Indeed. Absoluty awful. Every minute one is laying on the pitch.Dazed and Confused said:Watching a bit of Iran vs Marocco. Dreadful level of football for the World Cup. Crazy.
Have to disagree. Only watched the first half but Morocco have some very technically gifted players (ziyech, harit, amrabat, belhanda) and produced some very good football. Iran defended very well, not allowing many spaces. It was far, far better quality than Egypt and Uruguay. I wouldn't be at all surprised if Iran pulled out a 0-0 draw against portugal or spain, or morocco drew or even beat those teams either.Dazed and Confused said:Watching a bit of Iran vs Marocco. Dreadful level of football for the World Cup. Crazy.
Ronaldo denied the alleged tax evasion when he appeared in court last summer but the case has still not been settled.
His initial offer was reportedly rejected last month but El Mundo claim (see http://www.elmundo.es/deportes/football-leaks/2018/06/15/5b23a57e22601dcf128b4609.html ) he has accepted a prison sentence and admitted his guilt, in exchange for a reduced charge.
He will also pay a sum amounting to exactly €18.8m (£16.4m).
Libertine Seguros said:Morocco-Iran (and the Saudi team too) and the issues of cramp within 90 minutes and the soporific pace as the game drew towards a conclusion may also have been affected by the fact that Eid al-Fitr was yesterday, so their preparation will have been affected by Ramadan.
Penalties immensely help for xGoals.Brullnux said:Peru vs Denmark was excellent too. Rarely do you see a team win 1-0 whilst conceding a penalty, so many chances and just generally being second best for about 75 minutes. I don't like saying wins are undeserved, but I think that one was. Peru tore them apart but just somehow couldn't score, with a mixture of Schmeichel and bad finishing - apparently their xGoals were 1.7.
They still had two or three other clear cut chances that schmeichel saved or they missed.Alexandre B. said:Penalties immensely help for xGoals.Brullnux said:Peru vs Denmark was excellent too. Rarely do you see a team win 1-0 whilst conceding a penalty, so many chances and just generally being second best for about 75 minutes. I don't like saying wins are undeserved, but I think that one was. Peru tore them apart but just somehow couldn't score, with a mixture of Schmeichel and bad finishing - apparently their xGoals were 1.7.
Speaking of an undeserved win...Brullnux said:They still had two or three other clear cut chances that schmeichel saved or they missed.Alexandre B. said:Penalties immensely help for xGoals.Brullnux said:Peru vs Denmark was excellent too. Rarely do you see a team win 1-0 whilst conceding a penalty, so many chances and just generally being second best for about 75 minutes. I don't like saying wins are undeserved, but I think that one was. Peru tore them apart but just somehow couldn't score, with a mixture of Schmeichel and bad finishing - apparently their xGoals were 1.7.
Germany lose!
Not at all. In terms of chances created, Mexico had a lot more. Germany were terrible.Cance > TheRest said:Speaking of an undeserved win...Brullnux said:They still had two or three other clear cut chances that schmeichel saved or they missed.Alexandre B. said:Penalties immensely help for xGoals.Brullnux said:Peru vs Denmark was excellent too. Rarely do you see a team win 1-0 whilst conceding a penalty, so many chances and just generally being second best for about 75 minutes. I don't like saying wins are undeserved, but I think that one was. Peru tore them apart but just somehow couldn't score, with a mixture of Schmeichel and bad finishing - apparently their xGoals were 1.7.
Germany lose!