Thanks!
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Because of 2am matches next Wednesday and Thursday, those are going to be tough days.
If itâs Brazil-France at 2am Wednesday, no way I can miss that and highlights wonât do. I may wimp out on Thursday early, depends.
But 10 pm Saturday for the big one, Poms against IKEA. How massive is that going to be here?
Sure it will be Ikea and not Volvo? Or elks?
Wake me up if Brazil starts to lose. Otherwise, Zzzzz.
Eh. Rumor has it that if bamboo toothpicks are left against eyelids for too long theyâll grow their way right through. Not sure I can risk that, not after Sweden-Switzerland. And I donât think England will need my ventilated eyes to win.
And they will definitely play added time and have a penalty shoot out for good measure.
No, its Ikea.
Well, then, letâs play hard and theyâll fall apart.
I call it optimism
My Swedish friend sent this. Let the games commence.
IKEA has been accused of evading over ÂŁ500m in taxes.
Apparently, prosecutors have been after IKEA for years, but theyâre having a really hard time putting their case together.
Two teams have made evolutionary jumps in improvement this WC, Brazil and France. Every time I watch these national teams play I think they looked exponentially better than the game before.
Uruguay, too, but it looks like Edinson Cavani wonât be around to help Luis Suarez, which could be fatal against France.
That kind of evolution hasnât been true yet for Belgium, Croatia, England, Sweden, or Russia.
Chances are good that Brazil will look exponentially better against Belgium than it did against Argentina. I think that France will follow suit against Uruguay, despite the absence of Cavani. So far I see these two teams as the best in the tournament; itâs a shame theyâll meet in the semis instead of the finals (thanks to Germanyâs early exit, the other bracket is probably there for either Croatia or England).
And Iâve seen too many 19-year-old athletes blossom like supernovas to think that France-Brazil could be a sleeper. Mbappe showed world class speed - world class burst - in the match against Argentina. That he would push a pass so far into the penalty box that even he couldnât catch up, and get fouled intentionally by his defender anyway, tells me that we may be watching something special for France. Like, even more special than Neymar.
I favor France too and like them best of the remaining teams, cause I want to see Mbappe shine some more.
Neymarâs antics have really gotten in the way of Brazil being a likable team.
Belgium is OK, but they donât really excite me.
Uruguay can be exciting, but Suarez has always rubbed me the wrong way. Has he bitten anyone yet?
Russia, wouldnât be far-fetched if rumors of systematic doping would bubble up again. Also, donât want to see Putin smiling again.
I have always a hard time warming up to them. Never liked the attitude of players like Mandzukic.
Schweden, well organized, good on defense, but utterly boring.
England, always on the brink of being over-confident before having accomplished much. If they were more humble, Iâd like them to win, perhaps.
Wish Japan had gotten through.
Tonight B. vs B.!
Neymar seemingly spent 18 min total on the ground pretending being hurt. Expect a long overtime.