I expected Azerbaijan to win by a narrow margin or draw, but they lost 0-2.
Iceland's 0-2 victory benefited no one. The lack of another goal in the match meant our match ended in a draw.
The 0-2 draw at halftime, followed by no goals in the second, further upset those who had predicted over 2.5 goals.

Man, this is the worse thing to happen. I expected Fritz would be second, no problem, but he would take on Sinner and win, and then finalist. But the guy can't even beat anyone. Plays so well but makes mistakes.

I knew Alcaraz Sinner was 90% but man. Why did I go against my head.

Same as the Yes/No both win in qualifier. I knew somebody would f up!!

Stupid Ronaldo did give me a nice win by disappearing for Armenia tho, it's the only "No" I picked for the H2H, and it's the only one I needed cause my opponent picked all Yes Now we only have Nigeria or DR Congo to decide our fate. Either 3 points for me or a draw!

Exactly, he still needs about 50plus goals I guess, he is going to get their if he is not so eager too and just keeps his mind in place, but it's not an easy fit anyway, yeah I believe they are still going to take him to the world cup, most definitely and it's a blow for them that he is not going to start the first game for them, considering he is a big part of their goal scoring campaign.

I disagree about Ronaldo, I think he's hindering that team. They have many players that are currently better than Ronaldo, who still plays only for his glory and legacy.
They should have used him as a player from the bench a few years ago already - I can't believe that he's still starting for one of the best national teams in the world.

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It looks likely that Alcaraz will face Zverev in the semis, their H2H stands at 6-6 so maybe a bet on Zverev makes sense.

Watching the replay of the game, Moldova deserved to get something from that game with how well they defended for almost the entire 90 and also how poor Italy were in creating any real clear cut chances, then they were able to get the second goal. Good for my team that Retegui did not get any of the goals.

Sure, going one man down makes is harder for a team but Portugal were not creating much before that point with Ireland defending comfortably. We will get to see how efficient the team will be without Ronaldo in their next qualifying game.

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He was benched by the Portugal coach in 2022 during the world cup and got lots of backlash for it, even from me at the time. I felt he still was a very good player at the time and the competition for his position was not so good at the time. I personally do not think Ramos has doe enough from then to now to earn him a starting spot and I think he is the closest to the squad. If they had a clear cut great striker, it will make it easier to bench him.

- Jay -

No real interest in watching any of the games tonight. Will likely just save myself the misery of watching shit and wake up tomorrow to find out where I am in LMS.

Tennis hasn't been very bad though. Yeah, the top 2 seeds are smashing everyone and everything in their path, but it's still pretty decent entertainment.

Hey buwa, sorry I just read this post. Thanks man, not sure why but at around the time you posted this, I was somehow feeling so much better. Seems it's because of this sweet and thoughtful post. Keep healthy to you too bud, avoid redbull especially on winter.

Yeah lol it was hard for me as Real Madrid always win no matter what.

Done.

You are right.
If Kramaric scores and Arnautovic doesn't, you will have 4 correct answers and that will be enough for you to get LMS point from question number 7. No one has went with "No, No, Yes, No, No".

The Netherlands game was already drifting away, looking unlikely that they will score two. To make it even harder Poland went and scored just before the break and now have something to hold on to while Netherlands are not really playing for much with their superior goal difference. If I lose this point it will mean I have lost the round.

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