Re: World Cup 2018
Posted: Fri 22 Jun 2018, 8:39 am
We played only 2 games. I watched Argentina yesterday and I must say European football is stronger now. Argentina is full of stars, but Croatia played so quite and strong.
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We played only 2 games. I watched Argentina yesterday and I must say European football is stronger now. Argentina is full of stars, but Croatia played so quite and strong.
I have to say I was skeptical about my countrymen's chances, but my God...we blew the Gauchos away. Argentina was pretty poor, but don't take away anything from the excellent Croatians. I hope we can go far this time, even further than '98.
I was really impressed with Croatia - particularly Modric who is class.NikacP0kac wrote: Fri 22 Jun 2018, 6:31 pmI have to say I was skeptical about my countrymen's chances, but my God...we blew the Gauchos away. Argentina was pretty poor, but don't take away anything from the excellent Croatians. I hope we can go far this time, even further than '98.
I agree. Honestly, I am tired of all those super teams. Brazil, Spain, Germany... I need a surprise. We see that Argentina with Messi can do nothing, but there are only stars... We see how Croatia plays, Belgium is amazing, Nigeria is good, even my Russia makes 2 surprises, so... I just came back from the center of Saint Petersburg... Thousands Brazilians, fans from Peru, Columbia, Argentina, Belgium, UK... All cafe are full, people celebrate the victory over Costa Rica... I've never seen so many tourists here. I really like that people say: saint Petersburg is so beautiful, it;s much better than Moscow... I travel around the world and people have no idea about my city sometimes, in South America or Australia, for example. But now people are so happy here. I made so many photos. I must say if we had better government, we would have more tourists and more promotional, because my city ins the top 10 for sure, I can compare Rio, Paris, Rome, New York and etc... etc... it's worth to visit. Neil loved St Petersburg since his first visit in 1997, so I am happy people discover Russia without propaganda now.Pod wrote: Fri 22 Jun 2018, 7:16 pmI was really impressed with Croatia - particularly Modric who is class.NikacP0kac wrote: Fri 22 Jun 2018, 6:31 pmI have to say I was skeptical about my countrymen's chances, but my God...we blew the Gauchos away. Argentina was pretty poor, but don't take away anything from the excellent Croatians. I hope we can go far this time, even further than '98.Parkol wrote: Fri 22 Jun 2018, 8:39 am
We played only 2 games. I watched Argentina yesterday and I must say European football is stronger now. Argentina is full of stars, but Croatia played so quite and strong.
England looked decent for 45 minutes!Parkol wrote: Fri 22 Jun 2018, 9:38 pmI agree. Honestly, I am tired of all those super teams. Brazil, Spain, Germany... I need a surprise. We see that Argentina with Messi can do nothing, but there are only stars... We see how Croatia plays, Belgium is amazing, Nigeria is good, even my Russia makes 2 surprises, so... I just came back from the center of Saint Petersburg... Thousands Brazilians, fans from Peru, Columbia, Argentina, Belgium, UK... All cafe are full, people celebrate the victory over Costa Rica... I've never seen so many tourists here. I really like that people say: saint Petersburg is so beautiful, it;s much better than Moscow... I travel around the world and people have no idea about my city sometimes, in South America or Australia, for example. But now people are so happy here. I made so many photos. I must say if we had better government, we would have more tourists and more promotional, because my city ins the top 10 for sure, I can compare Rio, Paris, Rome, New York and etc... etc... it's worth to visit. Neil loved St Petersburg since his first visit in 1997, so I am happy people discover Russia without propaganda now.Pod wrote: Fri 22 Jun 2018, 7:16 pmI was really impressed with Croatia - particularly Modric who is class.NikacP0kac wrote: Fri 22 Jun 2018, 6:31 pm
I have to say I was skeptical about my countrymen's chances, but my God...we blew the Gauchos away. Argentina was pretty poor, but don't take away anything from the excellent Croatians. I hope we can go far this time, even further than '98.














Thank you! People are happy, it's the most important thing. They discover a new place, they see that there are a lot of friendly people. Welcome to Saint Petersburg, Welcome to Russia;)
Panama played pretty horribly, but there were some really sweet goals from England. The second half England got a bit lazy once Panama took that one goal back, and the substitutes were made. I'm not convinced they've got themselves out of that "let's score a couple of goals and then try to coast through the rest of the game, only to find we lose on penalties" syndrome, but putting those goals in at the start like that you'd hope would keep the momentum going.
Agree - we’ve played 2 average to poor teams so far. Thursday will be a better test against Belgium. I still think defensively we are unproven. I like the system Southgate plays - it’s more to player’s strengths.Gabby wrote: Sun 24 Jun 2018, 4:26 pmPanama played pretty horribly, but there were some really sweet goals from England. The second half England got a bit lazy once Panama took that one goal back, and the substitutes were made. I'm not convinced they've got themselves out of that "let's score a couple of goals and then try to coast through the rest of the game, only to find we lose on penalties" syndrome, but putting those goals in at the start like that you'd hope would keep the momentum going.
I hope Portugal don’t win it.Marie loves PSB wrote: Sun 24 Jun 2018, 7:09 pm Parkol many thanks for sharing your lovely photographs.I hope Russia do well as some people in the media in England said that they had no chance. I think Portugal may win it though. As they say watch this space...….
Sorry - posted twice by accident.Marie loves PSB wrote: Sun 24 Jun 2018, 7:09 pm Parkol many thanks for sharing your lovely photographs.I hope Russia do well as some people in the media in England said that they had no chance. I think Portugal may win it though. As they say watch this space...….