FIFA World Cup 2018 Russia - the Journey

[Wendigo]

Ronaldo didn't have a day and Portugal ran out of luck. Uruguay were overall the better team and deserved the win more. Cavani is a world class striker and outshined everyone today. I hope he didn't suffer a serious injury and will be fit for the next match. The referee made a lot of questionable choices though especially at the end. When Ronaldo gets shut down Portugal can't win.

[DIA7]

Ronaldo didn't have a day and Portugal ran out of luck. Uruguay were overall the better team and deserved the win more. Cavani is a world class striker and outshined everyone today. I hope he didn't suffer a serious injury and will be fit for the next match. The referee made a lot of questionable choices though especially at the end. When Ronaldo gets shut down Portugal can't win.

Clearly Uruguay were much of a superior team. There was no clear style for Portugal playing wide will not give as a positive result to the defense of Uruguay. Godin played all of Simeoni's defensive lessons. Uruguay have two defense lines, Godin in one line and the other defenders in onther line.
Uruguay played on the speed and and good spreading in field excellent style, but it quickly drains the team. As for Ronaldo he was bad and without concentration, and no Creativity or even  good positionning as if he had lost hope since the early goal.

Finally, the best has scored, and the worst is not worth to complete the journey, thanks Uruguay and especialy cavani for this entertainement now he is tied as second best striker in tournament alongside Lukau and Ronaldo with four goals i hope he makes it at the end to face france him and Suarez will be a deadly duo that will be amazing to see play aginst 2016 Euro finalist.

[yoseph]

Ronaldo didn't have a day and Portugal ran out of luck. Uruguay were overall the better team and deserved the win more. Cavani is a world class striker and outshined everyone today. I hope he didn't suffer a serious injury and will be fit for the next match. The referee made a lot of questionable choices though especially at the end. When Ronaldo gets shut down Portugal can't win.

Clearly Uruguay were much of a superior team. There was no clear style for Portugal playing wide will not give as a positive result to the defense of Uruguay. Godin played all of Simeoni's defensive lessons. Uruguay have two defense lines, Godin in one line and the other defenders in onther line.
Uruguay played on the speed and and good spreading in field excellent style, but it quickly drains the team. As for Ronaldo he was bad and without concentration, and no Creativity or even  good positionning as if he had lost hope since the early goal.

Finally, the best has scored, and the worst is not worth to complete the journey, thanks Uruguay and especialy cavani for this entertainement now he is tied as second best striker in tournament alongside Lukau and Ronaldo with four goals i hope he makes it at the end to face france him and Suarez will be a deadly duo that will be amazing to see play aginst 2016 Euro finalist.

After scoring, the Uruguayans were very defensive in their play and they only came out to counter attack. If they had opened the game and not played defensive, it would have been an entertaining game like the Argentina and France game. The Uruguayans were not that superior to the Portuguese squad.

[ImHash]

Could I do my own prediction here? This year Croatia has appeared to be strong and I love such surprises when a team starts to beat the odds. Last night event was an unfortunate outcome for Ronaldo and his team, Why I say Ronaldo? Because I think Portugal has only a key player and he is the one deciding on their success, Like Messi for Argentina. Two great teams are now gone and I'm hoping for either Croatia or Brazil to win the cup of this year. Let us see what happens. Could we have another France vs Brazil finale though?

[Sithara007]

Could I do my own prediction here? This year Croatia has appeared to be strong and I love such surprises when a team starts to beat the odds. Last night event was an unfortunate outcome for Ronaldo and his team, Why I say Ronaldo? Because I think Portugal has only a key player and he is the one deciding on their success, Like Messi for Argentina. Two great teams are now gone and I'm hoping for either Croatia or Brazil to win the cup of this year. Let us see what happens. Could we have another France vs Brazil finale though?

France is not good enough to reach the finals. Their next match (quarter-final) is against Uruguay and the chances are that they'll lose it. Brazil looks strong however... Hopefully they'll beat Mexico tomorrow..

