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I am too, @GoldenGun, and I'm not very much into football usually. :)
Score predictions?
I'm going with 2-0 England.
Did you think that Sweden did as well as they could have?
No, I don't think so. They weren't too bad defensively today, goals aside. That Alli goal was totally unnecessary to let in, though. Lustig was suspended due to yellow cards, and that probably had some effect on the defence - and probably going forward too.
Edit: 2-1 for Rosenborg in the end. Decent enough performance in parts of the game, but an unnecessary goal to let in close to the end of the match. Lot's of injuries now, and Bendtner the latest. Hopefully nothing serious.
I am rooting for England but was sorry that they advanced at Sweden’s expense. Regardless, the Swedes have much to be proud of.
They really do. Janne Andersson have built a team after Zlatan left, with Andreas Granqvist (who became a father again yesterday!) a brilliant captain. The same goes for Iceland and Denmark; strong collective efforts have taken them all to the World Cup.
I think Sweden have given it their all and they can be very proud of their campaign. Clearly, they have a strong collective again which proves the Zlatan era was in fact a very mediocre period for the national team maybe because of a lack thereof.
For the first time since 2006, they survived a group stage and this time they did so eliminating the likes of Netherlands, Italy and Germany along the way. That’s quite an achievement. Well done, Sweden.
Belgium vs Japan second half was astonishing, Croatia vs Russia extra time was breathless, France vs Argetina was a classic, defending champs Germany unthinkably going out in the group stage but not before a last second stunner to win against Sweden, England finally winning a knock out game on penalties. Belgium taking out Brazil. Cavini's goal for Uruguay to defeat Portugal. Ronaldo's hatrick single handedly keeping Portugal alive against rivals Spain. The amount and quality of goals has been a great advertisement for football. I've loved every moment.
I hope the exam papers are kept as cultural gems.
Too much effort. You need to appear more blasé.
Yes, I know being rude and provocative is your speciality. I have no realistic ambition of reaching your hights...
That said this was the first real test of the British team on this tournament and they sadly were not up for the job. I say sadly because having seen the translation of the Croatian newspapers they have a far more ugly side to their nationalism and how they show that. The English nationalism these last weeks was more arrogant and annoying, the Croatian is far more ungentlemanly and ugly.
So I guess I will be cheering on our Southern neighbour on Saturday and expect the French to take care of the Croats on Sunday.
Overall the tournament so far has been surprising and some teams were totally overrated in their reputation like Argentina who barely qualified and Germany who seem to have a problem with their current team in performance.. But they will be back next time.
What have the Croatian newspapers written?
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Enjoy yourself probably not. I am not an England fan but even less of a fan of the Croatian media.
That was a bit OTT from the Croatian media, but I guess that would have been the same with some of the English media too, had England won. All the talk I read and heard (podcasts etc.) before the England-Croatia match was much about how "tired the Croatians should be before going into this match", and that "England should tire them out". As the match progressed, the opposite seemed to be the case.
Wonder what team England will start on Saturday?