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FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifying Thread

tototoner

Staying Alert
Mar 21, 2004
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The shocks keep coming , 1st Northern Ireland out and now the Italians out also
 

Syn_13

Fly On, Little Wing
Jul 17, 2008
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Shit. What a fucker. Not going to be the same this World Cup. Ventura has really fucked this up. So many good young coaches and this 2nd division dinosaur got the job. Good riddance.

Congrats to Sweden. They deserved the win over the tie.
 

LSUY

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Jul 12, 2005
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What a shitty way for Buffon's international career to come to an end.
 

paulcumpstone

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Jul 17, 2008
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Sweden had to be strong.as did the ref.italy spent most the game appealing for pens.italy were the better side but lacked real quality in the final 3rd.fair play to sweden.
 

cwy21

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May 11, 2009
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We don't have moments like this when the world cup expands. Good for the 2nd tier teams in South America and Europe, but it makes qualifying much worse.
 

mpickard2087

Patient Zero
Jun 13, 2008
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Thanks to the Italians, the Dutch, and all those teams bailing out early in order to allow England a clear run at stinking out the World Cup and monopolising the embarrassment next summer.

 

yankspurs

Enic Out
Aug 22, 2013
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Alot of people seem to think the WC will be dull now. So as per customary with this sort of thing. i would not be shocked if this WC ends up being incredibly entertaining.

Or, of course, we could get pulis ball every game:playful::woot:
 

Syn_13

Fly On, Little Wing
Jul 17, 2008
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Ventura must really hate Insigne.

He hates football by the looks of it.

Immobile does nothing for the national side. Insigne is bang in form. He refused to play Jorginho until it was too late. Won't call up Chiesa, who is probably the most exciting and in form Italian around right now. Persisted with that shitty 4-2-4 all the way through the group stage. Just terrible.
 
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