[Wendigo]

I fancy France to beat Uruguay. Uruguay have Suarez and Cavani but France have much more talent in their squad. Kylian Mbappe is in form and he is tearing up the opposing defences like there is no tomorrow. Football is unpredictable though and underdogs can get the better of favorites and that's why it's such a great sport to watch 

Onto the Spain - Russia match. The Spanish defence has been shaky and De Gea hasn't been showing his best lately. Russia started strong vs mediocre teams but once they faced a serious team like Uruguay they got beaten badly 3-0. However being the host country and having all these fans on the stadium I think Russia will be very motivated today and hopefully will score a goal. I am going with both teams to score. Also eyeing the over 2.5 goals market for a live bet. Happy watching 

[Wendigo]

Day 3 of the Round of 16 matches. We have the favorites Brazil and Belgium facing Mexico and Japan respectively. There is nothing special to analyze about these 2 matches - Brazil and Belgium need to win. And because the odds are low I am going to parlay Brazil FT & Belgium FT. I hope they will do their job within 90 minutes and not go into extra time like the 2 matches yesterday evening. Good luck guys 

[artmaker]

I'm agree with Brazil vs Mexico for Brazil win.

Belgium vs Japan this 1 gonna be heavy, i know Belgium is a strong team, but we cant underestimate Japan, because Japan also a solid team where they hungry with goal.

My guess will be

Brazil vs Mexico Brazil win
Belgium vs Japan Over 2.5

extra prediction Japan win

[jeremypwr]

I'm on the Over 1.5 in BRA/MEX; parlayed with another wager to bring it down to (-279).

If for whatever reason it doesn't hit, I'll do the same wager with Over 1.5 in BEL/JPN.

[Nahl]

congratulations for Brazil fans that their team already reach to quarterfinal after defeat Mexico 2-0 and probably this results according to people predictions that Brazil will certainly win and i'm watching the game seems Brazil is too dominate the game even Neymar can provide good assist to Firminho to made second goals

[Sithara007]

congratulations for Brazil fans that their team already reach to quarterfinal after defeat Mexico 2-0 and probably this results according to people predictions that Brazil will certainly win and i'm watching the game seems Brazil is too dominate the game even Neymar can provide good assist to Firminho to made second goals

With the exit of Argentina, Germany, Spain and Portugal, the top favorites to win this world cup is Brazil. The only teams which are capable of offering some sort of resistance is England and France.

[DIA7]

congratulations for Brazil fans that their team already reach to quarterfinal after defeat Mexico 2-0 and probably this results according to people predictions that Brazil will certainly win and i'm watching the game seems Brazil is too dominate the game even Neymar can provide good assist to Firminho to made second goals

With the exit of Argentina, Germany, Spain and Portugal, the top favorites to win this world cup is Brazil. The only teams which are capable of offering some sort of resistance is England and France.

Brazil is a  one of the biggest candidate left for the title even without Neymar (his presence will certainly increase the power of Samba but this does not affect the team as a whole), especially after the exit of many of the teams that were nominated for the title such as Germany and Spain, Argentina and Portugal to a lesser extent. currently the road still filled with obstacles despite no big teams remained it will whether Belgium or France is able to withstand Brazil before reaching the final and we all know that they lost only 2finals from 7.
Neymar was not at the top of the group stage but Brazil went through the rest of the team now it's time to see him sober up it's going to be  entertainment all the way from this stage as Brasil presses hard upfront with Neymar Willian Coutinho and Firmino as well as those coming from behind such as Paulinho and Casimero

[ASHLIUSZ]

Japan gave an unexpected play, and finally the come back from Belgium is much more than the play from the Japan players. If Japan has won, this could be the first Asian country to enter the quarter final level in this world cup. Russia being a major contributor to cryptocurrency moving forward to the quarter final level will help in the price pumping before the end of the season.

