[Edit: and despite being currently 6th in Fifa ranking. Thank you for that note ]
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#FT: Portugal 4-1 Croatia
Portugal scorers: JoΓ£o Cancelo (41'), Diogo Jota (58'), JoΓ£o FΓ©lix (70'), AndrΓ© Silva (90'+4')
Croatia scorers: Bruno Petkovic (90'+1')
Venue: TBC
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Portugal
Anthony Lopes, RΓΊben Dias, Pepe, RaphaΓ«l Guerreiro, JoΓ£o Cancelo, Danilo Pereira, Bruno Fernandes, JoΓ£o Moutinho (SΓ©rgio Oliveira), JoΓ£o FΓ©lix (AndrΓ© Silva), Diogo Jota, Bernardo Silva (Francisco TrincΓ£o).
Subs: Rui PatrΓcio, JosΓ© Fonte, MΓ‘rio Rui, AndrΓ© Gomes, Rui Silva, RΓΊben Neves, GonΓ§alo Guedes, Domingos Duarte, NΓ©lson Semedo.
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Croatia
Dominik Livakovic, Domagoj Vida, Dejan Lovren, Borna Barisic, Tin Jedvaj, Nikola Vlasic, Mateo Kovacic, Mario Pasalic (Marcelo Brozovic), Andrej Kramaric (Bruno Petkovic), Ante Rebic, Josip Brekalo (Ivan Perisic).
Subs: Milan Badelj, Sime Vrsaljko, Simon Sluga, Duje Caleta-Car, Ivo Grbic, Antonio-Mirko Colak, Ante Budimir, Dario Melnjak, Mile Skoric.
MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN
61' Substitution, Croatia. Marcelo Brozovic replaces Mario Pasalic.
61' On: Ivan Perisic|Off: Josip Brekalo
74' On: Bruno Petkovic|Off: Andrej Kramaric
78' On: Francisco TrincΓ£o|Off: Bernardo Silva
82' On: SΓ©rgio Oliveira|Off: JoΓ£o Moutinho
88' On: AndrΓ© Silva|Off: JoΓ£o FΓ©lix
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Just a thought experiment so don't take this to seriously, but what if? Of course due to the money it would never happen, but would be really interesting and entertaining. People are always complaining the game has lost touch with communities (especially in Britain), well if all guys on the pitch were English or Welsh, that would certainly re-establish the working class support for the game. I'd predict that the English (and probably Italian and Spanish) national team would be a notch above where they are now as well, with heaps of young English players getting the best training and coaching in all of world football.
Other effects would include
- A more global game (less focus on Europe in club soccer)
- Authentic clubs with authentic players and title wins that feel more earned
- A re-emergence of club football in South America (with Messi, Neymar, Aguero, Suarez etc. turning the Copa Libertadores into a spectacle perhaps greater than the Champions League)
- A FIFA Club World Cup that actually means something
- Money reducing in its impact on the sport at the highest level, as Man City, Barca or Real Madrid can't just pick off young guns from clubs who make an effort to develop young talent
- Players staying long term at clubs, as the only possible moves to make would be domestic
Some compromises would have to be made however. Merging of some smaller nations leagues would likely have to occur. Also I would probably wish for two centralised African leagues to form (one of central and southern africa and one in the northern desert Islamic areas), so that players like Sadio Mane or Aubameyang don't have to play in tiny leagues like Senegal's or Gabon's first division. Maybe small European leagues would have to be centralised (former Yugoslavian countries forming a single league, or joining other leagues).
Again players would never give up the cash and the top clubs in Europe would never cripple their ability to build a team by disallowing foreign players. But, in a idyllic world we can dream. Of Messi bagging 70 goals in a year for River Plate. Of De Bruyne crossing to Eden Hazard to win the Pro League for Genk. Of Cristiano Ronaldo lifting his 10th straight Portuguese league title. Of an all English F.A Cup Final, with English fans and English players, between two great English clubs (Man U vs Liverpool).
Tell me why this wouldn't be the best thing to happen to world football ever?
ALSO please no one take this as a nationalist or political
... keep reading on reddit β‘Almost none of the biggest issues post-WWII have been directly addressed by the UN. Powerless during the Cold War, has been unable to bring any sort of order to situations between Israel-Palestine, failed to make progress in Syria, Yemen, amongst many others.
The most it does it issue a strongly worded condemnation. Its climate agreement has not been fulfilled, with countries like the US pulling out of it. The UN has no credibility because it fails to hold nations accountable and provide any serious repercussions to the breach of its charter.
I do think that organizations such as UNICEF and WHO have been successful, and while they operate under the UN banner, they are relatively independent of them. The failures I refer to apply more to its general assembly and the security council (speaking of which, the veto power is an absolutely terrible idea and quite possibly the main reason why it is so dysfunctional and can and will never achieve anythint of substance).
