Sweden won and that’s all you can say about that game, Panamá held for a half and then were crushed and England almost tied with Tunisia but were saved by Kane and therefore the Cup is in their grasp! And … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 6, In Mo Salah We Trust

I’m still in shock from yesterday, México won, I’m astonished. The German team didn’t look that well and México even wasted some really good chances. In the other matches, Costa Rica didn’t play well either and fell to an incredible … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 5, Los Canaleros Are Just Happy to Be Here

France did what they had to do and won (they also had some help from modern tech), Argentina showed an incredible lack of ideas against a strong Icelandic wall, Perú dominated their game but Denmark had one and made it … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 4, Sí Se Puede

What an exciting 2nd day we had, with both Egypt and Morocco losing in heartbreakers, while Spain and Portugal played one of the best matches in World Cup history. Egypt made the baffling decision of benching Salah (ok, not baffling … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 3, By Gunnarsson’s Beard

Well that was certainly an opening game, God Saudi Arabia was way way worse than predicted. Their defense was slow and out of position and seemed like had only heard about football but never played it. Russia, as is tradition … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 2, the Spanish-Portuguese War Resumes

Here we are, the moment we have waited four years has come, day 1 and we only get one game, sigh: Group A: Russia v Saudi Arabia The hosts start their, most likely, arduous journey to try to get out … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 1, The Host Debuts

So here we are just one day before kick off and so our daily World Cup thread begins. The plan is for this thread to go up before the first game each day so it will serve to live blog … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Day 0

  It’s almost here, y’all. It’s almost here! We’re about 30 days from the World Cup so let’s look at some of the biggest absences or any interesting stuff happening around the world cup teams: Perú: Paolo Guerrero’s doping issues … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: A Month Away Update