WC 2018 predictions thread

>>76845916
>Argentina
Kek

>>76845916
>Semi-Finalist
Germany
Brazil
France
Chile

>>76845916
>Belgium

lol

>Belgium

biggest meme team on earth

I believe that we will qualify

>>76845956
people still fall for the Belgium Meme

>>76845960
>>76845956
each WC has one unexpected upset in semis, so my choice is Belgium

It's coming home

Just give us the title already

>>76845956
this

>>76845971
>Unexpected Teams in the Semies since 1990
>1990
England?
>1994
Sweden
Bulgaria
>1998
Croatia
>2002
Turkey
South Korea
Germany?
>2006
Portugal?
>2010
Uruguay
>2014
Netherlands?

Final will be Chile - France desu.

>>76846028
Well there are often unexpected teams in WC semis
For 2014 I'd say Brazil, their level was so low they didn't deserved to be in this place, Chile was way better (and since proved it)

tournament quality
>2014
good
>2010
shit
>2006
good
>2002
shit
>1998
good
>1994
shit
Let's hope 2018 breaks the pattern

>>76846263
nah. Fifa gonna rig this for Russia harder than they rigged 2002 for worst Korea

>>76845916
>Italy - France
Not this shit again.

>>76845916
>>76845971
I thought your unexpected team was France

>>76846263
>2006
>good
kek

>>76847310
there's a stain on your flag m8

italy and germany like every fucking time

>>76845916
Argentina still has to qualify, tho...

>>76845916
how to cope with post WC depression? im already feeling it

>>76846058
Brazil, like Germany, Argentina or Italy, is never an unexpected semifinalist, no matter how shit their current NT is. There's a history backing them up.

Chile would be an unexpected semifinalist in 2014, despite playing well. They wouldn't be different from the countries mentioned here >>76846028

Brazil
Spain
Chile
Italy

There's no way to predict a WC until you know the draw since a GOAT team can get eliminated after playing 4 hard games and getting exhausted while a shit team can get to the senifinals facing shit opposition (Turkey 2002, Urgay 2010, etc)

>>76845916
>A semifinal without Germany
>A semifinal with Belgium
topkek m8

Well it depends on the draw, but I'm gonna go with Brazil, Germany, France and Argentina.

>>76846028
>2002
>Worst Korea
>Semifinal

so much REFBALL in that WC desu

>>76846028
>>2014
>Netherlands?
not after 5pa1n

>>76848879
not after being a world cup finalist the previous edition, you mean

We cant do worse than 2014 and 2016..
The team is now older and no more Wilmots so semi finals is a minimum i guess

>>76845916
I trust Chile more than every single one of those 4 teams unironically

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>mfw everybody rates Chile now
thanks u guys, this is a great feel and i'm from the first and probably last generation in history that gets to experience it

>>76849947
why the last? now I bet everybody in your country is obsessed with your NT, and know that you can be successful

>>76845916
Semi finals will be:
Usa vs chile
France vs belgium

>>76849996
a non-CONMEBOL non-UEFA in semis? no chances

Brazil
Chile
Locombia
Nigeria

Best chances:

Spain, Germany

GAP

Brazil, France

GAP

Chile, Argentina

GAP

Italy, Portugal

GAP

Lelgium, England, Croatia, Poland, Colombia, Uruguay

>>76850301
>Best chances:
>Spain

top kek

>>76850415
Spain is objectively better than France right now.

>>76850481
Yeah, but Brazil is better than both

>>76846263
>2014
>good

nigger there were all 0x0 or 1x0 since the round of 16 (obviously blitzkrieg exception)

finals:

England vs The Islamic State of Hamburg and The Rhine

>>76850301
>Englel
>Chances at all

Argentina/Italy wins it
France will choke at the finals

meme teams like Belgium and Portugal wont make it out of the groups

screencap this

>>76850301
utter shit

>FAVOURITES TIER
Brazil
Germany
France

>GOOD CHANCE TIER
Spain
Chile
Argentina

>OUTSIDER TIER
Italy
Portugal

>MEME TIER
England
Belgium
Poland

>WON'T EVEN QUALIFY TIER
Netherlands
USA

>>76846028
>1986
Belgium
>1990
England were very lucky against Belgium, in extra time, after a bad call gifted England a freekick, Platt scored a late winner from it, and won the game very much against the run of play

>>76850710
LMAO

>>76850822
More like

>FAVOURITES TIER
Brazil
Germany
Spain

>GOOD CHANCE TIER
France
Argentina (?)

