[World Cup 2018] Group A (Egy - Rus - Sau - Uru)

[Adramelch]

The England one in 2010 was also quite terrible.

[Jimmy Floyd]

You're right, I think that was probably worse actually. Not helped by all four teams playing in white.

[Adramelch]

It's worse as an isolated group, but the other one still gets lots of negative points for that knockout game afterwards.

[Kikó]

Ok I'm in Moscow now getting ready for the next flight to St Petersburg. Plenty of Mexicans, Germans, Peruvians, and Swedes about. The country is supposed to be buzzing after the first result so let's see.

[Mike]

Our Mo starts :)

[phonics]

I've got a tenner on them so he better boss it.

[Adramelch]

I'm liking Russia's energy.

[Mike]

Over 10 minutes and he hasn’t scored! What’s going on?

[John]

Co comms man has just cited a game from two and a half years ago in which Elneny 'looked assured' as evidence of his quality. :cab:

[Waffdon]

Good start to this game. Hope it doesn’t fizzle out.

[Browning]

I liked them stating earlier than if Russia win they're basically through "because of their goal difference". No, they're basically (certainly) through because Saudi Arabia wouldn't win 2 games in a row if the group phase was 200 games long.

[Magic]

Co comms man has just cited a game from two and a half years ago in which Elneny 'looked assured' as evidence of his quality. :cab:

Danny Murphy is a boring dire cunt.

[Max Power]

Salah looks sharper than I thought he would. Was expecting Ronaldo in France 98 final.

[Max Power]

Although he’s looking more and more corpse like now

[John]

Pearce now pondering whether the referee would get a goal bonus for helping Egypt score. That's called bribery, Jonathan.

[Browning]

There was only about 10 passes between the ref's touch and the shot too.

[Adramelch]

That was a pretty good finish.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Looked like a foul by Dzyuba to me.

[Serj]

I think it's possibly even a foul on Dzyuba. Terrific stuff.

[Adramelch]

Ye it felt like they fouled each other really.

[Browning]

I saw it as the Egyptian player pulling the shirt of the Russian. No chance it was a foul the other way.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Goodbye Egypt.

Surprised how good Russia have looked. I thought they'd be shit in this tournament.

[Adramelch]

I saw it as the Egyptian player pulling the shirt of the Russian. No chance it was a foul the other way.

Dzyuba also pushed Fathi, but it's not visible from the main camera they used for the replay. It was more evident in the other ones. Still I wouldn't cancel the goal for that.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was lovely by Dzyuba.

[Serj]

I don't think Russia have looked very good in either match, their opponents just managed to be genuinely awful. I think they'll be comfortably beaten in their first knockout match.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Dzyuba also pushed Fathi, but it's not visible from the main camera they used for the replay. It was more evident in the other ones. Still I wouldn't cancel the goal for that.

It would have been soft for sure and I'm glad it wasn't given.

[Waffdon]

Offft. Not the greatest opposition granted, but they’ve looked decent.

[Magic]

Wat. Russia top scorers?

Lol at Salad though.

[P_3]

Fuck yeah. :dance:

[Max Power]

Dzyuba is great. Proper target man.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I don't think Russia have looked very good in either match, their opponents just managed to be genuinely awful. I think they'll be comfortably beaten in their first knockout match.

It's obviously helped but this Russia team have looked rancid in friendly matches. They've turned up.

[Adramelch]

So essentially they now only need a draw in the last game for top spot.

Russia are better than expected, and it feels like they're using their home advantage to the maximum, showing a lot of energy etc.

[Magic]

Doping.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Boydy!!!!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's a cracking penalty.

African penalties :drool:

[Boydy]

Boydy!!!!

:nodd:

[Giggles]

Russia need another one sharp to finish off these cunts. But too long left for my liking.

[Adramelch]

That's 10 penalties in 17 games so far if I'm counting correctly.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Golovin :face:

Just hit it you nonce.

[Giggles]

Did this leave Egypt near enough out or out?

[John]

Did this leave Egypt near enough out or out?

