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

The World Cup doesn’t start until June next year, but the group draw just happened so it’s time to wildly speculate about each group, how the teams could fare and who are the real contenders. Let’s begin: Group A: Russia, Saudi … Continue reading World Cup Russia 2018: Group Draw and Wild Speculation