Alkan
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| 16 Oct 2013 08:49 AM |
Mine are Germany, Argentina, and Brasil. Italy is not good enough, Spain is worse than Italy, and the Netherlands have not impressed at all.
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BroBro264
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Alkan
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| 16 Oct 2013 09:24 AM |
Uruguay? They haven't even managed to qualify yet. They beat Argentina because they were missing their top four players(Messi, Di Maria, Higuain, Mascherano), and were playing on Uruguayan soil. They lost to Spain twice. Italy is better than Spain. |
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BroBro264
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meganob1
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BroBro264
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Alkan
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| 16 Oct 2013 09:45 AM |
USA is lucky to be located where it is. There is literally not a single big name in soccer in the North American continent. I'd like to see US play against just these B teams: Colombia, Ecuador, Uruguay, Spain, Chile. The US will be lucky to make it out of the first group. |
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| 16 Oct 2013 10:18 AM |
| BroBro, thats right. I know even though im not from "USA" but since they're close too me and my familiy lives there im cheering for us. But, they'll get killed in the first round. |
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dpack123
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| 16 Oct 2013 11:05 AM |
"Netherlands have not impressed at all." ...If going 9-1-0, scoring 34 goals and only letting up 5 isn't impressive, what is?
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| 16 Oct 2013 11:06 AM |
Germany, Italy, and France (bias).
my darkhorse is Belgium. |
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BroBro264
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dpack123
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| 16 Oct 2013 11:16 AM |
They beat Argentina because they were missing their top four players(Messi, Di Maria, Higuain, Mascherano) They were also missing Aguero, and Lavezzi was on the subs(he didn't go on).
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dpack123
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| 16 Oct 2013 11:16 AM |
(only Argentina because I believe Messi can take that team far.)
There are many good players other than Messi on the Argentinian MNT...
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totoberry
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dpack123
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| 16 Oct 2013 11:21 AM |
cap y u say dis qqqqq
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BroBro264
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dpack123
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| 16 Oct 2013 11:23 AM |
Zidane's French. And he retired.
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Alkan
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| 16 Oct 2013 11:39 AM |
Netherlands' past games against DECENT teams:
Netherlands 1-1 Portugal 1-1 Italy 0-0 Germany 2-4 Belgium 2-4 Belgium 1-2 Portugal 1-2 Germany
As you can see, The Netherlands has failed to impress against countries that are actually good. Wins over Andorra and Romania don't count. Those are a given.
Italy could be in the top three if it wasn't for the fact that Argentina beat them despite the advantage, Brazil beat them, and Germany is likely better than Argentina. Germany never takes their friendly matches seriously, so nobody ever knows.
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dpack123
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| 16 Oct 2013 12:01 PM |
Netherlands 1-1 Portugal - Late goal tied, but possesion was 50-50 1-1 Italy - similar to Portugal, let up a goal in added time 0-0 Germany - Tying Germany is good... 2-4 Belgium - without van Persie
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Alkan
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| 16 Oct 2013 12:17 PM |
Goal is goal. Paraguay scored before Argentina did a week ago. Doesn't matter. Germany never takes friendlies serious. There is no conceivable way Germany would have tied a game with Paraguay or lost to the US and Italy otherwise. The Netherlands should not lean on one player so much that they lose 2-4 to a team that is not even one of the best.
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dpack123
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| 16 Oct 2013 12:47 PM |
Belgium is very good. And they don't just rely on van Persie, they have Robben, Sneijder, Huntelaar, der Vaart, and many others.
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