The Official FIFA World Cup Thread - QATAR 2022

WHO WILL WIN?


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I believe the tie between France and England will determine the eventual champions but I did have a dream of Portugal lifting this sht.
 

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anyway... how tf does croatia do it? a country of 3 mill ppl . A final 4 years ago, a semi now. its just amazing

Being a dogged team that might not go out and win, but they for damn sure don't lose. Morocco plays in a very similar way, they just don't have a generational player like Modric.
 

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anyway... how tf does croatia do it? a country of 3 mill ppl . A final 4 years ago, a semi now. its just amazing

sports are huge in yugoslav countries

look at slovenia in basketball too for example..theyve vastly overperformed for their size

when there is a sports culture in a country to that degree, its more likely a generational talent will be developed if they are identified and then pushed to the moon..theres no internal competition there to stop it. then eventually a couple good-great talents emerge at the same time and sprinkle in a little underdog mentality and pride and there you go
 

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PK in the World Cup way harder. Only thing on that level is a game-winning FG in the Super Bowl. So I get it. But some of the pens we've seen this WC haven't even been decent. Japan's were terrible and Arg shanked on today. I'm ok if the GK makes a good save, but damn some of those pens were SHIIIIT.

That Argentina one, he was trying to place it as far from the goalie as possible. But when you do that you are in danger of overdoing it and putting it on the other side of the post. Fine margins. A few inches to the other side and you miss completely

These goalies are huge.. But that can influence your judgement especially in a game winning kick in a WC QF
 

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modric > neymar all time?
for me yes
Not the same type of players but it's easily yes indeed.

Modric has a BO, led a tiny nation to a WC final and (for now) a WC SF, bossed Real's midfield for a decade. There really is no comparison if we take into account that Croatia is a country that is 30 years old and 4 million deep while Brazil is the top nation.
 
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