Post by DiBiase is Good on May 30, 2014 14:54:57 GMT -5
It's just under two weeks until the biggest sporting event in the World gets underway. An event of this magnitude deserves its own thread. Any domestic discussion should go in the usual football thread, this is for the friendlies happening during the build-up and the tournament itself.
Please keep all discussion civil here. Do not go too far in mocking other teams and please don't make stereotyped comments about countries and their fans.
So, who are you picking for this one? For the first tournament since I can remember, I'm not picking Spain. I'm going with Germany to win it all. If Suarez is fit, I can see Uruguay doing well (providing they can get out of that group) and Suarez getting the Golden Boot. Belgium have a great squad but I think this tournament is just too soon for them, give them another couple of years though and it might be a different story.
Fill in your own predictions here.
Here's the schedule (all kick off times are in GMT)
June 12th
Brazil 3 - 1 Croatia (Group A) 2100
June 13th
Mexico 1 - 0 Cameroon (Group A) 1700
Spain 1 - 5 Netherlands (Group B) 2000
Chile 3 - 1 Australia (Group B) 2300
June 14th
Colombia 3 - 0 Greece (Group C) 1700
Uruguay 1 - 3 Costa Rica (Group D) 2000
England 1 - 2 Italy (Group D) 2300
Ivory Coast 2 - 1 Japan (Group C) 0200 (ok, that's technically June 15th here)
June 15th
Switzerland 2 -1 Ecuador (Group E) 1700
France 3 - 0 Honduras (Group E) 2000
Argentina 2 - 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group F) 2300
June 16th
Germany 4 - 0 Portugal (Group G) 1700
Iran 0 - 0 Nigeria (Group F) 2000
Ghana 1 - 2 USA (Group G) 2300
June 17th
Belgium 2 -1 Algeria (Group H) 1700
Brazil 0 - 0 Mexico (Group A) 2000
Russia 1 - 1 South Korea (Group H) 2300
June 18th
Australia 2 - 3 Netherlands (Group B) 1700
Spain 0 - 2 Chile (Group B) 2000
Cameroon 0 - 4 Croatia (Group A) 2300
June 19th
Colombia 2 - 1 Ivory Coast (Group C) 1700
England 1 - 2 Uruguay (Group D) 2000
Japan 0 - 0 Greece (Group C) 2300
June 20th
Italy 0 - 1 Costa Rica (Group D) 1700
Switzerland 2 - 5 France (Group E) 2000
Honduras 1 - 2 Ecuador (Group E) 2300
June 21st
Argentina 1 - 0 Iran (Group F) 1700
Germany 2 - 2 Ghana (Group G) 2000
Nigeria 1 - 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group F) 2300
June 22nd
Belgium 1 - 0 Russia (Group H) 1700
South Korea 2 - 4 Algeria (Group H) 2000
USA v Portugal (Group G) 2300
June 23rd
Australia v Spain (Group B) 1700
Netherlands v Chile (Group B) 1700
Cameroon v Brazil (Group A) 2100
Croatia v Mexico (Group A) 2100
June 24th
Italy v Uruguay (Group D) 1700
Costa Rica v England (Group D) 1700
Japan v Colombia (Group C) 2100
Greece v Ivory Coast (Group C) 2100
June 25th
Nigeria v Argentina (Group F) 1700
Bosnia and Herzegovina v Iran (Group F) 1700
Honduras v Switzerland (Group E) 2100
Ecuador v France (Group E) 2100
June 26th
USA v Germany (Group G) 1700
Portugal v Ghana (Group G) 1700
South Korea v Belgium (Group H) 2100
Algeria v Russia (Group H) 2100
Please keep all discussion civil here. Do not go too far in mocking other teams and please don't make stereotyped comments about countries and their fans.
So, who are you picking for this one? For the first tournament since I can remember, I'm not picking Spain. I'm going with Germany to win it all. If Suarez is fit, I can see Uruguay doing well (providing they can get out of that group) and Suarez getting the Golden Boot. Belgium have a great squad but I think this tournament is just too soon for them, give them another couple of years though and it might be a different story.
Fill in your own predictions here.
Here's the schedule (all kick off times are in GMT)
June 12th
Brazil 3 - 1 Croatia (Group A) 2100
June 13th
Mexico 1 - 0 Cameroon (Group A) 1700
Spain 1 - 5 Netherlands (Group B) 2000
Chile 3 - 1 Australia (Group B) 2300
June 14th
Colombia 3 - 0 Greece (Group C) 1700
Uruguay 1 - 3 Costa Rica (Group D) 2000
England 1 - 2 Italy (Group D) 2300
Ivory Coast 2 - 1 Japan (Group C) 0200 (ok, that's technically June 15th here)
June 15th
Switzerland 2 -1 Ecuador (Group E) 1700
France 3 - 0 Honduras (Group E) 2000
Argentina 2 - 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group F) 2300
June 16th
Germany 4 - 0 Portugal (Group G) 1700
Iran 0 - 0 Nigeria (Group F) 2000
Ghana 1 - 2 USA (Group G) 2300
June 17th
Belgium 2 -1 Algeria (Group H) 1700
Brazil 0 - 0 Mexico (Group A) 2000
Russia 1 - 1 South Korea (Group H) 2300
June 18th
Australia 2 - 3 Netherlands (Group B) 1700
Spain 0 - 2 Chile (Group B) 2000
Cameroon 0 - 4 Croatia (Group A) 2300
June 19th
Colombia 2 - 1 Ivory Coast (Group C) 1700
England 1 - 2 Uruguay (Group D) 2000
Japan 0 - 0 Greece (Group C) 2300
June 20th
Italy 0 - 1 Costa Rica (Group D) 1700
Switzerland 2 - 5 France (Group E) 2000
Honduras 1 - 2 Ecuador (Group E) 2300
June 21st
Argentina 1 - 0 Iran (Group F) 1700
Germany 2 - 2 Ghana (Group G) 2000
Nigeria 1 - 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Group F) 2300
June 22nd
Belgium 1 - 0 Russia (Group H) 1700
South Korea 2 - 4 Algeria (Group H) 2000
USA v Portugal (Group G) 2300
June 23rd
Australia v Spain (Group B) 1700
Netherlands v Chile (Group B) 1700
Cameroon v Brazil (Group A) 2100
Croatia v Mexico (Group A) 2100
June 24th
Italy v Uruguay (Group D) 1700
Costa Rica v England (Group D) 1700
Japan v Colombia (Group C) 2100
Greece v Ivory Coast (Group C) 2100
June 25th
Nigeria v Argentina (Group F) 1700
Bosnia and Herzegovina v Iran (Group F) 1700
Honduras v Switzerland (Group E) 2100
Ecuador v France (Group E) 2100
June 26th
USA v Germany (Group G) 1700
Portugal v Ghana (Group G) 1700
South Korea v Belgium (Group H) 2100
Algeria v Russia (Group H) 2100