Group H - Poland, Senegal, Colombia, Japan

[James]

19 June 2018
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Colombia
Japan
Mordovia Arena, Saransk


19 June 2018
18:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Poland
Senegal
Otkritie Arena, Moscow


24 June 2018
20:00 YEKT (UTC+5)
Japan
Senegal
Central Stadium, Yekaterinburg


24 June 2018
21:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Poland
Colombia
Kazan Arena, Kazan


28 June 2018
17:00 MSK (UTC+3)
Japan
Poland
Volgograd Arena, Volgograd


28 June 2018
18:00 SAMT (UTC+4)
Senegal
Colombia
Cosmos Arena, Samara

 

[Burgey]

Glad to seem Senegal in the WC. Diao's goal in 2002 against Denmark is probably my favourite WC goal ever.

 

[sledger]

The finish was a total scuff though :P

Great move all the same ofc.

Shame he turned out to be mostly pretty crap.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah, just love the speed with which they moved the ball. It was a great goal. I prefer to think of the finish is him taking the piss, which is basically what they did in the entire lead up to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78YhqLogReQ&feature=youtu.be

 

[Uppercut]

Nah it’s a great finish, classic one on one technique where the low back lift gives the keeper no chance, Owen and Solskjaer scored loads of them.

Unusually tasteful opinion from Burgey.

 

[straw man]

this groups seems weak to my unknowledgeable eye so I looked up the rankings
Poland - 8
Colombia - 16
Senegal - 27
Japan - 61

Those must be unusually high rankings for Poland, Colombia and Senegal so it still seems like a weak group. But possibly a fun group.

Japan are bad now huh, I guess it's not 2002 any more.

 

[Spark]

this groups seems weak to my unknowledgeable eye so I looked up the rankings
Poland - 8
Colombia - 16
Senegal - 27
Japan - 61

Those must be unusually high rankings for Poland, Colombia and Senegal so it still seems like a weak group. But possibly a fun group.

Japan are bad now huh, I guess it's not 2002 any more.

Colombia made the QFs last time and really should have made the semis with competent refereeing

 

[Uppercut]

Colombia made the QFs last time and really should have made the semis with competent refereeing

They weren't too convincing in qualifying though. Good side but comfortably the worst top seed after Russia.

Senegal feel a bit underhyped, very retro African-underdogs look about them. Lots of physicality and a genuinely world-class player in Mané.

 

[straw man]

Colombia going to have a hard time recovering from that. How intentional do we think that handball was?

 

[Johnners]

Well that was a bit of a brain fade from Sanchez.

 

[Uppercut]

Colombia going to have a hard time recovering from that. How intentional do we think that handball was?

I think his hand was there before the ball was struck, so he's a bit unlucky that the ball went there. But it's clearly deliberate enough for a penalty and if he gives the penalty he has to give the red.

 

[sledger]

Yes! Nippon!

 

[Uppercut]

Still love watching Kagawa. Constant misdirection.

 

[Cow]

incredibly open game.

 

[straw man]

I think his hand was there before the ball was struck, so he's a bit unlucky that the ball went there. But it's clearly deliberate enough for a penalty and if he gives the penalty he has to give the red.

Cheers, I wasn't sure about that bit and whether a yellow plus penalty was an option.

 

[sledger]

Oh dear

 

[Cow]

James is a ***y footballer

 

[Johnners]

Shame he's not playing

 

[harsh.ag]

Beautiful pace on that free kick. Bamboooozle

 

[Uppercut]

Japan attacking much better now. Really need the win here.