World Cup: National Team threads #2

[gary69]

Ugh... I'm sick of Tunisia at World Cups. Sick of it so please give us Mali.

Yaeh, Tunisia have been very unlikeable in all the WCs they've participated. They offer very little going forward, play scared and boring football. Compared to pretty much any decent sub-Saharan country, you don't want see them to make it. Mali probably wouldn't achieve much either, but their matches would likely be more interesting and eventful.

 

[Eye of Ra]

 

[bluesfan94]

Egypt vs Senegal too. Salah vs Mane

Had a feeling we were going to get that since they probably won’t meet at AFCON. These draws are always rigged

Aged poorly

 

[Savant]

Aged poorly

For sure. Look at what Egypt had to run through to get to that final though. Wasn’t pretty but still an impressive run

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Now it all makes sense looool

 

[robertmac43]

Now it all makes sense looool

The blue and white stripes look good on him!

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

The blue and white stripes look good on him!

He was already an albiceleste. Call him up lol

 

[Evilo]

The extent some players will go for some NT selections

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

The extent some players will go for some NT selections

Don’t worry he isn’t going to play for Argentina. I mean it could be worse see italy

 

[Evilo]

Italy is horrible indeed. Portugal has a history too. But the worst is Italy since racists there say France's black players are "africans".

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Lol so brasil get a slap on the wrist

 

[cgf]

Italy is horrible indeed. Portugal has a history too. But the worst is Italy since racists there say France's black players are "africans".

Unfortunately, too many italians do that to their own black players too. Italy is a beautiful place, but I really had to struggle to enjoy my time there because of some of the people I ran into those first few days. From the number of open racists to the creepy men grabbing at waitresses like it was an episode of Mad Men, it took the better part of a week for the bad taste to leave my mouth & I could start enjoying the history, beauty, and tinder-tour-guides.

 

[robertmac43]

 

[maclean]

Unfortunately, too many italians do that to their own black players too. Italy is a beautiful place, but I really had to struggle to enjoy my time there because of some of the people I ran into those first few days. From the number of open racists to the creepy men grabbing at waitresses like it was an episode of Mad Men, it took the better part of a week for the bad taste to leave my mouth & I could start enjoying the history, beauty, and tinder-tour-guides.

mm, Tinder tour guides would do it, yeah, the unsung ambassadors

 

[al secord]

World Cup draw on April Fool's day makes me nervous.

 

[cgf]

mm, Tinder tour guides would do it, yeah, the unsung ambassadors

There were certainly reasons why I enjoyed Ljubljana & Piran so much before the Padua & Venice legs of that trip

 

[Savant]

World Cup draw on April Fool's day makes me nervous.

I mean after the UCL draw….it can’t be any more of a farce can it?

 

[robertmac43]

I used to spend more time following the Ghana prospect pool, don't really do that nowadays. Looking at this there is some potential for the next generation if they an get things right with recruitment;

 

[cgf]

Just for fun, I'd love to see Flick try a version of the 3-2-5/3-3-4 Nagelsmann has used with Bayern. Something like:

Havertz
Wirtz/Musiala - Sane
Adeyemi - Kimmich - Goretzka - Gnabry
Schlotterbeck - Süle - Kehrer
​

Though given how little time NTs have to practice together, realistically, we should probably stick with:

(4-2-3-1/4-2-4)
Havertz/Adeyemi/Werner
Sane - Wirtz/Musiala/Müller - Gnabry
Kimmich - Goretzka
Kehrer/Gosens/Raum - Kehrer/Schlotterbeck - Süle - Kehrer/Baku/Hofmann

or

(3-4-3/3-4-2-1)
Havertz/Adeyemi/Werner
Sane - Gnabry/Wirtz/Musiala/Müller
Gosens/Raum - Kimmich - Goretzka - Baku/Hofmann
Schlotterbeck - Süle - Kehrer​

 

[Savi]

Scaloni has included several teenagers in his preliminary squad for the final WCQ games. Matias Soulé (18, Juve); Luka Romero (17, Lazio); Nicolas Paz (17, Real Madrid); Tiago Geralnik (18, Villarreal); Alejandro Garnacho (17, Man Utd) and the brothers Carboni (sons Ezequiel Carboni) Valentin (17) and Franco (18) both are playing at Inter.

 

[Ben Grimm]

Marcus Rashford faces England axe with World Cup place in doubt - sources

 

[Power Man]

 

[AstrophysicalJet]

Eriksen is back on the NT for the upcomming test games against Serbia and The Netherlands.

 

[Ben Grimm]

Eriksen is back on the NT for the upcomming test games against Serbia and The Netherlands.

Eriksen recalled to Denmark squad for first time

Christian Eriksen has been recalled to the Denmark squad ahead of their matches with Netherlands and Serbia.

www.espn.com

 

[robertmac43]

I feel slightly anxious when I watch Eriksen play. Happy to see him back with the NT though, great comeback story!