World Cup: National Team threads #2

[Power Man]

Boudaoui is injured.

Yup just saw that lol
I need more coffee today

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Guerreiro always gets injured on international duty. This time he got injured before international duty. The supposed positive was that he couldn’t get injured on international duty this time around if he’s already injured. Portugal medical staff wants to evaluate him now. I’m sure this will end well.

 

[Moncherry]

It ended well, Guerreiro is still with the team and available for much more important games.

@Evilo I assume you watch Lille play, is Fonte still a capable player? He will likely slot in for Pepe this week.

 

[Evilo]

He totally is. He's a poor man's Maguire. And the word poor is a bit too heavy. He's not very mobile but controls the aerial battles in the area on both sides. Natural leader too. He's tough on the man and rarely gets beaten one on one when speed isn't in play.

 

[Moncherry]

Yeah I know what he brings to the table, just wanted to know if he was still playing well enough. Portugal's CB depth is still thin.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Argentina new kits are ugly to compliment their play on the pitch.

 

[Evilo]

Yeah I know what he brings to the table, just wanted to know if he was still playing well enough. Portugal's CB depth is still thin.

Yes he does, to my surprise. But then again, explosiveness isn't his game, so he's old but he can still read the play very well.

 

[Power Man]

lol Ghezzal of all people opens the score

LOL at me

 

[Power Man]

And a few minutes later Ghezzal dribbles 3 players and served a up a beautiful assist

 

[Power Man]

Terrible referee in the Algeria - Zambia game, unacceptable lmao

 

[luiginb]

Ugh......


I love Belmadi but I’m not super happy about this list

We’re already qualified for AFCON so this was the perfect time to call up some promising young players from the Algerian league like Amoura or Zorgane......

Also, Ferhat deserves a call up

And to make things worse, Ghezzal is back

Ghezzal has been the best player in the Turkish league this season

 

[HajdukSplit]

Gambia and Comoros qualify for their first ever AFCON; for what it matters both teams outside the top 100 in the FIFA Rankings. Comoros is the bigger surprise (Gambia's group was tougher but they have some decent individuals and with the expanded field it was bound to happen I guess). Comoros is essentially the Andorra/San Marino/Gibraltar of African football, they have never won a World Cup qualifying match and in AFCON qualifying they usually finished bottom. Looking at their squad on wiki its mostly French born and French lower league players

 

[Power Man]

Ghezzal has been the best player in the Turkish league this season

Yep and he made me eat major crow yesterday , it was his first game with the NT in years and he was fantastic

His talent was never a problem, it was the attitude, I'm not sure if it was nonchalance or lack of confidence

 

[Jussi]

Finland up 2-1 in Switzerland. Pohjanpalo has both goals.

 

[Savant]

He totally is. He's a poor man's Maguire. And the word poor is a bit too heavy. He's not very mobile but controls the aerial battles in the area on both sides. Natural leader too. He's tough on the man and rarely gets beaten one on one when speed isn't in play.

Nat Phillips ?

 

[Evilo]

Nat Phillips ?

?

 

[Savant]

?

You’ve described him too

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Squads are gonna be 26 players, rather than 23 for the Euros.

 

[Evilo]

Squads are gonna be 26 players, rather than 23 for the Euros.

 

[Savi]

3 more players for you to rant about how they are stuck on the bench because Sissoko is playing

 

[Evilo]

3 more players for you to rant about how they are stuck on the bench because Sissoko is playing

Not wrong that !
But I'm happy to see that some good players won't be left out.

 

[Power Man]

André Pierre Gignac Supremacy!

 

[Bures Elbow]

Squads are gonna be 26 players, rather than 23 for the Euros.

Awesome news, means a lot of quality players won't be left off for France, Portugal, Germany, Spain etc

And some players will be fresher with more rotation, and not run into the ground.

 

[Power Man]

RM scored this today against Tunisia

Very similar to his FK against PSG

 

[Evilo]

Hudson Odoi has picked Ghana as his NT.