>OUTSIDER TIER
Chile
Italy

>MEME TIER
Portugal
England
Belgium
Poland

i believe in portugal

Often think that Portugal actually play better without penaldo; they're horrifically reliant on him because of his talent

>>76845916
>current millennium
>no Germany in the top 4
>still rating Belgium
>rating 'us' even though Sampaoli hasn't proved himself yet
'lol'

>>76851238
then you might want to watch our match against Mexico, because TSU won't be playing

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>>76845916
>it's a european team wins the cup season
as usual

France is so overrated on this fucking board, disgusting desu
They litteraly cant beat a zlatanless sweden, let that sink in.
They barely won against one of the weakest english team of all time..
They got trashed by fucking lelgium last time we played them
They only met shit teams at their Euro except Germany who dominated them for 90min too
People who put them on Germany/Spain lvl are pacey nigs lovers

1. Germany for obvious reasons
2. Spain
3. Brazil for history
4. Italy
5. Maybe >we but I don't believe in this team anymore
any other memeteams like portugal, chile and belgium shouldn't even be considerated

>>76851474
You can only fit in if you rate the flavour of the month team.

In 2014 and 2016 the flavour of the month team was Belgium, but /sp/ finally realized it was just a meme. Colombia was also favoured in 2014.

Now the flavour of the month teams are Chile and France.

France
Chile
England(?)
Germany

>nevertina

>>76851474
Overrating France is where spee and leddit meet each other.

>>76851672
Portubro normies had turned against Belgium because they didn't score a gorillion goals with a bunch of kids in Brazil. Belgium were only normie's "dark horse" ahead of WC2014. Not so much during WC2014 or after.

>Belgium only recently started producing top players
>reached QFs in each of the first two tournaments after returning to the big stage
>at EURO2016 Belgium had the youngest starting line-up in the history of the euros
>at WC2014 Belgium had the second youngest squad (would have been the youngest if not for injuries)
>Belgium's big name players are only now coming into their prime
>few of them are even younger than 25yo and the likes of Nainggolan and Mertens are late bloomers (Mertens having his best season ever but before normies had never heard of him)
WC2018 will be the first tournament where Belgium can start an XI with all players in their prime.

>>76845916
Brazil, France, Argentina and either unexpected meme team or refballed Russia at semis

Germany will choke spectacularly just like their Wehrmacht ancestors did

>>76851685
>englel

Argentina (The GOAT gets one last shot with Sampaoli in shot)
Germany
France
Brazil

Turkek

>>76852115
*Sampaoli in charge

Messi will win one for da 'tina

>>76852115
>internatinal foot
>the GOAT

lmao international-wise messi is not even top500.

>>76847997

some day we will beat them

>>76846263
>2014
pool round was great, but elimination round was just plain shit, even if it gave us >7-1 for eternity

>>76845989
kek

>be Chilel
>round of 16
>against sopa de macaco
>lose

>>76852386
Chile should try their best.

>picking two conmelels to reach the final four
>only happened in a handful of WCs and never in Europe
>in the last WC there was such a rare occurence (on the home continent of course)
>the previous WC with 2 conmelels was 1978 in Argentina (obviously rigged)
>2006, Germany, and 1982, Spain, were the last two WCs with an all-european final four
LMAO, another all-european final four is more likely than two conmelels reaching the final four in Europe. 1 (one) conmelel and 3 europeans in the final four is what will happen. That conmelel will probably be Brazil.

>>76845916
Semi-finals will be another European sausage festival.

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>>76852493
>hahahah lol two conmebol in the final four how could they Xd

Yeah it's kind of difficult when you have shit like THIS (pic related).

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>Chile
>win his group
>brasil second in his group
>round of 16

Block your path*

It's between Brazil and France imo

Don't see Germany winning it back to back, last time that happened it was still the Jules Rimet trophy.

Would love to see Messi lift the holy grail though. The GOAT discussion would be over.

>>76852643
Messi will end his international career with another loss against Germany.
That would be the fourth time.

>>76845916
Why are people rating Brazil so much? I think their team isnt what it used to be. Im putting my money on Germany. Also Portugal will eliminate England on penalties, check em.

>>76852781
Brazil is playing very good under Tite.

That being said, last time they won the world cup they were terrible in the qualifiers so I don't know if this means anything.

>>76852549
>anecdotal evidence
That's what happens if conmelels don't win the group. Europeans can't even avoid each other in the group. 5pa1n, Portugal demolished by Germany, etc. Those matches happen all the time and you don't hear the europeans crying. Man up monkey.

>>76852549
>france and nigeria
>two african teams facing each other on round of 16
Unfair tbqh

>>76852549
How many times do I have to debunk this bullshit theory?

That shit happened by pure coincidence.
If Chile had won their group they would face Mexico. If Uruguay had won their group, they would be facing Greece.

