International Soccer

[DanishDonut0]

Den v Ire

Atleast 8000 Irish coming and probably more, not to mention the lot that live here. Wouldn't be surprised if the stadium looks empty, I have a feeling tons of Irish have seats in the Danish supporter sections and they've come out hard saying they'll be refused entry. Denmark is at risk of having 4 starters out with injury but as of now they've been given the go ahead, even with a freshly fractured wrist from last week. Results aside it's gonna be great.

 

[Yankee151]

Where are the games gonna be televised?

 

[Snorky's Shame]

ESPN2: Northern Ireland v Switzerland
ESPN Deportes: Croatia v Greece
FS1: Sweden v Italy
FS2: Denmark v Ireland
beIN: CAF Qualifiers and New Zealand v Peru
Telemundo: Honduras v Australia

 

[Yankee151]

Greece down 2-0, lols

 

[Karl Hungus]

Greece down 2-0, lols

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

 

[Yankee151]

Never mind I celebrated prematurely

2-1 then 1-0 Greek win at home into quarterfinals appearance here we come

 

[ebarws6]

3-1

yeet

 

[Yankee151]

Strinic is disgusting

 

[Yankee151]

Gotta be frustrating for the Swiss. So many near misses

 

[NML]

That Croatia team is low key filthy

 

[DanishDonut0]

All the Irish bars are cutting beer prices, you know where I'll be all morning before the game.

 

[Snorky's Shame]

Honduras v Australia on beIN at 5 ET.

South Africa v Senegal on beIN at noon. A Senegal win means they’re in.

 

[Yankee151]

Well this game is a bit less than scintillating

 

[Yankee151]

Sweden scores. They've looked the better side by far

 

[Yankee151]

Oh and in case anyone missed it Senegal qualified for the World Cup. Their only other appearance was Quarters in 2002, so they could be fun to watch

They also were behind one of the biggest upsets in World Cup History.

http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/01/19/teams-of-the-decade-16-senegal-world-cup-02/

 

[DanishDonut0]

Hahaha yesssss. I haven't had to endure this level of flopping in a while. Fuck them

 

[adchester]

Heja Sverige

 

[Yankee151]

Kella would've visited the 9MM cafe by now if he was watching this flopfest, Italy are being Italy

 

[DanishDonut0]

Fy fan, I passed up going to watch the game in Sweden to be at full strength tomorrow. Great win

 

[Yankee151]

Italy makes me feel okay with being a US fan. At least we don't have expectations. I suppose they can cry themselves to sleep with that '06 trophy, but still

 

[DanishDonut0]

I expect a physical battle so it's going to be interesting to see how the leg pans out, both teams have 10 players each on yellows including some key players.

I shouldn't be too hard to find. I'll be this guy up in the front

during the 0-0 draw.

 

[Yankee151]

Morocco and Tunisia qualify. Tunisia doesn't have many big names, but that Morocco squad is pretty stacked. Feel bad for Zaha, first Palace now Ivory Coast, can't catch a break

Morocco's coach, Herve Renard, now has two AFCON titles (Zambia, CIV) and a WC qualification with Morocco since 2013

 

[adchester]

Cheering for the Danes, but these Irish jerseys are pretty sexy.

 

[Yankee151]

Sweet Jesus that save from Rodriguez

 

[Snorky's Shame]

Well, that was a complete waste of 5 hours.

5th 0-0 I’ve sat through this weekend.

International football can be such a grind.

 

[Yankee151]

Yeah was gonna say the same thing, maybe Italy and Sweden score a bunch but I'm not holding out hope

 

[DanishDonut0]

Still recovering from the game. Obviously not the most exciting game, but it's about what I expected. Sisto should've buried that chance, but I'm happy that an away goal wasn't allowed. Being so close to the players was great, those Irish lads are physical beasts in person. Great atmosphere as well.

 

[DanishDonut0]

Hahahahahahaha

 

[Snorky's Shame]

Now who are we going hate?

 

[Karl Hungus]

Buffon deserved better. The rest of that team, though...

