Quote from: Swordsoffreedom on Today at 02:25:42 PM

The performances of smaller teams like Canada, Japan and KSA surprised everyone. And so I see no reason to think that Brazil or Portugal will easily win the next matches. Every match of this World Cup has become quite competitive.

Surprising results from Saudi Arabia and Japan make this World Cup more interesting. In the next round, big teams like Argentina and Germany will have to play with more pressure and they are no longer have time to enjoy. It's time to fight seriously for them, else they will become World Cup audiences.

Quote from: onecall123 on Today at 02:29:55 PM

The result is unknown and South Korea should not be underestimated. Another Asian-South American matchup. Uruguay will have a hard time serving a goal to South Korea. Let's see how things turn out.

The match is unknown because both teams created chances so far. When it comes to last half of the second half, result is still 0 - 0 and Suarez already was substituted by Cavani. If any team can score a goal from now, they will probably get a final win.

Uruguay is a little bit unlucky because a headshot from Diego Godin hit a keywood pillar of Korea. Valverde so far did not show his ability to create dangerous distant shots like he shown in Real Madrid this season.

Quote from: BigBos on Today at 01:10:39 PM

Indeed, Spain played very brilliantly in their first match, they scored 7 goals without reply, showing their ferocity. Luis Enrique was very brave to bring out his young players to destroy Costa Rica in the first game.

Young Spanish players remind us about golden era of Spain when they won big titles in-a-row. They destroyed Costa Rica and did not allow that opponent to have a single shot to Spanish goal. Their ball possession time is too high and I am surprised as Barcelona midfielders including Busquet, Gavi and Pedri actually are good trio. They played better than what they did in Barcelona as weeks ago, Busquet received so many bad reactions from Barcelona fans because of his bad performance.

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Meanwhile, Hansi Flick only relies on players who can be said to be old. The Group E stage is likely to be dominated by Japan and Spain, while Germany and Costa Rica will be the spectators of the Qatar World Cup.