Damn, it's still pretty impressive for a country of their size to stop Spain and score against Uruguay. I'd still say they're performing well above expectations.
I don't think Morocco fits the definition of a dark horse this year. Maybe in 2022, but not now. They have been consistently playing quite well in the last three world cups.
Jahanbakhsh is a great leader and experienced player to have around the squad, but he doesn't add much to the team on the pitch.
Uruguay only had one winner, Suarez, with him they won big teams and without him they always lost. What a legendary player.
it just means national (team)
That's a very good point. There is genuine expectation of Morocco now.
Oh we have a similar word "milli". Fair enough.
It will not be easy for sure but it will be a much more open game. I doubt that they will be able to control the possession like Spain could. No better team in the world than Spain to keep possession and circulate the ball. I can see us beating them but I have no real expectations for this bunch of players (some of our best players are missing the World Cup to begin with), we have some useless and unknown German-Greek manager with cowardly tactics and inexplicable substitutions etc. Today against Spain our defense gifted all the goals practically, including 1 surreal own goal. Beyond worrying if that will be the defensive level against Cape Verde.
Morocco and Egypt are quality teams. Saudi Arabia is alot better, they have a good future, Iran has always been decent, Turkey is great team with world class players, just haven't done well this worldcup. Worldcup is difficult, many weaker teams play defensive and break better teams attack and then get a goal in.
I agree that Renard's sacking (especially just before a world cup!!) made zero sense. KSA have had some great managers, Mancini previously as well. The board lacks patience for some unknown reason.It will not be easy for sure but it will be a much more open game. I doubt that they will be able to control the possession like Spain could. No better team in the world than Spain to keep possession and circulate the ball. I can see us beating them but I have no real expectations for this bunch of players (some of our best players are missing the World Cup to begin with), we have some useless and unknown German-Greek manager with cowardly tactics and inexplicable substitutions etc.
No idea why the FA could not attract a better manager or follow the lead of Qatar who have had great success with Spanish managers. Our brothers in Qatar won the Asian Cup 2 times in a row for instance. Most of their team are mixture of naturalized Arabs turned Qatari citizens but nevertheless.
No idea why we fired our French manager. He was great in many ways and also the guy behind the 2-1 victory against Argentina back in 2022 and the close games against Mexico and Poland. We played much better under him.
2-1 Uruguay. Good for the group. Means that Cape Verde has to attack in the last game as well and they can no longer sit back and hope for a draw to give them 3 points. In case they would draw against Uruguay.
Since Uruguay are leading 2-1, the conclusion drawn is that Uruguay is a better team than Spain because Spain could not score 1 single goal against Cape Verde! The same Uruguay team that could not defeat KSA.
Just checked Uruguay, looks like a good team. They will go through.
