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What a match!!! What an amazing result for Croatia!!! I was thinking England were going to win (as to not get my hopes up too much and be disappointed), but wow. When Croatia got that equalizer, they became a completely different team, pretty much pinning England back for the rest of the match...

I agree. It's sad how far we've come in just four years. For those of you who've been here through the 2010 and 2014 World Cups, I remember debates about how teams like Germany and the Netherlands in 2010 weren't the best to support because they "only" had 8 white starters. If that were the case...

Agreed. That was an amazing strike from Cheryshev, who's really broken out this tournament. He's had a couple of great goals this tournament. Hopefully he can get to a bigger club post World Cup. It would be great to see some Russians try and get into bigger leagues. Great sequence there, from...

Finally, we get to see which European side will be in the semis! ;) I'm for a home underdog as much as the next person, but I'm really hoping Croatia get through here. Russia had a good run, but I don't think they'd beat any of the remaining three teams. As to Bruce's post on the last page...

What a disaster this World Cup is. The only thing that'll save it is a Croatia win. The first three semi-finalists happen to be the most "diverse" teams in Europe. The absolute worst-case scenario.

So all but one of England's many goals this World Cup have been scored by white players?? Imagine how good England would be if they had more of them playing! England up 1-0, and Sweden have looked pretty toothless so far. I'm thinking it'll be England/Croatia. Hopefully Croatia can win that...

Same. I've always enjoyed the World Cup since I started watching with the 2002 edition, but there's just going to be so few teams to cheer on, it won't even be worth watching. Lloris might be done for France, and the "French" may only have 1-2 whites starting for them. England will be down to...

My thoughts exactly. There's going to be NO drama in the Group Stage. The entire group stage would only eliminate 16 teams, making it completely worthless. As you said, there'd be even more punching bag teams then there are this year. I was looking at what a 48 team 2018 WC would look like. It...

Actually, blacks are over-represented in Colombia's team as well. Africans only account for ~10% of Colombia's population, yet there are 5-6 of them starting for Colombia, with 10 total on the team. It's tough, but I suppose with the spine of England's team being made up of white players (the...

Having had some time to think about the Japan/Belgium match, I suppose it is better that Belgium advance so they can try and knock out Brazil. You guys are right; Japan most definitely would've been a walk-over for Brazil, and I'd rather see Belgium get through than permanent media favorites...

Well, the last match was unfortunate. I would've rather seen Japan advance then the multi-kulti mess that "Belgium" are. Too bad the Japanese weren't able to defend. Now we get to delight in the media getting to fawn even more over all of Belgium's amazing blacks and Arabs. As Matra mentioned...

Some great results today! I was happy to see Croatia hold on against Denmark, I still think they are a dangerous side, especially with getting Russia in the QFs. Russia's win was very impressive today as well. They defended VERY well against Spain. Of course, the media gave Russia no credit for...

A Cavani brace sees Uruguay through to the QFs!! Both goals were moments of brilliance from the striker. I hope Cavani is ok after needing to be subbed off because of that injury. But Uruguay were fairly good at the back, with just a couple of shaky moments from Muslera. It could be a shame if...

ThePhilosopher, I don't know if you caught it, but I edited a thanks for your tribute to Klose in one of my previous posts. Also, good analysis of Argentina. Sampaoli also seemed to start all of the teams mestizo players, making them more non-white then they should have been. The stupid...

Uruguay starting 10 whites against Portugal's 7. After Croatia, Uruguay is our best team with a realistic chance of winning. I'm guessing due to Suarez's controversial incidents in the past, and the fact you can't really tell he's part black looking at the guy, the media don't exactly play up...

Edit: I forgot to thank the Philospher for the kind words and the great tribute to Miroslav Klose! I'm a big fan of his, but I wasn't aware Germany never lost a match in which he scored; that's pretty cool! Yes. That was a great goal from Pavard. Di Maria had a great strike as well earlier in...

This won't quite be a "Rebajlo rant," but my goodness, Germany are the most disappointing team this World Cup. Whether it was complacancy or their "German" Turks in Gundogan and Ozil distracting the team, this team was a shell of it's 2014 form. They really miss the leadership of guys like...

Good to see the Japanese halt the Senegal hype train by drawing with them. It's sickening listening to the FOX commentators talk about Senegal. I'm glad the "disciplined" and "technical" (words used to describe a lot of white teams too) Japanese were able to halt Senegal's "amazing athleticism."...

England are absolutely thrashing Panama. Harry Kane has taken the lead in the Golden Boot race with a hat trick, while John Stones has 2 goals in a 6-1 thrashing! England are playing very well, but the commentators are over-blowing their performance. Panama is the worst side in the tournament...

To be fair, despite possibly having a broken nose, Rudy wanted to come back on, and was visibly pissed during the match when Loew subbed him off. Even though his condition is up in the air, Rudy may be able to play Wednesday against South Korea. They'll need him; Gundogan was woefully...

I believe you are right. After number of points and goal differential, it will be total goals scored during the group stage. If Sweden wins by 1, points (6), GD (+1), and total goals scored (3) will all be the same. So Sweden would win on the 3rd tiebreaker, which is head-to-head. With Germany...

Kroos with a great goal (making amends for Sweden's goal) to save Germany's life in this World Cup! A very entertaining match. With Germany's weakness at the back (looking VERY suspect to counters), I'm not sure how far they'll be able to go. It would've be nice to see Sweden win (I was hoping...

I think hell may have frozen over. Loew benched both Khedira and Ozil today!!! Rudiger still comes in for the injured Hummels, but that gives Germany nine white starters, and an all-white attack. Great to see. I never thought I'd see the day where Loew would bench those two. I saw that. Of...

Belgium did start 8 whites, the most I think they've started in their last couple major tournaments. They have great attacking players like Hazard, De Bruyne, and Mertens, but man, it is hard getting behind this team with Lukaku getting all of the attention. That, and the fact that all of...

Wow!! What a great performance by Croatia. That's the second great match in a row by Croatia. They are finally putting their great individual talent into a team unit. That's the difference for them so far in this World Cup; it's been a joy to watch them thus far. Subasic and the defense have...