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Phil C. McNasty

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😂 Good luck with that, from what I understand they will have to go through play offs to be able to qualify
Yup, and looking at the standings that will most likely be the following countries:

Slovakia
Kosovo
Denmark or Scotland
Ukraine
Turkey
Hungary
Poland
Bosnia
Macedonia
Bosnia
Albania
Czech republic

There's some tricky teams in that list
 
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Yup, and looking at the standings that will most likely be the following countries:

Slovakia
Kosovo
Denmark or Scotland
Ukraine
Turkey
Hungary
Poland
Bosnia
Macedonia
Bosnia
Albania
Czech republic

There's some tricky teams in that list
Oh Ya, Denmark, Turkey, Poland are all strong teams and the others can sting you too. Italy is no longer the powerhouse it use to be, they're going through a period.
 
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Oh Ya, Denmark, Turkey, Poland are all strong teams and the others can sting you too. Italy is no longer the powerhouse it use to be, they're going through a period
They're going through the same thing that Holland went through in 1982 and 1986 when we didn't qualify for 2 World Cups in a row.

It might take a decade or so but Italy will eventually rebound and be a contender again, I have no doubt about that
 
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They're going through the same thing that Holland went through in 1982 and 1986 when we didn't qualify for 2 World Cups in a row.

It might take a decade or so but Italy will eventually rebound and be a contender again, I have no doubt about that
I hope so, its since 2014. they need to start nurturing their athletes.
 

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And Sweden lost to Kosovo 1-0 yesterday.

It gets crazier, the island of Curaçao (population 155,000) stands a good chance of qualifying after they beat Jamaica.
The Curaçao team has many Dutch players, thats why they're doing so well.
It will still be a huge achievement if they qualify though, regardless
7 - 0
Blue Wave baby!!!

Next Tuesday, as long as they don't lose vs Jamaica. World Cup here we come!
Just realized they just switch to ADIDAS while I'm still waiting for my Kelme shipment to arrive... LOL

 
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The current Azzurri should change their name to Pozzanghera, they look feeble. Haaland will have a field day against such a weak defense. If it was up to me, I'd bring up as many of the Euro Under 17 as I can. They will miss their third WC.

So far Pio is the only member of the Under-17 with the Seniors now.


Pio born and raised on the Amalfi Coast. Haaland has scored 22 goals for club and country...and he hasn't hit his peak yet.

 
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Ireland upsets Portugal 2-0 and Ronaldo gets a stupid red card.
That means he misses the next match, so Portugal arent through yet

Ronaldo was simply stupid. Doing that with all experience he as?? Fucking stupid. What a prick.

That said, Sylva had 14 lost balls. He should not be on the field right now.
 

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The current Azzurri should change their name to Pozzanghera, they look feeble. Haaland will have a field day against such a weak defense. If it was up to me, I'd bring up as many of the Euro Under 17 as I can. They will miss their third WC.

So far Pio is the only member of the Under-17 with the Seniors now.


Pio born and raised on the Amalfi Coast. Haaland has scored 22 goals for club and country...and he hasn't hit his peak yet.

They didn't stop and wave at the hundreds of Italian fans that went there. They were told to go to work by the Italian fans and Gattuso is not happy about that. DiMarco walked straight off the field when the game ended. Hopefully they'll get Kean, Bastoni, Barella back. I'm not impressed with Raspadori and Scamacca which seems to have lost it.
 

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The Dutch managed to tie with the Poles which have some good players and the dutch are going through. They dominated the Poland which seemed slow. Poland maybe one of the teams playing against Italy.

Malta managed to beat Finland. LOL
 

Phil C. McNasty

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You mean the next game and the first game if they qualify or 2 games once in?
He will miss the next qualifying game for sure, and then it's up to FIFA whether he misses 1 or 2 games in the World Cup.

FIFA decides these things on how bad the foul was.
Ronaldo threw an intentional elbow, so it could possibly be 2 games
 
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