Belgium have a good chance. They aren't exactly a team you'd expect to win it but they have a brill squad

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That 4-1-4-1 formation tho.

Group H Belgium 1st South Korea 2nd

Don't sleep on those Russians.

I can't even think of a good Russian player atm

El Tri wrote:

Yeah, Brazil should be able to win it.

And nah, @ Drachen. We make them Croatian niggas our bitches. You really heavily underrate Rafa too. Sure he's slow as shit but he's still pretty solid. His snail speed won't be that much of a factor with a 5 man back.

But he's paired Maza Rodriguez who's slower.

Oh, & José Juan Vázquez from Leon should be y'alls starting CDM. That guy is legit.

Mexico's Final 23 (Leaked List):

Goalkeepers:
Guillermo Ochoa
Jesús Corona
Alfredo Talavera

Defenders:
Miguel Layún
Paul Aguilar
Diego Reyes
Rafael Márquez
Hugo Ayala
Héctor Moreno
Carlos Salcido
Andrés Guardado

Midfielders:
Luis Montes
Isaac Brizuela
Juan Carlos Medina
Juan José Vázquez
Marco Fabián
Carlos Peña
Héctor Herrera

Forwards:
Oribe Peralta
Javier Hernández
Raúl Jiménez
Alan Pulido
Giovani dos Santos

Fuck yeah! Hugo Ayala is in there, Gio and Ochoa as I wanted. I like it, the only players I question are Medina, Brizuela, and maybe Salcido. But I don't mind Salcido.

Good squad. I like this.

Piojo will probably play: Corona; Aguilar, Moreno, Rafa, Reyes, Layun; Pena, Herrara, Montes; Peralta, Hernandez.

If I were him, I'd take Aguilar out and play Layun on the right w/ Guardado on the left.

Don't really care what they do, we got a lot of players we can use as Wing Backs that we can move around.

With this, i'd go Ochoa, Aguilar, Reyes, Ayala, Moreno, Guardado, Herrera, Peña, Dos Santos, Peralta, Hernandez

Piojo is probably gonna line-up the one you just showed or with Gio and Peralta up front.

Biggest surprises:

Destro to the World Cup with El92 out

Samir Nasri not in the World Cup!!!

Abdelrahman wrote:

Biggest surprises:

Samir Nasri not in the World Cup!!!

Good. Maybe France can actually go far.

If I'm Radja Nainggolan, and Marouane Fellaini gets called up to World Cup squad instead of me, I retire from international football. Nainggolan not being named is the biggest surprise for me.

He's in the standby list, but yeah Fellaini ahead of Nainggolan is a huge disappointment.

Fellaini ahead of anybody is a disappointment.

Also, lol Uruguay, taking West Brom's third best CB to the World Cup.

Edit: Also Portugal can suck 18 different kinds of dick, not taking Bebe .

Who?

Bebe, United's legend! <3

This glorious bastard:

(two goals in that vid)

He also scored a Paul Scholes style volley from a corner, but I can't find that one.

Scored 12 goals in 27 games for FC Paços de Ferreira in the Portuguese top league, including goals against Sporting and Braga.

Compare that to the other Portuguese strikers/wingers that have actually gone (league goals only):

C. Ronaldo - 31 in 30
Bebe - 12 in 27
H. Almeida - 12 in 30
H. Postiga - 3 in 15
Nani - 0 in 11
I. Cavaleiro - 0 in 4.

He should basically be second choice behind Ronaldo (who's the best player in the world, so being behind him isn't a bad thing).

I remember seeing him play for Man U years ago. he couldn't make a cross if his life depended on it.

Yeah, he's improved massively since then.

Only 30 more days to go.

I'd just like to state the fact that the Italy and Uruguay squads look absolutely beast and England do not stand any chance whatsoever.

Meh never know. I would give both Italy and Uruguay the advantage though.

Uruguay's defense.

But tbf, there are countless teams coming into the competition w/ poor defenses.

Brazil's defense tho.

Just heard about an interview on ESPN Deportes where the Panama coach admitted sending a fan on the pitch against the US in the last WCQ game.

Dely Valdés" We told fan to run onto pitch to stop US attack. Unfortunately he ran in behind play that led to (Zusi) goal."

Glad Mexico went through now.