World Cup 2018: Group C [France and Denmark advance] Discussion Thread

[Calderyon]

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Matches

16th June 2018

11 AM France vs Australia [2] - [1]
5 PM Peru vs Denmark [0] - [1]

21st June 2018

1 PM Denmark vs Australia [1] - [1]
6 PM France vs Peru [1] - [0]

26th June 2018

3 PM Australia vs Peru [0] - [2]
3 PM Denmark vs France [0] - [0]



Group C standings:

France 3 2 1 0 3-1 7
Denmark 3 1 2 0 2-1 5
Peru 3 1 0 2 2-2 3
Australia 3 0 1 2 2-5 1

[Nicky91]

GO Socceroos #TeamAustralia :cheer: :cheer:

[Calderyon]

France will dominate this group easily and finish with 3 wins and 9 points. Denmark and Peru will battle for the 2nd place and Denmark will get it because of experience. Australia will fight their hearts out in every match, but will end up in 4th place and maybe a tie against Peru in their belt.

[Nicky91]

France will dominate this group easily and finish with 3 wins and 9 points. Denmark and Peru will battle for the 2nd place and Denmark will get it because of experience. Australia will fight their hearts out in every match, but will end up in 4th place and maybe a tie against Peru in their belt.

:oh: Peru isn't that good tbh and Denmark has got a few overrated af players in their team

[Calderyon]

I hope Australia can surprise and finish in top 2, but it is a very hard job to do.

[Nicky91]

I hope Australia can surprise and finish in top 2, but it is a very hard job to do.

true, but the aussies have got both experience and talent in their squad


only that goalkeeper isn't too reliable Brad Jones, we know him at Feyenoord here in holland, that he could often make some awkward errors :worry:

[Calderyon]

true, but the aussies have got both experience and talent in their squad


only that goalkeeper isn't too reliable Brad Jones, we know him at Feyenoord here in holland, that he could often make some awkward errors :worry:

If they take too much of a loss against France, they might lose their confidence.

[Nicky91]

If they take too much of a loss against France, they might lose their confidence.

Bert Van Marwijk, he's our former dutch team manager, he got the saudi's to this world cup, he won uefa cup with feyenoord in 2002, he was manager of borussia dortmund


the aussies have a good coach in him

[Nicky91]

alright france vs Australia starts at 11 UK time

[Nicky91]

aussies have a complete dutch staff, van marwijk and metgod, but also jurgen dirkx former psv player

[Nicky91]

come on aussies :cheer:



but those French players are falling so damn easy to the ground :oh:

[Nicky91]

almost a goal for Australia :sad:

[Nicky91]

Umtiti LMAO how he fell to the ground :joker: :joker:

[Nicky91]

the aussie supporters there in Kazan are great :love: :love:

[Alf]

aussies have a complete dutch staff, van marwijk and metgod, but also jurgen dirkx former psv playerIs that Johnny Metgod, the former Nottingham Forest ace?

[Nicky91]

Is that Johnny Metgod, the former Nottingham Forest ace?

yes :flutter:

[Nicky91]

another wasted opportunity for france :hehe:

[AnnieK]

France are awful, hate they way they go down every tackle...

[Nicky91]

aussies keep on defending like crazy, i hope they can pull off that 0-0 draw

[Nicky91]

0-0 at half time


aussies ending first half, with a great scoring chance

[Calderyon]

France not giving their best against Australia. combined with Australians defending ferociously this might well end in a scoreless draw.

[Nicky91]

France not giving their best against Australia. Might well end in a scoreless draw.

they are giving their best at falling to the ground LOL :laugh2:


crybabies those French players

[Calderyon]

they are giving their best at falling to the ground LOL :laugh2:


crybabies those French players

Have you ever seen Italy play? Thats basically 55 % of their strategy. 40 % is defending and 5 % is counterattacks.

[Nicky91]

Have you ever seen Italy play? Thats basically 55 % of their strategy. 40 % is defending and 5 % is counterattacks.

yeah i know, but i quite love watching serie a matches tbh


i root for AC Milan and Napoli there now

[Nicky91]

2nd half has begun, me hoping aussies can keep it at 0-0, or hoping for a aussie win

[Nicky91]

aussies played the ball in that sliding, NO VAR don't give the French a penalty please :oh:

[Nicky91]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :bawling: :bawling:

[Nicky91]

1-1 now

2 penalty's

[Denver]

Justice IS served

[Nicky91]

Justice IS served

undeserved penalty for france, but they got their karma immediately after


umtiti hands with his knuckles LOL :laugh2:

[Nicky91]

griezmann off and giroud on :laugh2: LOL at them choosing one of their weakest attackers for the maker of the 1-0


aussie sub now rogic off and Irvine on

[Nicky91]

13 minutes + additional time left to play now

[Nicky91]

2-1 for france :mad:

[Nicky91]

match over france Australia 2-1

[James]

France looked like a team of individuals there.

