Holland 1-1 USA
The Dutch are being criticized back home for being perceived as negative, not attacking enough.
Retiring after the tournament, Van Gaal is long enough in the tooth to handle it.
To be fair they were in a group where they had zero need to assert themselves.
I think they will be conservative on Saturday which will allow the Americans to stay in the tie.
Glorious failure as I will pick Holland on penalties.
Argentina 3-0 Australia
Given they lost their opener to Saudi Arabia things could have turned out a lot worse for Argentina then Australia in the knockout stages.
To be fair they handled the intense pressure well without relying just on Messi.
Credit to their fans for sticking with the team and creating an atmosphere like they are the home team.
Only Morocco can compete with the noise the Argentines have made.
England 1-0 Senegal
The problem with Southgate making changes for the Welsh game is the fickle fanbase he represents.
Rashford scored twice and Foden was on the scoresheet so he will be critiqued if he drops either.
Yet the same supporters will complain is Saka is on the bench.
In knockout football the manager’s natural incline is to be conservative, he’s more inclined to play a Henderson and Rice then fit in another attacking midfielder.
I expect the Three Lions to advance but with question marks over the display.
France 2-0 Poland
Hard to know how the Poles will approach this.
Against Argentina their ambition consisted of not being beaten heavily and hoping Mexico didn’t score enough in their fixture (that nearly backfired).
Are they content to get this far so treat this as a free swing?
Or do they park the bus and play for penalties?
Japan 2-1 Croatia
The hardest tie to forecast how both teams will approach.
Croatia like to be organised while Japan like to counterattack.
They beat Germany and Spain but lost to Costa Rica due to being uncomfortable with having the ball and expected to take the initiative.
Might go into extra time.
Brazil 2-1 S Korea
There’s an increasing feeling that Neymar won’t be fit enough to return to the World Cup and that Brazil don’t want to confirm it due to the risk of upsetting the spirit in the squad.
It would be a shock if he started on Monday.
Neymar is the one player who can produce a moment of magic out of the hat, with Tite choosing his team to be more conservative than previous Brazilian teams.
With nothing to lose and a decent support following them, South Korea can scare Brazil.
Morocco 2-1 Spain
There were so many upsets in the group stage that it’s natural we will have one in the last 8.
Morocco have conceded once since their manager took over (an own goal).
Spain struggle with to break down teams at times.
They will dominate possession but don’t kill off their opponents.
Morocco’s fan will make this an away game for the Spanish, and it will be a test of the character of some of their youngsters.
Portugal 1-1 Switzerland
Two teams with such experience they used their Streetwise skills to manoeuvre through their groups.
Both can set up hard to beat and it might be a game of chess
Swiss on pens?
Dan Smith
Leave your predictions below in the comments…
Holland 2 Vs 0 USA
Argentina 2 Vs 0 Australia
England 2 Vs 1 Senegal
France 2 Vs 0 Poland
Japan 1 Vs 2 Croatia
Brazil 2 Vs 0 south Korea
Morrocco I Vs 2 Spain
Portugal 2 Vs 1 Switzerland
Holland 2 Vs 1 USA
Argentina 2 Vs 1 Australia
England 1 Vs 0 Senegal
France 2 Vs 1 Poland
Japan 2 Vs 1 Croatia
Brazil 3 Vs 0 south Korea
Morrocco 0 Vs 2 Spain
Portugal 1 Vs 1 Switzerland
Netherland 2 Vs 1 USA
Argentina 2 Vs 0 Australia
England 2 Vs 0 Senegal
France 2 Vs 0 Poland
Japan 1 Vs 2 Croatia
Brazil 2 Vs 0 South Korea
Morroco I Vs 2 Spain
Portugal 2 Vs 1 Switzerland
Holland 1 Vs 1 USA
Argentina 3 Vs 1 Australia
England 3 Vs 0 Senegal
France 2 Vs 0 Poland
Japan 1 Vs 1 Croatia
Brazil 3 Vs 1 south Korea
Morrocco 0 Vs 1 Spain
Portugal 2 Vs 2 Switzerland
Holland 1 Vs 0USA
Argentina 3 Vs 1 Australia
England 3 Vs 0 Senegal
France 2 Vs 0 Poland
Japan 0 Vs 1 Croatia
Brazil 3 Vs 0 South Korea
Morrocco 0 Vs 1 Spain
Portugal 2 Vs 1 Switzerland
Hollay1_2 USA
England 1_2 senagal
France 2_1 Poland
Morocco 1_ 0 spain
Brazil 3_1 Korea
Portugal 3_1 Switzerland
Argentina 2_0 Australia
Japan 1_1 Croatia
I’m told Gabriel Jesus is out of the world cup? How bad was the injury?
