http://www.eurosport.com/football/wo...45/story.shtml
and I thought that Blatter was a world football cancer
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16 groups with 3 teams each would mean less games played for a team for the tournament no? 2 games in group and then the 16 winners play ro.16 like usual. Unless they make 2 teams progress![]()
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There is talk about combining CONMEBOL with CONCACAF for 2026 qualifying, with 14 slots. Good news for the likes of the US and Mexico, still almost guaranteed progress and also get to improve against better sides.
Fool enough to almost be it
Cool enough to not quite see it
of course 2 teams progress so that we can have 16+8+4+2+1 playoff matches besides the 48 games played in the groups lol. to milk the last cent maybe they should also play a side tournament for 3rd placed teams in the groups.
24 teams in Europe makes sense, 48 in world doesn't. there already aren't enough decent teams in the regions they plan to give extra slots to.
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48 team World Cup
What a corrupt, money hungry bunch of $#@!s FIFA are. Blatant cash grab and great way for that bald Interista $#@! (@W) Infantino to shore up more votes for the next FIFA election. So now another great tournament will be ruined, just like the Euros. All so the likes of China and India (lol) can qualify.
I hadn't really thought about that, just thought more countries would simply mean more money. But you're probably right. Simply having China and India in it would probably be a major financial boost. It's utterly ridiculous though, because as tournament the current set up was amazing imo.
2006 WC in Germany may have been the last great WC for some time. temperature, building scandals and protests from locals (and vuvuzelas in SA) ruined both 2010 and 2014, 2018 and 2022 doesn't look promising either
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Hazard is out and Naingolan is back vs Greece
Messi could be banned for the next game(s) for Argentina because he insulted the referee during and after the match.
http://www.90min.com/posts/4769282-l...win-over-chile
hopefully Argentina dont qualify and Messi retires
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Im looking at the France team and in terms of names they might have the best group of great talented players
They have Matuidi who isnt WC IMO but is very good in making the game flow + Kante who might not be the best passer but he is great at defending!
Pogba who we all know+Greizmann+Dembele+Lemar+Payet+Bakayoko+Toliss o+Rabiot - This is some serious talent there and they havent called up Mbappe yet...
Their defense is nowhere near BBC though...
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Conte- Brought us back to the top of Italy
Allegri- Bringing us to the top of Europe
Can't wait to see them choke![]()
Völler is here with DAi.
@Seven @Zacheryah what's your take in what's just happend with Martinez and Nainggolan? The former didn't call up the latter (for the umpteenth time) , and he after quite a bit of a frustrated rant declared he is retiring from NT because of this rejection.
Is he that of unprofessional figure to deal with, or is Martinez too stubborn and exaggerating? (essentially doing a Pep?) Nainggolan never created issues with Roma or his in Italy career for the clubs. Is he more arrogant in NT duty?
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Typical belgium. That little country think they can challenge for a WC. And then fate shows them how wrong they have been to think that way. But they keep getting their hopes up, only to get shot down time after time after time. They're like Prometheus. Soon as their hopes start growing back, the vicious bird of prey known as reality swoops down! With the fury and thunder of all the Gods! The Golden God! And tears those stupid hopes into little pieces that act as worm food.