[gilangIDR]

Japan gave an unexpected play, and finally the come back from Belgium is much more than the play from the Japan players. If Japan has won, this could be the first Asian country to enter the quarter final level in this world cup. Russia being a major contributor to cryptocurrency moving forward to the quarter final level will help in the price pumping before the end of the season.

Japan gave a great game in the game against Belgium. Japan is less lucky because when Japan can get luck then I'm sure that Japan can be when victory. Yes now representatives from asia are gone and now we are going to watch an exciting match. The big eight matches are just a few days away and the 6 teams have made sure. We just wait for 2 more team that will fill the remaining slot. Russia has shown an exciting match and now we are all waiting for every game to be played.

[Sithara007]

Japan gave an unexpected play, and finally the come back from Belgium is much more than the play from the Japan players. If Japan has won, this could be the first Asian country to enter the quarter final level in this world cup. Russia being a major contributor to cryptocurrency moving forward to the quarter final level will help in the price pumping before the end of the season.

Japan was ahead by 2-0, with just 20 minutes remaining. They could have won the match, had they concentrated on their defenses. But their mistakes enabled the Belgians to score three goals in quick succession. Japan literally gifted the match to Belgium.

[artmaker]

I'm agree with Brazil vs Mexico for Brazil win.

Belgium vs Japan this 1 gonna be heavy, i know Belgium is a strong team, but we cant underestimate Japan, because Japan also a solid team where they hungry with goal.

My guess will be

Brazil vs Mexico Brazil win
Belgium vs Japan Over 2.5

extra prediction Japan win

Almost Win my extra prediction  if that's was a win gona be really awesome.

But oh well, at least still profit with my main prediction

[Wendigo]

Day 4 of Round of 16 matches. We have Colombia - England and Sweden - Switzerland on the schedule today. Both games can easily go either way and I don't see any big favorites so I am going to bet on goals instead. We have seen so many goals already and with the matches being so unpredictable I think the safest bet here would be both teams to score. Good luck and have fun 

[jeremypwr]

Day 4 of Round of 16 matches. We have Colombia - England and Sweden - Switzerland on the schedule today. Both games can easily go either way and I don't see any big favorites so I am going to bet on goals instead. We have seen so many goals already and with the matches being so unpredictable I think the safest bet here would be both teams to score. Good luck and have fun 

Hoping to see more GOALS GOALS GOALS in today's round of play!

Has anyone else noticed that the refs seem to be calling more penalties this World Cup than most other years?

Defiantly a contributing factor for some of these high scoring affairs.

OVERS have been hitting regularly; more often with ease than not.

[Wendigo]

Yeah the VAR is responsible for penalties galore. I think like 90% of all VAR reviews have ended with a penalty haha. Unfortunately we didn't see a lot of goals in the first match today. Sweden were very solid defensively and neutralized the Swiss attack. The Swedish don't have any super stars but they are very solid tactically and show some good teamplay.

[allycn]

I wouldn't exclude Argentina just yet if I were you. They could bash Nigeria in the next match and gather enough points for 2nd place.
My favorites are Belgium Croatia and France.

My first pick is Belgium. I think they have no weak brinks in their team and have a great team spirit combined with attacking prowess.
Croatia have possibly the best midfielders in the world right now. They have a very experienced team and a powerful attack as well. Dismantled a disgraced Argentina without breaking a sweat.
France have the most expensive team in the world. Amazing individualists and not much of team players. If they manage to band together more and play as a team France could easily overpower anyone even Brazil.

Brazil and Argentina are not stable enough. Spain have an emergency coach. England play well but something is lacking. Germany seem very tired and uninspired. Portugal rely too much on Ronaldo.

My 2 cents.

I agree with your analysis regarding the teams (especially Brazil and Argentina ... I actually thought Argentina would not make it through to the round of 16, but they always get lucky). With Germany gone (which was one of my favorites to win this World Cup), I am now rooting for Belgium and Croatia.