 

[Snorky's Shame]

Insigne would have made a difference. The Italians didn’t have a match winner out there. No Baggio, Totti, Pirlo, Del Piero, etc...

 

[Karl Hungus]

Insigne would have made a difference. The Italians didn’t have a match winner out there. No Baggio, Totti, Pirlo, Del Piero, etc...

It's criminal how little he was used.

 

[Yankee151]

It's criminal how little he was used.

I see what you did there

At least this makes for an interesting slew of choices for a FM18 Club & Country redemption run. I might try to take Italy and only use players with less than 10 Dirtiness/Controversy or whatever those ratings are called.

Serie A has all the drawbacks of being reliant on one club ala Germany, without the benefits the Bundesliga gets from Bayern raising the competitiveness . The rest of the Italian teams are hot garbage, and most of the good players are Argentinean or Balkan. Doesnt help that both Milans have produced maybe one good Italian over the past 10 years or something absurd.

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[DanishDonut0]

Yeah this Italian team is not good besides the legends in the back. But I thought some the manager's decisions were awful.

The major being taking out Verratti in the 1st leg, knowing he can't play in the 2nd? And then no Insigne?

 

[Hachiko]

 

[DanishDonut0]

Well, that was a complete waste of 5 hours.

5th 0-0 I’ve sat through this weekend.

International football can be such a grind.

6th now, 569 minutes since Sweden last scored on Friday.

 

[Karl Hungus]

I see what you did there

At least this makes for an interesting slew of choices for a FM18 Club & Country redemption run. I might try to take Italy and only use players with less than 10 Dirtiness/Controversy or whatever those ratings are called.

Serie A has all the drawbacks of being reliant on one club ala Germany, without the benefits the Bundesliga gets from Bayern raising the competitiveness . The rest of the Italian teams are hot garbage, and most of the good players are Argentinean or Balkan. Doesnt help that both Milans have produced maybe one good Italian over the past 10 years or something absurd.

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There are some good young guys, but of course Serie A teams rarely play young guys, so...

 

[Karl Hungus]

Zlatan is totally going to come out of international retirement, isn't he?

 

[Snorky's Shame]

De Rossi knows more than the manager.

 

[Snorky's Shame]

The “Not Going To The World Cup” team will be very strong this year. Buffon, Chelini, Veratti, Vidal, Sanchez, Pulisic, Bale (when healthy), Alaba, Robben, Aubameyang, etc...

 

[Yankee151]

We could host a Not going to the World Cup Cup and it'd be pretty fun to watch.

 

[silverwheels]

USA is exploring doing just that.

 

[Yankee151]

China is already hosting some mini 4-team tournament in the middle of March, lol. So it wouldn't surprise me

These 8 teams or so would be sick

Italy
Holland
USA
Chile
Ghana
Ivory coast
Algeria
Australia/New Zealand

 

[goblue96]

China is already hosting some mini 4-team tournament in the middle of March, lol. So it wouldn't surprise me

These 8 teams or so would be sick

Italy
Holland
USA
Chile
Ghana
Ivory coast
Algeria
Australia/New Zealand

#HeBelievesCup

 

[Yankee151]

Jedinak is the new Tim Cahill I guess. Cross Honduras off the unlikable teams attending the WC list

 

[DanishDonut0]

Eriksen is just too good. So satisfying to see them play so well for once. They have the ability to do something (mostly on the shoulders of Eriksen), but I'll take that going into the WC.

This video , from Eriksen at the beginning to Delaney at the end. It also might be the best use of Carlsberg.

https://www.bt.dk/film-og-tv/mette-cornelius-jeg-taenker-golden-shower?referrer=RSS

 

[whiteyc_77]

I might have to take up Denmark as my 2018 WC squad, with USA and the Netherlands not in attendance.

-YTC

 

[kella]

The World Cup NIT would be awesome. It's hilarious (and/or SAD) how many decent to great teams didn't make it.

 

[goblue96]

Putting my support behind The Socceroos.

 

[Karl Hungus]

The World Cup NIT would be awesome. It's hilarious (and/or SAD) how many decent to great teams didn't make it.

I don't think Holland is even decent. They are so, so bad.