>people actually believe that Sampaoli's Argentina w/ Messi won't win the WC or at least get to the final

>>76852863
>4 of 5 conmebol teams in the same box
>pure coincidence

lmao

I just want France to choke against Algeria or Cameroon in the Ro16

>>76852781
Well, because we're trashing every team we face so far.

And mind you, our worse team ever (2014) beat both Italy and Spain with some ease.

Semi finals
Spain
France
Brazil
Argentina

>>76852977
Confederations Cup is what destroyed you. Felipao thought the squad was good and went with it for the WC.

Confederations Cup is a lie. Just see Spain in 2009

>>76852926
Yes, it's a coincidence. I already stated the reason why.

>>76845916
england will get to the final

SCREENCAP THIS

>>76853023
Kek, we neved had a chance whatsoever with that team, we only went to semifinals because we faced only sudacas.

Confed cup had nothing do to with it.

>>76853035
>>76852863
>If Chile had won their group they would face Mexico.

You mean if an underdog NT had beaten the current world champions and Netherlands (the 3rd best team in that tournament)? Such an easy thing to do, right?

>>76853142
oh so Chile and Uruguay being 2nd placed in their group was all part of FIFA's evil plan?

>>76853243
It's about probability, little genius.

Poortugal education, everyone.

>>76853266
That didn't stop CONMEBOL teams from reaching the semifinals. I even saw 2 of them.

You mean to tell me there's a plan from CONMEBOL to put 4 teams in the semifinals? Who the fuck cares about that?

>>76853317
I'm saying disadvantage, you keep mentioning conspiracy.

And who the fuck cares about anything? We're all nihilistic deep down.

>>76853703
What's the disadvantage then?

>>76853753
Without the shitload, we'd put 3 teams in the semifinal. Colombia, Chile and Argentina.

That disadvantage.

Semi Final
East Germany - France
West Germany - Brazil
Final
East Germany - West Germany

West Germany wins 4:3 a.e.t

>>76853784
I don't see a disadvantage for Colombia or Chile. If they don't face a CONMEBOL giant, they face a UEFA giant, it's all the same.

But if this is about the whole "confederation as a team" thing, I don't understand it, even more so coming from brazilians. Brazil's WC spot is never at risk. Brazil don't need a continental cup to prove their worth when they're able to defeat any team in europe, including Germany if you actually do things right.
Why care for the performance of other CONMEBOL teams?

>>76853954
bandwagoning your confederation is a new meme invented by the romanian

>>76853954
See Atleti:

13-14: lost the final to Madrid
14:15: eliminated by Barcelona
15-16: lost the final to Madrid
16-17: eliminated by Madrid

They trashed all the other giants but couldn't cut against the domestic ones, even though they were better at some point.

Chile, like Atleti, could sure beat an european giant, like they did with Spain, but they couldn't against Brazil because of domestic competition.

And why do I care about the others sudaca teams? Well, because is good to see them going well. Conmebol is obviously just Brazil and Argentina against 5 or 6 european teams, so is great to see some change on that.

>>76854062
>Chile, like Atleti, could sure beat an european giant,

Well, they could have beaten Netherlands and face Greece in the round of 16

>>76854074
I mean Mexico

also 14/15 Atletico was knocked out by Real with a Chicharito goal.

>>76854074
Yea, lets totally forget they had beat TWO european giants just to qualify in the first place.

Spain btw couldn't, so that's your european """"giant"""".

>>76854263
deal with it, cuck boy

>>76854062
Chile can beat a CONMEBOL giant too. Twice in a row!

>Conmebol is obviously just Brazil and Argentina against 5 or 6 european teams, so is great to see some change on that.
Fair enough. But that's an opinion. FIFA wouldn't go out of their way to rig things against "team" CONMEBOL just for that. If Chile or Colombia are really that good, they can beat CONMEBOL and UEFA all the same.

Drop that senseless idea that CONMEBOL needs 3 or 4 teams in the semifinals to become relevant or something. CONMEBOL IS relevant because its top teams can go as far as UEFA's top teams. As the other tuga said, this is a meme invented by Romania.

>>76854330
>they can beat CONMEBOL and UEFA all the same.
beat CONMEBOL and UEFA top teams, I mean

>>76854330
>Chile can beat a CONMEBOL giant too.
That's the whole point, you retard. Domestic competition was the reason they didn't advanced more.

>>76854402
No, them hitting the post/crossbar was.

>>76854402
>Domestic competition was the reason they didn't advanced more
>Chile can beat a domestic giant twice in a row.
Discussing with you is making me look like a retard indeed

>>76854461
making me feel* like a retard

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>>76854448
>jara's autogol
>pinilla crossbar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnpl7ArrWy8

I literally cry all day

>>76853142
>monkey wanted Holland instead of Chilel
Holland raped huezil in the 3rd place play-off

>>76845916
USA reaches the quarter finals

>>76854562
Thats exactly my point tho. Brazil should lose, Chile should go. Learn2comprehension.

