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 Group D, 2018 World Cup |
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 29th May 2018, 07:40 PM
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 It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva
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 Saturday 16 June Argentina vs Iceland - Moscow (Spartak) - 2pm - ITV Croatia vs Nigeria - Kaliningrad - 8pm - ITV Thursday 21 June Argentina vs Croatia - Nizhny Novgorod - 7pm - BBC Friday 22 June Nigeria vs Iceland - Volgograd - 4pm - BBC Tuesday 26 June Nigeria vs Argentina - St Petersburg - 7pm - BBC Iceland vs Croatia - Rostov-on-Don - 7pm - BBC Odds to win Group D (Coral) Argentina 8-15f Croatia 13-5 Nigeria 9-1 Iceland 11-1 Who do you think will win Group D? |
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29th May 2018, 10:21 PM
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Hopefully Nigeria will win this group, realistically it's not gonna happen though. We should get a win against Iceland but the quad annual World Cup defeat to Argentina and another possible defeat to Croatia will probably be too much to overcome. I'm expecting Argentina to top this group.
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30th May 2018, 03:27 PM
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What is it with Argentina and Nigeria nearly always being drawn against each other?
 Maybe this time Nigeria could actually win...
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31st May 2018, 06:18 PM
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Simulated Results
ARG 2:2 ISL CRO 2:1 NGA ARG 1:1 CRO NGA 2:1 ISL ISL 0:1 CRO NGA 0:3 ARG Croatia [2-0-1] [7pts.] [4-2] Argentina [1-0-2] [5pts.] [6-3] Nigeria [1-2-0] [3pts.] [3-6] Iceland [0-2-1] [1pts.] [3-5] |
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31st May 2018, 06:23 PM
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This is the "rematch" group because not only are Argentina and Nigeria facing off yet again, but Iceland and Croatia were in the same 2018 WC qualifying group and faced each other in the 2014 WC playoffs. They have a little rivalry going too.
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3rd June 2018, 03:19 PM
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It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva
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It will be the third World Cup in a row that Argentina and Nigeria face each other. Also played each other in 1994 and 2002.
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4th June 2018, 01:00 PM
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They were also in the same group in 2010 South Africa.
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4th June 2018, 06:46 PM
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They must be getting fed up of playing each other in the World Cup. Argentina and Nigeria.
I'm hoping that Iceland can make cause a surprise in the group. |
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4th June 2018, 06:51 PM
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Iceland haven't even been performing well in friendlies lately though. Granted, they've been dealing with injuries but they had Gylfi back for the Norway friendly and lost at home. Now they have Ghana coming to Reykjavik.
No one wants Iceland to succeed more than I do, but I wouldn't bet on much success in this tournament. |
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16th June 2018, 08:22 AM
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It's still will be the return of the Mack 4eva
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This should be a win for Argentina. Now after Ronaldo's hat-trick this will be where Messi needs to perform.
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16th June 2018, 08:33 AM
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This I can see being a narrow win for Croatia over Nigeria. Hope to be proved wrong and it will be a cracker.
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16th June 2018, 09:30 AM
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I'd love to see Nigeria take this one, don't think it's out of the question either.
*watches Croatia sail to a 6-0 victory* |
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16th June 2018, 01:13 PM
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Such a good chance for Iceland early on! Hope they can cause an upset here.
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16th June 2018, 01:39 PM
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COME ON GLORIOUS ICELANDIC VIKING WARRIORS
(I'll be happy if they avoid losing, those 4 minutes before the equaliser were heartbreaking xx) |
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16th June 2018, 01:52 PM
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A thrilling first half - if Iceland were as on target as Argentina were they'd be up 3-1
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16th June 2018, 02:09 PM
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Say that hiss with your chest, and...
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I hope Iceland get the draw but my, what a dull match. I prefer it when both teams are actually attacking, rather than one team just defending most of the time and slowing the game down. But I suppose that's the only way really that Iceland can get a result.
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16th June 2018, 02:55 PM
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PHEW. My heart was pounding there. Great result for Iceland, hope they can hold strong against the others.
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16th June 2018, 03:04 PM
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Ayy they didn't lose. Áfram Ísland
 I don't really understand football at all but it felt like Argentina were close to putting a 2nd goal in about 10 times near the end. Clench. |
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16th June 2018, 03:04 PM
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It was a bit of a mess for Messi, kept on missing the target, a couple of great saves from the Icelandic goalkeeper, especially that free kick from Messi. Hoping Croatia can score a couple of goals to win the group ahead of Argentina. I do find Argentina faltering a bit. I just don't find them winning this tournament at all. I be surprised if Croatia and Iceland go through to the second stage out of this group. Argentina need to pull something extraordinary from the next 2 matches, Croatia will definitely give them a game to play for.
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16th June 2018, 04:00 PM
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That draw was the ideal result for Nigeria, now I trust us to bottle it against Croatia later
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