If Uruguay beat Saudi Arabia tomorrow they're out.

[Baz]

So yes, they're out.

[Giggles]

If Uruguay beat Saudi Arabia tomorrow they're out.

Is it goal difference and not head to head then of they're still possibly in it?

[niko_cee]

Egypt need Saudi Arabia to win 1-0 tomorrow, then for Russia to beat Uruguay and Egypt to beat Saudi quite heavily. So they're fucked.

[John]

Is it goal difference and not head to head then of they're still possibly in it?

It's goal difference, then goals scored, then head to head.

[Browning]

Egypt need Saudi Arabia to win 1-0 tomorrow, then for Russia to beat Uruguay and Egypt to beat Saudi quite heavily. So they're fucked.

Why 1-0? The bigger the Saudi win, the better for Egypt at this point (as long as it doesn't get silly to the point where Saudi Arabia could finish above them on GD).

But yea, it's not going to happen either way.

[Mazuuurk]

Doping.

True. Something is up here.

[Magic]

Of course it is. No question in my mind these useless fuckbags have suddenly turned it on and look physically great.

[Mazuuurk]

Yeah. Like they have a fucking centre back who is 38 years old, you've got Zhirkov there who is 34, and so on. And suddenly these fuckers are all Duracell Rabbits running around.

They ran a collective 115km yesterday. After some googling I found that the average distance run in PL in 2017 was topped by Liverpool at 116km. So Russia would have been tied with Manchester City there on 115km. Seems about right yeah?



(yes, I know this is an individual game, but still this isn't normal)

[Magic]

Well Egypt looked drained after about 50 minutes, and by the end were dead on their feet. That's fair enough if they were playing top, top world class athletes, but this was an ageing Russian squad...who looked like they could have carried on for another 90 minutes.

[Kikó]

It was incredible last night. The atmosphere was electric and the Russians partied until the early hours. They've got an incredible ability to get to amazing levels of drunkenness.

Off to Nizhny tonight. 👌

[Magic]

Did all the PEDs improve their partying performance?

[Kikó]

[redacted]

[Disco]

That's Kiko off to the gulag.

[Magic]

:drool:

[Browning]

Egypt doing well to win a corner in a match they're not playing in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That finish :sick:

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The keeper :D

[Adramelch]

Pizzi was like "I know why we got battered against Russia, we need a different keeper".

[Browning]

They need to introduce yellow cards for rolling around on the floor, even if you get fouled and win a free kick.

[Waffdon]

Uruguay are such a brutal team. Their lack of creativity matches that of Panama.

[Adramelch]

Saudi are playing some decent stuff really. If only their keeper wasn't a shitter.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The 7-0 I predicted seems a tad optimistic.

[Adramelch]

Was that before or after the Egypt game?

[Magic]

Lol at Uruguay parking the bus 1-0 up against the worst team in the world.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

A whitey with cornrows, exactly what Uruguay need here.

[Max Power]

Uruguay/Portugal last 16 tie would be grim. They are basically the same team. 4-4-2, sit in and wait for your big name forward(s) to score.

[Adramelch]

Wouldn't say they are parking the bus, they are just playing bad. It was exactly the same before the goal.

[Magic]

This is how England will go out in the 2nd round.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Cavani is playing like it's the Champions league final against Madrid.

I thought he'd bully the fuck out of them.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Is this Phil Neville on comms? He's an absolute gimp.

[Browning]

Is this Phil Neville on comms? He's an absolute gimp.

I think it is. He was saying 10 minutes ago that he still thinks Uruguay can win the World Cup because they have x amount of people over 30. Yea... but they're shite.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He's too serious. Absolutely zero sense of humour. This does not matter, Phil, not to you, not to Saudi Arabia.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Time wasting against Saudi Arabia :drool:

What a shitter of a game.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Literally nothing to like about Uruguay without Diego and his hair. Anyone who does like them has no real business watching sport.

[Pepe]

Literally nothing to like about Uruguay without Diego and his hair. Anyone who does like them has no real business watching sport.

