FIFA World Cup Russia 2018

[Dave]

Sun June 24: England v Panama (Group G) - Nizhny Novgorod, 1pm

Sun June 24: Japan v Senegal (Group H) - Ekaterinburg, 4pm

Sun June 24: Poland v Colombia (Group H) - Kazan, 7pm

[Shan]

Glad that Germany won. They deserved it for their second half endeavours and that goal was class.

[Liz Fraser]

Amazing goal from Kroos.
I paused it at a point that it was virtually inconceivable how he could have bent it around Larsson from that angle.

Haven't really enjoyed a tournament since France 98 but I think this tournament already has thrown up better moments than the rest since then combined.
Think VAR is helping though it's not perfect, I like the speed in which it's dealt with.
That's all important to me in the interest of the flow of the game and something rugby union could learn from.

The officials also are not buying into diving either which has blighted previous world cups.
Also nice to see attack minded philosphies being rewarded and the teams who try to dig in and park the bus being punished.

I think all this is allowing the cream to rise to the top and the best players ( notably Messi excepted so far) are delivering the goods and proving their quality to be the difference in each game.
Hope this continues to be the case as the tournament should be a celebration of football to be marvelled at and not a negative cheat fest which it had become

[Shan]

Now I don't normally support England in association football but they are ripping Panama to shreds and I am delighted to see it as Panama are extremely annoying with all the ballix they are going on with. It is five nil now and I wouldn't mind seeing England getting another five.

[Dave]

Panama are atrocious.

[222toHounslow]

Their defence is as wide open as their canal

[Shan]

Well 6-1 in the end. Harry Kane now the top scorer.

[Shan]

Right. Now come on Poland for feck sake.

[Dave]

Should be a good encounter. It's basically a knock out.

[Shan]

Colombian players are a shower of diving whingy feckers.

[BaggyTrousers]

Fantastic to see the Lionels thump the people who did not build a canal & did not invent the hat. It must now be building to a high state of confidence amongst those from Lionel Central, preparing them nicely to become suicidal at their certain & inevitable demise, piling on 4 more years to the existing 48 years of hurt.

Indeed if the Seppos & the Brits were not so keen on having a route through the Americas for shipping, Panama would probably still be part of Colombia.

[Dave]

Columbia are playing some super football.

[Shan]

FFS Poland are hopeless. Good play from Colombia when they decide to bother staying on their feet. Hard to see Poland getting back into this but hoping they can manage to do something.

[Dave]

I hope Columbia play Engerland.

[Dave]

Mon June 25: Uruguay v Russia (Group A) - Samara, 3pm

Mon June 25: Saudi Arabia v Egypt (Group A) - Volgograd, 3pm

Mon June 25: Spain v Morocco (Group B) - Kaliningrad, 7pm

Mon June 25: Iran v Portugal (Group B) - Saransk, 7pm

Simultaneous fixtures start tomorrow with the last round of the group stages.