The Official 2018 FIFA World Cup Thread

England and Belgium go into their Group G game on Thursday with identical records, meaning that fair play points could decide who is the winner of the group.

Both teams have scored eight goals and conceded two in the opening group games, putting them completely level.

FIFA deducts points from the fair play ranking based on the following criteria (each player can only score minus points in one category):

Yellow card: minus-1
Red card for two cautions: minus-3
Straight red card: minus-4
Yellow card and straight red card: minus-5

England are currently above Belgium in the table as they have two yellow cards (minus-2) to Belgium's three (minus-3). If the two teams also finish level on fair play, there will be a random draw for positions -- just as Ireland and Netherlands had to do in 1990 (the Irish were drawn second and the Dutch third).
 
Missed The entire fucking Colombia game. Higuita and Valderama in the cut.


Looks like Japan played their hardest games against Colombia and Senegal. Poland might be food for them.

Poland rank 9th. That ranking shit is mad overrated
 
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I wish Soccer was bigger in America. It's really one of the best sports to watch on TV. It's non stop action and the cultural element is bigger than any other sport in the world.
 
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