World Cup 1st Group Phase Live Match Chat
Welcome to World Cup 1st Group Phase Live Match Chat. The long four year wait is over and so is the tinkering for the first set of matches. We hope that you are happy with the 15 players you ended up with, but even if you decided against playing the fantasy version we still encourage you to partake in the chat below. We are sure there will be plenty to discuss that doesn’t always involve whether you should get assist points for a shot that was blocked or your striker really did touch the ball a la Kane before it went in. Predictor games, brackets, bets on the golden boot are all welcomed here. And yeah, even old school footy chat for those that who are just watching the games for fun and just want to talk about the Joga Bonito.
So that you have them to hand, we will post a screenshot of the substitution rules, transfer allotment, wildcard, boosters and of course we will have times and dates for all matches in this, the first of three group phases/rounds/fixtures or whatever you want to call it.
THE GAMES IN FULL
Thursday June 14th
Russia vs Saudi Arabia 4pm (Group A)
Friday June 15th
Egypt vs Uruguay 1pm (Group A)
Morocco vs Iran 4pm (Group B)
Portugal vs Spain 7pm (Group B)
Saturday June 16th
France vs Australia 11am (Group C)
Argentina vs Iceland 2pm (Group D)
Peru vs Denmark 5pm (Group C)
Croatia vs Nigeria 8pm (Group D)
Sunday June 17th
Costa Rica vs Serbia 1pm (Group E)
Germany vs Mexico 4pm (Group F)
Brazil vs Switzerland 7pm (Group E)
Monday June 18th
Sweden vs South Korea 1pm (Group F)
Belgium vs Panama 4pm (Group G)
Tunisia vs England 7pm (Group G)
Tuesday June 19th
Colombia vs Japan 1pm (Group H)
Poland vs Senegal 4pm (Group H)
SUBSTITUTIONS
TRANSFERS
Keep track of all the action, the goals, the talking points, right here at FF247 Live Match Chat, an interactive chat which encourages you to keep involved and share your thoughts and emotions as the matches take place.
Good luck to most of you, but not all of you for this 1st phase of fantasy World Cup!
The last time Germany lost an opening game in WC was 1982.
Expect them to be back with a bang and win it again 😉
As far as I know they didn’t win in 1982. Despite THE game against France.
Still, reached the final and lost to Italy.
…and West Germany went to the final to lose to Italy. Does it mean Germany will go to the final and lose to someone?
This German team (avg. age 29) is not looking great for quite a while now…time to reshuffle and remove some of the old injured guns.
Viiiiiiiiiivaaaaaaaaaaaa Mehicoooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :dance:
They celebrate like they have already won the cup 😆
Give ‘em a break mate!
That’s massive.
I love it. It brings back nice memories from USA 94 when Bulgaria knocked out Mexico in the last 16 and then got rid of Germany in the quarterfinals. That’s is the beauty of the World Cup, anything is possible.
Ivan, that was their world cup. Dave vs Goliath the sleeping giants. ?
Brazil v Switzerland
And a who’s who of world clubs. And Stoke
I know Shaqiri is short but this is a piss take. Gary Neville must have edited it
I’ll admit it’s exciting to see Brazil finally start their first game and they are without doubt one of the best teams in the world but Ray Houghton is really starting to annoy me. He’s the commentator for my TV coverage at said the World Cup is finally starting now! Which is bullshit! In my opinion it started Friday night with that brilliant Iberian derby. Why do former footballers make terrible commentators?!
Oomph!! What a hit!