Friday, June 29, 2018
OLD GERMANY OUSTED; JAPAN SNEAKS
IN
Kds911 leads by 2; 22 lost Germany as their champ
Kds911 leads by 2; 22 lost Germany as their champ
TERMINAL 21, WASHINGTON REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, VA (smt) -- F4-Korea
Republic shocked F1-Germany in stoppage time... twice, to send the defending
champs out of the Knockout Stage or the first time since 1954. KOR's win
saved F2-Mexico the embarrassment of being the team to win their first two
matches and fail to make the Round of 16 (getting trounced by eventual Group F
winner F3-Sweden 3-0). B1-Portugal was eerily close to being eliminated as
B4-Iran had tied them 1-1 and threatened a couple times late to win which would
have sent the Portuguese out on
Fair Play Points against B2-Spain. Spain
got a stoppage time goal using a quick restart just to make sure they made the
R16 and with IRN's late goal, won Group B.
H2-Japan did advance via Fair Play Points, however, as both they and H4-Senegal
lost 1-0 in their last match making them even on points, goals, goal
differential, and head-to-head. So before the dreaded coin flip (draw
lots), the second to last tiebreaker is Fair Play Points (first WC to use this
tiebreaker), where yellow cards earn you 1 point and reds 2 each. Japan
had a 2 point advantage that grew to 3 (when SEN picked up a yellow) and settled
back to 2. JPN and MEX are the only non-European, non-South American teams
in the R16.
C1-France danced to a tie with C4-Denmark to win Group C
while E1-Brazil and H3-Colombia ended with strong wins to win Groups D and H,
respectively. A4-Uruguay, G1-Belgium, and D1-Croatia all finished 3-0-0.
A2-Saudi Arabia, C3-Peru, G3-Tunisia, and H1-Poland picked up their first win of
the tournament. E2-Switzerland and E3-Costa Rica played to a 2-2 sending
the Swiss into the R16. Very weird to see 24 penalty kicks (breaking the
WC record of 18 set in '90, '98, and '02) called and only one red card (we have
had just 3 red cards overall). URU has not allowed a goal in the
tournament. It's also been a mostly fun tournament with all teams scoring
at least two goals and with only one scoreless draw. And just two teams
failed to earn a point (EGY and PAN).
Kds911 is our
leader with 73 points. Blitzkrieg813, Flying
Elvi, and The Mighty Mobelfakta are tied for 2nd with
71 points. Kds911 and Toshiyori (15th-T,
67) got 31 of 48 matches correct while 18 got 14 of 16 Round of 16 teams
correct. On the flip side, Sokkerbix (51st-T, 59),
TroJen (70th-T, 53), and Tjnunes (79th, 44)
got just 17 of 48 matches correct and Soccerhorn (78th, 48) and
Tjnunes only got 9 of 16 R16 teams. Toshiyori
has picked six straight matches correctly while Ish (51st-T)
has missed his last six. Sokkerbix has missed 13 of his
last 14 matches.
All 79 had GER in the R16 and 44 had
them in their Final with 22 winning the Cup. Not going to happen.
But all 79 did get ARG, BEL, and FRA correct. Only 10 picked JPN and 16
SWE. Most had ARG as the group winner, so ARG finishing second means that
most will get the five points between FRA-ARG, it's just a matter is it five
points for FRA or five points for ARG. It also means FRA or ARG will be
eliminated, as 71 of 79 entries had both teams in the Quarters but only one will
survive.
Eric's
"Foster's
Football Brew", a HWCI EURO Pool staple, is back, already two
issues in. If anyone else wants to
contribute, let me know. Anyone else going to Russia and want to send
pictures or mini-reports?
The prize distribution and Bonus Prize will be detailed at
a later date (although eagle-eyed viewers will already have seen the
distribution). The Bonus Prize will be the same but if we go to the
Bonus2 contest, because those with 0.5 are at a disadvantage, the total
goals predicted will be doubled and include the two semifinal matches (4 matches
total).
