Group E (France, Switzerland, Ecuador, Honduras)

[Orangebird]

Probably the weakest group. Discuss.

 

[TrojanMan]

Vive la France!!!!!

 

[Yankee151]

Switzerland are going to get 9 pts, watch.

 

[joshuahuskers]

Of course we couldn't have get drawn into this group.

 

[Yankee151]

Wouldn't be that much easier.

 

[BasinBictory]

Of course we couldn't have get drawn into this group.

0-3 is 0-3, any way you slice it.

 

[hayvis]

France are going to invent new and spectacular ways of fucking this all up.

 

[Southpaw]

Who are some players I want to watch for in today's games? Any ballers on these squads? I know France prolly has some, how bout the rest of the teams?

 

[Milo]

Swiss midfield is good. Shaqiri, Xhaka, Inler are fun to watch. Shaqiri and Xhaka are both young(22, 21).

Ecuador is pretty bland on paper. Valencia plays for Manchester United, but he's just a hug the wing and cross kind of guy.

Honduras is a scrappy team. Izaguirre, their left back, is probably their best player. Andy Najar, plays in Belgium now, was spotted by his high school coach at 15. Two years later he was starting for D.C. United. Now he's doing well in Europe. He may or may not start, but cool story.

 

[hayvis]

Swissmen are a good team with no real superstars. Good on the wings and a good finisher in Drmic. I agree that they win this group. Ecuador are good on the wings but not a great side. Valencia is one of their star players. As an Arsenal fan, my favourite player for France is centre back Koscielny. He's the best in Europe in my opinion. Amazing timing and makeup speed. They have two massive bastard centre forwards for good crosses and their playmaker, Pogba to get the ball to. Honduras are shit, but I know little about them.

 

[hayvis]

I didn't mention Giroud by name as an Arsenal fan, as he frustrates the hell out of me, and his misses could be the way that France manage to fuck it all up.

 

[kella]

Koscielny is probably the 2nd fastest player on that squad. His fifa pace should be an 86! /g8r

 

[goblue96]

Honduras is scrappy. Translation: On paper, they get their shit pushed in but somehow find a way to win.

 

[Orlando]

CONCACAF!CONCACAF! CONCACAF!

 

[Yankee151]

With Alba playing terrible and Alaba both never qualifying and not a Lb for his country, Swiss LB Ricardo Rodriguez is the best in the tournament. His battle with A.Valencia will be huge today

 

[Orlando]

Swiss got those snug southpaw kits.

 

[Yankee151]

Ecuador pinning them back well so far.

 

[Orlando]

Lol nice dive.

 

[kella]

Ale Moreno is the worst

 

[Yankee151]

Well, there goes my dark horses.

EDIT: I'm honestly surprised Moreno hasn't brought up Rafa Marquez yet

 

[Milo]

Nice marking by the Swiss on that one.

 

[Brick]

these announcers are dumb as rocks

 

[goblue96]

Set piece defense has been awful
this entire cup.

 

[kella]

Djorou lol

 

[Yankee151]

Ricardoooooo luh dat assist

 

[Brick]

worst game so far. set piece header goals = yawn

 

[Yankee151]

Swiss absolutely wasteful with numbers going forward. Going to bite them bad.

 

[Brick]

SHAQ is a cute little pudgy man

 

[Yankee151]

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICAAAAAAARRRRDDDOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[kella]

Wow

 

[Heisman06]

Crazy sequence there. Nice finish to an otherwise meh game.

 

[fsuprime]

Ecuador guy just bumble and stumbled with the ball there

 

[purple112]

Right when I turned it on

 

[goblue96]

 

[Rob's FSU]

Retarded Ecuadorians.

 

[Keith1212]

Ecuador guy just bumble and stumbled with the ball there

Epically stupid play by that guy. What I don't understand is why the announcers didn't rip that guy at all post game.

To not even attempt a shot there is just

 

[Brick]

serves ecudador right for standing around bitching about a no-call and then slowing down during a presumed foul.

love when teams get punished for being bitches.

 

[Yankee151]

And the ref had a great advantage call. Makes up for the disallowed Swiss goal. All is good in the soccer world.

 

[Milo]

I did laugh when Healey mentioned Rodriguez's parents are Chilean and Spanish.

 

[Yankee151]

He would be the tallest guy on the Chilean team

 

[hayvis]

France have got the selection right, at least. Giroud on the bench and Griezmann starting.

 

[Chase]

France have got the selection right, at least. Giroud on the bench and Griezmann starting.

Benzema on 1 leg > Giroud. But Koscielny on the bench for Sakho is a crime.

 

[kella]

They'll be fine without giroud. Benzema is sure to be there to flub chances and get caught in possession

 

[hayvis]

Benzema on 1 leg > Giroud. But Koscielny on the bench for Sakho is a crime.

Only just seen that. This is how France fuck it all up. Not playing one of the best CBs in the world is just dumb.

 

[Renegade]

Switzerland, fuck yeah!

 

[Chase]

No French or Honduran national anthem because the PA system is broke

 

[hayvis]

I hope Arsenal don't sign Benzema. He is Giroud 2.0. Thinking of that, has anyone actually seen the two of them together.....?

 

[kella]

The entire game would devolve into lumbering forwards dribbling into defenders and getting caught thinking they are Ronaldo

Sakho looks like he has to try so hard to make the simplest pass. He is an ogre and seems worried about overhitting the most basic passes

 

[fried rice]

France is about to put one in.

 

[kella]

Palacios is a piece of shit