East Coast Bias
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Gonna be fun times when they make the 2022 World Cup too.
At this rate they'll be in the host nation as part of Greater Iran in 2022
Gonna be fun times when they make the 2022 World Cup too.
Those are still good keepers. Just hard to cap players when undeservedly giving Hart games.
Pickford and Forster would have stopped at least one of those Griffiths free kicks. Butland also has a track record of making great saves, but isn't very good kicking the ball.
UAE beat Saudi Arabia 2:1 to keep their hopes alive, as long as Japan-Australia doesn't end in a draw. Their best hope is Japan loses both their remaining fixtures if they beat Iraq on the final day as Japan have some tough fixtures (Aussies at home and Saudis away)
The table is super tight and the pressure is on Argentina (usually they crumble) individually the players have to be feeling it as well. No spots are safe, Sampa went on a limb for Icardi after much media attention he has to perform otherwise he might find himself in exile again. Dybala has now played enough games to ask when will he score for the NT. Hopefully under Sampa they can act like a high scoring team for once, and just put up.
It's amazing that a team with this kind of firepower has only scored 15 goals in 14 games.
Nuts that Syria goes in directly if they win and there's a draw in Uzbekistan.
Would have to think Iran with absolutely nothing to play for is beatable (and I always wonder in a region like that if there isn't an implicit thought to help out someone in closer proximity to you).