World Cup 2018 - Russia.

[kopenhagen5]

World cup 2018 kicks off tonight.

32 finalists - 8 groups of 4 and each team plays the others once.

Top 2 teams go through to the round of 16.

Then Quarter finals, semi finals and final.

Aussie, aussie, aussie....................................                                  and Denmark. 

[davidc4430]

i just saw where there is a match played for 3rd and 4th places, why?

what team would want to play for 3rd or 4th?

seems silly to me.

cant they just figure out who scored the most and give 3rd to them?

[kopenhagen5]

It's always done in team sports. So the bronze medal can be decided.

Olympics, Championships, Cwlth games, World Cup, Euro Cup.

[kopenhagen5]

Belgium takes the bronze medal over England 2 - 0 (Belgiums best ever result)

The big one tonight at 1.00am France vs Croatia

Only 8 Nations have won the title and if Croatia wins it will become 9.

If France wins it will be their second cup.

[davidc4430]

do you think england had their heart in it after the dissapoinment of missing the final?

they made such a big thing of it being 'their year' to win, then the getting knocked off at the last hurdle?

to me it just feels like players would say 'i dont want a medal saying i'm third best.'

i dont see it like the olympics.

i'm not into round ball football so i dont know.

but i couldnt imagine a playoff for 3rd in the AFL.

[imastawka]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

Belgium takes the bronze medal over England 2 - 0 (Belgiums best ever result)

The big one tonight at 1.00am France vs Croatia

Only 8 Nations have won the title and if Croatia wins it will become 9.

If France wins it will be their second cup.

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France won.     And then came the stupidity

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/world/two-france-fans-die-as-violence-erupts-across-the-country-after...

[kopenhagen5]

France 4 - 2 Croatia  

Even though Croatia played some good football, especially in the first half, the experinced French team lifted a gear in the secong half.

Well that's it for another 4 years.

Of course we have the Euro cup in 2 years and I'm hoping Denmark will have a better result.

It's always the few that ruin a celebration.

The 2 that died were not in the violence. One died breaking his neck jumping into a canal and the other crashed his car into a tree.