This is all pretty hilarious. While 99.9% of my mates from Aberdeen have all gone into oil, this one mate, Andrew Ross, went into construction in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) over the past few years. From out of nowhere and at the tender age of 31, he was named amongst the subs for BVI's match against Bonaire (Who the fuck?) in the CONCACAF Nation's League.
Game timeline:
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Bonaire take the lead in the first half after some shocking defending.
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Mate comes on in the second half.
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Mate gets fouled to win BVI a penalty which gets converted.
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Few minutes my later he's through on goal and gets taken down leading to a red card for the Bonaire player.
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With a few minutes to go and against the run of play, Bonaire score the winner.
Quite the debut!
Highlights are here. The standard is... something. He loves a tumble.
Insert jokes about how he chose BVI over Scotland as the former stands a better chance of reaching the world cup.
P.S. I'm not Scottish but went to Uni in Aberdeen, so I'm not going to pretend to be Scottish and attempt any patter.
Edit: Crap formatting fixed
Venue: EstΓ‘dio Dom Afonso Henriques, GuimarΓ£es
Referee: Clement Turpin (France)
Starting XIs
Netherlands: (4-3-3) Cillessen; Dumfries, de Ligt, van Dijk, Blind; de Roon, F. De Jong, Wijnaldum; Bergwijn, Depay, Babel
England: (4-3-3) Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Chilwell; Barkley, Rice, Delph; Sancho, Rashford, Sterling
Substitutes
Netherlands: van Aanholt, Bizot, Propper, Ake, Promes, van de Beek, Strootman, Hateboer, L. de Jong, Vermeer, Vilhena, de Vrij
England: Heaton, Wilson, Alli, Kane, Dier, Gomez, Rose, Butland, Lingard, Henderson, Alexander-Arnold, Keane
Match Updates
Teams are in the tunnel, which means anthems and kickoff are approaching!
1' KICKOFF! We are underway in the second semifinal!
3' Sancho's cross to the far post is cleared behind by Blind for an England corner
4' The corner falls to Maguire, who volleys high. Goal kick
6' Dumfries is called for a handball
7' Depay's shot is blocked by Stones, who then passes to Pickford to clear up the danger
8' Bergwijn's tame shot is right to Pickford
10' Walker tries to play in Rashford, but the pass is too heavy
12' Wijnaldum centers for Depay, but the Lyon striker can't control the ball properly and allows Maguire to stop the danger
14' Depay makes, quite possibly, the worst pass of the year
18' Blind with a good cross but Pickford is there
18' A brief stoppage in play for some odd reason....
19' Free kick England as Dumfries fouls Chilwell
21' Depay cuts inside and fires right to Pickford
25' De Ligt with good strength against Rashford, but his cross is easy enough for the keeper
31' PENALTY ENGLAND!! De Ligt fouls Rashford after a poor first touch and the referee points to the spot! De Ligt is booked
32' GOAL ENGLAND!! Marcus Rashford sends Cillessen the wrong way!! 1-0 via /u/genier66
35' Babel's long range effort is right to Pickford.
37'WHAT A TACKLE from Dumfries on Rashford!! Prevented a sure goal. Rashford is down being treated
40' Barkley is fouled by Wijnaldum and England have a free kick
42' The ball to Delph, who fires right at Cillessen.
... keep reading on reddit β‘I am just curious and why.
Italian Serie A? German Bundesliga? Dutch Erie Divisia or....
The EPL has it, no doubts, which other nations climb the ranks?
Rules
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All teams in each Group of each League playu a double round robin format.
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Group Winners in Leagues B & C gt promoted to A & B, respectively. Group winners in League A advance to the March 2020 CONCACAF Nations League semifinals. From there, the four teams will be drawn into two pairings for the last four. The two semifinal winners meet in the final to determine the champions of the 2019/2020 season.
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Bottom placed sides in Leagues A & B get relegated to Leagues B & C, respectively.
LEAGUE A π
1: United States, Cuba, Canada
2: Mexico, Panama, Bermuda
3: Honduras, Trinidad & Tobago, Martinique
4: Costa Rica, Curacao, Haiti
LEAGUE B β€οΈ
1: French Guiana, St. Kitts & Nevis, Belize, Grenada
2: El Salvador, Dominican Republic, St. Lucia, Montserrat
3: Jamaica, Guyana, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba
4: Nicaragua, Suriname, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Dominica
LEAGUE C π
1: Barbados, Cayman Islands, Saint Martin, US Virgin Islands
2: Bonaire, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands
3: Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Anguilla
4: Guadeloupe, Turks & Caicos Islands, Sint Maarten
Predictions?
