World Cup Kickoff Thread

Indeed and I think this happened at the last World Cup too. I was impressed with them last night though after a rather abject showing against Algeria. Yes they won 3-0 but Algeria might as well have had less numbers on the pitch, they didn’t cause them anywhere near enough problems. At times Argentina played walking football in their own half and Algeria watched and if it wasn’t for Messi’s shots I’m not sure who else in that team had the initiative to go for goal. So I thought they would encounter big problems against a proper running team in Austria but that didn’t materialise which I found slightly bizarre. Maybe they were filled with awe. I’m sure another running team like Japan wouldn’t feel inhibited though and would run at Argentina. The jury is still out for me on Argentina

As for Portugal I think they’re costing themselves this World Cup by continuing to start Ronaldo. They have so many great attacking players that are unable to play free-flowing Cape Verde style football because they seem inclined or micro-managed to slow the game down to Ronaldo’s pace to give him the ball to score. It’s upsetting in some ways, I’m sure Portugal could be winning some of these games 6-0 without Ronaldo in that team

I hope Japan win the World Cup :)

Hello :) I think Portugal win, England win, Croatia win and Colombia win

Poor, really poor from England. Why can’t they just run forwards like Japan

Too slow, too slow. So poor. I’m so tired of these pre-match interviews where they talk a good game and they just do not deliver. Switched off, can’t watch this. Looking forward to Colombia though, they know how to attack. Panama are pretty adventurous too. England make running forwards in football look difficult and I can’t understand it

Colombia are a good team to have and usually fun to watch too :)