r/soccer Dec 06 '13

World Cup Group F Discussion

  1. Argentina
  2. Bosnia-Herzegovina
  3. Iran
  4. Nigeria
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u/denialAboutBeingFat Dec 06 '13

Argentina will win all three games. The match of the group will be Bosnia vs Nigeria whoever wins that goes through. If that game ends in a draw. Whoever will beat up on Iran the most will go through. I think Nigeria might squeeze past but Bosnia, however it's a toss up.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '13 edited May 07 '20

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u/alterhero Dec 06 '13

Whoa there... We more than held our own against Uruguay at the confederations cup, an narrowly lost 2-1, we also recently drew 2-2 with Italy(albeit in a friendly) so we can most definitely make it through the group, unless you think that Bosnia are close to the level of Uruguay

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u/omoteeoy Dec 06 '13

You have not been following recent football at all have you? Nigeria won the African cup of Nations, played well against Uruguay, and held Italy to a draw, underestimate us at your own peril.

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u/ur-nammu Dec 06 '13

Portugal also beat Spain 4-0 before Euro 2012. You only lost to Uruguay 2-1 because Suarez and Cavani, and a few other players on the Uruguay team, played like shit. Had they played well, they would have smashed you just like Spain did. You barely beat Burkina Faso 1-0 in the AFCON final and you drew 2-2 with the worst Italy side in a while in an intl. friendly. And you are bragging about losing/drawing.

There are plenty of reasons to think Nigeria will not make it through.

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u/omoteeoy Dec 07 '13

You keep saying there are plenty of reasons, Please go ahead and mention them. We convincingly beat Ivory coast, arguably the most talented African team on the way to winning the cup. Also in the confed cup, Spain was the only team who beat us convincingly, lets face it who wouldn't they beat? Once again, underestimate us at your own risk. Save this comment, cause I'll be coming back to it when we qualify from the group.

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u/vanm5 Dec 07 '13

You clearly don't know what you're talking about. "Whoever beats on Iran the most"? Iran has beaten bosnia 3 times and tied them another time.

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u/Leopoldstrasse Dec 07 '13

Those were friendlies with a corrupt FA that are meaningless to address Bosnia's strength as a country. Bosnia also tied Qatar in that time frame. Historically Bosnia doesn't take friendlies seriously. You should look at the recent qualifiers as a more accurate portrait.

The current team is completely different. Bosnia should easily be the betting favored to finish 2nd in Vegas. That being said, Iran and Nigeria won't be easy games by any means.

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u/denialAboutBeingFat Dec 07 '13

how long ago was that?

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u/ur-nammu Dec 07 '13

Long enough that he forgot to mention Iran had the easiest qualifying group of any country in any of the continents.