[Nicky91]

France looked like a team of individuals there.

yeah it was Lucky france here against Australia, so i have hopes for the aussies in the matches against denmark and peru

[Alf]

2-1 for france :mad:That's the score you had in the prediction thread.

[Nicky91]

That's the score you had in the prediction thread.

yeah good for me still and i'm glad aussies did everything they could

[Shaun]

Missed the majority of that, only caught the last 10 minutes (inc. injury time) so missed all the goals. Was it a good game?

[Nicky91]

Missed the majority of that, only caught the last 10 minutes (inc. injury time) so missed all the goals. Was it a good game?

france made lots of errors, playing too rushed


Lucky france here, and Australia were decent i thought, it felt a bit unfair the result

[bots]

Missed the majority of that, only caught the last 10 minutes (inc. injury time) so missed all the goals. Was it a good game?

no, france were pretty awful

[Shaun]

Very silly staggering the games like this, going from Group C to D to C to D today :oh:

[Nicky91]

Peru will be slaughtered now by Denmark i think :fan:

[Cherie]

Come on Peru,

hate Denmark they knocked out Irelande in the qualifiers

[Vladimir]

lmao that missed penalty :worship:

[Shaun]

Need Denmark to win so a bet comes in really. Just need denmark to make knockouts.

[Mystic Mock]

Have you ever seen Italy play? Thats basically 55 % of their strategy. 40 % is defending and 5 % is counterattacks.

How I miss Italy not being at this World Cup.:bawling:

[Nicky91]

denmark and Australia has begun now

[Nicky91]

1-0 denmark, eriksen :(

[MTVN]

Lovely goal

[Nicky91]

yes very lovely, i know christian from Ajax and he only has gotten better and better now

[Nicky91]

penalty now for Australia :cheer2:

[bots]

i don't think that penalty should have been awarded. The defender had no chance to get his arm out of the way as the distance between his arm and the ball was so small.

[MTVN]

I think it was a pen but I don't like the game being brought back for it after they'd played on and it's clear that there's still controversy with VAR

Imo it should only be used for black and white things like offside or the ball over the line

[Nicky91]

it was hands from poulsen, fingertips is still hands

[Calderyon]

Denmark vs Australia, final score 1-1.

Great result for Australia, especially if France ties up with Peru tonight.

[bots]

Peru bring a lot of character and enthusiasm to the world cup, I hope they get a good result

[Calderyon]

France is playing poorer than expected. Peru, however is doing good.

[Cherie]

Peru :cheer:

[Crimson Dynamo]

amazing Peru support

God id love them to beat the vile French

:fc:

[Denver]

France just scored

[bots]

Boo

[Nicky91]

France :cheer: :cheer: Mbappe finally showing why he is worth 100 million

[bots]

Ridiculous time wasting from Mbappé as he was being substituted. Should have been booked for that.

[Nicky91]

peru can't beat a world class team france, who are now the huge faves to win the world cup i think

[thisisdanny]

peru can't beat a world class team france, who are now the huge faves to win the world cup i think

They're not favourites? :conf::conf:

[Vladimir]

It's kind of boring how most of the teams (France included) score one goal and then start defending without even trying to score another one for the rest of the game. Hopefully things change in the knockouts.

Well done to France though! The first half was really good.

[MTVN]

Embarrassing from a team like France to be timewasting with 20 minutes to go against bloody Peru

[Mystic Mock]

France and Denmark are saving themselves for the knockouts I suspect.

[James]

I can't understand Deschamps' thinking making all these changes.

Unless he is planning to keep them for the next match. If he is bringing back the main players surely you'd want to play them here to try and get something going.

[Nicky91]

peru :eek: i didn't expect them to lead 1-0 against Australia tbh

[Calderyon]

Peru beat Australia 2-0 while Denmark and France have a scoreless tie.

France and Denmark advance.

Boring finish tbh.

[Nicky91]

very boring, and now France is 1st and denmark 2nd

i think Croatia now wants to avoid facing france so i expect them to bring their a-game again, vs Iceland tonight

[James]

It's frustrating to see how France are not making use of the talent they have. Only positive for them is they don't concede much.

[bots]

i couldn't work up the enthusiasm to watch either of these games

[Nicky91]

england really has this world cup trophy in the bag, france really lacks that quality in their team :joker:

[thisisdanny]

very boring, and now France is 1st and denmark 2nd

i think Croatia now wants to avoid facing france so i expect them to bring their a-game again, vs Iceland tonight

Iceland will want to qualify so they're maybe thinking the same (bringing their A-game)

[Vanessa]

england really has this world cup trophy in the bag, france really lacks that quality in their team :joker:

I really hope so :fc:

[Calderyon]

england really has this world cup trophy in the bag, france really lacks that quality in their team :joker:

There are other big challengers for England than France...

[Mystic Mock]

england really has this world cup trophy in the bag, france really lacks that quality in their team :joker:

England maybe playing the more entertaining Football, but France have got the technically better players that have beaten/gotten results against better teams than what we've faced so far.

England have done well so far and I am happy about that, but it's best to not get carried away yet.