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FIFA Club World Cup

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  1. Daz

    Daz Well-Known Member

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    Pachuca all over Real who are now down to 10 men :emoticon-0102-bigsm
     
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    Real Madrid really poor so far. I’ve seen enough, now to Germany u21s
     
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    This sort of sums up the club world cup
    But I would argue that the South Americans are dominating so far.

    I think Tim (19:51) represents beautifully why this competition is so mis-represented in England, and maybe Europe. It’s not a national competition, it’s an inter-continental competition. I actually think the concept is a good one, but will always be hampered by Europe’s dominance on a world stage… and as a result we have a lot of arbitrarily entered teams based on ‘qualifying’ criteria which I defy anyone to understand! I think with a bit of tweaking it has the potential to be successful, and meaningful… but the proof will first be in how these teams get on back in their respective homes next season! I for one am looking forward to the knockouts!
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    I've watched a few of the games, but every time I ask myself "Why?". It is a non entity of a tournament. It would mean more if it was represented by the actual champions of each country, rather than a seemingly random collection of teams.
    Tim in Mundesley
     
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    Real are 3-0 up after going down to 10 men after 7 minutes :emoticon-0104-surpr
    Pachuca have missed a few sitters mind

    3-1
     
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    Bound to pop up sooner or later ...
     
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    6-0 win for Man City during the night
     
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    2 games kicking off at 8pm

    Atletico Madrid v Botafogo RJ
    Seattle Sounders v PSG
     
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    Go Auckland City!!
     
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    Harry Kane<doh>
    - what a shame, very similar to the Sheff Utd offside <laugh>

     
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    Well done Benfica <applause>
     
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    Utter humiliation for Boca
    Vamos River <laugh>
     
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    Chelsea 2-0 up

    Delap with his first goal there. Got a feeling he’ll smash it there
     
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    Jobe playing well for Dortmund here. He looks so confident
     
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    yeh looks very comfortable. Playing in a more attacking position again.
     
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    Jobe so close to scoring a wonderful volley
     
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    technique was sublime.
     
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    enjoying watching that Jo Hyeon-Woo in goal...he looks like he forgot his kit and had to wear a bigger lads stuff, also looks to be 5 foot nowt but a top performance from the lad.

    Edit: just checked and he is actually 1.89m and 33 year old.
     
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