Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 12:02 pm
As for picks...
... I already posted them soon after the groups were drawn, but hey, reposts.
Group A: Uruguay & Egypt, purely on the basis of sympathy. Which in Egypt's case is less a case of sympathy and more a case of being neutral. But fuck the Russkies and Saudis.
Group B: Portugal & Morocco. Ordinarily, Portugal and Spain are the obvious picks, but... I don't want to rule out upsets. My sympathies lie with Iran, but Morocco tossing out Spain would be fucking hilarious.
Group C: Peru & Denmark. Obviously, France is going to make it, but I'm letting my sympathies run wild here. Also a pity Claudio Pizarro never had the opportunity :<
Group D: Argentina & Iceland. The latter based on... see Group A. Fuck Croatia. And Nigeria ain't gonna amount to shit.
Group E: Brazil & Switzerland. Meh.
Group F: Germany & South Korea. Based on genuine belief, no less. I want Sweden to make it so we get a Sweden vs. Denmark match down the road, I just don't believe they can manage it. I want Mexico to do well because they're fun, but I genuinely believe that South Korea will come out on top. Edit: Granted, since I originally wrote this, Worst Korea's friendlies have kinda confirmed their status as, well, Worst Korea. Jesus christ does Asia suck. Alright, we'll go with Mexico.
Group G: Belgium & Tunisia. The rest's chaff.
Group H: Poland & Colombia. With Colombia being the only one that I have some vague sympathies for.
And now for the knockout stages!
Uruguay vs Morocco - the dream continues!
Peru vs. Iceland - Inca send the vikings home.
Portugal vs. Egypt - Not Ronaldo's best moment.
Argentina vs Denmark - Plenty of vikings left, though.
Brazil vs. Mexico - Mexico just can't catch a break.
Belgium vs Colombia - Belgium continues to be overhyped. Dutch birthrate goes up nine months after their humiliating loss.
Germany vs Switzerland - Remember Wankdorf Stadium. Granted, that was against Hungary, but still.
Poland vs Tunisia - Sorry Tunisia, but you ain't no Egypt.
Quarterfinals?
Quarterfinals!
Morocco vs Peru - Sorry pals, but it ends here. Because, uh, reasons.
Egypt vs Denmark - someone, somewhere, will bring up 'Danish Dynamite'. Also, Sweden be jelly.
Brazil vs Columbia - again against Brazil. Again in the quarterfinal. This is becoming a trend.
Germany vs Poland - we all know how this ended the last time around.*
Alright. Semis, and I dare saying we have some unusal guests around!
Brazil vs Morocco - Boooooring.
Germany vs Denmark - Merkel's gonna lose her next election. Denmark gets completely and utterly shitfaced.
This leaves us with the final, which ends in
Brazil vs Denmark - expect about a million Scandinavia and the World comic strips from this.
* in a 1:0 win for Germany in 2006. What else did you think I was referencing?
... I already posted them soon after the groups were drawn, but hey, reposts.
Group A: Uruguay & Egypt, purely on the basis of sympathy. Which in Egypt's case is less a case of sympathy and more a case of being neutral. But fuck the Russkies and Saudis.
Group B: Portugal & Morocco. Ordinarily, Portugal and Spain are the obvious picks, but... I don't want to rule out upsets. My sympathies lie with Iran, but Morocco tossing out Spain would be fucking hilarious.
Group C: Peru & Denmark. Obviously, France is going to make it, but I'm letting my sympathies run wild here. Also a pity Claudio Pizarro never had the opportunity :<
Group D: Argentina & Iceland. The latter based on... see Group A. Fuck Croatia. And Nigeria ain't gonna amount to shit.
Group E: Brazil & Switzerland. Meh.
Group F: Germany & South Korea. Based on genuine belief, no less. I want Sweden to make it so we get a Sweden vs. Denmark match down the road, I just don't believe they can manage it. I want Mexico to do well because they're fun, but I genuinely believe that South Korea will come out on top. Edit: Granted, since I originally wrote this, Worst Korea's friendlies have kinda confirmed their status as, well, Worst Korea. Jesus christ does Asia suck. Alright, we'll go with Mexico.
Group G: Belgium & Tunisia. The rest's chaff.
Group H: Poland & Colombia. With Colombia being the only one that I have some vague sympathies for.
And now for the knockout stages!
Uruguay vs Morocco - the dream continues!
Peru vs. Iceland - Inca send the vikings home.
Portugal vs. Egypt - Not Ronaldo's best moment.
Argentina vs Denmark - Plenty of vikings left, though.
Brazil vs. Mexico - Mexico just can't catch a break.
Belgium vs Colombia - Belgium continues to be overhyped. Dutch birthrate goes up nine months after their humiliating loss.
Germany vs Switzerland - Remember Wankdorf Stadium. Granted, that was against Hungary, but still.
Poland vs Tunisia - Sorry Tunisia, but you ain't no Egypt.
Quarterfinals?
Quarterfinals!
Morocco vs Peru - Sorry pals, but it ends here. Because, uh, reasons.
Egypt vs Denmark - someone, somewhere, will bring up 'Danish Dynamite'. Also, Sweden be jelly.
Brazil vs Columbia - again against Brazil. Again in the quarterfinal. This is becoming a trend.
Germany vs Poland - we all know how this ended the last time around.*
Alright. Semis, and I dare saying we have some unusal guests around!
Brazil vs Morocco - Boooooring.
Germany vs Denmark - Merkel's gonna lose her next election. Denmark gets completely and utterly shitfaced.
This leaves us with the final, which ends in
Brazil vs Denmark - expect about a million Scandinavia and the World comic strips from this.
* in a 1:0 win for Germany in 2006. What else did you think I was referencing?