2018 FIFA World Cup

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  1. stock1234

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    Picking Brazil and Switzerland to win their matches later on today :p
     
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    Guess we won't get Brazil vs Germany afterall :p France has a lot of talented individuals for sure, they haven't been super impressive but they have done enough to win the group. Let's see how Colombia will do tomorrow, I kinda want at least one African team in the Round of 16 so I might root for Senegal :D
     
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    OK I am picking Tunisia and Colombia to win tomorrow, a draw for England and Belgium and also a draw for Japan and Poland :p

    Will be interesting to see if England and Belgium will try hard to lose their matchup tomorrow :p If they finish second in the group then they will avoid the potential quarterfinals matchup against Brazil and instead they will play against Sweden or Switzerland
     
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    Well done! :D
     
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    OK Round of 16 is now all set :D My picks for the coming matches

    Uruguay over Portugal
    France over Argentina
    Brazil over Mexico
    Belgium over Japan
    Spain over Russia
    Croatia over Denmark
    Switzerland over Sweden
    Colombia over England
     
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    Man, what a crazy group stage. Who would have thought Germany wouldn't make it out of the group stage because they lost to Korea!?

    R16 Predictions:

    France vs Argentina (this is wishful thinking but I'll predict it anyways!)
    Uruguay vs Portugal
    Spain
    vs Russia
    Croatia vs Denmark
    Brazil vs Mexico
    Belgium vs Japan
    Sweden vs Switzerland
    Colombia
    vs England
     
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    If both Argentina and Portugal win, the media gonna hype up the Messi vs Ronaldo matchup in the quarterfinals for sure :p
     
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    Would be awesome to see!
     
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    I am picking the same teams as you are but the only difference is I have Sweden beating Switzerland and England beating Colombia.
    Todays game between Argentina and France and Uruguay and Portugal are probably the best two matches in the round of 16.

    Ive said it all along; France is likely to win the World Cup, but I would like to see Argentina advance. Im torn inside. Same deal between England - Colombia.

    Its unbelievable to see all four South American teams advance to the round of 16 except Peru. It comes to show the strength and desire these teams have to win the World Cup.


     
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    Go Japan GO!!!
     
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    The Belgium vs Japan match is pretty fun to watch :D
     
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    They almost had them. 2-0 for a while there.
    Would have been the upset of the century.
    Lol
     
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    Definitely lol, was rooting for Japan despite I picked Belgium to win the match. I guess Brazil vs Belgium should be fun to watch though :D
     
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    That should also be a good game.
     
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    Wow, that Japan/Belgium 2nd half was pretty awesome. I'm not even a soccer fan other than the World Cup, but if all games were like that, I'd become a big fan. Don't remember any flopping/embellishing, scoring chances throughout, and a crazy finish. Wish Japan could have held on and took it to extra time or won in regulation, but still a phenomenal game. Definitely rooting for Belgium over Brazil. Neymar is my least favorite soccer player because of his theatrics.
     
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    Picking England over Columbia
     
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    I picked Columbia initially but looks like they are playing without their best player today :p
     
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    Piggy back rides now?.... wtf
     
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    All of a sudden, Columbia playing dirty. They weren't like that a couple games ago. Not sure wtf is going on.
     
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    Wow, that was the worst game this world cup in my opinion. Neither team wanted to play, especially Colombia. Very dirty play and had zero interest in actually trying to win for most of the 2nd half.
     
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