What are your thoughts on the first round of World Cup?

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What are your thoughts on the first round of World Cup? 

Post#1 » by sovietchild » Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:21 pm

What are your thoughts on the first round of World Cup and which team was your favorite?

I liked how England played with nice and quick passes, even though they waisted many opportunities but that can be blamed on the 1 billion flies that were in the stadium. I'm looking forward to watching England again.

I also like how smaller teams stood up to bigger teams, like Australia vs France, Switzerland vs Brazil and especially Mexico vs Germany the defending champions.

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Post#2 » by lambchop » Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:52 pm

great tournament so far. The groups look pretty even and anything can happen
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Post#3 » by Baphomet » Tue Jun 19, 2018 5:59 pm

lambchop wrote:great tournament so far. The groups look pretty even and anything can happen


I agree. I was expecting the group placements to be pretty predictable, but results have been all over the place. Last minute goals, tons of penalties and dramas. Pretty entertaining so far.
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Post#4 » by Lord Eder » Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:30 pm

Yeah at this point it feels like the tournament could be wide open. I’m sure that’ll change over the next week though.
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Post#5 » by El Turco » Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:44 pm

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Post#6 » by AK47MVP » Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:32 am

Good tournament so far. But it is hard to expect great football in 1st games in group stages. A lot of teams still trying just to win and advance and not playing or showing their full potential. Now all these unexpected results puts a lot of pressure on favorites and they need to go all in. I am looking forward to super competitive Argentina-Croatia, Poland-Colombia, France-Peru and Sweden-Germany games now.

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