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Ryoutarou said:
Australia will need to play better than they ever have to get beyond the group stage. Even their best shot at getting three points is a fairly stronger team than them. And as bad as Spain played today, there isn't a lot of doubt that they'll be able to take on Australia.

(though I'm more interested in who will finish on top since Mexico will likely face them if they make it to the second round)
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Brazil v Spain
Croatia v Netherlands

Don't see Mexico getting past Croatia, but you never know

Ivysaur said:
I'm not. Just putting that out there.
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I think today was just a bad day at the office.
 
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The battle for 2nd place in Group A will be between Mexico and Croatia. I can see that maybe going down to the wire. Croatia played excellently against Brazil, so I wouldn't rule them out just yet. Btw, Mandzukic will make his return against Cameroon.
 
Weeaboo Name said:
Chile are a really good side. Looking forward for seeing Cahill again though.
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For some reason when it comes to Australia the spotlight's almost always on Cahill. I would not be surprised if he scores any of Australia's goals in the match should it happen, and yeah apparently it's just about kick-off time now.
 
Hamj said:
I think today was just a bad day at the office.
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Casillas has been terrible all season long. He was this close from gifting us a Champions League final, and, in the league, he conceded in the two games he played. The defence was pretty bad (Piqué...), Xavi is done for, subbing Xabi Alonso was idiotic, and when you look at the bench and you only see Torres and Villa... well...

I'm sorry, but I had little to no confidence beforehand and now my fears have been confirmed.
 
Ivysaur said:
Casillas has been terrible all season long. He was this close from gifting us a Champions League final, and, in the league, he conceded in the two games he played. The defence was pretty bad (Piqué...), Xavi is done for, subbing Xabi Alonso was idiotic, and when you look at the bench and you only see Torres and Villa... well...

I'm sorry, but I had little to no confidence beforehand and now my fears have been confirmed.
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Do the Spaniards really rely that much on Casillas?

Okay, the Chile-Australia match is underway right now so can't wait to see who scores that first goal.
 
5-1 for the Netherlands! Proud on my country! Beautiful goals, especially van Persie's dolphindive.
Did not expect this, I actually thought Spain was going to win with 3-1.
 
I heard over the commentary that Australia's track record against Chile isn't all that great, so this may be very intense especially if Australia even manage to score. Still 0-0 at the time I was posting this.
 
Hamj said:
I think today was just a bad day at the office.
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Ivysaur said:
Casillas has been terrible all season long. He was this close from gifting us a Champions League final, and, in the league, he conceded in the two games he played. The defence was pretty bad (Piqué...), Xavi is done for, subbing Xabi Alonso was idiotic, and when you look at the bench and you only see Torres and Villa... well...

I'm sorry, but I had little to no confidence beforehand and now my fears have been confirmed.
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I see where you're coming from but don't forget the Spanish teams did dominate the CL this year. Although I don't see them winning the tournament they'll be far from pushovers
 
Hamj said:
I see where you're coming from but don't forget the Spanish teams did dominate the CL this year. Although I don't see them winning the tournament they'll be far from pushovers
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Yes. And don't forget the spirit of the Spanish team is the currently pathetic FC Barcelona we beat in the quarters, and that Casillas was this close from gifting us the CL final (every time I write these words, I feel pain) thanks to some horrendous goalkeeping.
 
If you think Australia will get anywhere near getting through that group you're kidding yourself. Australia would probably get relegated from the Championship and they're up against 3 possible contenders.
 
Shinx said:
If you think Australia will get anywhere near getting through that group you're kidding yourself. Australia would probably get relegated from the Championship and they're up against 3 possible contenders.
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Don't rub us off that quickly, this will be a tough one but we won't go down without a fight. Even if many are calling Australia "the USA of Group B" that doesn't mean we can still make the match a close one.

And Chile scores the first goal! It's 1-0 to the Chileans.
 
Well it's 1-0 to Chile. The defense by Australia was terrible.
 
Shinx said:
If you think Australia will get anywhere near getting through that group you're kidding yourself. Australia would probably get relegated from the Championship and they're up against 3 possible contenders.
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2. And Chile will have a tough time getting past Brazil. I'd rather have the Netherlands finish second so they can try to pull off the same upset they did four years ago.

Welp. The fight lasted 11 minutes XD
 
And now it's 2-0 Chile! The Australians look beaten already.
 
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