Usa - engkand
France- germany

Final- usa fra

Usa wins in 4

>>76854448

And half of our team played injured that day...

Mexico have never won a game in the knock-out stages. Beaners think this will change in Russia LMAO

USA, for one reason or another, will not be there. Russia pulls a Korea and refballs their way to a quarterfinal after getting a generous Ro16 draw against some N African team.

We'll manage to qualify.
Y-you will see

>>76845971
Belgium, Chile, or Colombia.

>>76846028
>1998 Croatia
Anyone else agree that this was probably the best run by an underdog team in the WC?

>>76854971
Germany 54

>>76854971
Why?

>>76851672
Colombia and Belgium were very close to making the semis in 2014. Do you really think Chile and France can't make the semis? I'll include Portugal on that list.

>>76854971
Poland 1974 and Bulgaria 1994 look more impressive to me.

I'd argue that Netherlands were overachievers in 2010 and 2014 too. And those were two impressive runs.

>>76852812
You are legitimately stupid. When one federation (UEFA) takes half of the spots in the fucking world cup (13/32), they better have some overlap. In fact, there are 8 groups so JUST BECAUSE of the fact that there are 13 teams, you have to have 6 groups with 2 UEFA teams. When you have a country like CONCACAF getting 3 or 4 spots, they better damn well not have any overlap, same with CAF and AFC. Your argument is invalid.

>>76855111
>Do you really think Chile and France can't make the semis? I'll include Portugal on that list.
My point was that they're being treated as two elite teams, but I think they're not on that level quite yet.

I think Chile and France can reach the semis with better odds than Portugal.
With Fernando Santos as our coach, we have no hopes of memeing our way into another final. His tactics and strategies are limited and have been studied by the strongest teams. Switzerland, Mexico and Chile have already exposed them.

>>76855238
10/10.

>>76855238
>>76855389
>autist doesn't refute anything
Uefa are the only ones that have to face each other in the group. Huezil crybaby going whaaaaaa conmelels faced each other in the KO stages. Not fair!
If Chile and Uruguay can't win their groups tough luck. Holland just raped huezil later. Uruguay without Suarez was shit anyway.

>you have to have 6 groups with 2 UEFA teams
8+5 = 13
5 groups is enough retard

>>76850822
Move Chile to the Outsider tier.

>>76855238
And Conmebol STILL managed to the same number of teams in the semifinals.

Amazing.

YOU HAVE TO RESPECT US, WHITEY

>>76855581
Yes, 36 years after a rigged WC in Argentina. Conmelel only manages that "feat" on the home continent and once in Mexico. Two conmelels reaching the final four is the "best" conmelel have ever managed. In Russia it could be yet another all-european final four. There are several of those because Uefa have more depth than conmelel. Most likely it will be 3 euros +1 conmelel tho, probably Brazil.

Germany, Brazil, Chile and Argentina in the semis

>that kid who unironically fell for the France meme
lmfao

>>76855792
lmao it'll problably be something like this >>76855808

>>76852386
we all know that this will happen

>>76855792
dude, your commelel joke is fucking autistic
>this flag
now i understand

Semifinals
>Argentina-France
>Portugal-Italy

France/Italy will eliminate Germany in the quarter finals.

Final
>Argentina-Portugal
There is no denying it. You just know there will be a new GOAT absolutely 100% confirmed before the match starts.

FT 2-2 (Messix2, André Silva, Ronaldo)

Overtime: Higuain misses a sitter, with 5 minutes to go Ronaldo scores the winning goal-a fucking long range free kick. Yes, one of those we all roll our eyes before he hits it because we know he will blast it against the wall.

The biggest Tsu ever ensues. Memes aside, it's the most legendary tale of our time. A man with such a drive that he manages to surpass his biggest rival who we all thought had an unsurmountable advantage in the GOAT race given his talent and at one point 4-1 lead in Balon d'ors...

Also, just imagine the memes. Just imagine /sp/... My life may be pathetic but I want nothing more than to witness that moment. I want to see a true legend claim the GOAT throne on the biggest stage. Argentina-Portugal final (the specific 2018, who cares 20 years from now without Messi and Ronaldo) would be the most hyped game ever, in any sport.

Ofc I'd rather have Portugal win. But if we don't... if we don't even make it out of the group stage... I want Messi to win it. I want one of them to surpass past legends and achieve God status. Anyone else feels this way?

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>>76851131
I believe in racial segregation.