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SIDES 'N KICKS: [48
Matches / 9 Ties] Goals:
122 (2.54/match) [Own: 9
(4-MARvIRN, 5-AUSvFRA, 8-NGAvCRO, 15-POLvSEN, 17-EGYvRUS, 33-RUSvURU,
42-SUIvCRC, 44-MEXvSWE, 46-TUNvPAN), Subs (incl. Own):
8 (1-RUS 70', 4-MAR {og} 90'+5, 29-BEL 90', 30-ENG 78', 32-JPN 78',
35-IRN 90'+3, 36-MAR 81', 36-ESP 90'+1, 42-SUI 88'),
Stoppage: 16 (1-RUS +1, 1-RUS +4,
4-IRN +5 {GW}, 14-ENG +1 {GW}, 23-CRO +1, 25-BRA +1 {GW}, 25-BRA +7, 27-GER +5 {GW},
28-KOR +3, 29-TUN +3, 34-KSA +5 {GW}, 35-IRN +3 {GT}, 36-ESP +1 {GT}, 42-CRC +3
{GT}, 43-KOR +3 {GW}, 43-KOR +6)]... Scoring First:
35-4-8 (1 Nil-Nil ties [37-DENvFRA]; 26-SRB,
27-SWE, 34-EGY, 46-PAN)... Lead at Half:
15-3-4 (26 ties; 26-SRB, 27-SWE, 46-PAN)...
Shutout: 27 (1-KSA, 2-EGY, 4-MAR, 6-PER, 8-NGA, 10-CRC,
11-GER, 12-KOR, 13-PAN 18-KSA {2}, 19-MAR {2}, 20-IRN, 21-PER {2}, 23-ARG,
24-ISL, 25-CRC {2}, 31-POL, 33-RUS, 37-DEN, 37-FRA, 38-AUS, 41-SRB, 43-GER {2},
44-MEX, 45-ENG, 47-JPN, 48-SEN)...
PK: 18/24 (3-POR, 5-AUS, 5-FRA,
6-per [H], 7-arg [S], 8-CRO, 12-SWE, 14-TUN, 16-JPN, 18-EGY, 22-AUS {2}, 24-isl
[H], 28-MEX, 29-BEL, 30-ENG, 30-ENG {2}, 34-ksa [S], 34-KSA {2}, 35-por [S] {2},
35-IRN, 39-NGA, 40-ISL, 42-crc [XB], 44-SWE {2})...
Red Card (GF/GA): 3 (2/2) [16-COL
3' {R} (1/1), 27-GER 82' {2Y} (1/0), 33-RUS 36' {2Y} (0/1)]...
Multiples: 10 [Cheryshev 2
(1-RUS), Ronaldo 3 (3-POR), Costa 2 (3-ESP), Lukaku 2 (13-BEL), Kane 2 (14-ENG),
Musa 2 (24-NGA), Lukaku 2 {2} (29-BEL), Hazard 2 (29-BEL), Stones 2 (30-ENG),
Kane 3 {2} (30-ENG)]... Zero SOG (Shots):
4 [1-KSA (6), 12-KOR (5), 20-IRN (5), 25-CRC (4)]...
Goal Line Tech (Award):
1 (5-FRA 81')... VAR: 17
(5-FRA PK+ 56', 6-PER PK+ 45', 12-SWE PK+ 63', 17-EGY PK+InBox 72', 20-IRN Off+ 62', 22-AUS PK+ 36',
25-BRA PK- 79', 24-ISL PK+ 80', 34-KSA PK+ 45'+2, 35-POR PK+ 50', 35-IRN PK+
90'+1, 36-ESP Off- 90'+1, 39-NGA PK- 76', 42-CRC Off+ 90'+1, 43-KOR Off- 90'+3,
44-SWE PK- 29', 48-SEN PK- 17')... 63%+ Poss:
10
[4-MARvIRN (63) L, 7-ARGvISL (73) T, 20-ESPvIRN (68) W, 25-BRAvCRC (69) W,
27-GERvSWE (71) W, 35-PORvIRN (68) T, 36-ESPvMAR (68) T, 39-ARGvNGA (65) W,
43-GERvKOR (70) L, 44-MEXvSWE (65) L, 6-TUNvPAN (64) W]... 25+ Shots:
3
[7-ARG (26vISL) D, 11-GER (25vMEX) L, 43-GER (26vKOR) L]...
