Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!

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Is FIFA still using the away goal rule for the qualifiers? If so we're in trouble :patrice:

I was hoping if it ended in a draw we'd at least score some goals

Yep, away goals in play. So it's advantage Ghana, we'll have to score at least 2 in ABJ to feel comfortable.

Ghana didn't threaten tbh and we had the best chance with that Moses chance which he should have buried but still, a fluke PK or something like that and we're in trouble.
 

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Was hoping Ivory Coast would hold France to a draw.

Until an African team beats UK, Belgium, France or Germany at the WC in a QF/SF, all these dual-nationality brehs that are super talented will choose to play for a European nation. If Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana etc were making deep runs in the WC/winning it, the likes of Tchouameni, Olise, Saka etc would never have cold feet about representing their fatherland.

It's a shame because CIV played France very tight but that last-minute win just reinforces that belief that you gotta play for the Euro nation if you want to go far.

That said, the gap is closing, however.
 
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