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Qualifying for the 2018 World Cup

Discussion in 'Hull City' started by Steven Toast, Sep 2, 2017.

  1. Tuckin

    Tuckin Well-Known Member

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    Well well - the Faroes have beaten Andorra.

    France 0 Luxembourg 0 at ht...
     
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  2. Tuckin

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    Congrats to Luxembourg! An amazing 0-0 away draw.
     
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  3. Walter Sobchak

    Walter Sobchak Well-Known Member

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    But I thought only England did stuff like this? France must be terrible etc
     
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    That's an amazing result, France absolutely tore The Netherlands a new one the other day, destroyed them.
     
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  5. Tuckin

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    Uzbekistan are 15 minutes away from doing it. They lead S Korea 1-0, while Syria trail 2-1 in Iran.
     
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  6. Tuckin

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    Hold the phone - people on Twitter are saying it's actually 0-0 and the Fifa website is showing 1-0 incorrectly! What a mess.
     
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  7. originallambrettaman

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    93rd minute equaliser for Syria, if it stays like this, they qualify.
     
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  8. Tuckin

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    They're into a playoff round (ahead of Uzbekistan), but South Korea have qualified.
     
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    Oh aye, so they do.
     
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  10. Chazz Rheinhold

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    That'll piss the north off even more...
     
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    Squeaky bum time for the Aussies, who have to rely on Japan (who have nothing to play for) not losing to Saudi Arabia away.
     
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    Meyler starting for Ireland tonight against Serbia. They're a rough team, no injuries please.
     
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    It's all pointless anyway. North Korea win it for the 10th time in a row.
     
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  15. Steven Toast

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    Obviously, we aren't that ****...
     
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  16. Tuckin

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    Saudi Arabia won 1-0 and qualify.

    Australia will play off against Syria; the winner will play a Concacaf team for a finals place.
     
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    He was man of the match.
     
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  18. John Ex Aberdeen now E.R.

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  19. Tuckin

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    Problems for Argentina, who could go from finalists in one World Cup to non-qualifiers in the next one. (The Dutch did it in 1978/82, but I can't remember any other instances.)

    Top 4 qualify, the team in 5th has a playoff. Argentina are behind Peru on goals scored...

    1 Brazil 17 27 38
    2 Uruguay 17 10 28
    3 Chile 17 2 26
    4 Colombia 17 2 26
    5 Peru 17 1 25
    6 Argentina 17 1 25
    7 Paraguay 17 -5 24
    8 Ecuador 17 -1 20
    9 Bolivia 17 -20 14
    10 Venezuela 17 -17 9

    Final games next week:
    Paraguay v Venezuela
    Ecuador v Argentina
    Brazil v Chile
    Peru v Colombia
    Uruguay v Bolivia
     
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    Odds on Ecuador losing to Argentina and mysteriously ending up with a pot of money routed through several accounts but originating in Switzerland? And Fifa getting the world's top player to the big show after all?
     
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