re: Groups C &amp; D Final Day Thread: TUN/FRA, DEN/AUS, POL/ARG, KSA/MEX

Posted by The Boat

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:04 am to WicKed WayZ

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So who we rooting for in the next matches

Poland/Argentina draw

Saudi Arabia win

Saudi Arabia wins the group and plays Australia. Winner plays the US/Netherlands winner.

Posted by rt3

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:04 am to rt3

Current Round of 16 Bracket

NET
USA

1C
AUS

1E
2F

1G
2H

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ENG
SEN

FRA
2C

1F
2E

1H
2G

This post was edited on 11/30/22 at 11:07 am

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Posted by Bottom9

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:04 am to RockChalkTiger

France vs. England in the quarters is spicy as frick

Posted by The Boat

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:04 am to blueboy

England/France in the quarters

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Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:06 am to Broski

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Which would be amazing from a USMNT perspective

Pull an upset against Netherlands on Saturday and we may be favored in the Quarterfinal. Opponent would be Poland or Australia

Posted by Billy Mays

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:07 am to Billy Mays

I hate Fox keeps telling me that games are on at 1 pm ET but it’s actually just their bullshite pregame coverage

Posted by RockChalkTiger

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:08 am to The Boat

Congratulations England on winning the group. Good luck with Senegal in the heat and France in the quarters!
Zimmerman fouled Bale on purpose!

Posted by Bottom9

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:09 am to The Boat

On paper,

A possible Spain Brazil matchup in the Quarters as well. Delicious.

So far it looks like the England side of the bracket looks a bit tougher.

England, France, likely Portugal and Germany if they beat Costa Rica and Japan doesn't win

Posted by Bottom9

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:10 am to RockChalkTiger

quote:
Congratulations England on winning the group. Good luck with Senegal in the heat and France in the quarters!

I mean would could play Argentina in the quarters

Posted by Bottom9

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:10 am to Who_Dat_Tiger

quote:
Opponent would be Poland or Australia

I don't see Argentina not beating Poland today

Posted by metallica81788

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:13 am to Bottom9

As long as Mexico doesn't advance, I don't care who wins

Posted by Who_Dat_Tiger

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:19 am to Bottom9

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don't see Argentina not beating Poland today

yeah the context was missing from what I quoted in response to. They said if Poland ties they win group which would be great for US. It would be a great prize for beating Netherlands getting Poland/Australia in Quarterfinal.

And what Boat said, it’s actually possible even we get a Saudi Arabia-Australia R16 matchup which would be fricking fantastic! Added bonus of Mexico finishing last in their group. Mexico sucks, hopefully Saudi Arabia wins and Poland manages to tie Argentina to set it up.

Posted by Alyosha

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:19 am to metallica81788

MEX/KSA deserves its own thread since it would possibly mean the Fighting Donovans going home, and it merits intense relishing.

Posted by rt3

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:29 am to rt3

Group C Scenarios

Poland:
-Win Group with Win
-Win Group with Draw & MEX Win or Draw
-Advance with Loss with MEX Win so long as combined GD in the results is <4 goals
-Eliminated with Loss & KSA Win
-Eliminated with Loss & MEX Win where GD change is 4+ goals

Argentina:
-Win Group with Win so long as KSA doesn't beat MEX by 3 more goals than ARG beats POL
-Advances with Draw & KSA/MEX Draw
-Eliminated with Loss

Saudi Arabia:
-Win Group with Win & POL/ARG Draw
-Win Group with Win & ARG Win so long as KSA beats MEX by 2+ more goals than ARG beats POL
-Advance with Win or Draw & POL Win
-Eliminated with Loss
-Eliminated with Draw & ARG Win

Mexico:
-Already Eliminated as Potential Group Winner
-Advance with Win & POL Win
-Advance with Win & ARG Win
-Advance with Win & POL/ARG Draw if MEX beats KSA by 3+ goals (if shutout KSA) or 4+ goals (if KSA scores a goal)
-Eliminated with Draw or Loss

I THINK that's all the scenarios

Posted by Wait For It...

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:34 am to rt3

Follow PaulCarr on Twitter. He will summarize every group for you.

quote:

Simple Group C scenarios to advance today…

Poland (4 pts) win/draw vs Argentina

ARG (3) win OR a draw and a KSA-MEX draw

KSA (3) win OR a draw and a Poland win

MEX (1) win and a Poland win OR win by 4+ goals

Lots of #RootForChaos possibilities in Group C, including...

Poland loses 2-0 to Argentina

Mexico wins 2-0 vs Saudi Arabia

Poland & Mexico Tied for 2nd on pts, GD, goals, H2H

Team conduct score: Poland leads with 4 yellows to Mexico's 6

If still tied, drawing of lots!

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Posted by rt3

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:43 am to Wait For It...

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Team conduct score: Poland leads with 4 yellows to Mexico's 6

how hilarious would it be if Mexico CONCACAFs itself right out of the World Cup

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Posted by WinnPtiger

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 11:53 am to rt3

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how hilarious would it be if Mexico CONCACAFs itself right out of the World Cup

let it be written, let it be done

sweet baby Jesus let this happen

Posted by bbap

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Posted on 11/30/22 at 12:04 pm to WinnPtiger

Why was France's goal disallowed? Not sure i understood that. I had it on mute though so i didn't hear the commentary.