First Game At The World Cup

[navypie]

My word , how bad were Saudi Arabia , or were that Russia good?

[Trickytreesreds]

My word , how bad were Saudi Arabia , or were that Russia good?

No better than a pub side, shocking.
There are far better teams not made it.
But FIFA loves **** teams like SA, as it projects their silly 3 rd rate policy and fills their coffers.

[irish_pie]

No better than a pub side, shocking.
There are far better teams not made it.
But FIFA loves **** teams like SA, as it projects their silly 3 rd rate policy and fills their coffers.

Agree with that Tricky... Saudi played some pretty football but up front they were about as threatening as a plastic spoon... Russia put them to the sword today and scored some lovely goals, the 4th could be goal of the tournament, absolute corker off the outside of his left foot...

[ncfcog]

Only watched the first half, thought both teams were absolute garbage, Coventry would have hammered them both!

[navypie]

Only watched the first half, thought both teams were absolute garbage, Coventry would have hammered them both!

Coventry !without the help of the EFL ?

[Frigiliana Pie 1]

I saw only the first 40 minutes. I thought Russia were about the standard of an average Championship side. Saudi Arabia seemed to lack even the most basic of skills and seemed to me to be worse than the worst League 2 sides. As the score was only 1-0 when I went out, I assume Saudi got even worse as the game went on. You have to ask how a side as bad as them made it to the World Cup finals.

[navypie]

I saw only the first 40 minutes. I thought Russia were about the standard of an average Championship side. Saudi Arabia seemed to lack even the most basic of skills and seemed to me to be worse than the worst League 2 sides. As the score was only 1-0 when I went out, I assume Saudi got even worse as the game went on. You have to ask how a side as bad as them made it to the World Cup finals.

Politics.

[navypie]

No better than a pub side, shocking.
There are far better teams not made it.
But FIFA loves **** teams like SA, as it projects their silly 3 rd rate policy and fills their coffers.

Have to agree , when you think of some of the teams that didn't make it !

[snipe_pie]

Germany would have gone into double figures.

[upthemaggies]

Back in the days when the World Cup was just 16 teams you had four World Cup opening games in a row (1966 - 1978) that ended in goalless draws.

No opening goal of a World Cup tournament in an opening match was seen live on British television until 1986!!!