Regions (Teams/R16): UEFA (14/10) 21-11-10, CONMEBOL
(5/4) 9-4-2, AFC (5/1) 4-8-3, CAF (5/0)
3-10-2, CONCACAF (3/1) 2-6-1, OCEANIA (0)...
Qualify: A-RUS (18-URU W), A-URU (18-W), C-FRA (21-W), D-CRO (23-W), G-BEL
(30-ENG W), G-ENG (30-W), B-POR (35-T), B-ESP (36-T), C-DEN (37-T), D-ARG (39-W
& 40-ISL L), F-MEX (43-GER L), F-SWE (44-W), E-BRA (41-W), E-SUI (42-T),
H-COL (48-W), H-JPN (48-SEN L & Fair Play)...
Eliminated: A-KSA (18-URU W), A-EGY (18-URU W), B-MAR (20-ESP W),
C-PER (21-L), E-CRC (26-SUI W), G-TUN (30-ENG W), G-PAN (30-L), H-COL (31-L), B-IRN
(35-T & 36-ESP T), C-AUS (38-L), D-NGA (39-L), D-ISL (40-L), F-KOR (44-SWE W),
F-GER (44-L), E-SRB (41-L), H-SEN (48-L & Fair Play)... Won Group: A-URU
(34-W), B-ESP (36-T & 35-POR T), C-FRA (37-T), D-CRO (40-W), F-SWE (44-W &
43-GER L), E-BRA (41-W & 42-SUI-T), G-BEL (45-W), H-COL (48-W & 47-JPN L)...
ESP has a 23-match undefeated streak and BEL has a 22-match undefeated streak...
IRN earlier ended MAR's 18-match undefeated streak... 5-AUS's, 14-TUN's, and 17-EGY's only shot on goal was their PK goal... RUS just had 3 shots (1 on goal) vs URU...
PER 1st goal since 1982 (205 min)... 9 own goals breaks '98 record of 6... CRC
hit the post three times, including the PK attempt that bounced off the crossbar
and then off the GK's head into the goal... GER is 4th defending champ in 5 WCs
to be bounced in Group Stage ('02-BRA QF)... GER last eliminated in group stage
in '54... MEX has made 7 straight R16 stage (all failed to reach QF (0-6-1))...
CRC was the 9th team to score in stoppage time to tie or win the match... BEL
has scored the most goals (9) off a tourney high of 22 shots on goal and best
goal differential (+7) while PAN allowed 11 goals and had a -9 GD... all 32
teams scored at least 2 goals with only URU holding all three opponents
scoreless... GER had two matches of 25 or more shots and lost both (they had
high of 67 shots)... IRN took the fewest shots (21) and had the fewest on goal
(4)... AFC's Korea Rep had the most fouls (63) and JPN had the least (28)... PAN
picked up 11 yellows while ESP, KSA, and URU only received one... ARG were
picked on the most, suffering 54 fouls while EGY was fouled only 21 times...
with all the PKs, only 13 teams did not commit a foul in the penalty box while
EGY and PAN allowed 2 PKs in the same match... non-European and non-South
American teams went 9-24-6 and qualified only 2 of 13 teams (MEX and JPN) -- are
we sure expanding to 48 teams is a good idea?... more than half the matches were
tied at the half (26 of 48 (54.1%))... this is the first time since '82 that no
CAF team made the Round of 16... officially,
17 events were flagged for official VAR review (summary)
with 14 decisions being changed and 3 upheld... VAR also corrected a mistaken
identity 21-PER 81' and helped award two yellow cards (10-SRB YC+ 90'+8, 35-POR
YC+ 83')... Tjnunes is the only entry to get zero points in one
of the groups final matches (0 for Group H)... Sir Kyle (9th-T,
68) and Watching in Korea (26th-T, 65) got all 16 points on Day
2 (Groups C and D)...
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Still depressed about the USB drive failure, but luckily Excel files were backed up or the pool would've been kaput!...
Scott
Still depressed about the USB drive failure, but luckily Excel files were backed up or the pool would've been kaput!...
Scott
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