+10000

They have always been complete shite and dirty as fuck too. Forlan gave them some class but now that he's gone they are back to their usual ways.

Only Conmebol team that has won a match though.

[Browning]

Not sure which of those final 2 games is going to be worse. Egypt Vs Saudi Arabia with nothing to play for, or another shitty Uruguay match.

[SvN]

What has happened to Suarez? He looks total shite. I can't believe I backed him as top scorer.

[Pepe]

Not sure which of those final 2 games is going to be worse. Egypt Vs Saudi Arabia with nothing to play for, or another shitty Uruguay match.

You'd hope that those two will play for PRIDE, although it'll probably just turn into a divefest. Uruguay-Russia has 0-0 written all over it.

[CJay]

What has happened to Suarez? He looks total shite. I can't believe I backed him as top scorer.

He seemed to be on the wane this season for Barca. Still racked up plenty in the league but that’s not too difficult with Messi and Coutinho laying them on. I think his European record over the last two years is atrocious.

He looks like he’s slowing down, and that burst of acceleration he had was a big part of his game. Wouldn’t be surprised to see him go to China or somewhere like that in a year or two.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He strikes me more as a back-to-Peñarol kind of man (or whatever team he started at).

[John]

Could probably still do it for Ajax. He was there for longer than anywhere else but Barcelona.

[Disco]

He's a mercenary, he'll go wherever the money is.

[Baz]

Klopp’ll have him.

[phonics]

Interesting to see the Russian team covering more distance, faster and sprinting more often than everyone else in the tournament.

Nothing to see here.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DgNZGsKWAAI4XYc.jpg

[Jimmy Floyd]

Excel conditional formatting spares no truth.

[Pepe]

NARRATIVE

caps

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Ignasevich can run all day.

[Pepe]

What's the DOPING threshold? 400 sprints/match?

[Browning]

I wish I had something better to do than choosing between these.

[Pleb]

Suarez :cool:

Russia might of royally fucked this if I'm honest.

[SvN]

So that's the game dead, then.

[Pleb]

The nil-nil dream is still alive though :drool:

Cue the Saudis killing it dead on it's tracks :moop:

[Adramelch]

So that's the game dead, then.

I don't know. Uruguay are toothless up front for the most part and Russia were happy with the draw so it was destined for a boring 0-0. I don't know if it'll get better, but I don't think it'll get worse.

[Boydy]

The state of that Uruguayan player going down holding his head there.

[SvN]

lmao

Akinfeev is such a disgrace. Has he ever made a save in his life?

[Browning]

The 0-0 dream lives, which is the main thing here.

[Adramelch]

He could have saved it, but it was sort of unlucky as well. The first one was quite bad though.

[Yevrah]

This should be a lesson to England really.

Russia have biffed some wank, and now come up against someone half decent and they're nowhere.

[Jimmy Floyd]

When the drugs don't work, they just make you worse...

[Pleb]

Russia :face:

[Adramelch]

What a shambles. :D

[SvN]

The wheels are well and truly off.

[Adramelch]

Cue an Iran win and Spain draw with Russia getting to play Iran.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Russia :harold:

[Trancemeister]

Salah has given Egypt the lead and El Hadary has saved a penalty.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

El Hadary :cool:

[phonics]

He also conceded one.

[Pleb]

The hosts have royally fucked it.

Portugal to rip them to shreds then.

[Browning]

This whole group was every bit as shit as advertised.

[Trancemeister]

Saudi score in the 95th minute.

[-james-]

Bilic and O'Neill definitely don't get on.

[Pleb]

Egypt :face:

[Giggles]

Egypt :harold:

[Giggles]

What's up Salah's hole the pouty cunt?

[niko_cee]

He's an African player at a World Cup so, of course, he is in dispute with his FA in some capacity - I saw a story about image rights and being used as a political pawn in Chechnya.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He was definitely the latter, although that's also his own fault for being thick as shit.

As I said before there's just far too much adulation around him. I even heard a 5 Live documentary painting him as some sort of Mandela figure for the Arab world, which made me want to vomit.