They’ve got this third section called “in contest” haven’t seen it before this tournament. I assume it’s the period when the ball is driven into space or in the air.
Basically under Steve Bruce the “in contest” would be higher than Bruce’s team.
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Very bad side, basically like watching an inferior England but in blue.
Interesting point the heat doesn’t seem to have been a massive issue.
That carbon neutral air con blowing at full tilt probably helps
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Suppose if Uruguay don’t progress then Nunez gets to head home early 
Nunez unlucky.
Nothing new with Uruguay.
They’re like the Atletico version among national teams, a guerrilla unit.
Compact, ugly to play against, boring, maximizing every drop from their tight roster, relying on a few individuals for the offensive part.
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I’m falling in love with Darwin 
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Some effort by Valverde.
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Back to normal added time
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I honestly thought it was Godin’s ghost.
MOTM - Kim
Kim the CB…
Kim the CB with the shorter hair.
I’m wondering if they have been asked to keep the 1st half added time to a minimum so they don’t bugger up the TV schedules? We’ll see on the later games.
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How is this WC comparing with the last one for goals? There seem to have been lots of 0:0s interspersed with a couple of Sunday League style absolute twattings.
This WC you’ve gone from more or less being able to 2nd guess which countries would progress from groups to not knowing a damn thing.
Santos heard me on Patricio, he’s dropped him to the bench, Costa starts. He made a mistake against us in the CL, but maybe he’s usually good, I don’t know.
There was 1 at the last World Cup.
4 so far here
First World Cup game to have no shots on target 
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So far -
14 group games
34 goals
2.4 goals per game
so not that much difference although 20 of those goals came from just 3 games. I’ll not bore you with the standard deviations!
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Do you know what, I’m changing my pick for the world cup.
I reckon Portugal beat France in the final instead of the other way round.
Probably change my mind again in about 2 hours but looking at the 2 line ups I reckon only Ibou over Danilo, maybe Theo over Guerriero and Mbappe over Felix.
Yeah, he’s poetry in motion. Once he settles here, he’ll be immense.
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Portugal’s balance was shit at the last Euro.
So I have 3 question marks with them this time.
Goalkeeper, other CB alongside Dias and more importantly, their balance in midfield and attack.
They were far too open last time for a Fernando Santos side.
This time it looks like they’ve moved a few positions.
Looks like a 4-3-3 but with wide forwards more tucked inside; Neves at the base, Bernardo RCM, Otavio LCM, Bruno on the right side of attack, Felix on the left, Ronaldo up top.
And then off the ball more of a 4-2-3-1 with Bernardo defending just behind Ronaldo.