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<blockquote data-quote="Bada-Bing!" data-source="post: 1111327" data-attributes="member: 70552"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63820511[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Pretty good summary of the group stage.</p><p></p><p>No team won 3/3. Those teams that won their first two France, Brazil and Portugal all lost their final game. Showing playing a largely 2nd team was not enough to win or draw coupled with not having the desire once qualification was assured. Surprised Brazil only scored 3 goals in 3 matches.</p><p></p><p>England did the best overall with 7/9 and +7 goal difference against top 20 opposition; although Wales were pretty awful overall. But still I think the USA game showed weaknesses.</p><p></p><p>The so called minnows are no longer and show gap in quality is much narrower.</p><p></p><p>Whether that is indication of the knockout stage remains to be seen. More shocks and surprises?</p><p></p><p>Having 5 subs and additional 1 on ET is going to help the teams with better strength in depth.</p><p></p><p>And then there's penalties.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://media2.giphy.com/media/COYGe9rZvfiaQ/200.gif" alt="hide GIF" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Argentina and Australia have a good case to complain about the schedule. What were FIFA thinking giving them only 2 days to recover from their final group match?</p><p></p><p>Also FIFA's decision to go to 48 teams and 16 x 3 teams in the Group stage for 2026 will ruin the drama of this stage of the competition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bada-Bing!, post: 1111327, member: 70552"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/63820511[/URL] Pretty good summary of the group stage. No team won 3/3. Those teams that won their first two France, Brazil and Portugal all lost their final game. Showing playing a largely 2nd team was not enough to win or draw coupled with not having the desire once qualification was assured. Surprised Brazil only scored 3 goals in 3 matches. England did the best overall with 7/9 and +7 goal difference against top 20 opposition; although Wales were pretty awful overall. But still I think the USA game showed weaknesses. The so called minnows are no longer and show gap in quality is much narrower. Whether that is indication of the knockout stage remains to be seen. More shocks and surprises? Having 5 subs and additional 1 on ET is going to help the teams with better strength in depth. And then there’s penalties. [IMG alt="hide GIF"]https://media2.giphy.com/media/COYGe9rZvfiaQ/200.gif[/IMG] Argentina and Australia have a good case to complain about the schedule. What were FIFA thinking giving them only 2 days to recover from their final group match? Also FIFA’s decision to go to 48 teams and 16 x 3 teams in the Group stage for 2026 will ruin the drama of this stage of the competition. [/QUOTE]
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