Going by some reports Jesus could be out for five weeks. But then it’s not official. He didn’t look his usual nippy self against Cameroon. Need another striker
Holland 2 Vs 0 USA
Argentina 2 Vs 0 Australia
England 1 Vs 1 Senegal
France 2 Vs 1 Poland
Japan 1 Vs 2 Croatia
Brazil 2 Vs 0 south Korea
Morrocco I Vs 2 Spain
Portugal 2 Vs 1 Switzerland
Netherlands 2 – 0 USA
Argentina 2 – 0 Australia
France 3 – 0 Poland
England 2 – 2 Senegal
Japan 2 – 1 Croatia
Brazil 3 – 2 S/Korea
Morocco 1 – 2 Spain
Portugal 2 – 1 Switzerland
I’m playing against Sue P. Good luck Sue, hope we both do well.
Cheers Rob49
Same to you
The Netherlands/USA game has already started and no score at 15.05
I’d have gone for 2-1 to Netherlands
Argentina 2-0 Australia
France 2-1 Poland
England 3-1 Senegal
Japan 1-1 Croatia
Brazil 3-1 South Korea
Morocco 1-3 Spain
Portugal 2-1 Switzerland
Thank you Sue, shame you missed the start, I’m easy, you only missed by a few minutes, if it’s 2-1 to Netherlands and Dan wants to give you 3 points that’s fine by me. Win or lose I’m enjoying taking part’
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Yeah no probs Sue as Rob is happy with it
Thank you Dan and thanks to Rob too
Netherlands 0–0 USA
Argentina 2–0 Australia
France 3–0 Poland
England 2–1 Senegal
Japan 2–1 Croatia
Brazil 3–1 S/Korea
Morocco 0–2 Spain
Portugal 1–1 Switzerland
Holland 1 Vs 0 USA
Argentina 2 Vs 0 Australia
England 2 Vs 1 Senegal
France 2 Vs 0 Poland
Japan 1 Vs 1 Croatia
Brazil 2 Vs 0 south Korea
Morrocco I Vs 1 Spain
Portugal 2 Vs 1 Switzerland
Netherlands 2-1 USA
Argentina 2-0 Australia
France 3-1 Poland
England 2-1 Senegal
Japan 2-2 Croatia
Brazil 3-0 S/Korea
Morocco 1-3 Spain
Portugal 2-2 Switzerland.
God help Prince 🙏🙏.
Not sure I qualified include the rest later
Netherlands 1-0 USA
Argentina 3-1Australia
France 2-1 Poland
England 0-0 Senegal
Japan 0-1 Croatia
Brazil 3-0 s/Korea
Morocco 1-0 Spain
Portugal 1-1 Switzerland
Argentina 2-1 Australia
France 2-1 Poland
England 2-1 Senegal
Japan 1-2 Croatia
Brazil 3-1 Korea
Morocco 2-2 Spain
Portugal 2-1 Switzerland
Congratulations on your excellent prediction Argentina 2 – Australia 1!
I am a very proud of the performance of the Australian team today against the #3 ranked team in the world.-
Yeah you did
South Korea cost me lol
Argentina 2-0 Australia
France 2-1 Poland
England 2-0 Senegal
Japan 1-1 Croatia
Brazil 2-0 s/Korea
Morocco 1-2 Spain
Portugal 1-2 Switzerland
HH you missed the first game! I barely missed as well. If it’s ok with Dan to ignore my prediction on the first game am ok with it. All the best HH. If you go through I’ll be rooting for you.
I had time to make the predictions but I delayed. Totally my fault. Our predictions are different so we both have a chance.
Thank you so much for being considerate brother. I appreciate it a lot. If you go through I will root for you too.
Argentina 3 Vs 0 Australia
England 2 Vs 1 Senegal
France 3 Vs 0 Poland
Japan 2 Vs 1 Croatia
Brazil 3 Vs 0 South Korea
Morrocco 0 Vs 2 Spain
Portugal 2 Vs 1 Switzerland
England 4 Vs 1 Senegal
France 3 Vs 1 Poland
Japan 1 Vs 0 Croatia
Brazil 4 Vs 2 South Korea
Morrocco 0 Vs 2 Spain
Portugal 2 Vs 1 Switzerland
Shame I missed the first two matches. Best of luck Kobin👍👍
England have a dream inside run and will only have themselves to blame if they don’t make the final. The big test of course is, how will the likes of McGuire, Stones and Shaw respond when they finally come across good attackers???
Sorry I’m late to the comments ,just arrived in Antigua for holiday ,well done to my group winners and GL .