is going to be have to maintained properly, otherwise, there can be a lot of accidents. And another thing is there are a lot of cricket boards that cannot even afford the DRS system. So building a stadium like that is going to be very hard for them. But it can be good for cricket in the long run. The bad system of Duckworth Lewis is not going to have any kind of affect if stadiums like that are made. But honestly, I think we are a long way away from getting stadiums like that. England team is on tour to Pakistan Ben Stroke has tweeted - Hello Pakistan and Indians are so jealous and tell him to take care of himself - why this kind of messages are sent from across boarder. |
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You guys saw the penalty decision leading to the second goal?
IMO, it was very unfair. The defender did not intentionally touch the ball, heck, he didn't even have any idea where the ball was because he was on his way to the ground. How the hell is someone supposed to land on the grand softly minus putting out their hands?
Whatever it was - it was a big loss for URU - today was not their day Now with this win Portugal is at the top with the 6 point and 2nd is Ghana - URU has to win their last match otherwise they will be heading home |
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Portugal and Uruguay both exchanged attacks, but there were still no goals scored in the first half. It can be said that this match went quite well, both of them were able to display a pretty good performance. But it's a shame that the Portuguese defender Nuno Mendes has been taken off the field due to injury and has been replaced by Raphael Guerrero. In the second half I hope that Portugal and Uruguay can provide a more exciting match, especially since each of their attackers from Ronaldo and Nunez can score goals in the second half later.
Nuno Mendes was crying while he went off the field. The half time is about to end both teams are coming to the field - lets see if able to perform and score any goal. Let's get back to the screens again |
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The commentator is talking about the Uruguay and Portugal revenge and that both the teams are would not want to loose.
What is that revenge about - can anyone shed light on it.
At the last championship four years ago in Russia, Portugal was kicked out of the tournament by Uruguay with a score of 2:1. This is why the commentator mentions revenge, probably from Portugal's point of view. These two teams have played three times so far and have one win each, while one match ended in a draw. everyone is in so much rush - hardly anyone responding to other query thank you so much for responding to it. Much appreciated. Seems like Portugal will not be able to take the revenge. But I really want Ronaldo to perform well. |
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So far, I see Brazil as the champions of this World Cup... They played very well against Switzerland and secured their place in the group... Of all the other teams I would not single out anyone who could match the quality of Brazil's play... It will be interesting to see how Portugal plays against Uruguay in the last match today... Will Ronaldo be able to score another goal?
Brazil success is having a quality squad. No doubt that they will win and secure 3 points against switzerland, although many people assume this match will end with a draw. Yes, I also want to see Portugal match against Uruguay tonight. Regarding Cristiano Ronaldo I'm not too sure he will scored, because this match will be difficult for Portugal to win. Uruguay has beaten Portugal in the previous world cup. I remember when Uruguay beat Portugal in 1/8 when Edinson Cavani scored a double... But I think that this time Portugal will not lose and will even win this game... They have a young team and there has been a generation change of players, unlike the Uruguayan team... My bet is that both teams will score and Portugal will not lose... The commentator is talking about the Uruguay and Portugal revenge and that both the teams are would not want to loose. What is that revenge about - can anyone shed light on it. |
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