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Posted (edited)
7 hours ago, rollingstoned said:

@Gollum is fih pro league win against Germany a big deal?

This is WC year. We are almost there, will be hosted in August. So most teams are experimenting, I wouldn't read too much into the results unless some team is getting massacred. WC will reveal who stands where. 

 

Anyway the level we are at for the past 7-8 years, beating these big teams isn't a big deal like it was in 90s and 00s. Doing it in WC or Olympics stage, now that is epic, like how we beat Aussies in the Olympics after 50 years in Paris. 

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40 minutes ago, wanted_desi said:

Ronaldo is such a selfish player, almost coming into the pass where it would have been easy score for other guy. 

Was totally expected.  He severely weakend Portugal's excellent midfield.  Leaving so many gaps...

It's a shame they have a good side but coz of one guy selfishness they are getting screwed 

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Just now, Gollum said:

This is WC year. We are almost there, will be hosted in August. So most teams are experimenting, I wouldn't read too much into the results unless some team is getting massacred. WC will reveal who stands where. 

 

Anyway the level we are at for the past 5 years, beating these big teams isn't a big deal like it was in 90s and 00s. Doing it in WC or Olympics stage, now that is epic, like how we beat Aussies in the Olympics after 50 years in Paris. 

Asian Games Gold aa raha hai??  Direct qualification for Olympics again no?

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9 minutes ago, Lone Wolf said:

Asian Games Gold aa raha hai??  Direct qualification for Olympics again no?

Aana toh chahiye. 

 

But I am looking forward more to the WC. About time we made a deep run, at least SFs tak gaye toh maza aaega. 

Posted
2 hours ago, Lone Wolf said:

Was totally expected.  He severely weakend Portugal's excellent midfield.  Leaving so many gaps...

It's a shame they have a good side but coz of one guy selfishness they are getting screwed 

Isn't he like 41-42? Why is he still playing? 

Posted
11 minutes ago, nevada said:

Isn't he like 41-42? Why is he still playing? 

Ngal'ayel Mukau (starter for DR Congo) when asked if they had a 'special plan' to stop Cristiano Ronaldo: 

 

"To be honest, not really, because we know he's not the same as before... he's a bit older now.

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Look out for Senegal. They and Morocco are as good as tier 2 European sides. They might have lost to france(who are best in the world) but will beat norway and iraq

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Uzbekistan should have done better, they had the size to cause problems to Columbia but only started playing after they were losing. A draw was a possibility

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Uzbekistan was ranked 109 in 2010. Even around pandemic time (20-21) they were in mid 80s. Now they have a player in Man City, qualified to WC. Kicking our behinds in chess. 

 

Even in Olympics they have won 50 medals (19 gold), first appearance being in 1996 Atlanta. 8 gold medals in Paris, even have a Winter Olympics gold.

 

Pop 3.7 crores, HDI 0.74 (lower than 12 Indian states/UTs), GDP per capita is also just at par with Sri Lanka. 

 

@Lone Wolf these Central Asian guys have the brains, brawn  and grit. Taimur, Babur, Al-Khwarizmi aise hi nahi paida hue wahaan pe. 

 

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Posted
2 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

In the last 60 years

 

No. of world cups won by UK - 0

No. of world cups won by India - 0

 

In the last 24 years

 

No of chess Olympiads won by Russia - 0

No of chess Olympiads won by Pakistan - 0

 

Similar vibes. 

Posted
50 minutes ago, Gollum said:

Uzbekistan was ranked 109 in 2010. Even around pandemic time (20-21) they were in mid 80s. Now they have a player in Man City, qualified to WC. Kicking our behinds in chess. 

 

Even in Olympics they have won 50 medals (19 gold), first appearance being in 1996 Atlanta. 8 gold medals in Paris, even have a Winter Olympics gold.

 

Pop 3.7 crores, HDI 0.74 (lower than 12 Indian states/UTs), GDP per capita is also just at par with Sri Lanka. 

 

@Lone Wolf these Central Asian guys have the brains, brawn  and grit. Taimur, Babur, Al-Khwarizmi aise hi nahi paida hue wahaan pe. 

 

They players have grown  playing in Russian leauges. Soviet union has decent football history. Even Kazakhstan is soo good had they been in afc(they are in uefa) would have qualified 

Posted (edited)
1 hour ago, Gollum said:

Uzbekistan was ranked 109 in 2010. Even around pandemic time (20-21) they were in mid 80s. Now they have a player in Man City, qualified to WC. Kicking our behinds in chess. 

 

Even in Olympics they have won 50 medals (19 gold), first appearance being in 1996 Atlanta. 8 gold medals in Paris, even have a Winter Olympics gold.

 

Pop 3.7 crores, HDI 0.74 (lower than 12 Indian states/UTs), GDP per capita is also just at par with Sri Lanka. 

 

@Lone Wolf these Central Asian guys have the brains, brawn  and grit. Taimur, Babur, Al-Khwarizmi aise hi nahi paida hue wahaan pe. 

 

Uzbekistan was very close to qualifying in 2014 and 2018, and back then only 4 were guaranteed to qualify from Asia. Semifinalist in Asian Cup in 2011. Have top clubs from Soviet times.

 

They have built on that success, promoted youth football. India's ranking was artificially inflated by not playing the good teams, honestly the gap between them and us has never really been close

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